Paceman Sohail wrecks Multan

Published November 1, 2005

RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Rawalpindi routed Multan by 290 runs in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match on Monday, paceman Sohail Tanvir wrecking the visitors with 6-41 at the KRL Stadium.

The home side made a quick declaration on the fourth day adding another nine runs to their overnight score declaring the innings closed at 233-6.

Set a target of 414 runs for victory, Multan crashed to 123 all out with no batsman being able to do anything worthwhile.

While Sohail inflicted most of the damage, Babar Naeem also chipped in with 3-21.

SCOREBOARD

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 349 (Usman Saeed 122; Abdur Rauf 5-77).

MULTAN (1st Innings) 169 (Saeed Anwar Jr 60; Rizwan Akbar 5-81).

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 224-6):

Mohammad Wasim c Ata b Rauf 110

Babar Naeem c Bilal b Saeed 8

Sohail Nasir c Usman b Kamran 15

Pervez Aziz b Saeed 35

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Aamir 6

Sohail Tanvir c Ata b Saeed 13

Usman Saeed not out 12

Tahir Rauf not out 14

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-4, NB-8) 20

TOTAL (for six wkts decl, 69 overs) 233

FALL OF WKTS: 1-49, 2-138, 3-153, 4-176, 5-184, 6-213.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 11.3-1-60-1 (2nb); Kamran Hussain 9-2-43-1; Tahir Maqsood 2.3-0-7-0 (1nb); Bilal Khilji 2-0-11-0; Mohammad Zahid 6-1-15-0 (5nb); Saeed Anwar Jr 24-3-59-3; Aamir Bashir 14-0-30-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr b Sohail Tanvir 8

Usman Tariq c Sajid b Rizwan 13

Yasir Arafat c Sajid b Sohail Tanvir 11

Mohammad Ali c and b Sohail Tanvir 41

Aamir Bashir c Sajid b SohailTanvir 4

Bilal Khilji b Babar 9

Kamran Hussain b Babar 0

Abdur Rauf c Pervez b Sohail Tanvir 0

Aamir Ata lbw b Babar 17

M. Zahid c Tahir b Sohail Tanvir 8

Tahir Maqsood not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-10) 11

TOTAL (all out, 41.3 overs) 123

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-22, 3-40, 4-52, 5-83, 6-83, 7-86, 8-97, 9-109.

BOWLING: Sohail Tanvir 21-5-41-6; Rizwan Akbar 14-5-50-1; Babar Naeem 6.3-2-21-3.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

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