January 22, 2007	Monday	Muharram 02, 1428

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LAHORE, Jan 21: Azhar Mahmood and Rao Iftikhar claimed eight wickets between as Islamabad defeated Lahore Ravi by eight wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the LCCA Ground on Sunday.

Azhar, who took five for 33 in the first innings, ended up with four for 75 in the second innings for a match-haul of nine for 108, while Iftikhar finished with four for 92 as Lahore Ravi, who had conceded a first innings lead of 280, were all out for 318 in the second innings.

The only bright spot for them on Sunday was the batting of Adnan Raza, who scored an unbeaten 123 off 230 balls with one six and 18 fours.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 138 (Azhar Mahmood 5-33).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 418-9 declared (Ashar Zaidi 106). LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings, overnight 89-3):

Rizwan Ahmed c Naeem b Azhar 13

Rizwan Aslam c Naeem b Rao Iftikhar 14

Nasir Jamshed c Azhar b Rao Iftikhar 1

Kashif Siddique b Azhar 70

Adnan Raza not out not out 123

Ali Azmat lbw b Bilal 8

Adnan Akmal lbw b Bilal 13

Waqas Ahmed c Ashar b Rao Iftikhar 36

Asif Raza c Iftikhar b Azhar 0

Wasim Khan c Naeem b Azhar 0

Wahab Riaz lbw b Rao Iftikhar 2

EXTRAS (B-16, LB-8, NB-8) 32

TOTAL (all out, 88.5 overs) 318

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-26, 3-37, 4-165, 5-176, 6-198, 7-224, 8-304, 9-309.

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 26.5-5-92-4; Azhar Mahmood 26-7-75-4 (6nb); Rauf Akbar 14-1-58-0 (2nb); Mohammad Altaf 3-1-3-0; Immad Wasim 7-1-26-0; Asher Zaidi 4-1-15-0; Fayyaz Ahmed 1-0-8-0.

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings):

Afaq Raheem c Adnan b Wasim 0

Ashar Zaidi c Adnan b Waqas 12

Mohammad Altaf not out 9

Bilal Asad not out 10

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-1, NB-2) 8

TOTAL (for two wkts, 7.2 overs) 39

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-18.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 4-0-15-1; Waqas Ahmed 3.2-0-19-1 (2nb).

RESULT: Islamabad won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Raweed Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Masood Ahmed.