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KARACHI, Feb 9: Skipper Rao Iftikhar guided Islamabad to a remarkable one-wicket victory over Rest of Punjab with a day to spare in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Gymkhana Cricket Ground in Okara Saturday.
According to a message received here, Islamabad made 178 for nine in their second innings to record their first win in the championship with Iftikhar top-scoring with 37.
Medium-pacer Abdur Rauf bowled superbly to capture his second haul of five wickets in the match. He finished with 10 for 149.
Earlier, Iftikhar excelled with the ball to claim five for 51 (match bag of nine for 115) as Punjab lost their last nine wickets for 64 runs having resumed their second innings at 71 for one.
REST OF PUNJAB (1st Innings) 260 (Wasim Majeed 81; Rao Iftikhar 4-64).
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 200 (Rashid Amin Butt 52; Abdur Rauf 5-82, Shabbir Ahmed 4-68).
REST OF PUNJAB (2nd Innings, overnight 71-1):
Shahid Latif c and b R. Iftikhar 42
Saeed Anwar Jr b R. Iftikhar 8
Kamran Ali lbw b Saad 50
Zulfiqar Babar c Ashar b R. Iftikhar 4
Zeeshan Khan c Yasir b R. Iftikhar 0
Wasim Majeed lbw b Saad 0
Sufian Munir c sub b Saad 8
Mohammad Fazil b Saad 0
Shafiq Ahmed c Kashif b R. Iftikhar 6
Shabbir Ahmed c sub b Saad 1
Abdur Rauf not out 1
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-3, NB-2) 15
TOTAL (all out, 35.3 overs) 135
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-77, 3-92, 4-92, 5-98, 6-112, 7-116, 8-125, 9-128.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 15-4-51-5; Saad Janjua 13.3-1-39-5; Rauf Akbar 6-0-20-0; Bilal Asad 2-0-12-0.
ISLAMABAD (2nd innings):
Rauf Akbar b A. Rauf 0
Ashar Zaidi b A. Rauf 4
Bilal Asad c Zulfiqar b A. Rauf 26
Mohammad Zahid c Zeeshan b Zulfiqar 18
Rashid Amin Butt lbw b Zulfiqar 18
Atif Ashraf c Saeed b Shabbir 10
Yasir Javed lbw b Shabbir 3
Asif Ali Syed c Fazil b A. Rauf 17
Rao Iftikhar c Fazil b A. Rauf 37
Saad Janjua not out 18
Raja Mohammad Kashif not out 0
EXTRAS (B-14, LB-10, W-1, NB-2) 27
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 55.2 overs) 178
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-10, 3-54, 4-66, 5-88, 6-88, 7-98, 8-156, 9-163.
BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 25-6-47-2; Abdur Rauf 17.2-5-67-5; Zulfiqar Babar 12-2-34-2; Shafiq Ahmed 3-0-6-0.
RESULT: Islamabad won by one wicket.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Nadeem Ghauri.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.
