Quaid-e-Azam Trophy - a review of 2nd round (part4)
Pakistan’s domestic cricket is in full bloom as the most prestigious tournament, Quaid-e-Azam trophy is being played at a highly competitive level by the top-quality first-class players. Bettor.com recaps the second round of the country’s ultimate prize.
Abbottabad versus Lahore Shalimar
Abbottabad were sent in to bat, after Lahore Shalimar won the toss in bowling helpful conditions. The Abbottabadians emerged as victorious, despite defending a modest total of 230 runs. More surprisingly, both the teams were bundled out under 250 runs in
each of their two outings.
Abbottabad piled up a fighting score of 246 runs in their first innings, considering the assistance that was on offer, off the surface. Wajid Ali and Riaz Khalil indulged themselves in a resilient partnership of 161 runs to rescue their team from an early
debacle.
Moreover, Wajid, the top-scorer with 92 runs was backed up by his Riaz with his defying 68 runs. Rest of the batsmen failed to make any impact with the bat as all gathered single figure scores.
For Lahore, Aamer Hayat was the pick of the bowlers as he gathered decent figures of 4/60. Emmad Ali, the opening bowler provided his team with two early breakthroughs. Arsalan Mir’s accurate medium pacers earned him a tally of 3/60.
Shalimar Batsmen started off poorly as their four wickets crumbled at a bleak score of 19. Adding to their worries, the other three wickets fell in space of 23 runs as the score line suggested 7/42. Saad Nasim and Aamer Hayat associated themselves in a
great fight-back as the duo gathered a 122-run stand to save their team from an embarrassing first innings lead.
Furthermore, the pair scored late order half centuries. In the process, Nasim was the highest run scorer with 74 runs for Lahore. The Abbottabad bowlers started their show in an emphatic manner as they restricted their opponents to an average score line
of 184 runs, including eight of their batsmen added single figure scores.
Ahmed Jamal wreaked havoc as he did send seven Abbottabad batsmen into the pavilion, taking an amazing tally of 7/40 in a brilliant display of seam and swing bowling. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Usman-c71296 bowled 7 economical overs, taking delightful figures of 2/9.
The nature of the pitch did not change much as Abbottabad again crumbled in indifferent conditions as they only managed 167 runs in their 2nd display. Except Fawad Khan, the number 3 batsman, everybody failed to prove his worth with bat. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319’s
defiant innings of 88 runs, came in order to rescue his team from a top order debacle.
For Shalimar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 Dar was the star with the bowl in his hand, hunting down five key victims at a cost of just 43 runs. Aamer Hayat was again on song in the 2nd outing as he grabbed three important middle order wickets, which helped in further
denting of the opposition batsmen.
In the hunt of a fighting total of 230 runs, the Shalimar batsmen, once again crumbled as their first three wicket fell on a score of 21. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Salahuddin-c94700 and Afzal Shahzad did provide stability in the middle overs as the pair managed 55 runs between them.
Usman was the highest individual scorer with 67 runs.
However, Afzal fought hard for his unbeaten 45 runs, but to no avail as there was no other substantial contributor to assist him. Adding to it, Lahore fell way short of their original total as they gathered a total of 170 runs.
For Abbottabad, Mohammad Naeem, the left-arm slow bowler, who struggled in the first outing, was the pick of the bowlers in the 2nd show as he devastated five opposition batsmen, taking an amazing tally of 5/52. Jahangir shah and Wajid Ali chipped
in with two wickets each as they dented Shalimar with a 59-run win.
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