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.

Scoreboard

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.

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