Quaid-e-Azam Trophy: Pasha gives Karachi Whites the blues

PIA pacer’s seven-for helps restricts opponents to 150 on second day

KARACHI: A devastating spell by Ali Imran Pasha helped PIA restrict Karachi Whites to a low first innings total on the second day of their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Pool B fixture at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi yesterday.

Karachi Whites resumed their innings 81-2, but were dismissed for a meager 150 runs in 50.1 overs as Pasha claimed seven scalps, while Najaf Shah picked up the remaining three wickets. At stumps, PIA were batting at 143-8 in their second innings with a lead of 180 runs.

In another match, Rawalpindi resumed their first innings 24-1 but were able to add only 90 more runs to their overnight total as KRL’s Sadaf Hussain took five wickets. At the end of play, KRL were batting at 110-4 in their second innings with a lead of 171 runs.



Meanwhile in the match between SNGPL and FATA, the former declared their first innings at 493-7. At the end of day’s play, FATA had scored 241-5 and still trailed by 252 runs.

Elsewhere at the Iqbal stadium, Lahore Whites managed 258 runs in their first innings before NBP took the field and were at 193-5 at the end of day’s play with Usman Salahuddin (53) and Qaiser Abbas (42) on the crease.



In Pool A, WAPDA’s Muhammad Irfan took four wickets to bring Lahore Blues down to 104-8 after his team had posted a first innings total of 330 in 93 overs earlier in the day.

In another match, HBL declared their first innings at 462-9 with the help of Imran Farhat (112) and Zohaib Khan (75). In reply, Peshawar were batting at 102-1 when the day ended, with Sahibzada Farhan (55) and Israrullah (35) out in the middle.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 3^rd, 2016.

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