KARACHI, Jan 9: Hyderabad pulled off a creditable four-wicket win over Lahore Ravi in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium on Tuesday.

The hosts, who reached the final of this championship last season, scored 131 for six after being set 128 for victory. Hanif-ur-Rehman played the pivotal knock as he made 49 off 54 balls.

Earlier, Adnan Akmal remained unbeaten with 77 as the visitors were all out for 219 in the second innings.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 265 (Kashif Siddique 102, Adnan Raza 54).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 357 Rizwan Ahmed 102, Shahid Qambrani 85, Hanif Malik 74).

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings, overnight 188-8):

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Naeem 1

Nasir Jamshed c Shahid b Farhan 1

Rashid Riaz c Rizwan b Naeem 0

Ali Azmat c Hanif Malik b Nasir 56

Adnan Raza c Hanif-ur-Rehman b Nasir 30

Kashif Siddique c Shahid b Farhan 3

Adnan Akmal st Hanif Malik b Rizwan 77

Wasim Khan run out 9

Wahab Riaz c Faisal b Rizwan 12

Osama Aftab b Nasir 3

Imran Ali not out 5

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, W-6, NB-7) 22

TOTAL (all out, 77.2 overs) 219

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-6, 3-9, 4-9, 5-99, 6-110, 7-137, 8-171, 9-190.

BOWLING: Naeem-ur-Rehman 11-0-34-2 (1nb, 1w); Farhan Ayub 11-2-34-2 (1w); Nauman Ali 17-2-50-0; Nasir Awais 25-7-56-3 (4nb); Rizwan Ahmed 11.2-2-36-2.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Faisal Athar c Adnan Akmal b Wasim 8

Ghulam Murtaza lbw b Wasim 5

Hanif Malik c Nasir b Wahab 0

Hanif-ur-Rehman b Wasim 49

Rizwan Ahmed c Nasir b Wahab 9

Taj Mohammad not out 14

Shahid Qambrani b Ali Azmat 13

Nauman Ali not out 10

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-6, W-3, NB-12) 23

TOTAL (for six wkts, 34.2 overs) 131

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-17, 3-43, 4-96, 5-96, 6-112.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 11-1-58-3 (4nb, 3w); Wahab Riaz 9-0-38-2 (4nb); Imran Ali 4-1-10-0; Osama Aftab 4-1-6-0; Ali Azmat 6.2-3-11-1.

RESULT: Hyderabad won by four wickets.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Shakeel Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Arif Majeed Arif.

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