Islamabad facing defeat
Irresponsible batting on the third day Friday left Islamabad facing defeat against Rawalpindi in their Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at the KRL Stadium
05-Jan-2002
Irresponsible batting on the third day Friday left Islamabad
facing defeat against Rawalpindi in their Quaid Trophy
Grade-I match at the KRL Stadium.
Rawalpindi, thanks to a 50-run eighth wicket stand between
Yasir Arafat and Nadeem Abbasi, hit up 221 in their second
innings to leave Islamabad with a difficult target of 294
for victory. They had resumed at the overnight score of 179
for seven. But Islamabad batsmen instead of batting
patiently just threw away their wickets and were a
precarious 140 for seven at the close.
Ali Naqvi (6) Bilal Asad (43) and Azhar Mahmood (34) were
the culprits and fell to reckless strokes as Rawalpindi
prepared to celebrate victory early Saturday, the last day
of the game.
The damage was done by Test discard Mohammad Zahid who
captured four for 46 while Naeem Akhtar had two for 17.
In the Rawalpindi innings Yasir excelled with the bat as he
did with the ball and struck 49 before being dismissed by
Saad Janjua.