Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, a roundup of the final day (part 2)
The matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, so far, have been dominated by bowlers in the country as they have boasted on some helpful wickets, but there is the other part of the coin, as-well. A few batsmen in the domestic circuit have been performing well
to show their guts and class against top-notch bowling attacks in trying conditions.
It is due to some brilliant batting displays, some of the teams have managed to secure a draw, despite of some early hiccups.
Bettor.com takes a roundup of the final day at the Quaid-e-Azam trophy.
Faisalabad versus http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Habib-Bank-Limited-c788
Faisalabad, despite of their first innings debacle salvaged a draw in a hard fought last day of the first round. After trailing by 361 runs in the first innings, they started their innings in a fashion as if they never thought of a win. A draw would do a
World of good for them, considering their bleak position after scoring just 172 runs in the first outing.
Faisalabad started the final day with the score line of 113/3 with Farrukh Shehzad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naved-Latif-c78900 on the crease. In all, the pair recorded a match saving partnership of 120 runs. In the process, Latif scored a 266-ball 64 runs. The star of the show was
Farrukh, who went on to score a slow and steady 101 runs to help his team save the match.
Moreover, Ijaz Ahmed and Hasan Mahmood gathered an unbeaten 47-run stand to guide their team to a score of 317/7. In doing so, Ijaz struck a defiant 58 runs, which in the end, was enough for his team’s cause.
Habib Bank’s opening bowlers, Kamran Hussain and Sarmad Anwar struggled to make an impact as they only secured a single wicket between them. Mohammad Aslam was the pick of the bowlers as he delivered 34 accurate overs to gather smooth figures of 3/47. In
between, the first innings hero, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 bowled 57 hectic overs as he only took 3/146 to help the opposition to achieve what they wanted to.
It has been a great fight-back from the Faisalabad batting line-up to rescue their team from a likely defeat. Habib Bank will be cursing themselves that from a position of strength they didn’t get to cross the final line.
Islamabad versus National Bank Limited
Islamabad played for a draw, from the start of their innings on the final day, despite pushing for an outright victory. It was just a matter of batting practice for them.
The team from the capital of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zeeshan-Mushtaq-c98588 added only 1 run to his overnight score of 22 runs. Imad, the centurion of the first innings started his 2nd show with the
same intent. He carried his form to the second innings and scored 71 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rauf-c84151 Akbar played a brilliant knock of 65 runs off just 100 balls. His show included eight cracking boundaries.
It was a hectic job for the bowlers of NBP as they conceded 376 runs in 119 overs. For National Bank, it was Mohammad Talha, who displayed classical right-arm seam bowling to take 5/71 in 27 incisive overs. Hammad Azam and Qaiser Abbas chipped in with two
wickets each.
In pursuit of a mammoth target of 440 runs, the NBP batsmen came in, only to fulfil the formality of completing the match. Their stay on the crease only lasted 14 overs. In their short stay they scored an entertaining 60 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Furthermore, in order to delight the fans in the ground by scoring quick runs, they lost 2 wickets, but it did not make any impact on the match. In addition, Umar Amin struck a crisp 20 runs off just 20 balls to show his talent. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fakhar-Hussain-c56759 and Shehzad
Azam, completed the match with one wicket each.
It seemed as if both teams were playing for a draw right from the start of the match.
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