Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11: KRL finish as division two toppers; play draw versus Karachi Whites
The 10th round fixture of the Quaid e Azam Trophy 2010-11 Division Two between KRL and Karachi Whites ended without a result. KRL was in control of the game throughout the 4 days but still failed to bowl out Karachi Whites in the 2nd
innings. It must be ruing the fact that it did not declare the innings to give more time to its bowlers to bowl out Karachi Whites. KRL is by far the leading team in Division Two with 51 points after 9 games. Yasir Arafat achieved a milestone as he completed
his 700 first-class wickets in this match.
At the National Bank of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Sports Complex, Karachi, the home team won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision did not turn out to be a wise one as the whole team was bundled out for a mere 100 runs in its 1st innings. Karachi Whites'
batsmen were in trouble right from the beginning and were not able to cope with the pace and bounce of the lanky Mohammad Irfan. Middle order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wajihuddin-c95877 was the top-scorer for the home team with 18 runs.
Mohammad Irfan bowled with tremendous control and grabbed a yet another 5-wicket haul for KRL. Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-c64444 demolish Karachi Whites. First change bowler Rahat Ali also chipped in with a wicket.
In reply, KRL came up with a professional performance with the bat and piled up a huge score of 502 runs on the board. As a result, KRL took a 1st innings lead of 402 runs over the home team. Stars of the show for KRL were the openers Saeed Anwar
Jr. and Ali Naqvi who scored blazing tons and scored 337 runs for the first wicket partnership. Saeed Anwar Jr. scored 181 runs off 286 balls with the help of 27 fours and a six.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Naqvi-c998 was more sedate as he scored 180 runs off 337 balls and struck 24 boundaries in his knock. Mohammad Wasim and Shakeel ur Rehman also scored 40s to help KRL post such a huge score on the board. But, it was quite surprising that
KRL did not declare its innings as that could have given them ample time to bowl out Karachi Whites in the 2nd innings.
Test fast bowler Sohail Khan took 4 wickets for Karachi Whites and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Atif-Maqbool-c46639 took 2 wickets.
After conceding a huge lead in the 1st innings, Karachi Whites displayed a better batting performance in the 2nd innings and scored 262 runs for the loss of 5 wickets before the play was called off without a result. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rameez-Aziz-c83818 remained
the top-scorer for the home team with 61 runs of 117 balls with the help of 10 fours. Left hander http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Asad-c43582 remained not out on 40 to avoid any sort of scare for the hosts.
Shakeel ur Rehman and Yasir Arafat took 3 and 2 wickets respectively for KRL. Mohammad Irfan went wicket-less in the 2nd innings of Karachi Whites and that was probably the reason why KRL was not able to win the match.
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