ZTBL spun out by Farooq, Adnan

Published January 29, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 28: Little known Faisalabad spinning duo of Farooq Iqbal and Adnan Rasool shared all 10 wickets between them to bundle out Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) for 173 in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy quarterfinal at UBL Sports Complex on Tuesday.

Off-spinner Adnan Rasool grabbed 5-62 and slow left-armer Farooq Iqbal captured 5-63.

Faisalabad consolidated their grip by reaching 60 without loss to complete an excellent day. Zeeshan Asif (32) and Hasnain Haider (26) found no terror in the placid track during their 116-minute partnership.

ZTBL started well by reaching 73 for two with opener Inam-ul-Haq making a patient 38 in 159 minutes and Raheel Majeed 21.

But after the departure of both openers, Adnan and Farooq caused havoc as ZTBL subsided to 173 all out just before the tea interval.

Adnan, playing just his second first-class match, started the rot by picking up three wickets in 11 balls, getting rid of Inam, Hafiz Majid and Faisal Naveed.

Only Zahoor Elahi, the former Pakistan batsman, batted with authority. He top-scored with 48, striking six boundaries.

Scoreboard

ZTBL (1st Innings):

Inam-ul-Haq c Ijaz b Adnan 38

Raheel Majeed lbw b Farooq 21

Atif Qureshi c Sami b Adnan 15

Zahoor Elahi c Asif b Farooq 48

Hafiz Majid c and b Adnan 0

Faisal Naveed c Zeeshan b Adnan 0

Javed Hayat lbw b Farooq 9

Hafiz Khalid c and b Farooq 13

Rao Iftikhar not out 6

Fahad Masood c Farooq b Adnan 8

Mubashir Nazir st Zaman b Farooq 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-3, NB-4) 15

TOTAL (all out, 59.3 overs) 173

FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-73, 3-112, 4-112, 5-112, 6-125, 7-141, 8-158, 9-171.

BOWLING: Moazzam Ali 8-0-27-0 (2nb, 1w); Tauqir Hussain 6-1-13-0 (2nb, 1w); Farooq Iqbal 24.3-8-63-5; Adnan Rasool 21-2-62-5.

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Zeeshan Asif not out 32

Hasnain Haider not out 26

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1) 2

TOTAL (for no wkt, 25 overs) 60

TO BAT: Asif Hussain, Ijaz Mahmood, Wasim Haider, Farooq Iqbal, Mohammad Zaman, Moazzam Ali, Tauqir Hussain, Adnan Rasool.

BOWLING (to-date): Mubashir Nazir 6-3-12-0; Rao Iftikhar 8-1-26-0; Fahad Masood 6-1-10-0 (1w); Javed Hayat 2-0-6-0; Raheel Majeed 2-1-2-0; Inam-ul-Haq 1-0-3-0.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Riazuddin.

MATCH REFEREE: Fahimuddin Alvi.—APP

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