KARACHI, Feb 8: Gujranwala romped to an emphatic two-day victory against Rest of Sindh in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I fixture at Lahore Country Club Ground in Muridke Friday.

According to details available here, left-arm medium-pacer returned match figures of 10 for 57 while his new ball partner Mubashir Nazir claimed nine for 101.

Needing 113 for their third win of the season, Gujranwala raced to 116 for two in 32 overs with all-rounder Abdul Rehman hitting 58 off 83 balls, including seven fours. Rehman and opener Ehtesham Younis (46 off 93 balls, seven fours) added 112 for the unbroken third wicket stand.

Earlier, left-arm paceman Ali Raza captured seven for 52 as Gujranwala added 32 to their overnight 89 for seven.

Sindh mustered 177 in their second innings. Shahid Qambrani, forced to retired hurt when he had made 41, compiled 51 off 55 balls with eight boundaries.

Scoreboard

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings) 56 (Sarfraz Ahmed 5-24, Mubashir Nazir 5-27).

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings, overnight 89-7):

Kamran Younis c Rizwan b Kashif 1

Ehtesham Younis b Ali Raza 0

Asim Munir lbw b Kashif 17

Imran Abbas lbw b Ali Raza 2

Rizwan Malik c Aurangzeb b Ali Raza 8

Tariq Javed c Nasrullah b Ali Raza 5

Abdul Rehman c Adnan b Ali Raza 27

Hafiz Khalid b Kashif 15

Mubashir Nazir c Kashif b Ali Raza 17

Sarfraz Ahmed c Adnan b Ali Raza 12

Irfan Butt not out 0

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-3, NB-7) 16

TOTAL (all out, 33 overs) 121

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-3, 3-7, 4-39, 5-41, 6-48, 7-75, 8-105, 9-121.

BOWLING: Ali Raza 17-1-52-7 (7nb); Kashif Pervez 16-1-60-3.

REST OF SINDH (2nd Innings):

Adnan Ameer b Mubashir 23

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Ehtesham b Mubashir 0

Nasrullah Memon lbw b Mubashir 0

Shahid Qambrani lbw b Sarfraz 51

Abdul Rahim run out 12

Aurangzeb Khan c Asim b Sarfraz 16

Feroz Khaskheli c A. Rehman b Sarfraz 13

Rizwan Qureshi c Khalid b Sarfraz 34

Ali Raza c Imran b Sarfraz 7

Naeem Ghauri c Khalid b Mubashir 4

Kashif Pervez not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-9) 11

TOTAL (all out, 40.5 overs) 177

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-5, 3-42, 4-93, 5-98, 6-142, 7-153, 8-158, 9-165.

BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 15-1-74-4 (6nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 17.5-5-33-5; Irfan Butt 2-0-11-0; Ehtesham Younis 3-0-27-0 (3nb); Abdul Rehman 1-0-4-0; Kamran Younis 2-1-6-0.

GUJRANWALA (2nd Innings):

Rizwan Malik c N’ullah b Ali Raza 0

Ehtesham Younis not out 46

Kamran Younis c Rizwan b Kashif 3

Abdul Rehman not out 58

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-4, NB-1) 9

TOTAL (for two wkts, 32 overs) 116

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-4.

BOWLING: Ali Raza 12-1-36-1 (1nb, 2w); Kashif Pervez 7-1-19-1; Hanif-ur-Rehman 7-3-11-0 (1w); Rizwan Qureshi 4-0-29-0; Naeem Ghauri 2-0-17-0.

RESULT: Gujranwala won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

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