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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy | Round 7 | Nov 2-5, 2017 | Discussion Thread

This is not even a joke now - 55-60 overs/day and still 12-15 wickets falling; alarmingly Anwar Ali took 6/40 and Cheema probably 25 in last 3 match. More alarming is that, it's not only pacers - Saad Nasim has a 10 for, Bilal Asif in out bowling RH, Iftekhar is averaging in single digit .....

Wondering, what they could have done to those wickets - by any logic, can't explain the bowling stats.
 
This is not even a joke now - 55-60 overs/day and still 12-15 wickets falling; alarmingly Anwar Ali took 6/40 and Cheema probably 25 in last 3 match. More alarming is that, it's not only pacers - Saad Nasim has a 10 for, Bilal Asif in out bowling RH, Iftekhar is averaging in single digit .....

Wondering, what they could have done to those wickets - by any logic, can't explain the bowling stats.

Most useless tournament ever for the selectors. There is nothing to select from except Saad Ali. No other batsman could do anything neither can you trust the stats of the bowlers.

Hopefully the players got some good money for playing 3/4 FC matches in a month, but otherwise this tournament was a waste of time in general for the purpose of the national team.
 
How has Mohammad Asghar fared in the rounds since the Test series finished? Haven't seen his name anywhere, has he even been playing?
 
ROUND SEVEN
DAY FOUR OF FOUR
November 05, 2017


POOL “A”

***GADDAFI STADIUM, LAHORE


Lahore Region Blues (First innings) 220-10 in 51 overs: (Tahir Tayyab 85, 11x4s, 85 balls, Saad Nasim 56, 6x4s, 69 balls, Waqas Saleem 20, 4x4s, 29 balls, Shahzad Azam 6-69, Hamza Nadeem 4-46)

(2nd innings) 88-10 in 30 overs: (Tahir Tayyab 19, 2x4s, 32 balls, Shahzad Azam 5-49, Hamza Nadeem 3-33)

Islamabad Region (First innings) 138-10 in 60.1 overs: (Abid Ali 59, 8x4s, 135 balls, Muzammil Shah 23, 3x4s, 79 balls, Hamza Nadeem 20*, 3x4s, 33 balls, Aizaz Cheema 4-33, Saif-ur-Rehman 3-26, Bilawal Iqbal 3-38)

(2nd innings) 109-10 in 34.1 overs: (Mohammad Naqash 24, 3x4s, 1x6, 26 balls, Aizaz Cheema 6-37, Bilawal Iqbal 2-27, Saif-ur-Rehman 2-42)

Result: Lahore Region Blues won by 61 runs
Overnight: Lahore Region Blues (2nd innings) 81-8 in 27 overs
Toss: Islamabad Region


*** ABBOTTABAD CRICKET STADIUM, ABBOTTABAD

WAPDA (First innings) 305-10 in 83 overs: (Aamir Sajjad 88, 15x4s, 131 balls, Khushdil Shah 53, 6x4s, 2x6s, 97 balls, Bismillah Khan 46, 9x4s, 46 balls, Wahab Riaz 33*, 5x4s, 74 balls, Adnan Raees 26, 4x4s, 38 balls, Asad Ali 3-57, Bilawal Bhatti 3-83)

(2nd innings) 117-10 in 44.2 overs: (Mohammad Saad 46, 7x4s, 79 balls, Zahid Mansoor 31, 2x4s, 1x6, 85 balls, Aamir Sajjad 25, 3x4s, 54 balls, Mohammad Abbas 6-24, Asad Ali 3-16)

SNGPL (First innings) 296-10 in 97.5 overs: (Asad Shafiq 53, 4x4s, 120 balls, Ali Waqas 47, 6x4s, 116 balls, Imran Khalid 44, 8x4s, 46 balls, Khurram Shahzad 42, 6x4s, 99 balls, Mohammad Rizwan 34, 3x4s, 67 balls, Adnan Akmal 29, 4x4s, 54 balls, Khalid Usman 6-93, Syed Hussain Bukhari 2-64)

(2nd innings) 129-4 in 28 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 51, 9x4s, 1x6, 46 balls, Asad Shafiq 28*, 3x4s, 40 balls, Mohammad Rizwan 20, 3x4s, 28 balls, Syed Hussain Bukhari 2-60)

Result: SNGPL won by 6 wickets
Overnight: WAPDA (2nd innings) 103-5 in 38.4 overs
Toss: SNGPL


*** JINNAH STADIUM, SIALKOT

NBP (First innings) 259-10 in 87.5 overs (Hamza Paracha 90, 11x4s, 179 balls, Bilal Asif 38, 5x4s, 52 balls, Kamran Ghulam 37, 3x4s, 87 balls, Azhar Attari 4-57, Umar Amin 2-22, Amir Yamin 2-56, Ahmed Jamal 2-60)

(2nd innings) 234-5 in 80 overs: (Ali Asad 90, 8x4s, 163 balls, Hamza Paracha 50, 6x4s, 119 balls, Ahsan Ali 39, 4x4s, 72 balls, Ahmed Jamal 3-53)

SSGC (First innings) 285-10 in 96 overs (Muzammil Nizam 90*, 12x4s, 165 balls, Sami Aslam 87, 6x4s, 1x6, 168 balls, Usama Mir 24, 1x4, 52 balls, Bilal Asif 4-84, Raza Hasan 3-77, Altaf Ahmed 2-46)

Result: Match Drawn
Overnight: NBP (2nd innings) 30-0 in 12 overs
Toss: NBP


*** IQBAL STADIUM, FAISALABAD

Faisalabad Region

Peshawar Region

Day Four no play due to fog
Result:
Overnight: Day Three no play due to fog
Toss:


POOL “B”

*** DIAMOND CRICKET GROUND, ISLAMABAD


UBL (First innings) 178-10 in 47.4 overs (Saad Ali 44, 9x4s, 58 balls, Sohaib Maqsood 29, 3x4s, 46 balls, Akbar-ur-Rehman 26, 4x4s, 35 balls, Shan Masood 24, 4x4s, 28 balls, Hammad Azam 21*, 2x4s, 49 balls, Umar Gul 5-53, Junaid Khan 3-54)

(2nd innings) 309-10 in 68.5 overs: (Umar Akmal 116, 20x4s, 1x6, 114 balls, Hammad Azam 75*, 8x4s, 4x6s, 91 balls, Saad Ali 26, 2x4s, 33 balls, Ammad Butt 4-118, Ramiz Aziz 3-56, Umar Gul 2-72)

HBL (First innings) 125-10 in 46.4 overs (Azeem Ghumman 24, 1x4, 65 balls, Muhammad Waqas 21, 4x4s, 48 balls, Ehsan Adil 4-29, Sohail Khan 3-43, Sadaif Mehdi 2-41)

(2nd innings) 220-9 (Absent hurt Junaid Khan) in 61.2 overs: (Azeem Ghumman 69, 7x4s, 137 balls, Imran Farhat 68, 9x4s, 120 balls, Salman Afridi 23, 5x4s, 43 balls, Sohail Khan 5-55, Ehsan Adil 2-50, Hammad Azam 2-51)

Result: UBL won by 142 runs
Overnight: HBL (2nd innings) 54-2 in 20 overs
Toss: HBL


*** L. C. C A GROUND, LAHORE

Lahore Region White (First innings) 104-10 in 33.3 overs: (Mohammad Mohsin 35, 6x4s, 54 balls, Fahad-ul-Haq 35, 5x4s, 52 balls, Anwar Ali 6-40, Khurram Shahzad 2-32)

(2nd innings) 144-4 in 63 overs: (Usman Sallahuddin 59*, 3x4s, 163 balls, Fahad-ul-Haq 35, 7x4s, 92 balls, Mohammad Waqas 23*, 3x4s, 1x6, 47 balls, Khurram Shahzad 2-22)

Karachi Region White (First innings) 79-10 in 25.5 overs: (Faisal Iqbal 32*, 3x4s, 1x6, 56 balls, Waqas Ahmed 6-37, Mohammad Irfan 2-16)

Result: Match Drawn
Overnight: Lahore Region White (2nd innings) 1-1 in 5 overs
Toss: Karachi Region White
 
waqas ahmad again impressive...ammad but and raza hassan good with the ball whili e usman continuing his form.
 
He's played 2 matches only picked up 1 wicket.

Plus UBL has a stacked pace attack. Sohail Khan, Mir Hamza, Ehsan Adil, Sameen Gul and Rumman Raees. They haven't really bothered much with spinners for obvious reasons; they're hardly needed on these pitches. Nawaz's part-time spin is enough to fill in.
 
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