LAHORE, April 8: Faisalabad made history on Thursday by winning their maiden Quaid-i-Azam Trophy title after defeating Lahore by six wickets at the LCCA Ground on Thursday.

Needing 103 for their fourth victory, Faisalabad knocked off the required runs for the loss of four wickets. Faisalabad, who have now collected 36 points from six games, on Sunday won their first-ever one-day title in the Quaid-i-Azam Cup.

Lahore, who resumed at the overnight 75 for two, were all out for 267 in the second innings with Ashraf Ali making 65 to follow his 141 in the first innings. Test reject Mohammad Hafeez captured five for 46 with his off-spinners.

Scoreboard

LAHORE (1st Innings) 327 (Ashraf Ali 141).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 492 (Imran Ali 131, Asif Hussain 106, Naved Latif 77).

LAHORE (2nd Innings, overnight 75-2):

Salman Butt c Ramzan b Sami 13

Rizwan Aslam lbw b Niazi 9

Ashraf Ali c Imran b Ijaz 65

Kashif Siddique c Ramzan b Ahmed 5

Adil Nisar b Hafeez 43

Intikhab Alam c and b Hafeez 40

Adnan Akmal st Salman b Hafeez 53

Shahzad Butt b Hafeez 4

Wasim Khan c sub b Hafeez 7

Mohammad Khalil not out 2

Zeeshan Safeer c Salman b Ahmed 0

EXTRAS (B-16, LB-1, W-1, NB-3) 21

TOTAL (all out, 78 overs) 267

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-31, 3-76, 4-180, 5-152, 6-222, 7-249, 8-254, 9-255.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 1-0-7-0; Samiullah Niazi 18-2-58-2; Saeed Ajmal 25-10-54-0; Ahmed Hayat 11-1-34-2; Mohammad Hafeez 11-2-46-5; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 11-0-50-1; Imran Ali 1-0-1-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Wasim 0

Mohammad Ramzan not out 8

Imran Ali b Shahzad 1

Asif Hussain c Kashif b Shahzad 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Adnan b Khalil 32

Naved Latif not out 30

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, NB-5) 11

TOTAL (for four wkts, 24 overs) 104

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-4, 3-5, 4-69.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 5-1-18-1; Mohammad Khalil 7-0-18-1; Zeeshan Safeer 3-0-24-0; Shahzad Butt 9-2-33-2.

RESULT: Faisalabad won by six wickets.

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