Quaid-e-Azam Trophy - a review of second round
Hyderabad versus http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-Research-Laboratories-c804
The pitch at Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad witnessed a hard fought draw in absorbing four days of first-class cricket. Apart for one innings, the match has been dominated by batsmen of both the teams as three centuries were scored in the match.
Hyderabad, despite of a dismal performance in the first innings salvaged a draw. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sharjeel-Khan-c89775’s century in the second innings made sure that his team manages an unlikely draw.
KRL was sent into bat after Hyderabad won the toss on a seaming track. The visitors managed a decent first innings score of 291 runs, considering the nature of the pitch. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Naqvi-c998, the opening batsmen struck a well century as he stole the show in the first
outing in trying conditions.
Moreover, Naqvi showed great composure and technique to display a brilliant show of 116 runs. Zahoor Elahi was the only substantial contributor with his late order innings of 37 runs.
For KRL, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kashif-Bhatti-c70379 was the pick of the bowlers as he went on to take his career best figures of 6/73 in a marvellous display of left arm slow bowling. He pitched the ball in the right areas and his immaculate length earned him the rewards he deserved.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahid-c98463 Mehmood the other leg break bowler backed his spin partner gathered 3/60.
The hosts struggled in their first outing at home. It looked, they are unaware of their home conditions as their opposition utilized the offering better than them. Their first five wickets fell in the space of just 69 runs. Nobody form their top order made
an impact with the bat. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lal-Kumar-c72135 scored a fighting innings of 46 runs to take his team to modest total of 167 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792. Mohammad Irfan and Rahat Ali chipped in with two wickets each to back their opening bowlers.
The 2nd show was a scintillating one as the touring team gathered their 261 runs at a run-rate of over 5 runs per over. The wicket had dried up as there was a little assistance for the bowlers in the second outing. Saeed Anwar scored a breathtaking
century to earn his team a better position in the match.
Furthermore, Saeed with his opening partner added 109 runs for the first wicket. Bazid Khan racked up a half century in order to take is team in a position of substance. After 52 overs, the visitors declared their innings to have a go on their opponents.
As expected, it was a hardwork for the bowlers the seamer and the spin bowlers, both struggled to prove their worth. Apart from that, Kashif Bhatti was again the star of the show for his team as he added three more wickets to his first innings tally, taking
decent figures of 3/78 on a batting paradise.
In the hunt of mammoth target of 387 runs, Hyderabad did put up a better show in the second outing. They showed that they know the home conditions better than the rest. Sharjeel Khan the opener scored a defiant century to ensure his team a draw. In his innings,
he struck 12 boundaries and two towering sixes.
However, Rizwan Ahmed in the middle order stabilized the innings. In addition, his innings of 82 runs came in massive of 197 deliveries as they were playing for a draw. Lal Kumar’s unbeaten 51 ended the match without any result. After 122 overs the host’s
managed a score of 323/7.
Nauman Ali for the visiting team bowled a marathon spell of 31 accurate overs, scalping four victims at a cheap cost of 59 runs. Adding to it, his display of left-arm bowling couldn’t prevent the Hyderabad to salvage a draw.
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