Federal Areas beat Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pentangular Cup
Federal Areas thrashed Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by an innings and 16 runs in a first round fixture of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup 2010-11 at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has produced a lot of international players for Pakistan in the past like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, Kabir Khan, Yasir Hameed and Umar Gul. However, of-late their performance in domestic cricket has been quite poor, which should be a huge worry for
the cricket administrators in Pakistan. On the other hand, Federal Areas have shown immense signs of improvement recently, and both Islamabad and Rawalpindi have been able to compete with the stronger teams in the domestic circuit.
Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bazid-Khan-c47523 won the toss for Federal Areas and decided to bowl first in bowling friendly conditions at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore. It turned out to be a great toss to win as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were bowled out for a mere 111 runs in the first
innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Fayyaz-c1997 remained the top scorer for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with 28 runs. Aftab Alam and Yasir Shah also got off to good starts but failed to continue.
Young fast bowler Nasrullah Khan continued his impressive domestic season as he grabbed a five wicket haul for Federal Areas. Saad Altaf also claimed three scalps to support Nasrullah.
In reply, Federal Areas were able to post a healthy first innings total of 216 runs on the board courtesy of a captain’s knock by Bazid Khan. He was unlucky to be run out after scoring 64 runs off 111 balls with the help of 11 boundaries. Wicketkeeper Naeem
Anjum also impressed with 47 runs to help his team take a huge first innings lead of 105 runs, which proved decisive in the outcome of the match.
Imran Khan picked up five wickets for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa while captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Shah-c2813 took four wickets to halt Federal Areas progress.
After conceding a big first innings lead, Khyber-Pakhtunkwa didn’t seem to learn from their mistakes and were blown away for just 89 runs in their second innings, handing over a huge victory to the Federal Areas.
Nasrullah Khan starred once again for Federal Areas and completed his 10 wickets for the match by taking five wickets in the second innings as well. His 10 wickets in the match came at a cost of only 79 runs for Federal Areas, which is quite a commendable
performance. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saad-Altaf-c87733 also took four wickets and supported Nasrullah Khan ably.
It was quite a poor performance by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s batsmen especially because they had the likes of Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Hameed-c2811 and seasoned first-class cricketer Aftab Alam in their ranks. However, they failed to make any impression against the impressive
bowling attack of Federal Areas.
Federal Areas fast bowler Nasrullah Khan is having a dream season in domestic cricket as he finished third among the top wicket-takers in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11 Division One. He finished the tournament with 61 wickets in 11 matches. It is a good
sign for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Talha-c77400 are also performing exceptionally well.
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