RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: On a day of high drama, Rawalpindi took an 84-run first innings lead on the opening day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Faisalabad at the Rawalpindi Stadium on Wednesday.

Pace man Yasir Arafat snared five wickets in an explosive spell as the hosts sent Faisalabad crashing to 64 all out in the 31st over. Yasin Bari also bowled splendidly to return figures of 4-3- 4-3.

Five of the visiting batsmen went for nought with only opener M. Asif scoring 19 to be the main run greater. Rawalpindi could not fare too well in their first innings and fell for 148 in the 36th over.

Test discard Azhar Mahmood, playing his first trophy match of the season, cracked 44 with eight fours and a six. Ali Raza captured four wickets in a tidy spell while Shahid Nazir claimed three to keep the home team in check.

SCOREBOARD

FAISALABAD (1st innings):

M. Asif lbw Yasin Bari 19

Tauqir Hussain lbw b Azhar Mahmood 0

Mohd Hafeez lbw b Rao Iftikhar 6

Misbahul Haq c Sajid b Yasir Arafat 6

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr b Yasin Bari 8

Naveed Latif c Sajid by Yasin Bari 0

Ahmed Ayaz not out 9

Imran Khalid c Sajid b Yasir Arafat 10

Kamran Naeem lbw b Yasir Arafat 0

Ali Raza b Yasir Arafat 0

Shahid Nazir b Yasir Arafat 0

Extras (B-1, LB-2, NB-3) 6

Total (all out, 30.5 overs) 64

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-20, 3-32, 4-32, 5-32, 6-41, 7-63, 8-63, 9-64

BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 9-4-16-1, Rao Iftikhar 9-4-19-1, Yasir Arafat 8.5-3-22-5, Yasin Bari 4-3-4-3

RAWALPINDI (1st innings):

Ashar Zaidi c Ijaz Jnr b Ahmed Ayaz 30

Afaq Rahim lbw b Ali Raza 0

Bazid Khan b Shahid Nazir 6

Bilal Asad c Ijaz b Shahid Nazir 8

Naved Qureshi c Misbah b S. Nazir 23

Ameer Khan lbw b Tauqeer Hussain 3

Azhar Mahmood c Misbah b Ali Raza 44

Yasir Arafat lbw b Tauqeer Hussain 2

Rao Iftikhar lbw b Ali Raza 15

Sajid Mahmood b Ali Raza 1

Yasin Bari not out 1

Extras: (LB-4, W-1, NB-10) 15

Total (all out in 35.2 overs) 148

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-36, 3-48, 4-60, 5-69, 6-105, 7-114, 8-145, 9-147.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 12-2-48-3, Ali Raza 5.2-1-26-4, Ahmed Ayaz 6-0-21-1, Tauqeer Hussain 8-3-31-2, Naveed Latif 1-0-9-0, Imran Khalid 3-2-9-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd innings):

M. Asif not out 7

Tauqeer Hussain not out 0

Extras (LB-1) 1

Total (no wkt, 5 overs) 8

BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 3-2-1-0, Rao Iftikhar 2-0-6-0.