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LAHORE, Feb 20: Rawalpindi registered a crushing 453-run victory over Lahore Blues in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match inside days at Gaddafi Stadium Wednesday.
Young opener Babar Naeem stroked a magnificent 227 and superb swing bowling by Naeem Akhtar, who claimed a match bag of 10 for 106 played significant roles in Rawalpindi’s big win.
Rawalpindi, who earned a 130-run lead on first innings, set the home side a massive target of 599 after amassing 468 for five declared with Babar Naeem making 227 off 251 deliveries, including 26 fours and five sixes. Test discard Naveed Ashraf also shone with 91 off 154 balls with 11 boundaries. Babar and Naveed added 186 for the fourth wicket in 187 minutes.
Lahore Blues, last season’s champions, were sent crashing to 145 all out with Naeem Akhtar taking four for 53 to follow his six for 53 in the first innings. Yasir Arafat was the other main destroyer with figures of five for 53.
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 232 (Babar Naeem 62).
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 102 (Naeem Akhtar 6-53).
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 263-3):
Saqib Naqeeb c Amjad b Kazim 32
Babar Naeem c Salim b Kazim 227
Naseer Ahmed b Humayun 42
Shiraz Khalid c sub b Imran 14
Naveed Ashraf c Amjad b Kazim 91
Yasir Arafat not out 17
Tasawwar Hussain not out 9
EXTRAS (B-12, LB-5, W-9, NB-10) 36
TOTAL (for five dec 94 overs) 468
FALL OF WKTS: 1-62, 2-158, 3-211, 4-397, 5-456.
BOWLING: Sajid Ali 15-2-61-0; Mudassar Mahboob 12-1-70-0; Mohammad Hussain 11-1-67-0; Kazim Ali 13-0-77-3; Imran Farhat 16-2-58-1; Irfan Sohail 11-0-45-0; Humayun Farhat 16-2-58-1; Hafiz Yawar 2-0-4-0; Salim Shahzad 1-0-8-0.
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):
Imran Farhat c Naseer b Yasir 36
Salim Shahzad lbw b Naeem 10
Hafiz Yawar lbw b Naeem 0
Humayun Farhat c Naeem b Yasir 15
Mohammad Hussain c Naeem b Yasir 8
Kazim Ali b Naeem 23
Amjad Ali lbw b Naeem 0
Imran Nazir Jr c Naseer b Yasir 11
Irfan Sohail b Yasir 11
Sajid Ali b Iftikhar 11
Mudassar Mahboob not out 4
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-8, NB-4) 16
TOTAL (all out, 28.2 overs) 145
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-31, 3-57, 4-63, 5-83, 6-84, 7-96, 8-114, 9-131.
BOWLING: Naeem Akhtar 13.1-2-53-4; Mohammad Zahid 4-0-27-0; Yasir Arafat 10-0-53-5; Saqib Naqeeb 0.5-0-0-0; Iftikhar Mahmood 0.2-0-0-1.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.
MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.
