Quaid-e-Azam Trophy- a review of 2nd round
The 2nd round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy ended in a fascinating manner as the top domestic teams were indulged in absorbing cricket to complete their 2nd round assignments.
Most of the matches proved to be result oriented and only a few salvaged a draw. It is because of the nature of sporting pitches that are being used in the country’s most prestigious event. For a start, the wickets do help the seam bowlers. After the first
two days, it turns and grips off the surface, so the spinners come into play.
Apart from the bowlers, the batsmen who play well with great determination, useful technique and guts will score runs in trying conditions. There have been few willowers, who have earned their names on the honour board of country’s ultimate prize.
Bettor.com feels proud to discuss team performances in the recently concluded second round of the Quaid-e-Azam trophy.
Sialkot versus Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited was sent into bat first, after Sialkot won the toss. The openers fell early on the score of 2/4. Inam-ul-Haq and Shahid Yousuf steadied the ship to a total of 79/3, in which Inam gathered a half century.
Moreover, Haris Sohail and Imran Nazir were involved in a 93-run blistering partnership, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 scored a scintillating 55 runs of just 41 balls, including nine crisp boundaries. In addition, Haris with his defiant 74 became the top scorer for his team.
Sohail Tanvir managed a resilient half century to guide his team to a respectable total of 350 runs.
The bowling line-up for Sialkot struggled to make an impact, despite of two early breakthroughs. Mansoor Amjad the pick of the bowlers as he registered figures of 3/56. Mohammad http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-c41488 dented the opposition with some crucial blows in the middle, taking 3/77
in his spell of 24 overs.
Sialkot’s batsmen did not make any substantial contribution, apart from the middle order batsman Mohammad Ayub and the all-rounder Mansoor. Adding to it, Ayub scored a brilliant 93-run innings to rescue his team from an early debacle of the top-order batsmen.
Furthermore, the pair added 191 runs for the fifth wicket, in order to save their team from an embarrassing defeat. In the process, Amjad, the all-rounder mustered a resilient 89 runs.
ZTBL’s bowling looked good from the start. The opening bowlers shared 9 wickets between them. Tanvir managed a decent numbers of 4/77, but it was Mohamamd Khalil who wreaked Havoc for the opposition, scalping an impressive tally of 5/62.
However, the first innings failure was on Yasir Hameed’s mind. Under pressure, he racked up 95 runs to guide his team to a modest total of 254/8. In his beauty, Yasir stroked 15 boundaries and a massive six. Haq again showed signs of maturity as he recorded,
another half century, which left the opponents to chase massive target of 365 runs.
Tariq Mehmood was the pick of the bowlers for Sialkot as he gathered decent figures of 3/32. Mansoor Amjad added three more to his tally of wickets.
ZTBL’s opening bowlers again devastated the opposition’s batsmen as Mansoor recorded a half century in the total of 194 runs. The highest partnership of the 2nd innings for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Majid-Jahangir-c1878
and Tariq Mehmood, after then wicket continued to crumble against a top quality bowling attack.
Tanvir and Khalil again bowled with great control and probing line and length as they recorded unbelievable numbers. In doing so, they registered 18 wickets in the match. This time around, Sohail gathered 4/65, and his partner’s impressive show with his
left-arm bowling earned him a ten-wicket haul.
As a result, ZTBL’s consistent bowling and batting gained them an emphatic victory by 170 runs. In the future on the tournament, they certainly are a force to reckon with.
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