Peshawar rout Islamabad

Published January 29, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 28: Discarded Test fast bowler Fazle Akbar claimed a match haul of 12 for 134 Monday as Peshawar achieved a comprehensive 318-run victory over Islamabad inside three days in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Arbab Niaz Stadium.

Left-arm pacer Kabir Khan, another Test reject, also took four wickets as Islamabad were bundled out for 117 in their second innings, according to details available here.

Earlier, wicket-keeper Zulfiqar Jan slammed a whirlwind 100 off 74 balls to help Peshawar close their second innings at 295 for seven.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 331 (Wajahatullah Wasti 74, Yasir Hameed 51; Saad Janjua 4-88).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 191 (Fazle Akbar 8-68).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 68-2):

Riffatullah c Rauf b R. Iftikhar 13

Javed Iqbal c Shahbaz b Saad 16

Yasir Hameed c Shahbaz b Saad 15

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Saad 37

Akhtar Sarfraz c Shahbaz b Altaf 78

Aftab Khan c Shahbaz b Iftikhar 8

Zulfiqar Jan not out 100

Arshad Khan c sub (Sajid) b Altaf 0

Waqar Ahmed not out 3

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-10, W-3, NB-8) 25

TOTAL (for seven dec, 67.3 overs) 295

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-33, 3-79, 4-114, 5-147, 6-227, 7-227.

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 17-3-85-2; Saad Janjua 19.3-4-81-3; Ali Raza 3-1-5-0; Ali Naqvi 13-2-31-0; Rauf Akbar 6-0-20-0; Mohammad Altaf 3-1-24-2; Bilal Asad 6-1-35-0.

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings):

Bilal Asad c Javed b Kabir 19

Ali Raza lbw b Kabir 4

Iftikhar Hussain c Arshad b Fazle 0

Ali Naqvi lbw b Kabir 1

Mohammad Altaf c Waqar b Fazle 21

Rashid Amin Butt st Z’qar b Arshad 13

Mohammad Shahbaz c Z’qar b Fazle 18

Saad Janjua c Altaf b Kabir 16

Shakir Mahmood not out 6

Rao Iftikhar lbw b Kabir 5

Rauf Akbar absent ill

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-1, NB-6) 14

TOTAL (all out, 36 overs) 117

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-30, 3-31, 4-33, 5-63, 6-87, 7-105, 8-112, 9-117.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 8-1-21-4; Fazle Akbar 11-0-66-4; Waqar Ahmed 7-2-10-0; Wajahatullah Wasti 1-0-1-0; Arshad Khan 9-3-12-1.

RESULT: Peshawar won by 318 runs.

UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Tahir Shah.

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