LAHORE, Oct 31: Test discard opener Imran Nazir of Sialkot piled pressure on Hyderabad in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match on the final day which eventually ended in a draw at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday.
Hyderabad who had conceded a slender 30-run lead in the first innings, set Sialkot a winning target of 291 after scoring 321 for all in the second innings after resuming at 193-3 thanks to fine batting by Shahid Qambrani (91, nine fours one six, 176 balls) and Rizwan Ahmed (73, eight fours, one six, 117 balls) who also collected 204 runs in the fourth wicket partnership.
Sialkot accepted the challenge and Imran led from the front scoring 106 (18 fours, three sixes, 94 balls). But Sialkot met a batting collapse after Imran went out as they slid from 210-4 to 249-8.
Sialkot were 252 for eight when the scheduled time concluded.
Scoreboard
HYDERABAD (1st innings): 326 for all, 97.2 overs (Faisal Athar 95, Shahid Qambrani 85; Zahid Saeed 5-57):
SIALKOT (1st innings) 356 for all, 95.5 overs (Sufyan Munir 92, Shahid Yousuf 80; Nasir Awais 4-93):
HYDERABAD (2nd innings, overnight 193-3):
Akhtar Bangash c Qaisar b Asif 1
Zafar Ali c Mansoor b Ali 21
Mansoor Chandio c Qaisar b Ali 2
Shahid Qambrani c and b Asif 91
Rizwan Ahmed c Hafeez b Zahid 73
Hanifur Rehman c Asif b Zahid 47
Faisal Athar c Hafeez b Zahid 29
Wahab b Zahid 7
Pir Zulifqar c Shahzad b Asif 11
Kashif Raza not out 6
Nasir Awais c Imran b Zahid 0
EXTRAS (B-13, LB-1, W-5, NB-14) 33
TOTAL (all out, 80.5 overs) 321
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-24, 3-27, 4-231, 5-244, 6-250, 7-302, 8-309, 9-315.
BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 24-2-106-3; Ali Imran Pasha 17-3-46-2; Mansoor Amjad 17-0-82-0; Zahid Saeed 13.5-3-46-5; Qaiser Abbas 7-0-15-0; Imran Nazir 2-0-12-0.
SIALKOT (2nd innings):
Imran nazir c Faisal b Nasir 106
Faisal Naved b Nasir 47
Sufyan Munir b Nasir 5
Shahid Yousuf b Wahab 27
Qaiser Abbas b Rizwan 23
Shahzad Malik c Faisal b Wahab 0
Hafeez Khalid c sub b Rizwan 25
Mansoor Amjad b Kashif 6
Zahid Saeed not out 1
Mohammad Asif not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-1, NB-3) 10
TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 45.1 overs) 252
FALL OF WKTS: 1-151, 2-163, 3-163, 4-210, 5-211, 6-214, 7-233, 8-249.
BOWLING: Kashif Raza 8-0-57-1; Wahab Riaz 10-0-50-2; Pir Zulifqar 2.1-0-11-0; Nasir Awais 9-1-42-3; Rizwan Ahmed 16-1-86-2.
RESULT: Draw.
UMPIRES: Shakil Khan-Nadeem .
REFEREE: Taslim Arif.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Mirza Anjum.
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