Bahawalpur crush Balochistan

Published January 30, 2002

LAHORE, Jan 29: Bahawalpur romped to an innings and eight runs victory over Rest of Balochistan in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Bahawalpur Stadium Tuesday.

According  to a message received here, Balochistan, resuming at the overnight score of 53 for four, managed 232 in their second innings despite a seventh-wicket stand of 111 between Naseer Khan (85) and Faisal Irfan (50).

Scoreboard

REST OF BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 206 (Mian Nafees 57; Mohammad Zahid 5-52).

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 446 (Rehan Rafiq 197 not out, Inam-ul-Haq 73; Naseer Khan 5-104).

REST OF BALOCHISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 53-4):

Manzoor Ahmed c Murtaza b Bilal 0

Abdul Hameed c Bilal b Imranullah 15

Azizullah Khan lbw Tahir 3

Naseem Khan b Zahid 31

Mohtashim Ali lbw Murtaza 4

Faisal Irfan lbw Tahir 50

Naseer Khan c Imranullah b Tahir 85

Mian Nafees lbw Imranullah 0

Mohtashim Rasheed c Amjad b Zahid 18

Mohammad Asif b Zahid 15

Mohammad Khan not out 1

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-2, NB-2) 10

TOTAL (all out, 111 overs) 232

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-5, 3-46, 4-51, 5-69, 6-69, 7-180, 8-189, 9-221.

BOWLING: Tahir Maqsood 18-4-55-3; Bilal Khilji 9-2-31-1; Murtaza Hussain 35-15-62-1; Mohammad Zahid 26-13-22-3; Imranullah Aslam 19-5-45-2; Amjad Jam 1-0-4-0; Usman Tariq 3-1-5-0.

RESULT: Bahawalpur won by an innings and eight runs.

UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed and Akbar Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Fahimuddin Alvi.

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