Nadeem, Shoaib wreak havoc

PIA looked on course for an emphatic innings victory after forcing Rawalpindi to bat again on an eventful second day of the second semifinal of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship at UBL Sports Complex on Friday.

Rawalpindi reached stumps at 104 for four in their second innings after being shot out for only 79 in the first with spinners Nadeem Khan and Shoaib Malik virtually unplayable.

Rawalpindi still need 209 runs to avoid the distinct possibility of innings defeat.

As many as 19 wickets fell for 189 runs after PIA had added exactly 50 to the overnight total of 336 for five.

PIA, in fact, lost the last five wickets for the addition of only six runs once the sixth-wicket pair of Bazid Khan and Moin Khan were separated.

Moin, the PIA skipper, and Bazid resumed at 63 and 56 respectively while carrying their stand to 171 in 148 minutes having come together on Thursday afternoon at 215 for five.

Moin went for 81, followed by Shoaib off the very next ball. Bazid was out for 82 as the final three wickets crashed for no runs.

Pacer Junaid Zia, who was cautioned by senior umpire Shakeel Khan for suspect action on Thursday, captured the last three wickets to end up with four for 50.

When Rawalpindi batted, they had an answer to the guiles of Nadeem and Shoaib and the entire innings lasted mere 37.3 overs.

Slow left-armer Nadeem finished with excellent figures of five for 16 in 14.4 overs while Shoaib, the off-spinner, chipped in with four for 31.

The winners of this game will take on KRL in the five-day final at National Stadium, scheduled to start from Feb 17.

Scoreboard

PIA (1st Innings, overnight 336-5):

Kamran Sajid c Shiraz b Junaid 20

Ghulam Ali b Fayyaz 0

Yasir Hameed c Noman b Fayyaz 108

Asif Mujtaba c Pervez b Alamgir 21

Faisal Iqbal run out 48

Bazid Khan c Alamgir b Junaid 82

Moin Khan c Shiraz b Akram 81

Shoaib Malik c Nauman b Akram 0

Nadeem Khan not out 0

Najaf Shah lbw b Junaid 0

Aizaz bin Ilyas c sub b Junaid 0

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-18, NB-2) 32

TOTAL (all out, 101.4 overs) 392

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-50, 3-99, 4-214, 5-215, 6-386, 7-386, 8-392, 9-392.

BOWLING: Mohammad Akram 25-7-67-2 (1nb); Mohammad Fayyaz 18-4-76-2; Junaid Zia 13.4-2-50-4; Shiraz Khalid 9-2-34-0; Jawwad Hameed 13-4-49-0 (1nb); Alamgir Khan 13-1-46-1; Babar Naeem 5-1-22-0; Pervez Aziz 5-1-18-0.

RAWALPINDI (1st innings):

Babar Naeem c Yasir b Nadeem 6

Pervez Aziz c Moin b Aizaz 2

Nauman Aman c Faisal b Nadeem 2

Shiraz Khalid c Bazid b Nadeem 29

Mujahid Hameed c Najaf b Shoaib 11

Junaid Zia c Bazid b Shoaib 2

Asad Khan c Najaf b Nadeem 0

Alamgir Khan c Faisal b Shoaib 6

Jawwad Hameed c and b Shoaib 4

Mohammad Akram b Nadeem 4

Mohammad Fayyaz not out 1

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (all out, 37.3 overs) 79

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-9, 3-15, 4-55, 5-55, 6-57, 7-63, 8-68, 9-73.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 9-5-13-0; Aizaz bin Ilyas 2.4-0-5-1; Nadeem Khan 14.4-8-16-5 (1nb); Shoaib Malik 10-4-31-4 (1nb); Asif Mujtaba 1-0-4-0.

RAWALPINDI (2nd innings, following on):

Babar Naeem c Nadeem b Najaf 13

Junaid Zia c Ghulam Ali b Faisal 11

Nauman Aman c Moin b Najaf 8

Shiraz Khalid c Kamran b Najaf 6

Pervez Aziz not out 34

Mujahid Hameed not out 24

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-5) 8

TOTAL (for four wkts, 26 overs) 104

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-34, 3-41, 4-44.

BOWLING (to-date): Najaf Shah 8-1-47-3 (3nb); Kamran Sajid 3-0-15-0 (1nb); Faisal Iqbal 3-1-6-1; Nadeem Khan 7-2-27-0; Shoaib Malik 5-1-8-0 (1nb)