Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11: 1st Innings lead wins SBP Division Two final against KRL
The rain-interrupted final of the Quaid e Azam Trophy 2010-11 Division Two between KRL and State Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 ended without a result but State Bank was declared the winner on the basis of its 1st innings lead in the match. This came after
PCB announced an extra day for the match to get the all important result as the match got badly affected by poor weather conditions. The batting line-up of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-Research-Laboratories-c804 fell like a house of cards on the last day of the match as the whole team
was bundled out for a mere 159 runs, to hand over the victory to State Bank.
At the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, KRL won the toss and decided to bowl first in bowling friendly conditions but State Bank’s batsmen rose to the occasion and posted a very good 1st innings score of 303 runs on the board. Shoaib Khan and Naved
Yaseen were the pick of State Bank's batting as they scored 76 and 77 runs respectively. Jalat Khan also showed some resistance with a fighting 45 batting at number 8.
The star of the show was without a doubt the Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241 who picked up 9 wickets and fought it all alone for KRL. He gave away 108 runs in his brilliant spell which earned him a place in Pakistan’s probables for the upcoming World Cup.
In reply, KRL was not able to match the brilliance of State Bank’s Mohammed Naved as he rattled the KRL batting and helped his team bowl out the opposition for only 159 runs. As a result, State Bank took a 1st innings lead of 144 runs which proved
to be decisive in the end. Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Naqvi-c998 was the only batsman from KRL side to have shown some resistance as he scored 54 runs off 103 balls with the help of 9 fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Haider-c2329 also claimed a couple of wickets to support his bowling partner.
Yasir Arafat was named Man of the Match due to his 9 wickets in the 1st innings of State Bank.
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