LAHORE, Jan 23: Mohammad Javed played a captain’s hand as Karachi Blues denied Faisalabad a certain win in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad Wednesday.
Karachi Blues, who were set 311 for victory, were 206 for nine when the match ended with Javed battling the Faisalabad bowling for 94 minutes to remain undefeated on 32 off 86 deliveries.
FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 278 (Mohammad Ramzan 99, Zahoor Elahi 81; Mohammad Javed 4-85).
KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings) 252.
FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 284-9):
Mohammad Ramzan lbw b Tariq 35
Zahoor Elahi c Atiq b Rizwan 8
Sami-ul-Haq c Farhan b Ramesh 68
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Nauman b Riaz 60
Fida Husain c Atiq b Rizwan 22
Wasim Haider lbw b Ramesh 58
Mohammad Zaman b Riaz 19
Shahid Nazir c sub b Riaz 0
Nadeem Afzal c Nauman b Riaz 0
Aqeel Ahmed c sub b Nauman 0
Nadeem Ashraf not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-1, NB-6) 14
TOTAL (all out, 83.2 overs) 284
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-89, 3-165, 4-195, 5-227, 6-267, 7-267, 8-267, 9-284.
BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 25.2-3-85-2; Rizwan Saeed 19-2-77-2; Tariq Haroon 11-2-35-1; Riaz Shaikh 25-6-67-4; Farhan Adil 2-1-12-0; Naumanullah 1-0-1-1.
KARACHI BLUES (2nd Innings):
Agha Sabir lbw b N. Afzal 14
Maisam Hasnain c Ijaz b N. Afzal 0
Naumanullah b N. Afzal 1
Asim Kamal c Zaman b N. Ashraf 27
Farhan Adil c Ramzan b Aqeel 38
Atiq-uz-Zaman c Ramzan b Aqeel 13
Mohammad Javed not out 32
Riaz Shaikh c N. Ashraf b Aqeel 0
Tariq Haroon c Aqeel b Shahid 30
Rizwan Saeed c Aqeel b Shahid 22
Rajesh Ramesh not out 4
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-3, NB-13) 25
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 80 overs) 206
FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-23, 3-36, 4-61, 5-88, 6-90, 7-125, 8-152, 9-202.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 22-4-56-2; Nadeem Afzal 12-3-35-3; Nadeem Ashraf 9-1-27-1; Aqeel Ahmed 22-5-58-3; Wasim Haider 6-3-4-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 9-4-14-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Iftikhar Malik.
MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.