PIA seize initiative

RAWALPINDI, Jan 22: PIA seemed well in control of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy pre-quarterfinal against Bahawalpur and were poised to take first innings lead at Rawalpindi Stadium on Wednesday.

After their pacemen, led by Test man Mohammad Zahid who snared four for 64 and Aizaz bin Ilyas with three for 41 bowled out Bahawalpur for just 201, PIA were a comfortable 157 for one at the close of the opening day.

Opener Kamran Sajid scored a fine 54 while Ghulam Ali hit an unbeaten 88 to lay a solid foundation for PIA.

For Bahawalpur, only Safdar Niazi with 52 and tailender Arshad Ali, who scored 56, played worthwhile knocks.

Scoreboard

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings):

Mohammad Rashid b Zahid 4

Asif Iqbal b Ali Gohar 0

Safdar Niazi c Faisal b Aizaz 52

Hasnain Raza c Moin b Zahid 6

Farrukh Kamal lbw b Aizaz 4

Inam-ul-Haq c Moin b Zahid 10

Amjad Jam c Faisal b Aizaz 33

Mubashir Ali b Zahid 0

Arshad Ali c Faisal b Asif 56

Zeeshan Khalid b Asif 15

Adnan Butt not out 7

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-13) 14

TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs) 201

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-12, 3-27, 4-53, 5-83, 6-83, 7-83, 8-157, 9-190.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 14-2-64-4; Ali Gohar 10-0-48-1; Aizaz bin Ilyas 14-2-41-3; Nadeem Khan 5-0-32-0; Asif Mujtaba 5.1-0-15-2.

PIA (1st Innings):

Kamran Sajid b Amjad 54

Ghulam Ali not out 88

Faisal Iqbal not out 9

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, NB-4) 6

TOTAL (for one wkt, 38 overs) 157

FALL OF WKT: 1-137.

BOWLING (to-date): Arshad Ali 5-0-30-0; Adnan Butt 10-0-44-0; Zeeshan Khalid 9-0-34-0; Amjad Jam 11-02-28-1; Mubashir Ali 3-0-19-0.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.