HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Hyderabad needed only 16 runs with three wickets to achieve their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I Cricket Championship after an enthralling third day’s play in the match against Rest of Sindh at Niaz Stadium here Wednesday.
After conceding a first innings lead of 108, Hyderabad hit back to rout Sindh for only 76 in their second innings with medium-pacers Raees Amjad taking six for 35 and Irshad Notkani four for 41.
Set 185 for victory, Hyderabad reached 169 for seven at draw of stumps. Iqbal Shaikh top-scored with 55 off 108 balls.
REST OF SINDH (1st Innings) 346 (Shahid Qambrani 105; Rizwan Ahmed 6-101).
HYDERABAD (1st Innings, overnight 206-7):
Akram Khan c Khalid b Ali Raza 7
Ijaz Shah c Khalid b Rizwan 21
Ayaz Taifi c Mujahid b Kashif 1
Iqbal Shaikh c Khalid b Kashif 68
Imran Naseer c Mujahid b Rizwan 11
Javed Khan lbw b Kashif 50
Rizwan Ahmed c Khalid b Rizwan 21
Irshad Notkani lbw b Rizwan 2
Raees Amjad c Rizwan b Ali Raza 17
Hanif Malik c Shahid b Kashif 11
Sohaib Hashmi not out 5
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, W-2, NB-12) 24
TOTAL (all out, 80 overs) 238
FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-11, 3-44, 4-84, 5-126, 6-177, 7-182, 8-215, 9-215.
BOWLING: Ali Raza 22-1-71-2; Kashif Pervez 21-5-48-4; Rizwan Qureshi 20-3-62-4; Naeem Ghauri 11-1-34-0; Hanif-ur-Rehman 4-0-9-0; Shahid Qambrani 2-1-4-0.
REST OF SINDH (1st Innings):
Adnan Ameer c Rizwan b Raees 0
Akhtar Bangash c Hanif b Irshad 18
Hanif-ur-Rehman b Raees 8
Shahid Qambrani c Iqbal b Raees 3
Mujahid Solangi c Javed b Irshad 6
Aurangzeb Khan c Irshad b Raees 1
Rizwan Qureshi b Irshad 0
Khalid Hussain c Hanif b Irshad 11
Naeem Ghauri c and b Raees 3
Ali Raza not out 13
Kashif Pervez c Hanif b Raees 5
EXTRAS (W-1, NB-7) 8
TOTAL (all out, 16.4 overs) 76
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-29, 3-29, 4-40, 5-41, 6-41, 7-48, 8-58, 9-62.
BOWLING: Raees Amjad 8.4-3-35-6; Irshad Notkani 8-0-41-4.
HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):
Akram Khan lbw b Hanif 8
Ayaz Taifi not out 13
Ijaz Shah b Hanif 9
Rizwan Ahmed b Hanif 20
Iqbal Shaikh c Khalid b Rizwan 55
Imran Naseer run out 2
Javed Khan c Khalid b Rizwan 28
Irshad Notkani c Khalid b Rizwan 7
Raees Amjad not out 1
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-7, W-4, NB-7) 26
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 54 overs) 169
FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-50, 3-71, 4-85, 5-136, 6-163, 7-168.
BOWLING (to-date): Ali Raza 11-2-28-0; Kashif Pervez 10-3-35-0; Rizwan Qureshi 10-2-29-3; Naeem Ghauri 7-0-20-0; Hanif-ur-Rehman 16-5-42-3.