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RAWALPINDI, Jan 23: Islamabad crashed to a 169-run defeat against Lahore Blues on the last day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I game at KRL Stadium Wednesday.
Lahore set a target of 322 for Islamabad to achieve victory but dismal batting by the home batsmen saw the entire side being dismissed for 152.
Earlier in the morning the visiting team had declared their second innings at 385 for eight after facing just five deliveries adding three more runs to their overnight score.
Islamabad’s chase quickly went off track and they were a 25 for four at one stage. Four of the batsmen went for nought with only Iftikhar Hussain sticking on to the crease in scoring 44.
The wickets went to paceman Irfan Fazil, who took 3-22 and slow left-armer Mohammad Hussain also picking up three.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 241 (Humayun Farhat 67, Mohammad Hussain 50).
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 305 (Rashid Amin Butt 101; Irfan Fazil 4-55).
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings, overnight 382-8):
Sohail Idrees c Shahbaz b Rauf 154
Imran Farhat c I. Hussain b A. Naqvi 49
Zia-ur-Rehman lbw b A. Naqvi 6
Bazid Khan c Shahbaz b Rauf 88
Humayun Farhat c Rashid b Rauf 32
Mohammad Hussain lbw b A. Naqvi 34
Waqas Ahmed not out 3
Irfan Fazil b Rauf 0
Saleem Shahzad lbw b Rauf 0
Hafiz Bilal not out 0
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-3, W-7, NB-6) 19
TOTAL (for eight dec, 92.5 overs) 385
FALL OF WKTS: 1-95, 2-118, 3-307, 4-309, 5-379, 6-381, 7-382, 8-382.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 7-0-58-0; Rauf Akbar 11-1-63-5; Saeed Ajmal 20-2-61-0; Bilal Asad 2-0-8-0; Ali Naqvi 28.5-4-101-3; Anwar-ul-Haq 13-1-48-0; Shakir Mahmood 4-1-11-0; Iftikhar Hussain 3-0-13-0; Raheel Majeed 4-0-16-0.
ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings):
Ali Naqvi lbw b Waqas 13
Raheel Majeed lbw b Irfan Fazil 7
Anwar-ul-Haq c Humayun b Irfan 0
Iftikhar Hussain b Hussain 44
Bilal Asad c Saleem b Irfan 0
Rashid Amin Butt c Mudassar b Bilal 13
Mohammad Shahbaz lbw b Hussain 8
S. Mahmood c Humayun b Mudassar 27
Rauf Akbar not out 16
Rao Iftikhar lbw b Mudassar 0
Saeed Ajmal lbw b Hussain 0
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-2, NB-9) 24
TOTAL (all out, 68.3 overs) 152
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-24, 3-24, 4-25, 5-73, 6-88, 7-95, 8-147, 9-151.
BOWLING: Waqas Ahmed 15-3-55-1; Irfan Fazil 12.2-4-22-3; Imran Farhat 6-1-20-0; Mohammad Hussain 23.3-18-12-3; Hafiz Bilal 9.4-2-28-1; Mudassar Mahboob 2-1-2-2.
RESULT: Lahore Blues won by 169 runs.
UMPIRES: Islam Khan, Sadiq Mohammad.
MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khateeb.
