Hyderabad eye first success

Published February 21, 2002

HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Hyderabad needed only 16 runs with three wickets to achieve their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I Cricket Championship after an enthralling third day’s play in the match against Rest of Sindh at Niaz Stadium here Wednesday.

After conceding a first innings lead of 108, Hyderabad hit back to rout Sindh for only 76 in their second innings with medium-pacers Raees Amjad taking six for 35 and Irshad Notkani four for 41.

Set 185 for victory, Hyderabad reached 169 for seven at draw of stumps. Iqbal Shaikh top-scored with 55 off 108 balls.

Scoreboard

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings) 346 (Shahid Qambrani 105; Rizwan Ahmed 6-101).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings, overnight 206-7):

Akram Khan c Khalid b Ali Raza 7

Ijaz Shah c Khalid b Rizwan 21

Ayaz Taifi c Mujahid b Kashif 1

Iqbal Shaikh c Khalid b Kashif 68

Imran Naseer c Mujahid b Rizwan 11

Javed Khan lbw b Kashif 50

Rizwan Ahmed c Khalid b Rizwan 21

Irshad Notkani lbw b Rizwan 2

Raees Amjad c Rizwan b Ali Raza 17

Hanif Malik c Shahid b Kashif 11

Sohaib Hashmi not out 5

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, W-2, NB-12) 24

TOTAL (all out, 80 overs) 238

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-11, 3-44, 4-84, 5-126, 6-177, 7-182, 8-215, 9-215.

BOWLING: Ali Raza 22-1-71-2; Kashif Pervez 21-5-48-4; Rizwan Qureshi 20-3-62-4; Naeem Ghauri 11-1-34-0; Hanif-ur-Rehman 4-0-9-0; Shahid Qambrani 2-1-4-0.

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings):

Adnan Ameer c Rizwan b Raees 0

Akhtar Bangash c Hanif b Irshad 18

Hanif-ur-Rehman b Raees 8

Shahid Qambrani c Iqbal b Raees 3

Mujahid Solangi c Javed b Irshad 6

Aurangzeb Khan c Irshad b Raees 1

Rizwan Qureshi b Irshad 0

Khalid Hussain c Hanif b Irshad 11

Naeem Ghauri c and b Raees 3

Ali Raza not out 13

Kashif Pervez c Hanif b Raees 5

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-7) 8

TOTAL (all out, 16.4 overs) 76

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-29, 3-29, 4-40, 5-41, 6-41, 7-48, 8-58, 9-62.

BOWLING: Raees Amjad 8.4-3-35-6; Irshad Notkani 8-0-41-4.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Akram Khan lbw b Hanif 8

Ayaz Taifi not out 13

Ijaz Shah b Hanif 9

Rizwan Ahmed b Hanif 20

Iqbal Shaikh c Khalid b Rizwan 55

Imran Naseer run out 2

Javed Khan c Khalid b Rizwan 28

Irshad Notkani c Khalid b Rizwan 7

Raees Amjad not out 1

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-7, W-4, NB-7) 26

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 54 overs) 169

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-50, 3-71, 4-85, 5-136, 6-163, 7-168.

BOWLING (to-date): Ali Raza 11-2-28-0; Kashif Pervez 10-3-35-0; Rizwan Qureshi 10-2-29-3; Naeem Ghauri 7-0-20-0; Hanif-ur-Rehman 16-5-42-3.

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