Sheikhupura demolish NWFP

Published January 29, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 28: Sheikhupura need just two deliveries on the third morning of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie to crush Rest of NWFP by an innings and 126 runs at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Sheikhupura’s third win of the season put them at the top of Group-II with 39 points, three more than Peshawar and Lahore Blues, according to details available here.

NWFP added a boundary to overnight score before Imran Nazir dismissed Umair Khan while last man Shakeel-ur-Rehman was unable to bat.

Scoreboard

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings) 357 (Sarfraz Kazmi 75, Maqsood Raza 68; Umair Khan 4-84).

REST OF NWFP (1st Innings) 143 (Mohammad Asif 6-34).

REST OF NWFP (2nd Innings, overnight 84-8):

Naveed Khan lbw b Jaffar 2

Ahmed Said lbw b Jaffar 2

Akbar Badshah lbw b Jaffar 0

Asmatullah c Sarfraz b R. Naveed 11

Abdul Salam c Imran b R. Naveed 5

Bilal Marwat b Jaffar 17

Ibrahim Afridi c Maqsood b R. Naveed 3

Sajid Shah c Maqsood b Imran 8

Noorul Amin not out 23

Umair Khan lbw b Imran 4

Shakeel-ur-Rehman absent ill

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-5, NB-6) 13

TOTAL (all out, 17.5 overs) 88

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-8, 3-22, 4-24, 5-47, 6-47, 7-57, 8-84, 9-88.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 8-1-28-4; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 8-0-50-3; Salim Mughal 1-0-4-0; Imran Nazir 0.5-0-4-2.

RESULT: Sheikhupura won by an innings and 126 runs.

UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.

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