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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy: Abbas’ six-for guides KRL to win over WAPDA

SNGPL also triumph while remaining matches end in draw

Our Correspondent December 03, 2015

Except for KRL and SNGPL, all matches of the day ended in a draw. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI: A six-wicket haul by Muhammad Abbas guided KRL to a five-wicket win over Wapda in the sixth-round fixture of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at the National Ground in Islamabad on Thursday.

Wapda resumed their second innings on 157-8 and lost the remaining two wickets on 159, setting a 135-run target as Abbas, who is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 41 scalps, took six wickets while Rahat Ali dismissed three batsmen.

KRL reached the target in 33.1 overs, losing five wickets in the process as Shoaib Ahmed scored an unbeaten knock of 38 runs off 54 balls while Zain Abbas made 31 off 44 balls. Wapda’s Azhar Attari finished with figures of 3-52.

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Meanwhile at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, half-centuries by Adnan Akmal and Naeemuddin guided SNGPL to a five-wicket win over SSGC.

SSGC resumed their innings on 233-5 and could only add 70 runs to set a 172-run target as Pakistan ODI skipper Azhar Ali took four wickets, while Imran Ali and Aziz Ullah claimed two apiece. SNGPL reached the target in 47.2 overs with the loss of five wickets as Adnan made 55 while Naeemuddin contributed with a 51-run knock.

At the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot, the match between HBL and NBP ended in a draw as HBL fell 202 runs short of the 338-run target while NBP only managed to take four wickets at stumps.

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At the Marghazar Ground in Islamabad, UBL and Port Qasim also played out a draw as the latter, chasing a target of 499 runs, finished the day on 204-7.

Meanwhile, the match between hosts Peshawar and Hyderabad saw similar results as Peshawar were still playing their second innings — the third of the match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2015.

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