Karachi ‘B’ win in style

Published January 1, 2001

KARACHI, Feb 4: Karachi Blues, as expected, notched up their second victory in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I cricket championship when walloped Gujranwala by an innings and 39 runs at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Monday.

The home team, who were tottering at 64 for five at the start of play on the fourth and final day, reached 170 in their second innings.

Scoreboard

KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings) 417-9 dec (Atiq-uz-Zaman 101 not out, Tariq Haroon 92, Maisam Hasnain 57; Abdul Rehman 5-120).

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings) 208 (Abdul Rehman 57; Riaz Shaikh 4-60).

GUJRANWALA (2nd Innings, overnight 64-5):

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Farhan b Rizwan 1

Basit Butt c Farhan b Ramesh 8

Abdul Rehman lbw b Tahir 20

Tariq Javed c Asim b Ramesh 0

Imran Abbas lbw b Rizwan 8

Ehtesham Younis lbw b Javed 16

Hafiz Khalid b Tahir 40

Zahid Fazal b Riaz 26

Mubashir Nazir not out 21

Sarfraz Ahmed b Riaz 1

Nadeem Hussain c Maisam b Riaz 0

EXTRAS (B-18, LB-3, NB-8) 29

TOTAL (all out, 61 overs) 170

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-16, 3-17, 4-37, 5-59, 6-108, 7-115, 8-158, 9-162.

BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 11-2-31-2; Rizwan Saeed 11-2-22-2; Riaz Shaikh 16-5-54-3; Tahir Khan 14-3-32-2; Mohammad Javed 9-5-10-1.

RESULT: Karachi Blues won by an innings and 39 runs.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.

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