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KARACHI, April 8: Azam Hussain, the young slow left-armer, claimed a career-best eight for 113 as Karachi drew their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Rawalpindi at the UBL Sports Complex on Thursday.
Azam finished with a match haul of 13 for 236, having captured five for 123 in Rawalpindi's first innings. Rawalpindi were all out for 242 in the second innings after starting the fourth and final day at 132 for four.
Karachi, who needed 226 for victory in 49 overs, struggled to 171 for seven despite a fine knock of 72 by ex-Test left-handed opener Shadab Kabir.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings 406 (Babar Naeem 114, Naveed Qureshi 94, Azam Hussain 5-123).
KARACHI (1st Innings) 423 (Hasan Raza 150, Agha Sabir 64, Shadab Kabir 53).
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings, overnight 132-4):
Sohail Nasir b Tabish 24
Ashar Zaidi st A. Zeeshan b Azam 66
Shiraz Khalid b Azam 29
Naveed Qureshi run out 4
Usman Saeed c Shadab b Azam 0
Mohammad Fayyaz c Shadab b Azam 52
Babar Naeem b Azam 10
Rao Iftikhar c A. Zeeshan b Azam 19
Junaid Zia b Azam 18
Alamgir Khan not out 9
Shahbaz Butt c and b Azam 0
EXTRAS (B-7, LB-2, W-1, NB-1) 11
TOTAL (all out, 84 overs) 242
FALL OF WKTS: 1-80, 2-94, 3-99, 4-99, 5-150, 6-160, 7-182, 8-216, 9-234.
BOWLING: Imranullah 2-0-7-0; Agha Sabir 2-1-7-0; Saeed bin Nasir 5-2-18-0; Tabish Nawab 35-16-59-1; Azam Hussain 33-9-113-8; Rizwan Qureshi 2-0-9-0; Hasan Raza 5-2-20-0.
KARACHI (2nd Innings):
Agha Sabir lbw b Rao Iftikhar 0
Shadab Kabir c sub b Alamgir 72
Asif Zakir b Babar 34
Hasan Raza c and b Alamgir 8
Saeed bin Nasir b Babar 25
Tanvir Ahmed c Naveed b Alamgir 6
Ahmed Zeeshan Malik not out 10
Azam Hussain c Ashar b Alamgir 2
Rizwan Qureshi not out 4
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, W-1) 10
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 49 overs) 10
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-51, 3-82, 4-142, 5-146, 6-158, 7-165.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 6-0-31-1; Alamgir Khan 24-4-60-4; Babar Naeem 19-1-71-2.
RESULT: Match drawn.
