Inzamam's fighting knock proves futile

Published February 19, 2004

LAHORE, Feb 18: Despite a fighting knock of 91 by Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, hosts Multan crashed to a nine-wicket defeat against Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Inzamam, leading Multan in this game, found scant support as the home team were bowled out for 215 in the second innings. The burly right-hander faced 136 deliveries.

Sialkot, who had taken a 171-run lead on the first innings, then knocked off the 45 runs needed for victory, losing Imran Nazir in the process.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 234 (Aamir Bashir 71, Usman Tariq 53; Zahid Saeed 4-37).

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 368-7):

Imran Nazir c Saeed b Aamir 122

Faisal Naveed c Aamir b Irshad 50

Shahid Yousuf lbw b Irshad 0

Kamran Younis c Rehan b Tahir 38

Shahzad Malik c Rehan b Tahir 2

Shoaib Malik c Kamran b Tahir 55

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan c and b Tahir 65

Tahir Mughal c Aamir b Rauf 10

Hafiz Khalid not out 24

Abdul Rehman c Ata b Irshad 4

Zahid Saeed b Irshad 4

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-1, NB-25) 31

TOTAL (all out, 92 overs) 405

FALL OF WKTS; 1-133, 2-136, 3-215, 4-235, 5-280, 6-361, 7-364, 8-380, 9-390.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 21-0-86-1; Mohammad Irshad 14-0-107-4; Kamran Hussain 3-0-29-0; Tahir Maqsood 17-3-76-4; Saeed AnwarJr 26-6-76-0; Aamir Bashir 11-5-26-1.

MULTAN (2nd Innings):

Yasir Arafat lbw b R. Naveed 0

Usman Tariq c Faisal b Tahir 32

Saeed Anwar Jr c Khalid b Zahid 0

Aamir Bashir c Shahid b R. Naveed 11

Inzamam-ul-Haq c Khalid b Shoaib 91

Rehan Rafiq c Imran b Shoaib 27

Kamran Hussain c Zahid b Rehman 23

Aamir Ata c Khalid b Tahir 12

Abdul Rauf lbw b Tahir 6

Mohammad Irshad c Tahir b Rehman 0

Tahir Maqsood not out 0

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-3, W-1, NB-2) 13

TOTAL (all out, 72.3 overs) 215

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-1, 3-25, 4-40, 5-61, 6-62, 7-161, 8-161, 9-193.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 11-3-31-2; Zahid Saeed 10-0-36-0;Tahir Mughal 11-3-33-3; Shoaib Malik 28-2-78-2; Abdul Rehman 12.3-3-27-2.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Imran Nazir c Rauf b Irshad 15

Faisal Naveed not out 5

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 25

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (for one wkt, 5.4 overs) 50

FALL OF WKT: 1-22.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 3-1-10-0; Mohammad Irshad 2.4-0-38-1.

RESULT: Sialkot won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Asad Rauf.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan

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