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LAHORE, Nov 8: Fiery bowling by pace duo Waqas Ahmad and Faisal Irfan helped Wapda rout Habib Bank for 61 on the opening day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture at Gaddafi Stadium Thursday.
The bankers, who earlier in the season were bowled out for 27 by PIA at the same venue, lasted only 102 minutes and just 22 overs as Waqas claimed six for 22 and Faisal completed a hat trick by disposing off Mujahid Jamshed, Sajid Shah and Irfan Fazil off successive balls to finish with three for 20.
At stumps, Wapda were 169 for eight in 48 overs, gaining a 108-run lead on the first innings. The unbroken ninth wicket partnership between Bilal Khilji, who was forced to retire hurt by lifting delivery from paceman Shahid Nazir and Zahid Umer had so far added 42.
Earlier, Wapda’s openers Riffatullah (27) and Kashif Rasheed (19) provided a solid opening stand of 56. But HBL then reduced Wapda to 127 for eight.
In the morning Waqas took full advantage of the early moisture by quickly sending back Imran Farhat (7), Tahir Rasheed (5), Farhan Adil (5) and Hasan Raza (0) after Wapda captain Adil Nisar elected to field first.
Only all-rounder Asadullah Butt batted with some degree of confidence to top-score with 32.
HBL’s skipper Akram Raza did not bat as he was absent from the ground at the start of the match, leaving Kabir Khan to do the toss.
HABIB BANK (1st Innings):
Imran Farhat c Bilal b Waqas 7
Tahir Rasheed c Sarfraz b Waqas 5
Asadullah Butt c Zahid b Waqas 32
Farhan Adil b Waqas 5
Hasan Raza c Rizwan b Waqas 0
Mujahid Jamshed b Faisal 8
Sajid Shah c Zahid b Faisal 0
Irfan Fazil b Faisal 0
Shahid Nazir c Shoaib b Waqas 0
Kabir Khan not out 1
Akram Raza absent
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1) 3
TOTAL (all out, 22 overs) 61
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-27, 3-33, 4-33, 5-55, 6-55, 7-55, 8-60, 9-61.
BOWLING: Kashif Raza 4-0-18-0; Waqas Ahmed 11-2-22-6; Faisal Irfan 7-3-19-3.
WAPDA (1st Innings):
Riffatullah c Irfan b Kabir 27
Kashif Rasheed b Sajid 19
Adil Nisar c Imran b Kabir 21
Rizwan Malik c Hasan b Sajid 0
Shoaib Khan c Tahir b Irfan 6
Bilal Khilji not out 29
Zahid Umar not out 34
Kashif Raza b Irfan 0
Waqas Ahmed b Shahid 3
Sarfraz Ahmed c Tahir b Shahid 4
EXTRAS (B-13, LB-6, W-4, NB-3) 26
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 48 overs) 169
FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-74, 3-89, 4-89, 5-104, 6-104, 7-123, 8-127.
TO BAT: Faisal Irfan.
BOWLING (to-date): Kabir Khan 16-1-73-2; Shahid Nazir 11-3-28-2; Sajid Shah 13-4-29-2; Asadullah Butt 2-1-1-0; Irfan Fazil 5-1-18-2; Akram Raza 1-0-1-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Sajjad Asghar.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.
