KRL Demolish Lahore Ravi in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 8th Round
KRL defeated Lahore Ravi by 9 wickets in the 8th round of the Quaid e Azam Trophy 2010-11 division two at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. KRL is one of the strongest teams of division two and are competing with the State Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755
for the top slot. On the other hand, Lahore Ravi has had a mixed Quaid e Azam Trophy but right now it is at number 7 on the points table, just above http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Quetta-c835.
Fahad ul Haq won the toss for Lahore Ravi and decided to field first on a green track that had a lot of moisture in it. The decision turned out to be a good one as at one stage KRL was in big trouble with 5 wickets down for only 113 runs on the board. But
because of some late-order resistance, KRL was able to post 247 runs on the board. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Khan-c996 was the star for KRL as he scored 85 runs off 119 balls under trying circumstances. His innings included 10 fours and a six. Test
cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Naqvi-c998 also scored a half-century while opening the innings.
Test discarded fast bowler, Shabbir Ahmed impressed with his firy spell as he grabbed a 5-wicket haul for the home team after conceding 57 runs. Asif http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashfaq-c46260 and Asif Raza picked up a couple of wickets each.
In reply, Lahore Ravi came up with a dismal batting effort in the 1st innings as the whole team was dismissed for only 75 runs in 31.3 overs. Left handed Asif Raza was the top-scorer for the home team with 28 runs. Apart from Asif, only Zeeshan
Ali was able to score in double-digits as he made 22 runs. As a result KRL took a 1st innings lead of 172 runs and enforced the follow on.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-c64444 and Rahat Ali also grabbed 3 wickets each for KRL.
Following on, Lahore Ravi came up with a better batting display in the 2nd innings and scored 217 runs. Right handed opener, Abid Ali shined this time for Lahore Ravi with a well-made 68 off only 89 balls. He struck 12 fours in his innings which
saved the face for Lahore Ravi. Asif Yousaf scored a dashing innings of 48 runs which included 10 fours.
Rahat Ali took 4 wickets in the 2nd innings for KRL, whereas, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Akhtar-Ayub-c976 and Muhammad Irfan picked up 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Yasir Arafat was only able to pick up 1 scalp in the 2nd innings.
KRL needed only 46 runs to win the match in the last innings which it achieved for the loss of only 1 wicket which came in the shape of Saeed Anwar Jnr who was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Haider-c64220 off the bowling of Asif Ashfaq.
KRL has 39 points so far and is just 3 points behind State Bank but KRL is the favorite team to top the division two as it has played 1 match less than State Bank.
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