Quaid-e-Azam Trophy- a recap of third round (part 4)
Faisalabad versus Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
The match at Sports Stadium in Sargodha proved to be a dull draw as Faisalabad and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited did not push themselves for an outright victory. The willow masters from both the sides dominated the scene completely as they boasted on a sporting
pitch.
This time around, it was a different story as previously almost every team sends in the opposition after winning the toss, but ZTBL elected to bat first by putting faith in their batsmen, though they lost their first two wickets on a grim score of 47.
Moreover, Inam-ul-Haq struck a defiant half-century to start his teams fight-back in order to back his team’s decision of batting first. In the process, he gathered a crucial partnership of 61 runs with Shahid Yousuf, who scored 36 runs to provide their
unit with some sort of foundation.
The main highlight of the ZTBL’s innings was the partnership Atif http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Zia-c69672 (87). The pair indulged themselves in 145-run stand for the 6th wicket in order to restore their team’s commanding position. As a result, ZTBL piled up
345 runs in trying conditions.
For Faisalabad, Hassan Mahmood (1) was the pick of the bowlers as he managed moderate figures of 4/95 in a marathon spell of left-arm slow bowling, consisting of 43 economical overs. The opening bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rauf-c84151 Nazir added two wickets each
to their unit’s final tally.
Faisalabad started off their first innings in an emphatic manner as they racked up an opening stand of 107 runs. The obdurate pair didn’t look like surrendering, until Zohaib Khan brought about the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Hussain-c46474 (56) with his gritty left-arm spinners.
Farrukh Shehzad, the other opener mustered 76 measured runs.
Furthermore, the middle order batsmen gained solid starts, but no one was able to convert their gritty 30s or 40s into a massive score. In addition, the last five wickets fell in space of just 21 runs as Faisalabad secured 287 runs.
On a pitch that was dried up on the second day, ZTBL bowlers did a terrific job. Raza Hassan with his left-arm spin was instrumental in the middle overs as he gathered 4/94 in a mammoth spell of 31 overs.
Zohaib, who broke the opening association, added one more to hi tally. Mohammad Khalil finished off the innings in a hurry, taking 3/48 in 24 incisive overs as last four opposition batsmen accounted for a duck.
The 2nd time around, it was much easier to bat as the wicket had flattened up for the batsman to score heavily. In order to produce a result, ZTBL started scoring their runs quickly. Adding to it, they declared their innings on a score line of
220/5.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Hameed-c2811 struck 41 brisk runs, including seven crisp boundaries. Inam and Harris carried their form to the 2nd outing as the pair struck defying half centuries in order to guide their team to a decent total.
Ahmed Hayat and Mahmood were the only bowlers to make an impact in the 2nd innings, while bowling for Faisalabad. The duo picked two wickets in the process.
Faisalabad, in the hunt of a fighting total of 279 runs started off in an explicit manner as they assembled a 136-run partnership for the first wicket, but only 31 overs weren’t enough to accomplish a massive total of 279 runs under the given conditions.
Farrukh remained unbeaten on a score of 62 runs off 90 balls, including 11 crisp boundaries. Atif played a super knock of 77 runs from only 94 balls. His display included 14 scintillating boundaries. In between, Shahid Yousuf, the part time bowler was the
only player from ZTBL, who managed a wicket in the second innings.
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