KARACHI, Feb 10: Sheikhupura stormed to the top of Group-II standings with a crushing eight-wicket victory over Rawalpindi in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Sheikhupura Stadium Sunday.
Test discard Imran Nazir dominated the final day by taking a career-best four for 61 with his occasional leg-spinners as Rawalpindi were all out for 264 in their second innings.
Sheikhupura, who now have collected 51 points, lost two wickets in chasing 73 with Imran blasting an unbeaten 55 off 58 balls, including 10 fours.
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 235 (Mohammad Wasim 77, Naveed Ashraf 56; 5-78).
SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings) 429 (Saleem Mughal 74, Maqsood Raza 64, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 58 not out, Mohammad Azam 52; Yasir Arafat 4-107).
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 191-6):
Arif Butt lbw b Qaiser 64
Hasham Iqbal b Jaffar 7
Mohammad Saleem lbw b Qaiser 27
Naveed Ashraf c Sarfraz b Haroon 3
Mohammad Wasim c Sarfraz b Imran 26
Yasir Arafat b Faisal 55
Jawwad Hameed c Azam b Imran 0
Babar Naeem c and b Imran 15
Naeem Akhtar c Sarfraz b Faisal 12
Mohammad Salman not out 18
Azhar Bhatti c Azam b Imran 2
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-8, W-5, NB-12) 35
TOTAL (all out, 88.2 overs) 264
FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-112, 3-118, 4-150, 5-164, 6-173, 7-205, 8-242, 9-259.
BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 16-3-49-0; Jaffar Nazir 9-1-31-1; Faisal Virk 13-6-25-2; Mohammad Asif 5-1-15-0; Mohammad Haroon 12-2-31-1; Qaiser Abbas 18-7-34-2; Imran Nazir 15.2-2-61-4.
SHEIKHUPURA (2nd Innings):
Imran Nazir not out 55
Mohammad Azam c Salman b Yasir 13
Qaiser Abbas c Jawwad b Yasir 7
Mohammad Haroon not out 2
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-1, NB-2) 6
TOTAL (for two wkts, 16.2 overs) 73
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-54.
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 8.2-1-43-2; Naeem Akhtar 5-1-14-0; Jawwad Hameed 3-0-13-0.
RESULT: Sheikhupura won by eight wickets.
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf and Zamir Haider.
MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.
