Peshawar won the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (div-II) final on day four of the five-day match against SNGPL played at the Arbab Niaz Stadium.
Batting first SNGPL got 202 runs in 56.2 overs after their progress to big score was halted by Riaz Afridi, Waqar Ahmed and Afaq Ahmed who took four, three and three wickets respectively. Peshawar, responding with 351 runs, took the first innings lead Mohammad Fayaz and Abbas Badshah supported with enough score for Jamal-ud-din to get a century and later Mohammad Rizwan also played a vital role in the innings.
SNGPL in their second innings played well to get 301 runs but that was not enough to halt Peshawar progress.
Although Ali Waqas and Umar Akmal scored big but their efforts were utilised in erasing the lead and the score that they swelled was achieved by half centuries from Akbar Badshah and Jamal-ud-din.
With this win Peshawar pocketed Rs 500,000 with the trophy while SNGPL got Rs 250,000 and Rs 50,000 each were given to Best Batsman Usman Salahuddin of Lahore Ravi for scoring 975 runs, Best Bowler Tabish Khan (Karachi Whites for taking 61 wickets, Best Fielder Mohammad Fayyaz of Peshawar for taking 23 catches and Best Wicketkeeper: Mohammad Zahid (Lahore Ravi) for taking 35 catches and 3 stumps.
Scores: SNGPL 202 in 56.2 overs (Azeem Ghuman 26, Ali Waqas 37,Khurram Shahzad 30, Usman Arshad 41, Mohammad Awais 37, Umar Akmal 7, Riaz Afridi 4-55, Waqar Ahmed 3-80, Afaq Ahmed 3-48) and 301 in 83.4 overs (Ali Waqas 74, Umar Akmal 93, Usman Arshad 31, Riaz Afridi 4-83, Waqar Ahmed 6-92) v Peshawar 351 in 89.1 overs (Mohammad Fayyaz 47, Akbar Badshah 52, Jamal-ud-din 124, Mohammad Rizwan 46, Bilawal Bhatti 3-74, Imran Ali 4-74, Asad Ali 2-103) and 153-4 in 50.5 (Akbar Badshah 54*, Jamal-ud-din 58*, Bilawal Bhatti 2-62).
Result: Peshawar won by six wickets.
Overnight Score: SNGPL (Second Innings) 277-8 in 75 overs
Toss: SNGPL
Umpires: Zameer Haider & Ahsan Raza; Referee: Ishtiaq Ahmed; Scorer: Nadeem Arshad.
