Underneath the captaincy of Sarfaraz Ahmed, Karachi Whites secured their fifth Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title after overcoming Faisalabad on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, prevailing by 456 runs on the ultimate day of the five-day last on Thursday.
Faheem Ashraf, the captain of Faisalabad, was the ultimate batter to be dismissed, caught off the bowling of Ghulam Mudassar, igniting celebrations for the tea, who walked away with a money prize of Rs10 million.
Karachi Whites’ earlier Quaid-e-Azam Trophy victory was within the 2001-02 season once they defeated Peshawar within the last by eight wickets. Previous to that, they achieved a hat-trick of titles in 1990-91, 1991-92, and 1992-93.
Faisalabad resumed from their in a single day rating of 129-6, with Faheem main a decided fightback, albeit delaying the inevitable. They misplaced two wickets in the course of the morning session, with Ali Asfand and Khurram Shahzad falling, and Faisalabad reached lunch at 230-8.
Faheem then reached his fourth first-class century in 119 balls and contributed 57 runs for the ninth wicket with Arshad Iqbal and 51 runs for the ultimate wicket with Mohammad Ali. Faheem was lastly dismissed for 147 from 181 deliveries, his career-best rating, which included 23 fours and two sixes.
For Karachi Whites, Ghulam Mudassar recorded figures of 3-62, whereas Shahnawaz Dahani took 2-119. Mir Hamza, Noman Ali, and Asad Shafiq every secured one wicket.
After the round-robin stage of the event, Faisalabad had topped the factors desk, with Karachi Whites in second place. Peshawar’s Sahibzada Farhan led the batting charts with 847 runs in 10 innings and was named the event’s finest batter.
Saim Ayub of Karachi Whites, for his innings of 203 within the first and 109 within the second, was awarded the participant of the ultimate.
Sarfaraz, the captain of the victorious workforce with 697 runs and 28 dismissals, was named the participant of the event.
From Faisalabad, Khurram Shahzad (36 wickets in eight matches) and Ali Shan (28 catches and one stumping) have been declared the most effective bowler and finest wicket-keeper of the event, respectively.
Awards:
Participant of the Event – Sarfaraz Ahmed (697 runs & 28 dismissals) (Karachi Area Whites)
Finest Batter – Sahibzada Farhan (847 runs) (Peshawar Area)
Finest Bowler – Khurram Shahzad (36 wickets) (Faisalabad Area)
Finest Wicket-keeper – Ali Shan (29 dismissals) (Faisalabad Area)
Participant of the Ultimate – Saim Ayub (Karachi Area Whites)
