January 25, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 21, 1423

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RAWALPINDI, Jan 24: PIA went marching into the quarterfinals of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy inflicting an innings and 132-run defeat on Bahawalpur on the third day of their pre-quarterfinal match at Rawalpindi Stadium on Friday.

Pace bowler Aizaz bin Ilyas took a five-wicket haul and Zahid finished with three for 50 as Bahawalpur, 21 for three overnight, were sent packing for 147 in their second innings.

PIA held a firm grip on the match from day one and had gained a 279-run first innings lead, thanks to centuries by Ghulam Ali (144), Asif Mujtaba (118) and half centuries coming from Faisal Iqbal (69), Bazid Khan (55) and Kamran Sajid (54).

By winning this match, PIA may have some sort of record since it was their fifth consecutive innings triumph this season.

Scoreboard

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 201 (Arshad Ali 56, Safdar Niazi 52; Mohammad Zahid 4-64).

PIA (1st Innings) 480-7 dec (Ghulam Ali 144, Asif Mujtaba 118, Faisal Iqbal 69, Bazid Khan 55, Kamran Sajid 54).

BAHAWALPUR (2nd Innings, overnight 21-3):

Mohammad Rashid lbw b Zahid 0

Asif Iqbal c Moin b Aizaz 26

Safdar Niazi lbw b Zahid 0

Hasnain Raza c Kamran b Ali Gohar 7

Farrukh Kamal c Faisal b Aizaz 16

Inam-ul-Haq c Yasir b Aizaz 43

Arshad Ali c Asif b Zahid 9

Amjad Jam c Kamran b Aizaz 8

Mubashir Ali c sub b Nadeem 6

Zeeshan Khalid c Yasir b Aizaz 4

Adnan Butt not out 1

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-6, NB-12) 27

TOTAL (all out, 35.4 overs) 147

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-5, 3-12, 4-45, 5-77, 6-110, 7-116, 8-133, 9-137.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 16-4-50-3 (10nb); Ali Gohar 8-3-27-1 (2nb); Aizaz bin Ilyas 10-2-54-5; Asif Mujtaba 1-0-1-0; Nadeem Khan 0.4-0-0-1.