Quaid-e-Azam Trophy- a recap of third round (part 6)
Sialkot versus Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited
The game at Jinnah Stadium witnessed a dull draw between Sialkot and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited as the batsmen from both sides dominated. The first innings lead of 43 runs, earned http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 three points.
Expectedly, SNGPL won the toss and sent Sialkot in to bat first in indifferent conditions. The home team knew all about the nature and behaviour of the surface as they mustered a massive first innings score of 465 runs.
The hosts started off their innings in a poor manner as they lost both their opening batsmen on a grim score of 26. It was just a matter of time before Sialkot’s batting line-up came to terms with home conditions as they racked up a mammoth partnership of
186 runs for the third wicket.
Moreover, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Majid-Jahangir-c1878 and Faisal Khan was the responsible person as they laid the foundation for a huge total. In the process, Faisal went on to gather his third first-class century. In addition, Majid was unlucky, missing out on a hundred by a narrow
margin of 8 runs.
The other substantial partnership for the home team was between Ahmed Butt and Mohammad Ayub. The pair added 112 runs to the team’s total. In doing so, the wicket keeper batsman struck a well made half century and his partner, Ayub, mustered a composed
century to lift his team’s final score to a massive 465 runs.
For SNGPL bowlers, they had to toil hard, after a couple of early wickets, because the wicket had flattened out. Imran Khalid was the pick of the bowlers as he managed decent figures of 4/86 in a marathon spell of 40 overs. The left-arm spinner bowled with
great patience and accuracy to stop the flow of the innings at one end.
The visiting team started off their innings in a competent manner as they struck a solid opening partnership of 56 runs. The innings came to a full-stop in the middle overs as they lost three wickets in quick succession. The tourists needed a valiant partnership
to avoid any further hiccups.
Furthermore, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arshad-c45521 in a 154-run stand to rescue his team from an early stutter. In the partnership, the captain scored a defiant century to resurrect the innings. His beautiful innings
includes 17 measured boundaries with a strike rate of 61.
Arshad scored 83 runs to support his skipper in building a cause. Adnan Akmal, the wicket keeper batsman with 45, provided late order resistance. Resultantly, SNGPL cruised to a huge total of 422.
Again it was hard work for the bowlers. Mohammad http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-c41488 bowled well for his numbers of 2/87, though the figures don’t suggest the promise he showed.
Mansoor Amjad stood out for his breathtaking performance in the match, scalping brilliant figures of 5/92 in a spectacular display of leg-spin bowling. He flighted the ball in batting friendly conditions and it gripped and turned off the surface.
In the second innings Kamran Younis stole the show with his scintillating century as he blew away everyone that came in his way on this surface. His emphatic innings of 137 runs came off just 109 balls, including 17 crisp boundaries and 3 towering sixes.
Mohammad Ayub’s half century went unnoticed in the shadow of Karman’s brutal display with the bat, though he managed a decent 54 runs in 82 balls.
SNGPL bowlers were on the receiving end as Sialkot piled up 278 runs in just 53 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Tanvir-c77403 went for 76 runs in his 12 overs, though he picked up three wickets in the process.
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