Fazle Akbar captures eight for 68

Published January 28, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 27: Discarded Test speedster Fazle Akbar sent the national selectors Sunday with another strong reminder when he demolished Islamabad by picking up eight for 68 in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Arbab Niaz Stadium.

Fazle’s devastating bowling curtailed Islamabad to 191 all out, according to details available here.

The home side extended their 140-run first innings lead by reaching 68 for two in their second innings.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 331 (Wajahatullah Wasti 74, Yasir Hameed 51; Saad Janjua 4-88).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 9-0):

Bilal Asad lbw b Fazle 33

Ali Raza c Aftab b Fazle 15

Iftikhar Hussain lbw b Kabir 3

Mohammad Altaf c Zulfiqar b Fazle 7

Ali Naqvi c Zulfiqar b Fazle 28

Rashid Amin Butt c Javed b Fazle 9

Mohammad Shahbaz lbw b Fazle 18

Shakir Mahmood c Zulfiqar b Fazle 1

Rauf Akbar lbw b Fazle 21

Rao Iftikhar not out 17

Saad Janjua c Kabir b Waqar 21

EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-14) 21

TOTAL (all out, 64.3 overs) 191

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 16-4-45-1; Fazle Akbar 23-7-68-8; Waqar Ahmed 15.3-4-46-1; Arshad Khan 10-2-25-0.

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):

Riffatullah c Rauf b R. Iftikhar 13

Javed Iqbal c Shahbaz b Saad 16

Yasir Hameed not out 10

Wajahatullah Wasti not out 19

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-3, NB-3) 10

TOTAL (for two wkts, 21 overs) 68

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-33.

BOWLING (to-date): Rao Iftikhar 8-2-34-1; Saad Janjua 8-3-21-1; Ali Naqvi 2-1-4-0.

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