Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Peshawar team bowled out for 171 runs in first innings against Sialkot

 Owais Ali and Mohammad Ali took four wickets each, Sialkot scored 74 runs in the first innings, no players out.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Abbottabad (News International / Pakistan Point News - NNI. 26 November 2024) On the first day of the first match of the tri-nation phase of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the Peshawar team was bowled out for 171 runs in the first innings due to the excellent performance of the Sialkot bowlers. Awais Ali and Muhammad Ali took four wickets each. Sialkot had scored 74 runs without loss in their first innings at the end of the game.

On the first day of the four-day match at the Abbottabad Stadium on Tuesday, Peshawar captain Sajid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first, but due to the lack of a big partnership, the Peshawar team could not reach a big score. On a total score of 53 runs, 3 wickets fell, including the wicket of Waqar Ahmed, who scored 400 runs with the help of a century and four half-centuries in this tournament, but could only score 7 runs.

Peshawar's fourth wicket fell at a total of 83 runs when top scorer Ubaidullah was dismissed for 35 runs with the help of 8 fours. Before the lunch break, Peshawar had also lost their fifth wicket at a total of 93. In the second session, Peshawar's last 5 wickets could add only 55 runs to the score. For Sialkot, Muhammad Ali and Owais Ali took four wickets for 35 and 73 runs respectively.

Shoaib Akhtar took two wickets for 50 runs. Sialkot's first innings was started confidently by Asher Mahmood and Azan Owais and added 74 runs to their partnership. When the game was ended early due to poor light, Asher Mahmood was not out on 31 runs with the help of 5 fours. Azan Owais was at the crease on 38 runs and his innings included 6 fours. It may be recalled that at the end of the group matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the top teams of the three groups, Sialkot, Peshawar and Lahore Whites, have qualified for the tri-nation stage. The second match of this stage will be played between Lahore Whites and Peshawar in Siayabatabad on December 2, while Lahore Whites and Sialkot will face each other in the last match of the tri-nation stage on December 27. The top two teams of the tri-nation stage will make it to the final, which will be played from January 2.