Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 1997-98
Karachi Blues v Islamabad
United Bank Ltd Sports Complex, Karachi
6,7,8,9 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Karachi Blues won by 99 runs

Toss: Islamabad
Umpires: Shakeel Khan and MH Dars
Match Referee: Mahmood Rasheed

Close of play
Day 1: Karachi Blues 225, Islamabad 4/2 (Taimur Khan 0*, Bilal Asad 0*)
Day 2: Islamabad 204, Karachi Blues 34/1 (Kashif Ahmed 23*, Asim Kamal 2*)
Day 3: Karachi Blues 270, Islamabad 47/4 (Ali Raza 30*, Ehsan Butt 0*)

Karachi Blues 1st innings
Kashif Ahmed          c Qaiser Mahmood   b John                 2
Kamran Hussain        c Qaiser Mahmood   b Rauf Akbar           6
+Asim Kamal           lbw                b Rauf Akbar          37
*Asif Mujtaba         c Qaiser Mahmood   b John                86
Azam Khan             c John             b Taimur Khan          9
Majid Mujtaba         c Qaiser Mahmood   b Taimur Khan          0
Masood Ahmed                             b Ehsan Butt           5
Zafar Iqbal                              b Ehsan Butt          17
Naeem Tayyab                             b Ehsan Butt          11
Ali Gohar             not out                                  20
Lal Faraz                                b John                 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 10, w 4, nb 12)                 32
Total                 (all out, 77.5 overs)                   225

FoW: 1-4, 2-10, 3-114, 4-133, 5-133, 6-156, 7-186, 8-202, 9-212, 10-225.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
John                        26.5   12     46      3
Rauf Akbar                  19      2     75      2
Taimur Khan                 16      6     39      2
Ehsan Butt                  11      4     38      3
Bilal Asad                   3      1      6      0
Khalid Zafar                 2      0      5      0


Islamabad 1st innings
Mohammad Shahbaz      c Asim Kamal       b Lal Faraz            1
Ali Raza                                 b Ali Gohar            0
*Taimur Khan          lbw                b Ali Gohar            1
Bilal Asad            lbw                b Zafar Iqbal         78
Ehsan Butt            c Kamran Hussain   b Zafar               27
Basit Niazi           lbw                b Zafar Iqbal         27
Asif Ali                                 b Ali Gohar            2
+Qaiser Mahmood                          b Ali Gohar            0
Khalid Zafar          c Asim Kamal       b Lal Faraz           26
S John                                   b Ali Gohar            9
Rauf Akbar            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 12, lb 11, w 4, nb 6)                 33
Total                 (all out, 59.3 overs)                   204

FoW: 1-1, 2-3, 3-15, 4-84, 5-134, 6-145, 7-151, 8-167, 9-196, 10-204.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ali Gohar                   21      4     59      5
Lal Faraz                   13.3    2     37      2
Zafar Iqbal                 15      0     47      3
Asif Mujtaba                 7      1     25      0
Naeem Tayyab                 3      0     13      0

Karachi Blues 2nd innings
Kashif Ahmed          c Bilal Asad       b John                28
Kamran Hussain        c Basit Niazi      b Ehsan Butt           4
+Asim Kamal           lbw                b Taimur Khan          5
*Asif Mujtaba                            b John                12
Azam Khan             lbw                b John                51
Majid Mujtaba         c Asif Ali         b John                44
Masood Ahmed          lbw                b Rauf Akbar          16
Zafar Iqbal           c Qaiser Mahmood   b Rauf Akbar          76
Naeem Tayyab          c Mohammad Shahbaz b John                 2
Ali Gohar             lbw                b John                 1
Lal Faraz             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 7, lb 6, w 2, nb 16)                  31
Total                 (all out, 93.3 overs)                   270

FoW: 1-22, 2-45, 3-45, 4-66, 5-164, 6-165, 7-211, 8-216, 9-234, 10-270.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
John                        34     12     99      6
Rauf Akbar                  23.3    8     57      2
Ehsan Butt                  14      5     44      1
Taimur Khan                 13      6     38      1
Khalid Zafar                 7      3     13      0
Qaiser Mahmood               2      0      6      0


Islamabad 2nd Innings (target: 292 runs)
Basit Niazi           c Kashif Ahmed     b Lal Faraz            9
Ali Raza              c Azam Khan        b Ali Gohar           64
Asif Ali                                 b Lal Faraz            0
Khalid Zafar          lbw                b Ali Gohar            3
Mohammad Shahbaz      c Ali Gohar        b Lal Faraz            1
Ehsan Butt            c Asim Kamal       b Lal Faraz           16
Bilal Asad            lbw                b Asif Mujtaba        48
+Qaiser Mahmood       c sub (Waseem)     b Zafar                3
*Taimur Khan          c Asim Kamal       b Lal Faraz           16
S John                not out                                  15
Rauf Akbar            c Masood Ahmed     b Lal Faraz            4
Extras                (b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 2)                   13
Total                 (all out, 53.5 overs)                   192

FoW: 1-11, 2-11, 3-32, 4-39, 5-71, 6-121, 7-149, 8-154, 9-182, 10-192.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ali Gohar                   18      5     66      2
Lal Faraz                   21.5    7     63      6
Zafar Iqbal                  4      0     31      1
Naeem Tayyab                 5      2     15      0
Asif Mujtaba                 5      2      8      1

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