Quaid-e-Azam Trophy - a round up of the first round’s final day
The first round of the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy has come to an exciting end. There have been many, excellent individual performance displays, some great fight-backs and, top quality team performances.
The conditions throughout the leg have been helpful for bowling as there have been many low scores, especially in the first innings. Many bowlers from the domestic circuit have dominated the scene at the first-class level. Apart from that, some brilliant
shows with the bat have also highlighted the series.
Batsmen with sheer talent and determination have proved themselves on these bowling friendly wickets and against few top-class bowlers at the domestic level.
Bettor.com accounts for the matches that have been played in the country’s prestigious tournament, so far.
Rawalpindi versus Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
Rawalpindi defeated ZTBL as they completed a great fight back that started on the third day of the match, where they bundled their opposition for just 139 runs.
Rawalpindi, who were jolted badly in their first innings, gathering just 115 runs in the first show, emerged as victorious on the final and absorbing day of the first round. They started the day at 414/7, with the overnight centurion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zahid-Mansoor-c98489 on the
crease.
Moreover they added not more than 16 runs to the total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Junaid-Zia-c69672 finished the innings by bowling out the last man, Sadaf Hussain, who had, than already done his job by creating an 81 run last wicket partnership with Mansoor. In addition, the century maker
remained unbeaten on 120 runs and sailed his team to a convincing total of 430 runs.
In the hunt of 311 runs, ZTBL, on the last day of the contest suffered an embarrassing loss as they only managed to score 139 runs. Their top batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Hameed-c2811 showed some resistance for his 24 runs, but that wasn’t good enough for his team’s cause.
Imran Nazir showed signs of brutality as he displayed seven cracking fours in his 27-ball 36 runs, though this couldn’t prevent his team from registering a 171-run defeat. Junaid Zia’s resilient innings of 34 runs brought a smile on the faces of his team,
but for a short moment.
For Rawalpindi, Sadaf Hussain wreakeded havoc on the opponent teams batsmen as he went on to register match-winning figures of 5/49. In addition to this he removed the star batsmen, Afaq Rahim and Shahid Yousuf for just 8 runs on the board. He was completely
supported by Rizwan Akbar, who was an instrumental figure in the middle overs as he managed telling figures of 2/40. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadeem-Sikander-c78427, the left-arm slow bowler spun three wickets as he recorded figures of 3/29.
Multan versus Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited
In the chase for a fighting 271-run target, Multan had already suffered an early loss as their opener and the first innings centurion, Babar Ali was sent back to the hut. They started the day at 2/1, and were reduced to 4/19 in the start of the final day.
Kashif Naved and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tariq-Nadeem-c92831 resisted a bit as the pair put on 32 runs for the fourth wicket, but this was all in vain as the pair were dismissed in the span of just 1 run at 6/52.
Furthermore, Abdur Rauf in the late order showed some intent with the bat as he struck a well made 31 runs, considering he is just a tail-ender. His display included five cracking boundaries and a six. As a result of a dismal batting show, Multan earned
a thumping defeat at the hands of the opponents.
Asad Ali was the star of the show for SNGPL with the ball in his hands. He devastated the opposition’s batting line-up with his nagging line and length bowling. In doing so, he scalped 5 important victims at the cost of just 46 runs.
Adding to this, Yasir Shah and Adil Raza, added two more wickets to their teams tally. As a result, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Multan-c819 were bowled out for a low total of 134 runs.
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