Abbottabad’s teenage left arm fast medium bowler, Ikramullah Khan finished with career best match figures of 12 wickets to inflict an innings and 188 runs defeat on Karachi Blues in their eighth round match of Quaid- e-Azam Cricket Trophy Division-I at the National Stadium here on Friday. Besides Ikram, left arm spinner Khalid Usman also emerged as the hero of the day for the winners as he claimed four wickets in four balls including a hat-trick to trigger the collapse in Karachi Blues second innings. The four-day match ended on the third day. Khalid grabbed the wickets of Sohail Shakil, Khalid Latif, Wajihuddin and Farrukh Rizvi on the first four balls of his dramatic first over. He finished with the figures of five wickets for 36 runs in 13 overs. The 19-year-old Mianwali-born bowling sensation, after taking 8-51 in 24 overs of Karachi Blues first innings in his only 7th first class game, snapped up four wickets for 42 runs in 13.3 overs while polishing off the tail as Karachi Blues were bundled out for 96 in their second innings. Left arm slow bowler Khalid Usman grabbed five wickets for 36 runs in 13 overs to extend great support to Ikramullah, who got the match haul of 12 for 83. International opener Shahzaib Hasan made 39 in 39 balls with half a dozen boundaries and captain Muhammad Sami scored 24 with five boundaries. Earlier in the day, Abbottabad resuming their second innings score of 110-3, added exactly 100 runs before being bowled out for 210. Muhammad Naeem Senior again emerged as the top-scorer with 64. Summarised scores: Abbottabad 216 (M.Naeem Sr. 65, Wajid Ali 41, Khalid Bilal 31 not out, M.Sami 5-60) & 210 all out in 50.5 overs (Naeem Sr. 65, Ramiz Ahmed 47, Wajid Ali 43, Sohail Khan 5-82, Tanvir Ahmed 3-56) Karachi Blues 142 (Wajihuddin 35, Muhammad Sami 32, Ikramullah Khan 8-51, Wajid Ali 2-2) & 96 all out in 28.3 overs (Shahzaib Hasan 39, M.Sami 24, Khalid Usman 5-36).
