Hyderabad was able to play a draw against Abbottabad in an 8th round fixture of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11, division two. Abbottabad has performed exceedingly well in the current season even though there are no big names representing this
small region. At the end of the 8th round of division two, Abbottabad is at the second spot just behind State Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792’s performance has been quite disappointing in the current season and is at number 8 at the
points table.
At the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad won the toss and invited the home team to bat first on the supposedly bowling friendly conditions. It turned out to be a wise decision by the visitors as Abbottabad was dismissed for only 222 runs in just 60.3
overs. However, the situation for the home team was much worse initially when they were 6 down for only 58 runs on the board. But Sajjad Ali and Khalid Usman combined to take their team out of trouble with a 144 runs partnership for the 7th wicket.
Khalid Usman remained the top-scorer with a brilliant 81 off just 101 balls in which he struck 14 fours and a six. On the other hand, Sajjad Ali was more orthodox as he made 70 runs off 145 balls with the help of 11 boundaries.
Kashif Parvez took 4 wickets for the visitors, whereas, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aslam-Sattar-c46556 picked a scalp each.
In reply, Hyderabad displayed a better batting performance as compared to its previous matches in division two and went pass the 1st innings total of Abbottabad by scoring 234 runs. As a result, took the 1st innings lead and with that
3 important points. Experience middle order batsman, Shahid Qambarani scored 60 runs off 86 balls which included 9 boundaries. No other batsman from the visitors was able to score a half-century. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aqeel-Anjum-c45294 managed to score 46 runs.
Abdul Manan grabbed 4 wickets for the home team as Wajid Ali and the 1st innings batting hero, Khalid Usman took a couple of scalps each.
After conceding the 1st innings lead, Abbottabad’s batsmen stood up to the challenge and piled up 355 runs in their 2nd innings. The hero of the 2nd innings was the captain, Sajid Ali who scored an unbeaten 104 runs off only
101 balls with the help of 7 boundaries. Wicket-keeper, Fawad Khan was unlucky to miss out on a hundred as he was dismissed on 95 runs off only 98 balls.
Kashif Parvez took 4 wickets in the 2nd wicket as well and took 8 for the match. Off-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Awais-c78742 grabbed 3 wickets for the visitors.
Hyderabad was given a target of 344 runs to win in the last innings of the match, however, the visiting team only managed to score 245 runs for the loss of 7 wickets on the last day and as a result the match ended without a result. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-c89347 Qambarani remained
the top-scorer for Hyderabad once again with 46 runs. Opener, Sharjeel Khan also scored 44 runs to help his team save the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Usman-c71296 and Waqar Orakzai took 1 wicket each.
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