Hafeez bowls Faisalabad to empahtic win: Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
LAHORE, Dec 6: Eight wickets haul by off-spinner Muhammad Hafeez helped Faisalabad beat Quetta by 82 runs in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Monday.
Hafeez conceded 57 runs as Quetta, set to score 307 to win, resumed their second innings at 61 for no loss. They were bundled out for 224 in 69 overs with overnight batsman Adil Nisar remaining top scorer with 71 (12 fours, 112 balls).
Hafeez, who had taken two wickets in the first innings for 30 runs completed a match-haul of 10 for 87 to play a key role in the win.
SCOREBOARD
FAISALABAD (1st innings) 319 (Ijaz Ahmad 70, Naved Latif 95; Jafar Nazir 7-83).
QUETTA (1st innings) 226 (Nasir Khan 77; Shahid Nazir 6-52).
FAISALABAD (2nd innings) 213 for nine (Naved Latif 69; Stephen John 6-60).
QUETTA (2nd innings, overnight 61 for no loss).
Shoaib Khan run out 22
Adil Nisar lbw Hafeez 71
Aziz Ullah b Hafeez 16
Nasir Khan c Imran b Hafeez 0
Jalat Khan c Asif b Saeed 6
Zulqarnain Haider b Hafeez 36
Abdul Hameed c&b Hafeez 9
Arun Lal c Imran b Hafeez 9
Jaffar Nazir c Tanvir b Hafeez 17
Faisal Irfan c Ahmed b Hafeez 15
Stephen John not out 2
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-16) 21
TOTAL (all out, 69 overs) 224
FALL OF WKTS: 1-77, 2-98, 3-108, 4-119, 5-121, 6-141, 7-183, 8- 203, 9-215.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 14-3-43-0; Sami Niazi 4-1-32-0; Ahmed Hayat 4-1-32- 0; Saeed Ajmal 16-2-52-1; Muhammad Hafeez 31-8-57-8.
UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed-Rasheed Bhatti.
REFEREE: Taslim Arif.