Ijaz Jr claims 10 wickets in Faisalabad’s victory

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KARACHI, Feb 4: Faisalabad annihilated Rest of Balochistan by a comprehensive margin of an innings and 195 runs in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad Monday.

The highlights of an otherwise one-sided encounter was a career-best match haul of 10 for 100 by part-time off-spinner and former Test batsman Ijaz Ahmed Junior.

Balochistan, who resumed at 41 for three in their second innings, were bowled out for 159 with Ijaz picking up six for 74.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 521-6 dec (Mohammad Ramzan 157, Zahoor Elahi 108, Wasim Haider 100 not out).

REST OF BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 167 (Azizullah Khan 60; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 4-26).

REST OF BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 41-3):

Azizullah Khan c Salman b Wasim 16

Hameedullah Khan c Sami b Ijaz Jr 10

Mohtashim Ali st Salman b Ijaz Jr 41

Naseem Khan c Ramzan b Ijaz Jr 5

Sadiq Shah b Shahid 6

Mian Nafees c Ramzan b Shahid 2

Naseer Khan b Ijaz Jr 61

Faisal Irfan c Wasim b Ijaz Jr 0

Arun Lal b Nadeem 0

Waqas Chughtai b Ijaz Jr 12

Mohammad Khan not out 2

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1, NB-2) 4

TOTAL (all out, 67.4 overs) 159

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-28, 3-41, 4-48, 5-59, 6-135, 7-135, 8-142, 9-151.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 10-2-22-2; Nadeem Afzal 9-1-22-1; Moazzam Ali 4-1-6-0; Wasim Haider 9-5-5-1; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 26.4-9-74-6; Zahoor Elahi 2-0-2-0; Farooq Iqbal 7-2-27-0.

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