Faisalabad chalk up first win
LAHORE, Feb 3: Faisalabad dented Peshawar’s hopes of making the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League final by securing their first win of the season at the Iqbal Stadium on Saturday.
Faisalabad’s seven-wicket triumph inside three days earned them nine points which lifted them above Lahore Shalimar in the current standings.
Medium-pacer Ahmed Hayat was Faisalabad’s hero with figures of five for 20 as Peshawar were bundled out for 105 in the second innings.
Chasing 72 for victory, the hosts lost three wickets with Tauqir Hussain striking an unbeaten 38.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 215 (Fawwad Khan 69; Tauqir Hussain 4-47).
FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 245-9):
Imran Ali lbw b Arshad 51
Asif Hussain c Riaz b Arshad 48
Misbah-ul-Haq c Zulfiqar b Waqar 14
Naved Latif c Arshad b Riaz 14
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Nawaz b Riaz 75
Ahmed Hayat c Nawaz b Arshad 3
Mohammad Salman c Shoaib b Riaz 3
Tauqir Hussain run out 11
Faisal Afridi c Zulfiqar b Riaz 17
Saeed Ajmal lbw b Arshad 5
Asad Ali not out 0
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-1) 8
TOTAL (all out, 107.5 overs) 249
FALL OF WKTS: 1-94, 2-119, 3-121, 4-158, 5-177, 6-180, 7-204, 8-228, 9-245.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 19-7-28-0; Riaz Afridi 32.5-6-92-4; Waqar Ahmed 22-8-48-1; Arshad Khan 34-8-74-4 (1nb).
PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):
Riffatullah Mohmand c Imran b Faisal 10
Fawwad Khan c Misbah b Faisal 0
Mohammad Fayyaz c Imran b Faisal 10
Aftab Khan lbw b Asad 25
Shoaib Khan b Ahmed 4
Mohammad Nawaz lbw b Asad 1
Zulfiqar Jan c Asad b Ahmed 3
Arshad Khan c Ijaz b Ahmed 0
Riaz Afridi b Misbah b Ahmed 0
Waqar Ahmed b Asad 5
Fazle Akbar not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-2) 6
TOTAL (all out, 35.3 overs) 105
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-24, 3-82, 4-87,5-90, 6-93, 7-94,8-94, 9-95.
BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 8-1-21-2; Asad Ali 12.5-2-41-3 (1w); Ahmed Hayat 10-2-20-5 (1nb); Tauqir Hussain 3-1-10-0 (1nb); Saeed Ajmal 2-0-10-0.
FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):
Imran Ali b Riaz 6
Asif Hussain c Shoaib b Riaz 11
Mohammad Salman not out 12
Misbah-ul-Haq run out 0
Tauqir Hussain not out 38
EXTRAS (NB-5) 5
TOTAL (for three wkts, 16.3 overs) 72
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-19, 3-19.
BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 8.3-1-46-2 (5nb); Waqar Ahmed 5-1-24-0; Arshad Khan 3-2-2-0.
RESULT: Faisalabad won by seven wickets.
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH-REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Tahir Suhaib.