February 25, 2008	Monday	Safar 17, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 24: Sohail Tanvir produced a splendid all-round performance as Federal Areas inflicted a crushing innings and 212-run defeat on injury-hit Balochistan with over a day to spare in the Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Pakistan all-rounder followed up his five-wicket haul in the first innings with a blistering 132 to help Federal Areas declare their first innings at a mammoth 597 for eight at lunch on the third day of the four-day fixture.

Man-of-the-Match Sohail then claimed three for 42 – match figures of eight for 108 – as Balochistan folded up for a measly 132 in the second innings 49 minutes after the tea interval with all-rounder Kamran Hussain (fever) and paceman Abdur Rauf (Injured) unable to bat.

Resuming at 441-7, Federal Areas added a further 156 runs in the first session when skipper Naveed Qureshi decided to close the innings.

Sohail, who started the day on 38, toyed with the hapless Balochistan bowling with scintillating strokes as he completed his third hundred in first-class cricket. His 174-ball innings contained 19 fours and one six before he was brilliantly caught at long-on by Azharullah who ran about 10 metres to complete the catch.

Wicket-keeper/batsman Naeem Anjum, who finished with an unbeaten 56 (five fours), added 155 with Sohail for the eighth-wicket stand in 125 minutes.

Scoreboard

BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 253 (Usman Tariq 68; Imranullah 51 not out; Sohail Tanvir 5-66, Yasir Arafat 4-83).

FEDERAL AREAS (1st Innings, overnight 441-7):

Raheel Majeed c Kamran b Bilal 98

Afaq Raheem c Gulraiz b Kamran 2

Fayyaz Ahmed c Gulraiz b Azhar 16

Bazid Khan c Bilal b Azhar 0

Usman Saeed lbw b Kamran 109

Naveed Qureshi c Gulraiz b Saeed Anwar 141

Yasir Arafat c Gulraiz b Kamran 0

Sohail Tanvir c Azhar b Imran 132

Naeem Anjum not out 56

Saeed Ajmal not out 1

EXTRAS (B-15, LB-11, NB-16) 42

TOTAL (for eight decl, 140 overs) 597

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-52, 3-52, 4-173, 5-360, 6-360, 7-428, 8-583.

DID NOT BAT: Shahzad Azam.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 21-5-90-0 (4nb); Kamran Hussain 17-2-71-3 (12nb); Azharullah 30-3-148-3; Bilal Khilji 27-6-98-1; Imranullah 27-1-103-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 18-2-61-1.

BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings):

Shoaib Khan c Bazid b Sohail 2

Usman Tariq run out 19

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Yasir 2

Saeed bin Nasir c Naeem b Shahzad 19

Bilal Khilji lbw b Yasir 0

Naseem Khan lbw b Sohail 26

Gulraiz Sadaf c Sohail b Shahzad 13

Imranullah c Usman b Sohail 26

Azharullah not out 13

Kamran Hussain absent ill -

Abdur Rauf absent ill -

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-1, W-2, NB-7) 12

TOTAL (all out, 32.3 overs) 132

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-6, 3-47, 4-48, 5-49, 6-88, 7-104, 8-132.

BOWLING: Sohail Tanvir 11.3-3-42-3; Yasir Arafat 12-2-39-2 (1nb, 1w); Shahzad Azam 9-0-48-2 (6nb, 1w).

RESULT: Federal Areas won by an innings and 212 runs.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahsan Raza.

TV UMPIRE: Ahmed Shahab.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Sohail Tanvir.