KARACHI, Jan 27: Discarded Test speedster Fazle Akbar sent the national selectors Sunday with another strong reminder when he demolished Islamabad by picking up eight for 68 in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Arbab Niaz Stadium.
Fazle’s devastating bowling curtailed Islamabad to 191 all out, according to details available here.
The home side extended their 140-run first innings lead by reaching 68 for two in their second innings.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 331 (Wajahatullah Wasti 74, Yasir Hameed 51; Saad Janjua 4-88).
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 9-0):
Bilal Asad lbw b Fazle 33
Ali Raza c Aftab b Fazle 15
Iftikhar Hussain lbw b Kabir 3
Mohammad Altaf c Zulfiqar b Fazle 7
Ali Naqvi c Zulfiqar b Fazle 28
Rashid Amin Butt c Javed b Fazle 9
Mohammad Shahbaz lbw b Fazle 18
Shakir Mahmood c Zulfiqar b Fazle 1
Rauf Akbar lbw b Fazle 21
Rao Iftikhar not out 17
Saad Janjua c Kabir b Waqar 21
EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-14) 21
TOTAL (all out, 64.3 overs) 191
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 16-4-45-1; Fazle Akbar 23-7-68-8; Waqar Ahmed 15.3-4-46-1; Arshad Khan 10-2-25-0.
PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):
Riffatullah c Rauf b R. Iftikhar 13
Javed Iqbal c Shahbaz b Saad 16
Yasir Hameed not out 10
Wajahatullah Wasti not out 19
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-3, NB-3) 10
TOTAL (for two wkts, 21 overs) 68
FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-33.
BOWLING (to-date): Rao Iftikhar 8-2-34-1; Saad Janjua 8-3-21-1; Ali Naqvi 2-1-4-0.