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Faisalabad lost six wickets in pursuit of the improbable target of 790 as Sarfaraz Ahmed-led Karachi Whites maintained their dominance in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QEAT) 2023-24 final.

Faisalabad started their innings on day four with openers Taimoor Sultan and Mohammad Huraira. Huraira lost his wicket after making only five runs off 14 balls while Taimoor made 31 off 73 before being caught by Sarfaraz Ahmed off the bowling of Noman Ali.

Faisalabad wicket-keeper Ali Shan made 24 off 43 while left-handed batter Ali Waqas scored 48 off 73 deliveries with nine boundaries, falling only two runs short of a half-century.

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Muhammad Irfan Khan and Asif Ali were dismissed in single figures, scoring one off two and three off 13 balls, respectively, before being sent to the pavilion.

Faheem Ashraf and Ali Ashraf were the unbeaten batters at stumps with Faheem making 15 not out off 29 balls.

Earlier, Asad Shafiq and Sarfaraz Ahmed continued their innings for Karachi Whites with Asad at a solid 60 and Sarfaraz having made one off six deliveries by the end of day three.

Asad then amassed his 31st first-class century by scoring 100 off 201 balls before the lunch break taking Karachi Whites’ score to 350 runs in 92 overs.

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Karachi Whites then declared their score at 370 in 98.1 overs at the expense of seven wickets in the second innings of the QEAT Final.

Sarfaraz Ahmed ended his run at 73 off 112 deliveries and emerged as the second-highest run-getter of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2023-24 with a tally of 697 runs in 11 innings while Asad clinched the third position after ending his innings at an impressive 113 off 222 balls, and his tally reading 670 runs in 13 innings.

Khurram Shahzad picked up two wickets for Faisalabad while Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Ali and Arshad Iqbal took a wicket each in the second innings.

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LAHORE: Left-arm pacer Mir Hamza took a five-wicket haul to book Faisalabad Region on a modest total before Saim Ayub’s century in the second innings propelled Karachi Whites to attain a massive lead in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QEAT) Final.

Karachi Whites emerged on top on the third day of the QEAT final, scoring 238-5 in their second innings while Faisalabad failed to make much of an impact with just 124 in their first innings, losing their remaining six batters during the early hours of the day.

Opening batter Khurram Manzoor was clean bowled by Khurram Shahzad on the first ball of the innings while 21-year-old Saim Ayub continued to play well until the 57th over with 109 off 179 emerging as the inning’s only centurion scoring 12 boundaries and one six.

Saim became the first batter to score a double century and a hundred in a QEAT final.

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Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq both recorded half-centuries with Shan making a rapid 51 off just 26 deliveries before losing his wicket as a result of a run-out while Asad Shafiq went on to play towards the end of the day with 60 not out off 140 deliveries.

Omair Bin Yousuf failed to make any runs off 21 balls and was caught by wicket-keeper Ali Shan off the bowling of Mohammad Ali. The baton soon passed over to skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed who recorded one run off six balls before the end of the day.

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Earlier, Faisalabad batters Muhammad Irfan Khan and Ali Shan had picked up from yesterday’s innings making 32 off 33 and nine off 11, respectively.

Ali Asfand scored a meagre five off nine deliveries before losing his wicket to Shahnawaz Dahani while Khurram Shahzad made three off eight before being caught by Omair Bin Yousuf off the bowling of Mir Hamza.

Karachi Whites left-arm pacer Mir Hamza registered his 29th first-class five-wicket haul while right-arm fast bowler Shahnawaz Dahani took his career-best figures of 4-50.

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LAHORE: Pacers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani strengthened Karachi Whites’ command on the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QEAT) 2023/24 final as they reduced Faisalabad to 76/4 after piling up a mammoth 543.

Faisalabad lost four wickets in their first-innings reply to Karachi Whites of the QEAT 2023/24 final finishing day two at 76-4, trailing by 467 runs.

Muhammad Irfan Khan and Ali Shan were the two unbeaten batters for Faisalabad at the close of play.

Mohammad Huraira, Taimoor Sultan, Ali Waqas and Asif Ali were the four Faislabad batters to be sent back to the pavilion. Taimoor was caught by Ghazi Ghouri off the bowling of Shahnawaz Dahani for a seven-ball duck while Huraira made 17 off 52 balls.

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Huraira’s partnership with Ali Waqas yielded 34 runs off 78 deliveries. Mir Hamza successfully tore into the partnership, bowling out Huraira in the 16th over and claimed Waqas’ scalp in the 18th over, ending his run at 27 (44).

Right-handed batter Asif Ali made three off 24 while Irfan and Ali Shan continued were not out at 12 and nine, respectively.

Earlier in the day Saim Ayub, who was riding high from his double century on the first day managed to add only three more runs before being caught by Ali Shan off the bowling of Khurram Shahzad.

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Later, Karachi Whites captain Sarfaraz Ahmed contributed with an important 45 off 67 balls.

Omair Bin Yousuf and Ghazi Ghouri failed to make an impact while Test veteran Asad Shafiq managed 25 (47). Noman Ali lost his wicket to Arshad Iqbal after making a meagre nine off 27 deliveries.

Mir Hamza came in with much enthusiasm and ended up making 33 runs off 38 balls studded with six fours and one maximum while Shahnawaz Dahani, last man to be dismissed, made 10 off 12.

Pacers Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali and Arshad Iqbal all returned with three wickets apiece.

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