KARACHI, Feb 10: Aqeel Ahmed and Ijaz Ahmed spun Faisalabad to an emphatic 224-run victory over Bahawalpur in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Bahawalpur Stadium Sunday.
According to details available here, off-spinner Aqeel claimed six for 61 and Ijaz four for 35 as Bahawalpur collapsed to 121 in their second innings after being set a stiff target of 346 on the final day.
Ijaz, who emulated teammates Zahoor Elahi and Mohammad Ramzan by reaching 1,000 first-class runs in the current season in this match during the course of his 110 Saturday, finished with a match bag of six for 70 with his occasional off-spinners.
Aqeel also had a dream game by finishing with match figures of 10 for 192.
FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 204 (Zahoor Elahi 57, Mohammad Zahid 5-65, Murtaza Hussain 5-67).
BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 264 (Hammad Tariq 138; Zahoor Elahi 4-45, Aqeel Ahmed 4-131).
FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 393-6):
Mohammad Ramzan c Usman b Zahid 59
Zahoor Elahi lbw b Murtaza 77
Farooq Iqbal b Zahid 64
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c and b Zahid 110
Wasim Haider st Sajjad b Zahid 21
Sohail Nazir lbw b Maqbool 0
Fida Hussain not out 13
Sarfraz Butt run out 27
Mohammad Zaman c Murtaza b Zahid 7
EXTRAS (B-13, LB-10, NB-4) 27
TOTAL (for eight dec, 125.3 overs) 405
FALL OF WKTS: 1-130, 2-152, 3-293, 4-353, 5-354, 6-360, 7-393, 8-405.
BOWLING: Tahir Maqsood 11-1-43-0; Bilal Khilji 1-0-10-0; Mohammad Zahid 40.3-9-86-5; Murtaza Hussain 40-4-128-1; Maqbool Hussain 23-3-71-1; Usman Tariq 4-0-17-0; Faisal Elahi 6-0-27-0.
BAHAWALPUR (2nd Innings):
Hammad Tariq c Fida b Ijaz 28
Asif Iqbal b Aqeel 14
Usman Tariq b Ijaz 0
Bilal Khilji lbw b Aqeel 15
Rehan Rafiq lbw b Ijaz 18
Sajjad Akhtar c Fida b Aqeel 5
Murtaza Hussain c Naseem b Ijaz 9
Mohammad Zahid b Aqeel 17
Faisal Elahi not out 7
Maqbool Hussain b Aqeel 3
Tahir Maqsood c Fida b Aqeel 0
EXTRAS (B-3, NB-2) 5
TOTAL (all out, 56 overs) 121
FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-43, 3-43, 4-65, 5-71, 6-88, 7-105, 8-117, 9-120.
BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 2-0-13-0; Sarfraz Butt 2-0-9-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 26-14-35-4; Aqeel Ahmed 26-7-61-6.
RESULT: Faisalabad won by 224 runs.
UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed and Z.I. Pasha.
MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
