Ramesh bowls KW to easy success

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LAHORE, Nov 30: Speedster Rajesh Ramesh completed a match haul of 10 wickets to help Karachi Whites trounce Lahore Blues by 166 runs in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at the Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday.

Ramesh, who claimed a career-best six in 48 in the Blues' first innings on Monday, picked up four for 58 as the hosts were bowled out for 142 in the second innings. Left-arm medium-pacer Imranullah provided excellent support to Ramesh, who finished with match figures of 10 for 106 in 40 overs.

Imran grabbed four for 41 as the Blues second innings lasted 43.3 overs. Earlier, Karachi Whites skipper Moin Khan declared his side's second innings at the overnight score of 267 while setting the Blues a stiff target of 309.

SCOREBOARD

KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 185 (Imran Tahir 4-23).

LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 144 (Rajesh Ramesh 6-48, Rizwan Saeed 4-76).

KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings, overnight 267-7):

Agha Sabir c Ashraf b Shahid 119

Khurram Manzoor c sub b Wasim 2

Atif Ali Zaidi c Humayun b Wasim 0

Faisal Iqbal c Humayun b Imran 39

Zeeshan Pervez c Ashraf b Imran 12

Moin Khan lbw b Imran 71

Faraz Patel not out 2

Tahir Khan lbw b Imran 1

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-11, W-4, NB-1) 21

TOTAL (for seven decl, 62.2 overs) 267

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-4, 3-79, 4-117, 5-244, 6-266, 7-267.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 14-2-49-2 (1w); Shahid Iqbal 6-1-19-1 (1w); Mohammad Saeed 11-1-64-0 (1nb, 2w); Arsalan Mir 9-1-22-0; Imran Tahir 22.2-4-87-4.

LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):

Rizwan Aslam c Moin b Ramesh 25

Rashid Riaz c Zeeshan b Rizwan 8

Humayun Farhat c Khurram b Rizwan 6

Shahnawaz Malik c Moin b Ramesh 11

Ashraf Ali b Imran 12

Arsalan Mir lbw b Ramesh 13

Salman Qadir not out 37

Imran Tahir b Ramesh 12

Mohammad Saeed b Imran 7

Wasim Khan b Imran 0

Shahid Iqbal lbw b Imran 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-6, W-2, NB-1) 11

TOTAL (all out, 43.3 overs) 142

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-30, 3-49, 4-71, 5-72, 6-85, 7-109, 8-136, 9-148.

BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 14-2-58-4; Rizwan Saeed 8-2-20-2; Tahir Khan 6-2-15-0; Imranullah 10.3-3-41-4.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

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