December 31, 2002	Tuesday	Shawwal 26, 1423

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RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: Rawalpindi proved rude hosts Monday, walloping Karachi Blues by 215 runs at the Pindi Stadium to collect maximum points from their Quaid Trophy Group-IV match.

Set a target of 341 for victory, the visitors were sent packing for 125 with Rawalpindi pacers Mohammad Fayyaz, Yasir Ashfaq and leg-spinner Shiraz Khalid snapping up three wickets apiece.

Fayyaz finished with a match haul of eight wickets.

No Karachi batsman could stand his ground and the home side needed only 46.1 overs to finish them off.

Earlier, Rawalpindi resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 183 for six extended their overall lead to 340, declaring their innings closed at 220 for seven.

Off-spinner Ali Mohammad captured one wicket for the day to return match figures of 5-88.

Meanwhile, Inam-ul-Haq scored a fine 129 and Faisal Naved hit 48 as Zarai Taraqaiti Bank Limited (ZTBL) managed a draw against KRL at the latter’s grpund.

ZTBL, starting the day at 28 for no loss and needing 352 runs for victory, batted out the day to finish at 278 for nine. Pacer Yasir Arafat claimed four wickets to add to his five he took in the first innings. He had match figures of nine for 178.

The drawn game in which KRL had gained first innings lead, earned them three points.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 281 (Nauman Aman 142, Shiraz Khalid 73; Imranullah 6-51).

KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings) 161 (Jaffar Qureshi 52; Mohammad Fayyaz 5-48).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 183-6):

Wasim Ahmed c Sajid b Ali 31

Babar Naeem c Sajid b Ali 63

Mujahid Hameed run out 27

Shiraz Khalid b Ali 30

Nauman Aman b Jaffar 4

Pervez Aziz not out 31

Nadeem Abbasi st Sajid b Ali 7

Junaid Zia c Tariq b Ali 4

Yasir Ashfaq not out 15

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, NB-1) 8

TOTAL (for seven dec, 48 overs) 220

FALL OF WKTS: 1-78, 2-97, 3-144, 4-155, 5-164, 6-177, 7-193.

BOWLING: Imranullah 3-0-4-0; Sharif Asadullah 7-0-38-0; Tariq Haroon 5-1-16-0; Ali Mohammad 17-1-88-5; Zahid Ghauri 4-1-23-0; Jaffar Qureshi 12-2-44-1.

KARACHI BLUES (2nd Innings):

Khalid Latif b Yasir 22

Zahid Ghauri c Nauman b Fayyaz 2

Khurram Manzoor b Yasir 6

Tariq Haroon c Nadeem b Shiraz 15

Faraz Patel c Nauman b Yasir 35

Sajid Hanif lbw b Shiraz 0

Jaffar Qureshi c Pervez b Junaid 7

Imranullah c Wasim b Shiraz 24

Anis Shaikh c Shiraz b Fayyaz 0

Ali Mohammad c Akram b Fayyaz 0

Sharif Asadullah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, NB-4) 14

TOTAL (all out, 46.1 overs) 125

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-30, 3-38, 4-58, 5-58, 6-68, 7-120, 8-120, 9-120.

BOWLING: Mohammad Akram 11-3-21-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 8-1-22-3; Yasir Ashfaq 8.1-0-22-3; Junaid Zia 10-2-33-1; Shiraz Khalid 9-4-17-3.

Summarised scores of other match:

*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

Match drawn.

KRL 307 (Saeed bin Nasir 93, Saeed Anwar Jr 60; Rao Iftikhar 3-83, Fahad Masood 2-58, Faisal Naved 2-38) and 303-5 dec (Misbah-ul-Haq 101 not out, Intikhab Alam 83; Fahad Masood 2-38);

ZTBL 231 (Faisal Naved 47, Zahoor Elahi 41; Yasir Arafat 5-78, Ali Naqvi 3-37) and 278-9 (Inam-ul-Haq 129, Faisal Naved 48; Yasir Arafat 4-100).