RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: Rawalpindi gained the upper hand in their Quaid Trophy match against Islamabad on the second day of their four-day match at the KRL Stadium Thursday.
After dismissing Islamabad for 104 for a first innings lead of 72, Rawalpindi in their second innings were 179 for seven at the close, an overall advantage of 251.
Islamabad, resuming at the overnight score of 21 for two, were wrecked by the pace of Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Zahid and Naeem Akhtar who bowled the entire side out in 37 overs.
While Yasir took four, Zahid and Naeem claimed three apiece to leave Islamabad is seeming trouble.
Ali Naqvi, unbeaten on 10 Wednesday, was the top Islamabad scorer with 40 as none of his mates could do much against the rival attack.
After shining with the ball, Yasir also did well with the bat and put on 32 runs in Rawalpindi’s second innings and was still at the crease along with Nadeem Abbasi who was on 12. Azhar Mahmood and Rao Iftikhar shared six wickets.
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 176 (Babar Naeem 72; Saad Janjua 4-47).
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 21-2):
Ali Naqvi lbw b Naeem Akhtar 40
Raheel Majeed b Naeem Akhtar 0
Bilal Asad c Nadeem b Zahid 5
Saeed Ajmal c Nadeem b Zahid 2
Atif Ashraf c Nadeem b Zahid 0
Azhar Mahmood lbw b Naeem Akhtar 5
M. Altaf b Yasir 3
Rashid Butt not out 11
Rao Iftikhar c Nadeem b Yasir 11
Saad Janjua lbw b Yasir 13
Raja Kashif b Yasir 0
EXTRAS (LB-9, NB-5) 14
TOTAL (all out, 37 overs) 104
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-19, 3-32, 4-32, 5-48, 6-60, 7-67, 8-85, 9-104.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 13-4-36-3; Naeem Akhtar 13-4-29-3; Yasir Arafat 8-2-24-4; Azhar Bhatti 3-1-6-0.
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):
M. Naveed c Kashif b Iftikhar 14
Babar Naeem lbw b Iftikhar 25
Shahid Javed c Bilal b Azhar 17
Asif Mahmood lbw b Azhar 7
Naseer Ahmed c Kashif b Iftikhar 12
Pervez Aziz b Azhar 27
Yasir Arafat not out 32
Naeem Akhtar b Saad 25
Nadeem Abbasi not out 12
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-1, NB-3) 8
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 39 overs) 179
FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-52, 3-65, 4-79, 5-102, 6-108, 7-155.
BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 14-0-69-3; Rao Iftikhar 14-2-55-3; Saad Janjua 5-1-34-1; Ali Naqvi 1-0-1-0; Saeed Ajmal 2-1-9-0; Mohammad Altaf 3-0-7-0.
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