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KARACHI, Feb 21: Opener Maisam Hasnain and Atif Ali Zaidi struck sparkling fifties in Karachi Blues’ nine-wicket success against Bahawalpur in their last league encounter of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at National Stadium Thursday.
Needing 140 for victory, the Blues reached the target half an hour before lunch on the fourth and final day.
Stylish Maisam belted 14 boundaries in his 63 off 83 balls after a stay of 144 minutes at the crease while Atif Zaidi hit nine fours in his 63 after facing 104 deliveries in 139 minutes to set up an easy win for their team.
BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 237 (Bilal Khilji 65, Faisal Elahi 51; Mohammad Javed 5-81).
KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings) 383 (Atiq-uz-Zaman 115, Zeeshan Pervez 64; Bilal Khilji 4-90).
BAHAWALPUR (2nd Innings) 240 (Mohammad Javed 5-84).
KARACHI BLUES (2nd Innings, overnight 26-1):
Maisam Hasnain not out 63
Tariq Haroon b Imran 1
Atif Ali Zaidi not out 63
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-3, NB-4) 13
TOTAL (for one wkt, 31.4 overs) 140
FALL OF WKT: 1-1.
BOWLING: Imran Adil 7-2-24-1; Tahir Maqsood 6-1-24-0; Bilal Khilji 4-2-15-0; Faisal Elahi 6-1-25-0; Farooq Hameed 5-1-21-0; Amjad Jam 2-0-6-0; Hammad Tariq 1-0-12-0; Usman Tariq 0.4-0-4-0.
RESULT: Karachi Blues won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Waqar A. Mughal.
MATCH REFEREE: Munawwar Agha.—APP
