KARACHI, Oct 17: Wapda, without a point so far, looked certain to achieve their first victory in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I after PWD lost six second innings wickets on the third day of the match at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Wednesday.
After being set a target of 197, PWD collapsed to 79 for six at stumps, according to details available here.
Left-handed all-rounder Kamran Hussain was chiefly responsible for putting Wapda in driving seat by top-scoring in the second innings and then dismissing PWD openers Bilal Asad (0) and Imran Khan (4) with the new ball.
Resuming at 11 for one, Wapda were bowled out for 141. Kamran struck 35 off 50 balls while dominating the last wicket partnership of 33 with Faisal Irfan.
Wicket-keeper Zahid Umer followed his first innings’ half-century with 27.
Medium-pacer Rajesh Ramesh, playing only his second game, returned career-best figures of four for 30. Left-arm paceman Ali Raza claimed three for 26.
WAPDA (1st Innings) 286 (Tariq Aziz 109, Kashif Raza 64, Zahid Umer 51).
PWD (1st Innings) 231 (Bilal Asad 91, Riaz Shaikh 50; Kashif Raza 4-55).
WAPDA (2nd Innings, overnight 11-1):
Shoaib Khan lbw b Ali Raza 1
Bilal Khilji c Bazid b Ali Raza 5
Obaidullah lbw b Nadeem 10
Adil Nisar c Nadeem b Bilal 19
Tariq Aziz c Iqbal Imam b Ali Raza 11
Rehan Rafiq b Ramesh 11
Zahid Umer c Afsar b Ramesh 27
Kashif Raza c Iqbal Imam b Ramesh 6
Kamran Hussain c Ramesh b Riaz 35
Raees Amjad c Mutahir b Ramesh 3
Faisal Irfan not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-6) 9
TOTAL (all out, 47.4 overs) 141
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-16, 3-16, 4-50, 5-51, 6-75, 7-75, 8-97, 9-108.
BOWLING: Nadeem Iqbal 14-3-44-1; Ali Raza 13-5-26-3; Bilal Asad 9-1-35-1; Rajesh Ramesh 8-0-30-4; Riaz Shaikh 1.4-0-3-1.
PWD (2nd Innings):
Bilal Asad lbw b Kamran 0
Imran Khan c Shoaib b Kamran 4
Afsar Nawaz c Bilal b Faisal 14
Bazid Khan c Zahid b Kashif 8
Riaz Shaikh not out 10
Iqbal Imam b Raees 10
Saad Wasim c Kashif b Faisal 7
Rajesh Ramesh not out 21
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, NB-3) 5
TOTAL (for six wkts, 34 overs) 79
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-5, 3-16, 4-29, 5-45, 6-55.
BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 7-4-17-1; Kamran Hussain 10-4-17-2; Faisal Irfan 10-2-22-1; Raees Amjad 7-1-21-1.