Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019/20 | Round 10 | December 2-5, 2019 | Matches Thread

[Boi]

Saud needs to hit a daddy hundred here.

 

[Abdullah719]

Northern's bowlers besides Waqas haven't been good enough, it's getting tough for them now...

They should bat for just around 30-40 overs and declare tonight, even if they just set a target of 250 or so. They have to win this game otherwise they won't make it.

 

[Abdullah719]

Zafar strikes in his third over. Meanwhile, Bilal has already bowled 17 overs (2 wkts)... Interesting captaincy by Shehzad.

 

[Abdullah719]

KP 306 all out. 105 lead for Northern.

 

[Xoib]

I will take a punt and play Saud at 3 vs Lanka but misbah probably does not even know he exists.His love for ifti chacha has blinded him.

 

[Omer2002]

Saud defo needs to take over haris as they look carbon copy of each other...only issue has been he hasnt performed this season apart from scores here and there...very hard to get picked

 

[Abdullah719]

5 overs in 35 mins by KP Expect lots more time wasting in the final session.

The field is so spread out that slogging is a waste, Northern can place the ball into gaps and get 6+ per over easily.

 

[Abdullah719]

Tea Day 3

Balochistan 471/9d

Sindh 258/3
Saud Shakeel 136*
Khurram Manzoor 109
Jalat Khan 2/53

 

[Abdullah719]

Tea Day 3

Northern 411/8d

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306
Rehan Afridi 95*
Fakhar Zaman 66
Mehran Ibrahim 54
Waqas Ahmed 6/109
Nauman Ali 2/56

Northern 28/1

 

[Abdullah719]

Tea Day 3

Central Punjab 597/9d

Southern Punjab 254/5
Zeeshan Ashraf 126*
Ehsan Adil 2/54
Bilal Asif 2/94

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Tea Day 3

Balochistan 471/9d

Sindh 258/3
Saud Shakeel 136*
Khurram Manzoor 109
Jalat Khan 2/53

Who’s out?

 

[Abdullah719]

Who’s out?

Omair Yousuf (1), Khurram Manzoor (109) and Saad Ali (0).

 

[Abdullah719]

Shot, Zeeshan.

The umpires have to do something about this over-rate. It's unacceptable. 2 overs in almost 15 mins since tea.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Omair Yousuf (1), Khurram Manzoor (109) and Saad Ali (0).

Cheers bhai. Fawad out there now yea?

 

[Abdullah719]

The pitch for the CP vs SP game has to be one of the flattest of the season... Batsmen piling on the runs like no tomorrow.

 

[Abdullah719]

Cheers bhai. Fawad out there now yea?

Yes, he came in at 5.

 

[MenInG]

Pics from Northern vs KP

Spoiler

 

[Abdullah719]

The pitch for the CP vs SP game has to be one of the flattest of the season... Batsmen piling on the runs like no tomorrow.

Just as I say that, Bilal strikes twice, Zafar once in the space of two overs...

 

[Abdullah719]

150 for Saud Shakeel.

 

[Abdullah719]

50 off 40 balls for Zeeshan Malik.

KP's bowlers getting smashed.

 

[Khan12]

Zeeshan should definitely be picked for the test against Sri Lanka and should replace fakhar in our t20 and odi teams.

 

[Khan12]

150 for Saud Shakeel.

Hoping against hope he gets picked against sri lanka, but i am misbah will select ifti or fawad.

 

[Abdullah719]

Zeeshan out going for a big shot. Expecting Northern to declare tonight.

 

[another drop catch]

Zeeshan should definitely be picked for the test against Sri Lanka and should replace fakhar in our t20 and odi teams.

Which Zeeshan
Ashraf or Malik ?

 

[Khan12]

Which Zeeshan
Ashraf or Malik ?

Sorry for the confusion zeeshan malik.

 

[Zakirktk]

fakhar with his captaincy and Junaid with his bowling trying their best to knock kp out of the final

 

[KingT]

150 for Saud Shakeel.

Scorecard?

 

[Abdullah719]

Scorecard?

Will be available at the end of the day's play.

 

[Abdullah719]

Brainless batting by Northern in the last 15 mins. 110/6 now, lead is 215. Still, won't be easy for KP in the 4th innings.

 

[Omer2002]

northern are trying to go for it i think have to declare toight

 

[Abdullah719]

Sindh 304/4
Saud Shakeel out for 151

 

[Zakirktk]

Brainless batting by Northern in the last 15 mins. 110/6 now, lead is 215. Still, won't be easy for KP in the 4th innings.

if they bowled out today could be a blessing in disguise for them

 

[Abdullah719]

if they bowled out today could be a blessing in disguise for them

I think they were always planning to bowl today. But their run-rate has fallen due to the loss of wickets, this isn't an easy pitch to bat on specially at the start.

If they kept knocking the ball into gaps with the occasional boundary, they would have had 20-30 more runs by now. I am guessing they were probably planning to bowl again for half an hour today.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Sindh 304/4
Saud Shakeel out for 151

What’s Fawad made? How do you get this scores?

 

[Abdullah719]

What’s Fawad made? How do you get this scores?

Scores are from PCB. Fawad 39* from the latest update.

 

[Abdullah719]

Northern declare on 139/6.

Target for KP is 245.

 

[Afhan Ali]

I hope northern will win it tomorrow.
Northern management is best of all

 

[Abdullah719]

Fakhar You need to draw the match and you get out caught at mid-wicket slogging.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Fakhar You need to draw the match and you get out caught at mid-wicket slogging.

Match officials have been announced for the pakistan-Sri Lanka series. Any chance they’ll announce the team this evening?

 

[Abdullah719]

Match officials have been announced for the pakistan-Sri Lanka series. Any chance they’ll announce the team this evening?

Team is expected to be announced on Saturday. But not sure.

 

[Omer2002]

one more wicket and northern can make it interesting for tomorrow

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Team is expected to be announced on Saturday. But not sure.

Any latest scores bro?

 

[Abdullah719]

Stumps Day 3

Central Punjab 597/9d
Abdullah Shafique 133 (209 balls)
Usman Salahuddin 114 (256 balls)
Mohammad Saad 105* (203 balls)
Ahmed Shehzad 100 (149 balls)
Kamran Akmal 68 (77 balls)
Agha Salman 3/85
Rahat Ali 2/104
Zia-ul-Haq 2/135
Zulfiqar Babar 2/151

Southern Punjab 392
Zeeshan Ashraf 141 (212 balls)
Agha Salman 140 (166 balls)
Bilal Asif 5/130
Ehsan Adil 3/75
Zafar Gohar 2/110

Central Punjab 1/0

 

[Abdullah719]

Stumps Day 3

Northern 411/8d
Sarmad Bhatti 109 (201 balls)
Hammad Azam 76 (108 balls)
Faizan Riaz 63 (70 balls)
Zeeshan Malik 61 (94 balls)
Ali Sarfraz 50 (84 balls)
Sajid Khan 3/121
Usman Shinwari 2/71

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306
Rehan Afridi 95* (147 balls)
Fakhar Zaman 66 (131 balls)
Mehran Ibrahim 54 (98 balls)
Waqas Ahmed 6/109
Nauman Ali 2/56

Northern 139/6d
Zeeshan Malik 52 (44 balls)
Sajid Khan 2/15

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 39/2

 

[Abdullah719]

Stumps Day 3

Balochistan 471/9d
Imran Farhat 137 (263 balls)
Akbar-ur-Rehman 122 (270 balls)
Amad Butt 106 (156 balls)
Asif Zakir 53 (105 balls)
Mir Hamza 4/98
Sohail Khan 3/75
Saud Shakeel 2/63

Sindh 356/5
Saud Shakeel 151 (275 balls)
Khurram Manzoor 109 (208 balls)
Fawad Alam 69* (139 balls)
Jalat Khan 2/73
Taj Wali 2/75

 

[angeldsoul]

Fawad doing everything he can to get selected...I sense this is his time!
Inshallah he is a lock for next test squad announcement
anyoone know when they announce it ??

 

[Zakirktk]

fakhar with his captaincy and Junaid with his bowling trying their best to knock kp out of the final

add to that Fakhar shot

 

[MenInG]

Two quick Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wickets, minutes before the close of play gave Northern the upper hand on an action-packed day-three of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class 10th round game being played at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi on Wednesday.

Northern who need an outright win to book their place in the 27-31 December tournament final declared their second innings at 139 for six, setting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (needing a draw to qualify for the final) an enthralling 245-run chase.

Northern then made full use of the nine overs they bowled at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before close by taking the prized scalps of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa captain Fakhar Zaman (7) and his fellow opener Sahibzada Farhan (9). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will start the fourth and final day on Thursday needing another 206 runs for a win while Northern would aim to bowl out the opposition in what promises to be a thrilling day with the all to play for both sides.

On Wednesday, resuming their first innings at the overnight score of 156 for six, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bailed out of trouble and the prospects of a follow-on by a 110-run seventh wicket partnership between Mehran Ibrahim and Rehan Afridi. Mehran (54 off 98 balls, nine fours) fell on the stroke of lunch becoming the sixth victim of pacer Mohammad Waqas.

Rehan remained unbeaten on 95 off 147 balls, his innings included 11 fours and one six. He found valuable support from Usman Shinwari (14 off 22 balls, two fours). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bowled out for 306 handing a 105-run lead to Northern. Waqas finished with figures of six for 109, Northern captain Nauman Ali took two wickets for 56 runs.

Northern lost wickets at regular intervals in search of quick runs in their second innings, opener Zeeshan Malik scored his second fifty of the match to lead the run-charge. Zeeshan’s 44-ball 52 included two fours and two sixes besides some quick running as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa spread the field in a bid to thwart the scoring rate.

Northern made a timely declaration and then reaped rewards of their move by snaring Fakhar and Farhan to bring close to an exciting day’s play.

Scores in brief:

Northern 411 for 8 declared, 106.4 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 109, Hammad Azam 76, Faizan Riaz 63, Zeeshan Malik 61; Sajid Khan 4-121, Usman Khan Shinwari 2-71) and 139 for 6 declared, 25.2 overs (Zeeshan Malik 52, Faizan Riaz 22; Sajid Khan 2-15)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306 all out, 100.2 overs (Rehan Afridi 95 not out, Fakhar Zaman 66, Mehran Ibrahim 54; Waqas Ahmed 6-109, Nauman Ali 2-56) and 39 for 2, 9 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 1-13, Nauman Ali 1-15)

 

[MenInG]

Central Punjab consolidate birth in final

After batting for almost two days, Central Punjab secured three valuable bowling points as well by squeezing Southern Punjab to 392 before the culmination of the third day's play at the State Bank Stadium on Wednesday. Central Punjab, opted not to follow-on the opposition, have scored one run before stumps were drawn to stack an overall lead of 206 runs.

Central Punjab were on top of the table, with 120 points, prior to the final round of the four-day first class Quaid-e-Azam trophy and now certain to feature in the final encounter of country's premier first class tournament.

Central Punjab started off the third day of the last round Quaid-e-Azam trophy encounter against Southern Punjab by making early inroads courtesy Bilal Asif who dismissed overnight batsmen Umar Siddiq (27) and Abdul Rehman Muzammil (0) with 69 runs on the board.

Zeeshan Ashraf held one end to knit small partnerships with Sohaib Maqsood and Adnan Akmal to escort Southern Punjab beyond the 150-run mark. Sohaib Maqsood was snapped by Ehsan Adil on 29, followed by an early departure of captain Adnan Akmal (14) to further dent the Southern's campaign.

Zeeshan Ashraf completed his fighting century and Southern Punjab reached 254 for five at the tea interval with Zeeshan on 126 and the other eventual century maker Agha Salman on 39.

The Central Punjab bowlers came hard on the opposition, in the final session of the day, to first saw the back of centurion Zeeshan Ashraf, followed by the scalps of Zulfiqar Babar and Zia-ul-Haq without an addition to the score.

Zeeshan Ashraf stroked 212-ball 141, studded with 15 fours and three sixes, to form a 113-run partnership with Salman Ali Agha, who later went on to hammer a quick ton, before getting picked up by Bilal Asif on 140 off 166 balls, with 18 fours and three maximums. Southern Punjab were bowled out at 392.

Bilal Asif was the chief destroyer for Central Punjab with his fifth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket while Ehsan Adil and Zafar Gohar chipped in with three and two wickets respectively.

Central Punjab opted not to follow-on and decided to bat again to score a run without loss at the close of the day's play. Central Punjab, which scored 597 runs in the first innings, have now an overall lead of 206 runs.

Scores in brief:

Central Punjab 597-9 declared, 170 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 133, Usman Salahuddin 114, Mohammad Saad 105 not out, Ahmed Shehzad 100; Salman Ali Agha 3-85, Rahat Ali 2-104, Zia-ul-Haq 2-135, Zulfiqar Babar 2-151) and 1-0, 1 over

Southern Punjab 392 all out, 95.1 overs ( Zeeshan Ashraf 141, Agha Salman 140; Bilal Asif 5-130, Ehsan Adil 3-75, Zafar Gohar 2-110)

 

[MenInG]

Manzoor and Shakeel reel off hundreds in Sindh fightback

Karachi, 4 December 2019:

Khurram Manzoor and Saud Shakeel hit centuries as Sindh hit back hard at Balochistan on day three of the four-day tenth round first class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium on Wednesday.

Responding to Balochistan’s first innings total of 471 for nine declared, Sindh had reached 356 for five in 115 overs at stumps.

Fawad Alam continuing his rich vein of form, and remained unbeaten at close with 69 runs with Hasan Mohsin (7) the other not out batsman.

Alam’s innings came after Khurram and Saud had frustrated Balochistan bowlers with a big second-wicket partnership of 213 runs which ended after lunch.

Manzoor scored his first hundred of the season making 109 from 208 balls with 15 fours while Shakeel carried on to a big score of 151 from 275 balls with 16 fours.

Both the batsmen dominated the bowlers with some spanking shots on both sides of the ground when play resumed this morning and on a good batting track even successful left arm spinner, Mohammad Asghar went wicket less.

It was another left arm spinner, Jalat Khan who broke the partnership when he had Khurram caught by Taj Wali at the total of 220 and two runs later, he also snared the priced wicket of Saad Ali who fell for a duck caught by keeper Bismillah Khan.

Saud and Fawad then teamed up for another century partnership before left arm pacer, Taj Wali finally removed the centurion who reached his 150 from 263 balls while Amad Butt bowled captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed for 15 runs.

Till the third day a total of five centuries have been scored in the match as from Balochistan, their captain, Imran Farhat (137), Akbar-ur-Rehman (122) and Amad Butt (106) were the centurions.

Khurram and Saud completed the 200 runs of their partnership from 366 balls and 264 minutes.

Both Sindh and Balochistan are out of the race for a place in the final.


Scores in brief:

Balochistan 471-9 declared, 150.2 overs (Imran Farhat 137, Akbar-ur-Rehman 122, Amad Butt 106, Asif Zakir 53; Mir Hamza 4-98, Sohail Khan 3-75)

Sindh 356-5, 115 overs (Saud Shakeel 151, Khurram Manzoor 109, Fawad Alam 69 not out; Jalat Khan 2-73, Taj Wali 2-75)

 

[coy0607]

good to see Fawad continuing his form, hopefully he gets another century to really seal his spot.

Saud also looking really good straight away after the emerging cup - he would be a good selection for SL series. He's ready, and should be ahead of Amin, Salahuddin, etc

 

[Abdullah719]

Good first session for Northern, KP 98/5. Looks like a CP vs Northern final.

 

[Abdullah719]

Zafar Gohar fined 20 per cent match fee

Karachi, 5 December 2019:

Central Punjab’s Zafar Gohar has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for a Level 1 offence relating to showing dissent at an umpires decision during a match in his side’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 10th round fixture against Southern Punjab at the State Bank Stadium, Karachi.

The incident happened on Tuesday, in the 143rd over of Central Punjab’s first innings when Zafar delayed his departure from the crease and gestured in frustration after being adjudged LBW, which was deemed as a disagreement over the decision by the on-field umpires.

Zafar was charged for the violation of Article 2.8 of the PCB’s Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel by on-field umpires, Alay Haider and Rashid Riaz.

Zafar pleaded guilty and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee Mohammad Anees.

 

[Abdullah719]

Hundred for Fawad Alam.

 

[shah_1]

Fawad Alam will play in the first test

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Fawad Alam will play in the first test

According to a report they said he will play but not the first one.

Happy he’s made another ton today, really starting to convert those 50s and capitalise.

 

[shah_1]

According to a report they said he will play but not the first one.

Happy he’s made another ton today, really starting to convert those 50s and capitalise.

What is with Misbah and one match policy?

Stick to one team

 

[letme alone]

happy for faddi 100.

 

[Abdullah719]

Lunch Day 4

Northern 411/8d

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306

Northern 139/6d

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 121/5
Israrullah 50
Nauman Ali 2/41

 

[Abdullah719]

Lunch Day 4

Central Punjab 597/9d

Southern Punjab 392

Central Punjab 129/1
Salman Butt 79*
Kamran Akmal 47

 

[Abdullah719]

Lunch Day 4

Balochistan 471/9d

Sindh 430/6
Saud Shakeel 151
Khurram Manzoor 109
Fawad Alam 107*
Jalat Khan 2/85
Taj Wali 2/96

 

[Abdullah719]

Sajid Khan with a wild slog first ball after lunch 6 down.

 

[Abdullah719]

Hundred for Salman Butt.

 

[shah_1]

Nauman Ali has booked his spot for SL series

 

[minamino]

Nauman Ali has booked his spot for SL series

Why? What has he done to get selected?

 

[shah_1]

Why? What has he done to get selected?

He will get selected

 

[MenInG]

Sindh Vs Balochistan
Venue: National Stadium Karachi
Toss: Uncontested
(Day -4)
1st inning of Sindh
Break Water
Total 484
Wickets 8
Overs 156
Batsmen N.O Anwar Ali 52* & Mir Hamza 05*
Batsmen out omair bin yousuf 01/12b, Khurram manzoor 109/208b, Saad Ali 0/03b, Saud shakil 151/275b, Sarfaraz Ahmed 15/24b, Hasan mohsin 23/58b, Sohail Khan 0/2balls ,
Bowlers Taj wali 122/2
Jalat Khan 90/2, Khurram shehzad 100/1, Ammad butt 40/1

====

Northern vs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Venue: UBL Sports complex Karachi
Toss: Uncontested KPK Elected to Bowl First
*Break : Drinks
2nd Inning of*:
KPK
Total: 153
Wickets: 08
Overs: 49
*Batsman N.O :
Zohaib Khan 16
Usman Shinwari 4
Batsmen out
Fakhar Zaman 7
Sahibzada Farhan 9
Ashfaq Ahmed 10
Mehran Ibrahim 10
Israrullah 50
Sajid Khan 9
Adil Amin 31
Rehan Afridi 0
Bowling
Waqas Ahmed 1/32
Noman Ali 4/57
Sarmad Bhatti 1/13
Sohail Tanvir 1/12
Sadaf Hussain 1/32
Northern
Dec. 411/8 in 106.4 overs
KPK
306/10 in 100.2 Overs
Northern
Dec. 139/6 in 25.2 Overs
Target 245

Southern punjab Vs Central Punjab
Venue: State Bank Stadium Karachi
*Toss Central punjab won and bat first.
2ND Inning of
Central punjab
Day. 4
Break Drink's
Total: 192
Wickets: 1
Overs: 50
*Batsmen N.o
Salman butt 108
Ahmed shehzad 34
Batsmen out
Kamran akmal 47
Bowling
Agha Salman 1/68
Central Punjab Dec 597/9
Southern punjab 392/10

 

[Boi]

So Abdullah gets demoted from 3 after scoring a 100 in the first innings? Seniors rule.

 

[shah_1]

So Abdullah gets demoted from 3 after scoring a 100 in the first innings? Seniors rule.

insecurity

 

[Junaids]

Salman Butt has a slightly better record than Fawad Alam this season.

I see no point in recalling old men, but what would be the cricketing argument for choosing one of them ahead of the other?

 

[Abdullah719]

So Abdullah gets demoted from 3 after scoring a 100 in the first innings? Seniors rule.

Kamran Akmal opened the innings so that he can get to the top of the run-scorers charts, it appears. Got out after overtaking Sami Aslam (865 vs 864).

 

[Abdullah719]

Tea Day 4

Northern 411/8d

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306

Northern 139/6d

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 178/8
Israrullah 50
Nauman Ali 4/71

 

[Abdullah719]

Tea Day 4

Central Punjab 597/9d

Southern Punjab 392

Central Punjab 220/1
Salman Butt 125*
Kamran Akmal 47
Ahmed Shehzad 44*

 

[MenInG]

Pics from KP vs Northern.

Spoiler

 

[Khan12]

Why? What has he done to get selected?

He's a 34 year old and a darter, Pathetic fielder. Perfect for Misbah to select rather then Zafar Gohar.

 

[Abdullah719]

Balochistan 471/9d

Sindh 515
Saud Shakeel 151
Fawad Alam 116
Khurram Manzoor 109
Anwar Ali 58
Jalat Khan 3/96
Taj Wali 3/122
Khurram Shehzad 2/111

 

[Omer2002]

Northern Khyber match is turning out to be a classic..one wicket required..an hour to go i think

 

[Abdullah719]

Junaid )

Northern win. Central Punjab vs Northern final.

 

[Abdullah719]

Northern win by 39 runs

Northern 411/8d
Sarmad Bhatti 109 (201 balls)
Hammad Azam 76 (108 balls)
Faizan Riaz 63 (70 balls)
Zeeshan Malik 61 (94 balls)
Ali Sarfraz 50 (84 balls)
Sajid Khan 3/121
Usman Shinwari 2/71

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 306
Rehan Afridi 95* (147 balls)
Fakhar Zaman 66 (131 balls)
Mehran Ibrahim 54 (98 balls)
Waqas Ahmed 6/109
Nauman Ali 2/56

Northern 139/6d
Zeeshan Malik 52 (44 balls)
Sajid Khan 2/15

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 205
Zohaib Khan 51*
Israrullah 50
Nauman Ali 4/72
Sadaf Hussain 2/44

 

[Omer2002]

wow what a shot by Junaid my goodness....