LAHORE – Balochistan thrashed Sindh by 127 runs in the first round match on day four of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup (first class) 2010-2011 here at the LCCA ground on Thursday. Balochistan scored 173 runs in the first innings and later bowled out Sindh for 105 runs to take a 68 runs lead.
They added another 294 runs in the second innings, and went on to win the match after restricting Sindh to 235. Balochistan bowlers Abdur Rauf, Zulfiqar Baber and Shoaib Maqsood contributed nicely, as the efforts of Sindh’ Atif Maqbool and Danish Kaneria went in vain.
Scores: Balochistan 173 in 38.5 overs: (Abid Ali 24, 23 balls, 5 x4s, Naveed Yasin 25*, 59 balls, 2 x4s, Abdul Rauf 22, Atif Maqbool 6-69, Danish Kaneria 4-49) and 294 in 74.2 overs: (Suhaib Maqsood 87, 127 balls, 11x4s, Naved Yasin 69, 145 balls, 11×4, Abdul Rauf 34, 29 balls, 3×4, 1×6, Zulfiqar Babar 25, 22 balls, 3×4, 1×6, Danish Kaneria 4-107, Sohail Khan 3-87, Tanvir Ahmed 2/59) v SINDH 105 in 39.1 overs: (Danish Kaneria 25, 39 balls, 2 x4s, 1 x6s,
Tanvir Ahmed 16, 22 balls, Sarfraz Ahmed 15, Abdul Rauf 4-52, Muhammad Irfan 2-23, Rizwan haider 2-23, Zulfiqar Jan 2-5) and 235 in 70.5 overs (Khalid Latif 25, 27 balls, 5×4, Asif Zakir 26, 57 balls, 2 x4s, Faisal Iqbal 38, 72 balls, 5×4, Sarfraz Ahmed 35*, 69 balls, 1 x4s, Danish Kaneria 31, 25 balls, 4 x4s, 1 x6s, Zulfiqar Baber 4-54, Shoaib Maqsood 3-24)
Result: Balochistan won by 127 runs.
Overnight score: Sindh (Second Innings) 61-2 in 20 overs
Toss: Sindh
Umpires: Rasheed Bhatti & Ghaffar Kazmi
Referee: Khateeb Rizwan
Scorer: Abdul Hameed.
