da betsson： Karachi, Nov 7: Karachi Whites chalked up their fourth victory in theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I Cricket Championship with acrushing 208-run triumph over Gujranwala at the KCCA Stadium here onTuesday
08-Nov-2000Karachi, Nov 7: Karachi Whites chalked up their fourth victory in theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I Cricket Championship with acrushing 208-run triumph over Gujranwala at the KCCA Stadium here onTuesday.The home side hardly felt the absence of their strike bowler DanishKaneria on Monday. The leg-spinner left for Lahore to join thenational camp for the first Test.Karachi Whites were allowed by the match referee Sikander Bakht toreplace Kaneria with pacer Kashif Ibrahim as per clause 3.iii in thePCB playing conditions, which clearly states that if a player iscalled on national duty during the course of a match, substitute willbe allowed who may bat and bowl.Kashif bowled eight overs but failed to take wicket.The match ended on a premature note, 35 minutes after lunch on thefourth and final afternoon, when the Abdul Rehman was unable to bat inGujranwala’s second innings because his left hand was heavily bandagedas result of the injury he sustained on Sunday evening.Rehman is likely to be out of action for 10 days at least.Resuming at the overnight score of 69 for three, the visitors lost theremaining six wickets for 92 runs. The only redeeming feature forGujranwala was Zahid Fazal’s gallant contribution of 74.The 27-year-old Test discard added 36 to his Monday’s tally of 38before his 182-minute stay was finally over with the total on 132.Adnan Malik on the long-on fence held a well-judged catch to provideoff-spinner Tahir Khan his third of four wickets.Zahid’s 188-ball knock was laced with 11 fours. He was involved in theonly major partnership of the innings with his captain Majid Saeed,who made 21 off 111 deliveries. The pair put on 71 for the fourthwicket in 123 minutes.Both Tahir and the slow left-armer Adnan Malik bowled with greatcontrol and variation to share all the wickets to fall on Monday.Tahir finishing with four for 44 in 24 overs while Adnan, who was notrequired to bowl in the first innings, chipped in with two for 28 in15.2 overs.With the maximum points from this win, leaders Karachi Whites have 51points to their credit. They take on Sheikhupura at the UBL SportsComplex from Friday in the sixth round.