A roundup of Quaid-e-Azam trophy
Water and Power Development Authority versus Sialkot
WAPDA defeated Sialkot in a one-sided affair by an innings and 151 runs. In doing so, they completed their win with a day to spare.
Sialkot batted first on a helpful wicket. As a result, nobody came to terms with the oppositions bowling attack, and thus, crumbled to 126 all-out. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Majid-Jahangir-c1878 was the only substantial contributor with his fighting 55 runs.
Sarfraz Ahmed and Naved ul Hassan were the opening destroyers with the ball as both of them took 2 wickets each. In addition, Zulfiqar Babar spun three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 batsmen with his left arm spin.
WAPDA’s batting line piled up 429 runs, including 93 runs by the opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bilal-Khilji-c1161 and Ahmed Said went onto add 191 runs for the 6th wicket as both the batsmen went on to score centuries. Khilji scored a mammoth 130 runs and Said remained unbeaten on 104 runs.
Mansoor Amjad was the pick of the bowlers for Sialkot as he picked up 3 wickets and was supported by Prince Abbas, who added two wickets.
In the second innings, Sialkot, once again wasn’t able to put up a good show with the bat as only Tariq Mahmood scored 33 in a total of 152. Sarfraz Ahmed, the star of the show devastated the opponent’s batting line with his five-wicket-haul. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umaid-Asif-c2719 and Hassan chipped in with 2 wickets each.
Faisalabad versus http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Habib-Bank-Limited-c788
Faisalabad, in the first innings didn’t manage to gather a huge score on the board. In the total of 172 runs, Hasan Mahmood was the highest scorer with 39 runs. As expected, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 took five-wickets and was fully supported by Sarmad Anwar, who took 3 wickets.
Habib Bank in reply, declared their innings at 533/7. Ahmed Shehzad’s double century (254) was the main highlight of the innings and was followed up by, Saleem Elahi’s 137-run beauty. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 Hayat was the pick of the bowlers, picking up 2/63.
Faisalabad started their 2nd innings, trailing by 361 runs; they will go into the next as 113/3. Farrukh Shehzad remained unbeaten on 46 runs, and will start the next day to rescue his team from an innings defeat. Mohammad Aslam, the HBL star in the 2nd show, has bowled eleven accurate overs, conceding 1/14.
Islamabad versus National Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755
Islamabad holds the edge with Imad Wasim scoring a defiant 133 runs, batting at number 7 position. They piled up 352 runs. Qaiser Abbas bowled really well for his 4/60.
NBP’s openers started the innings in a solid manner, gathering a partnership of 45 runs. Rashid Riaz was the highest run scorer with 66 runs. The innings fell a bit in the middle, but Hammad Azam’s heroics of 61 runs in the late order saved the day for his team. Nasrullah http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, the Islamabad bowler restricted his opponents to a modest score of 289 by taking 4/83.
Islamabad started their 2nd innings with a substantial lead of 63 runs and so far, has extended their authority to 240 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Ali Sarfraz scored a fighting 54 runs. Again, for the NBP’s, Hammad Azam was the man in crisis as he took 2/26. In doing so, he supported Mohammad Talha, who was brilliant in his opening spell, scalping 3/44.
Rawalpindi versus Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
Rawalpindi faltered for 115 runs in their first innings as not even a single batsmen, made an impression with the bat. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamal-Anwar-c65380, the wicket keeper batsman showed some resilience as he scored a fighting 33 runs. Sohail Tanvir, the chief destroyer with the ball, wreaked havoc as he took 6/41 against his home town team. Iftikhar Anjum followed him with 3 more wickets.
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited did put up a better show with the bat as they gained a lead of 120 runs in the first innings. Shahid Yousuf made an impact with his 70 runs. Sadaf Hussain for Rawalpindi picked up 6/69 to bring his team back in the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahid-Mansoor-c98489, with his defying 119 runs brought Rawalpindi out of jail as his team are in a better position at 414/7. This time around, it is Mohammad Khalil from ZTBL, who has been a lone warrior with his 6/86.
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