RAWALPINDI, Feb 15: Naveed Ashraf and Babar Naeem smashed half centuries for Rawalpindi Friday in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Lahore Whites that ended in a draw at the Rawalpindi Stadium.
After being set a target of 339 for victory, Rawalpindi finished on 236 for six with Naveed hitting an unbeaten 56 and Babar stroking 54.
Naveed, who was unlucky to miss a century by just five runs in the first innings, faced 90 balls in his knock that had six boundaries. Babar on the other hand played 93 deliveries.
Pacer Wasim Khan was the pick of the Lahore Whites bowlers snapping up three for 75.
Earlier, when Lahore Whites resumed their second innings on the final day at 208 for nine, they added 43 more runs to that total before being all out for 251. Yasir Arafat took the last wicket.
LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings) 373 (Kashif Siddique 74, Rizwan Aslam 74, Adnan Usman 74; Yasir Arafat 4-112).
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 286 (Naveed Ashraf 95, Shiraz Khalid 54; Wasim Khan 5-110).
LAHORE WHITES (2nd Innings, overnight 208-9):
Kashif Siddique b Zahid 36
Rizwan Aslam c Nadeem b Yasir 19
Tariq Rashid c Nadeem b Zahid 5
Tariq Mahmood c sub b Zahid 0
Kamran Akmal lbw b Naeem Akhtar 30
Faisal Mahmood c sub b Babar Naeem 58
Kamran Sajid c Nadeem b Naeem Akhtar 9
Adnan Usman b Naeem Akhtar 29
Rizwan Arshad c Naseer b Shahid 9
Mohammad Asif not out 12
Wasim Khan c Naseer b Yasir 26
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, W-1, NB-6) 18
TOTAL (all out, 77.1 overs) 251
FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-64, 3-65, 4-66, 5-115, 6-129, 7-179, 8-207, 9-207.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 13-3-28-3; Naeem Akhtar 19-4-59-3; Yasir Arafat 23.1-4-88-2; Shiraz Khalid 3-0-17-0; Babar Naeem 15-4-42-1; Shahid Javed 4-0-6-1.
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):
Arif Butt c Asif b Wasim 5
Babar Naeem lbw b Wasim 54
Shahid Javed b Asif 32
Naseer Ahmed c K. Sajid b T. M’mood 43
Naveed Ashraf not out 56
Yasir Arafat b Wasim 2
Shiraz Khalid c K. Akmal b T. M’mood 3
Naeem Akhtar not out 24
EXTRAS (B-9, NB-8) 17
TOTAL (for six wkts, 64 overs) 236
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-81, 3-116, 4-155, 5-167, 6-170.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 23-1-75-3; Adnan Usman 2-0-12-0; Mohammad Asif 18-0-73-1; Tariq Mahmood 20-3-61-2; Kashif Siddique 1-0-6-0.
RESULT: Match drawn.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Riazuddin.
MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.