Hayat excels with ball

Published February 4, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 3: Medium-pacer Ahmed Hayat bowled Sargodha into a winning position after Rest of Sindh collapsed to 143 for seven in their second innings in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Sports Stadium in Sargodha Sunday.

After taking six for 40 in Sindh’s first innings score of 148, Ahmed captured four for 42 as only Shahid Qambrani (60) was able to make a respectable contribution for the visitors.

Scoreboard

SARGODHA (1st Innings) 504-9 dec (Haroon Rahim 135, Ahmed Hayat 77, Misbah-ul-Haq 55, Khurram Niazi 52; Naeem Ghauri 4-160).

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings, overnight 61-4):

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Shahid b A. Hayat 0

Abid Ali c Nawaz b A. Hayat 15

Adnan Ameer c Hafeez b Ashraf 9

Shahid Qambrani c Misbah b Hafeez 29

Aamir Iqbal c A. Hayat b Sarfraz 11

Naveen Kumar b A. Hayat 1

Abdul Rahim c Haroon b Saboor 19

Rizwan Qureshi c Shahid b A. Hayat 21

Naeem Ghauri not out 9

Mohsin Raza b A. Hayat 0

Kashif Ali lbw b A. Hayat 4

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-1, W-1, NB-18) 30

TOTAL (all out, 51.1 overs) 148

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-27, 3-41, 4-60, 5-61, 6-89, 7-114, 8-128, 9-131.

BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 15.1-2-42-6; Mohammad Sarfraz 17-8-58-1; Mohammad Hafeez 9-3-19-1; Ashraf Bashir 5-3-11-1; Saboor Ahmed 5-2-7-1.

REST OF SINDH (2nd Innings):

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Nawaz b A. Hayat 4

Abid Ali b A. Hayat 0

Adnan Ameer b A. Hayat 35

Shahid Qambrani b A. Hayat 60

Aamir Iqbal c Shahid b Saboor 18

Naveen Kumar b Sarfraz 6

Abdul Rahim lbw b Sarfraz 0

Rizwan Qureshi not out 0

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, NB-10) 20

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 51.1 overs) 143

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-22, 3-98, 4-133, 5-143, 6-143, 7-143.

BOWLING (to-date): Ahmed Hayat 8.1-0-42-4; Mohammad Sarfraz 8-2-18-2; Ashraf Bashir 6-2-15-0; Saboor Ahmed 16-8-27-1; Mohammad Nawaz 11-4-15-0.

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