Quaid-e-Azam Trophy - a recap of eighth round
Habib Bank Limited versus Water and Power Development Authority
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Habib-Bank-Limited-c788 continued to dominate the domestic season as they crushed Water and Power Development Authority in a one-sided contest. Resultantly, HBL moved up at the top of the table.
HBL completely dominated the match as they overpowered the opposition by a massive margin of an innings and 107 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 and Fahad Masood wreaked havoc for the opposition batsmen on the final day at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad, scalping
four wickets each to guide their team to an emphatic win.
For a trend, HBL won the toss and forced the opposition to bat first in trying conditions. WAPDA started their innings poorly as they lost their first wicket without having a single run on the board.
Jahangir Mirza and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohaib-Maqsood-c90627 mustered a 54-run resilient partnership in order to rescue their team from an early debacle. In the Process, Mirza scored 40 runs defiantly and Maqsood remained the top-scorer for his team with 79 runs. In the middle overs,
wickets continued to fell in quick successions as the scorecard read 119 runs for the loss of four wickets.
The late order for WAPDA failed to make an impression with the bat as there was no score of substance. As a result, they racked up a modest 239-run total on the board.
Bowling for HBL was superb as the bowlers delivered persistent line and length in order to baffle the opposition willowers. The seam bowlers took complete advantage of a sporting wicket as they grabbed eight wickets between them.
Sarmad Anwar was the pick of the bowlers as his nagging line with the red cherry earned him significant figures of 4/84. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 bowled brilliant upfront with the new ball as he registered decent figures of 3/49 in 16 incisive overs.
HBL needed only one innings to register an emphatic win as they piled up a mountain first innings total of 509 runs. Most of the HBL’s players contributed with the bat as their team went about their business in a smashing manner, gaining a 270-run lead.
HBL lost their first wicket on a grim score of 19 runs. Nevertheless, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shan-Masood-c89637 and Saleem Elahi assembled 121 runs for the second wicket partnership to stabilize the Habib Bank’s innings. In the process, Elahi struck a defiant half-century and Masood
registered a magnificent century to boost the morale of their team.
Hassan Raza led from the front as he played a captains knock, steering his team to a commanding position, adding 78 runs to the final total. The sparkling late order display came from the blazing bat of Humayun Farhat as he posted a 117-run innings from
just 84 balls.
It was hardwork for the WAPDA bowlers as the opposition willow-men made them toil hard for their returns. Three front line bowlers conceded over hundred runs without earning significant rewards.
However, Azhar Attari was the star of the show with the red cherry for WADPA, recording competent figures of 4/101 in a marathon spell of 27 overs. Apart from Attari, every other bowler failed to make an impact with the ball as they struggled to find an
appropriate length to trouble the batsmen.
Trailing by 270 runs, WAPDA put up a dismal show in the second innings as they bundled out for a poor score of 163 runs. Their batsmen had no clue about the opposition bowling as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umaid-Asif-c2719 was the top run scorer, scoring just 34 runs in the process.
Expectedly, Bowlers for HBL, once again posed great threat to opposition players as they only needed 45 overs to gift their team a remarkable win. This time around, Fahad Masood scythed through the opposition top order, scalping 4/41 to leave WAPDA in despair.
Kaneria was instrumental for his team as his four wicket haul finished off the innings in style to steer his team to a massive triumph.
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