Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Update: WAPDA and ZTBL Thrash their respective rivals
The much awaited domestic cricket tournament, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2010-11, was initiated with full-swing and enthusiasm. The foremost in-house cricket occasion was undertaken from the 22nd till the 25th of November. Of all the teams competing in this event, WAPDA and ZTBL have shown great promise with both bat and ball.
Cricket fans, at the National Stadium in Karachi, witnessed an exciting match between WAPDA and Karachi Blues. WAPDA’s skipper, Rana Naveed-Ul-Hassan won the toss and elected to bowl first. The pitch was lush green and it was an extremely wise and beneficial decision by the skipper. Being a medium pacer himself, Rana realized that this track would greatly help him and his front-line bowler, Nawaz Sardar. The skipper’s decision was fruitful and effective, resulting in complete annihilation of the opposition. Both Rana and Nawaz displayed perfect seam bowling, taking 4 wickets a piece. The skipper also had immense support from his gangly pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umaid-Asif-c2719, who claimed two wickets. Karachi Blues only managed to score a meager 128 runs in their first innings, thanks to Naved Khan, who chipped-in with a valuable 42 runs. However, none of his teammates could give him the desired assistance and failed to help make a decent total.
WAPDA responded with full might and authority, smashing the opposition’s bowlers to all parts of the ground. They exhibited proficient batting and took-on the bowlers, from the word “Go”. Both Riffatullah Mahmond and Hassan Adnan, chipped-in with useful half-centuries but it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohaib-Maqsood-c90627 who smashed 26 fours and two sixes, in his amazing knock of 182.He managed this feat in an unbelievable 242 deliveries, wreaking havoc on the Karachi Blues bowlers. WAPDA declared at 399 runs for the loss of just five wickets. The second innings was yet again disastrous for Karachi Blues, as all their batsmen were sent back into the pavilion, for a humiliating 189 runs. WAPDA won the match by an innings and 82 runs.
Another exciting clash was also seen in Multan, where ZTBL took-on Multan. Multan’s skipper, Abdur Rauf, won the toss and elected to bowl. Being a batting-friendly pitch, this decision was extremely costly for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Multan-c819. ZTBL displayed professional batting and scored 325 runs, thanks to Zohaib khan, who chipped-in with a brilliant 97. Abdur Razzaq and Imran Nazir, added half-centuries to their credit as-well and helped ZTBL to reach a decent total. In response, Multan crumpled under the oppositions bowling arsenal and could only attain 134 runs. ZTBL in response needed only 40 runs to win, which they did with extreme ease, ending triumphant.
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