LAHORE, Feb 22: Karachi Urban emerged as the new champions of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League, dethroning Sialkot after completing an eight-wicket win in the final at Multan Stadium on Thursday.

Karachi Urban, who had enforced a follow-on on Sialkot, bowled them out for 288 in the second innings to get a victory target of just 69. The winners then achieved the target for the loss of two wickets in 12.3 overs.

Earlier, Sialkot resumed the second innings at overnight score of 175-3 but managed to add only 113 runs while losing the remaining seven wickets.

Atiq-ur-Rehman (70, six fours), Shahid Yousuf (70, nine fours, two sixes) and Khalid Mahmood (58, three fours, two sixes) put up good resistance for Sialkot but it was not enough to save them from defeat.

Off-spinner Tahir Khan, who was also declared as best bowler and fielder of the trophy with 36 wickets and 16 catches, took three wickets in the second innings.

The winners pocketed Rs 600,000 as cash prize while Sialkot received Rs 300,000. Babar Naeem of Rawalpindi region was declared as best batsman of the trophy for scoring 607 runs. Zulifqar Jan of Peshawar Region earned the title of best wicketkeeper with 21 catches and one stumping.

Karachi Urban's skipper Hasan Raza was declared as Man-of-the-Final.

All the top individuals were honoured with a cash prize of Rs 40,000 each.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st innings) 403(Hasan Raza 161 not out; Sarfraz Ahmad 6-93).

SIALKOT (1st innings) 183 (Ejaz Ahmed 68; Rajesh Ramesh 5-48).

SIALKOT (2nd innings, overnight after follow-on, 175-3).

Hafiz Majid c Faisal b Tanvir 4

Atiq-ur-Rehman lbw Imran 70

Shahid Yousuf c Amin-ur-Rehman b Asif 70

Tariq Mahmood c Amin b Imran 29

Khalid Mahmood c sub b Asif Zakir 58

Mohammad Ayub c Agha Sabir b Tahir 5

Ijaz Ahmed c Faisal Iqbal b Tahir 2

Tahir Mughal lbw b Imran 1

Kashif Raza b Rajesh 25

Sarfraz Ahmed b Tanvir 0

Ali Imran not out 0

EXTRAS: (B-6, LB-8, NB-5, W-5) 24

TOTAL: (all out, 93.1 overs) 288

FALL OF WKTS:1-23, 2-102, 3-171, 4-195, 5-207, 6-209, 7-210, 8-288, 9-288.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 15-1-49-3; Rajesh Ramesh 13.1-4-63-1; Imran Javed 32-12-73-2; Tahir Khan 30-10-78-3; Asif Zakir 3-0-11-1.

KARACHI URBAN (2nd innings):

Agha Sabir b Sarfraz Ahmed 15

Mohtashim Ali b Tahir Mughal 13

Saeed Bin Nasir not out 26

Faisal Iqbal not out 12

EXTRAS: (LB-2, NB-1) 3

TOTAL: (for 2 wkts,12.3 overs) 69

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-38.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 3-0-13-0; Tahir Mughal 5.3-0-38-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 3-1-15-1; Ali Imran 1-0-1-0.

RESULT: Karachi Urban won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri, Zameer Haider.

MATCH-REFEREE: Taslim Arif.