KARACHI, Feb 14: Peshawar ended Lahore Blues’ hopes of defending their Quaid Trophy Grade-I title when they thrashed them by 206 runs on the penultimate day of the match at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar Thursday.
According to details available here, Peshawar, on the other hand, put themselves in contention for next month’s final by regaining their lead at the top of Group-II with 60 points. Lahore Blues have only 39 points with just one round to go.
Despite a opening stand of 81 between Imran Farhat (50) and Imran Nazir Junior (30), the visiting team collapsed to 212 in their second innings after being set an improbable 419 for victory.
Peshawar all-rounder Taimur Khan was the wrecker-in-chief with figures of five for 35 with medium-pacers.
PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 176 (Sajid Ali 4-37, Waqas Ahmed 4-75).
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 83 (Fazle Akbar 5-18).
PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 314-9):
Riffatullah lbw b Waqas 11
Aftab Khan c Saleem b Hussain 85
Yasir Hameed c Saleem b Sajid 21
Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Hussain 60
Shoaib Khan lbw b Hussain 27
Taimur Khan c Imran Farhat b Hussain 21
Zulfiqar Jan c Hussain b Imran Farhat 6
Kabir Khan not out 46
Waqar Ahmed c Sajid b Hussain 20
Arshad Khan c Imran Jr b Hussain 2
Fazle Akbar c Hussain b Hasnain 3
EXTRAS (B-12, LB-6, W-1, NB-4) 20
TOTAL (all out, 86.1 overs) 325
FALL OF WKTS: 1-48, 2-123, 3-134, 4-190, 5-235, 6-246, 7-262, 8-297, 9-314.
BOWLING: Hasnain Kazim 16.1-0-73-1; Waqas Ahmed 9-0-42-1; Sajid Ali 13-4-50-1; Mohammad Hussain 29-10-66-6; Bazid Khan 15-2-41-0; Imran Farhat 4-0-35-1.
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):
Imran Farhat c Kabir b Taimur 50
Imran Nazir Jr b Waqar 30
Sohail Idrees lbw b Waqar 0
Bazid Khan lbw b Taimur 25
Saleem Elahi c Kabir b Taimur 0
Zia-ur-Rehman not out 49
Mohammad Hussain run out 5
Humayun Farhat c Yasir b Taimur 20
Waqas Ahmed c Wajahat b Taimur 0
Hasnain Kazim c Zulfiqar b Waqar 2
Sajid Ali c Shoaib b Riffat 0
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-6, NB-12) 31
TOTAL (all out, 46.2 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-81, 2-81, 3-120, 4-120, 5-149, 6-157, 7-195, 8-195, 9-206.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 6-0-32-0; Fazle Akbar 13-1-63-0; Waqar Ahmed 12-1-68-3; Taimur Khan 14-6-35-5; Shoaib Khan 1-1-0-0; Riffatullah 0.2-0-1-1.
RESULT: Peshawar won by 206 runs.
UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan, Waqar Mughal.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan