LAHORE, Dec 22: Sheikhupura were struggling at 149 for four in reply to Lahore Whites’ 353 on the second day of the Quaid Trophy Group-III tie at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.

Earlier, Aamir Sajjad added 27 to his overnight score of 126 before he was finally out for 153.

In  other matches of the group, a close race for first innings lead was on between Pakistan Customs and Habib Bank at Lahore Country Club in Muridke.

Replying to Customs’ 276, the  bankers were 235 for eight when stumps were drawn for the  day.  

Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria earlier took two more wickets to finish with five for 71 in 20.5 overs as Naeem Khan, the left-handed Customs batsman, fell eight short of a fine century.

At Saga Ground in Sialkot, Gujranwala earned a 49-run lead against  Sialkot thanks to excellent bowling by medium-pacer Naved Arif who grabbed five for 67.

Sialkot replying to Gujranwala’s first innings total of 280  resumed at two for loss and were all out for 231 in 72.4 overs.  Faisal Khan was their top scorer with 88 while from lower order  Shahid Khan  chipped  in with  44.

At close of  play,  Gujranwala were 16 for one in their second innings.

Scoreboard

LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings, overnight 251-6):

Rizwan Aslam c Usman b Waqar 12

Muntazar Mehdi c Nadeem b Khalil 30

Aamir Sajjad c Khalil b Waqas 153

Shahnawaz Malik b Waqas 2

Tariq Mahmood lbw b Waqas 20

M. Hussain Saleem 51

Imran Butt lbw b Saleem 0

Khurram Chauhan c Usman b Nadeem 29

Wasim Khan c Saleem b Yasin 6

Wahab Riaz b Yasin 31

Mohammad Asif not out 5

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-9) 14

TOTAL (all out, 117 overs) 353

FALL  OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-89, 3-92, 4-145, 5-251, 6-251, 7-284, 8-292, 9-340.

BOWLING: Waqas Chughtai 41-13-111-4; Nadeem Javed 19-6-53-1; Mohammad Yasin 17-5-68-2; Maqsood Raza 1-0-1-0; Waqar Ahmed 7-0-42-0; Khalil Ahmed 15-1-39-1; Saleem Mughal 17-5-35-2.

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings):

Khalil Ahmed c Hussain b Wasim 2

Usman Akram b Wasim 29

Waqar Ahmed b Asif 40

Saleem Mughal not out 27

M. Ayub c sub (Akram) b Asif 20

Maqsood Raza not out 7

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-2, NB-12) 24

TOTAL (for four wkts, 44 overs) 149

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-47, 3-97, 4-133.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 10-2-47-2; Wahab Riaz 4-0-22-0; Khurram Chauhan 7-0-28-0; Mohammad Hussain 11-2-18-0; Mohammad Asif 12-3-24-2.

Brief scores of other Group-III matches:

*At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 276 in 78.5 overs (Naseem Khan 92, Shadab Kabir 44, Azhar Shafiq 34; Danish Kaneria 5-71);

HABIB BANK 235-8 in 69.3 overs (Khaqan Arsal 37, Akram Raza 35 not out, Atiq-uz-Zaman 33; Imran Ali 3-65, Nadeem Iqbal 2-48, Abdur Rauf 2-82).

*At Saga Ground, Sialkot:

GUJRANWALA 280 in 79 overs (Kamran Younis 61, Iftikhar Ahmed 51, Khalid Butt 39; Imran Tahir 5-88, Shahid Khan 2-63, Sajjad-ul-Haq 2-63) and 16-1 in 6.3 overs;

SIALKOT 231 in 72.4 overs (Faisal Khan 88, Shahid Khan 44; Naved Arif 5-67, Kamran Younis 2-40, Ali Imran Pasha 2-58).