HYDERABAD, Jan 28: Gujranwala completed an easy eight-wicket victory over Hyderabad on the penultimate day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I fixture here at Niaz Stadium Monday.

The home team, resuming at 26 for two, managed 197 in their second innings with paceman Mubashir Nazir claiming five for 51.

Set only 10 for victory, Gujranwala lost two wickets in the process.

Scoreboard

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings) 339 (Hafiz Khalid 141, Raees Amjad 4-65).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 151 (Naved Arif 5-28).

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 26-2):

Akram Khan lbw b Mubashir 2

Imraan Mohammad b Murtaza 38

Adil Nisar c Khalid b Mubashir 0

Faisal Athar b A. Rehman 32

Imran Naseer c Mubashir b Murtaza 21

Javed Khan lbw b Mubashir 24

Rizwan Ahmed c Atiq b Mubashir 45

Naeem Akhtar b Naved 4

Hanif Malik c Khalid b Naved 0

Sohaib Hashmi not out 14

Raees Amjad b Mubashir 7

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, W-3) 10

TOTAL (all out, 73.5 overs) 197

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-8, 3-63, 4-91, 5-99, 6-162, 7-169, 8-173, 9-175.

BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 16.5-5-51-5; Naved Arif 16-5-27-2; Rana Jahanzeb 12-4-23-0; Ghulam Murtaza 13-2-47-2; Abdul Rehman 16-5-42-1.

Abdul Rehman b Naeem 6

Naved Arif not out 0

Ghulam Murtaza c Imraan b Naeem 0

Majid Saeed not out 2

EXTRAS (W-2) 2

TOTAL (for two wkts, 3 overs) 10

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-8.

BOWLING: Adil Nisar 1-0-6-0; Naeem Akhtar 1-0-4-2; Faisal Athar 1-1-0-0.

RESULT: Gujranwala won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Athar Zaidi.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

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