Faisalabad crush Hyderabad

Published January 11, 2002

LAHORE, Jan 10: Faisalabad registered a thumping innings and 234 runs victory over Hyderabad on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-

Azam Trophy Grade-I match at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Thursday.

According to a message received here, Hyderabad,  who conceded a huge first innings lead of 387, were all out for 153 in their second knock.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 98 (Nadeem Afzal 4-23).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 485-8 dec (Saadat Gul 120 not out, Zahoor Elahi 106).

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 4-1):

Adil Nisar c Asif b Shahid 14

Imraan Mohammad lbw b Shahid 0

Shamim Bashir b N. Ashraf 20

Iqbal Sheikh c Zahoor b Saadat 2

Faisal Athar lbw b Shahid 21

Rizwan Ahmed c Asif b Shahid 33

Naeem Akhtar lbw b Ijaz Jr 14

Asfand Jafri not out 21

Shahnawaz lbw b Ijaz Jr 3

Raees Amjad c Fida b Ijaz Jr 0

Anwar Ali st Salman b N. Afzal 10

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, W-2, NB-6) 15

TOTAL (all out, 30.3 overs) 153

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-35, 3-43, 4-58, 5-79, 6-114, 7-120, 8-120, 9-124.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 16-6-27-4; Nadeem Afzal 9.3-1-60-1; Nadeem Ashraf 6-1-21-1; Saadat Gul 7-3-15-1; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 11-3-21-3; Mohammad Ramzan 1-0-2-0.

RESULT: Faisalabad won by an innings and 234 runs.

UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Nadeem Ghauri.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

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