Pindi pacers rout Faisalabad

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LAHORE, Jan 27: A three-prong pace attack of Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat and Najaf Shah helped Rawalpindi to gain full points as they beat Faisalabad by 232 runs in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Friday.

Set 337 to win, Sohail (4-24), Yasir (3-35) and Najaf (3-41) bundled out Faisalabad for

104 in 32.5 in second innings as Rawalpindi obtained nine points to gather aggregate of 21 points from four matches.

Earlier, Rawalpindi, who had gained 51 lead on first innings, were all out in second innings at 285 after resuming at 277-8 as Asad Ali finished with four wickets for 67. Ahmed Hayat and Ijaz Ahmed Junior claimed three each.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st innings) 251 ( Mohammad Wasim 62; Ahmed Hayat 4-31).

FAISALABAD (1st innings) 200 (Misbah-ul-Haq 93 not out).

RAWALPINDI (2nd innings, overnight 8-277):

Sohail Nasir lbw Asad 0

Babar Naeem c Imran b Saeed 75

Tahir Rauf c Imran b Saeed 32

Naved Qureshi lbw Asad 15

Mohammad Wasim c Zahid b Ahmed 57

Usman Saeed c Imran Ali b Saeed 22

Yasir Arafat c Ijaz b Ahmed 20

Sohail Tanvir not out 30

Sajid Mahmood b Asad 17

Yasim Murtaza c Asad b Ahmed 1

Najaf Shahb Asad 1

EXTRAS (B-1,LB-6, NB-8) 15

TOTAL (all out, 79.2 overs) 285

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-62, 3-98, 4-142, 5-174, 6-227, 7-238, 8-277, 9-280.

BOWLING: Asad Ali 21-2-67-4 (5nb); Ahmed Hayat 13-0-58-3 (3nb); Imran Khalid 16-1-71-0; Saeed Ajmal 27-4-75-3; Ijaz Ahmed Jnr 2-0-7-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd innings).

Imran Ali b Yasir 6

Mohammad Zahid c Sajid b Najaf 5

Abdul Manan lbw Najaf 1

Misbah-ul-Haq lbw Yasir 14

Mohammad Salman c Wasim b Sohail 18

Naved Latif lbw Yasir 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr c Usman b Sohail 19

Imran Khalid not out 7

Ahmed Hayat c Sajid b Sohail 14

Saeed Ajmal lbw Sohail 8

Asad Ali b Najaf 4

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-1, NB-3) 8

TOTAL (all out, 32.5 overs) 104

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-14, 3-23, 4-29, 5-29, 6-66, 7-77, 8-86, 9-99.

BOWLING: Yasir 10-1-35-3; Najaf Shah 14.5-4-41-3 (1w); Sohail Tanvir 14.5-4-41-3; Yasim Murtaza 8-2-24-4 (3nb).

RESULT: Faisalabad won by 232 runs.

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