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RAWALPINDI, Jan 25: Wapda advanced to the quarterfinals of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy on Saturday by scoring a two-wicket win over Customs on the fourth and final day of the match at KRL Stadium.
Wapda, 127 for six overnight, and requiring another 63 runs to wrap up the match achieved the target with two wickets to spare and totalling 190.
Shahid Mansoor, the overnight not out batsman, top-scored with 63 while Zahid Umar contributed 37 to make the victory possible.
Imran Ali, who captured five for 68 and Nadeem Iqbal with three for 38 were the main wicket-takers for Customs.
Wapda will face PIA in the quarterfinal at Pindi Stadium.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 212 (Azhar Shafiq 81; Aqeel Ahmed 4-38).
WAPDA (1st Innings) 183 (Tabish Nawab 6-48).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings) 160 (Aamir Bashir 53, Azhar Shafiq 51 not out; Aqeel Ahmed 5-48).
WAPDA (2nd Innings, overnight 127-6):
Atiq-ur-Rehman lbw b Imran 0
Adil Nisar lbw b Nadeem 4
Tariq Aziz c and b Imran 3
Hasan Adnan c Rawait b Nadeem 11
Shahid Mansoor c Hanif b Imran 63
Rizwan Malik c sub b Imran 38
Zahid Umar c Hanif b Imran 37
Sarfraz Ahmed b Nadeem 0
Kashif Raza not out 13
Aqeel Ahmed not out 7
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-2, NB-4) 14
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 73.4 overs) 190
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0-, 2-6, 3-17, 4-25, 5-25, 6-117, 7-154, 8-172.
BOWLING: Imran Ali 30-9-68-5; Nadeem Iqbal 18.4-5-38-3; Tabish Nawab 12-1-48-0; Shahid Mahmood 9-1-22-0; Naseem Khan 4-0-6-0.
