Saim Ayub became the first cricketer to score a hundred and a double-hundred in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final in the showpiece clash for the 2023/24 edition.
Saim Ayub became the opening batsman for Los Blancos in Karachi district after Faisalabad district opted to bowl at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, scoring 203 runs off 259 balls in the first innings.
Ayub added 379 for the second wicket along with Shan Masood (180) and helped Karachi Los Blancos reach 543 points. Mir Hamza (5-44) and Shahnawaz Dahani (4-50) then defeated Faisalabad for 124.
Despite a 419-run lead, Karachi Los Blancos captain Sarfaraz Ahmed decided to take to the bat again. Probably because he still had more than three days left until the game. This time, Ayub scored his 109 runs and became the first player to score a double ton and a ton in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Another memorable innings by @SaimAyub7 as he becomes the first batter to score a double 💯 and a century in the final of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 🏅#QeAT | #FSDvKHIW pic.twitter.com/Hg7aSMXt6h
– Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) 24. October 2023
Pakistan cricketers to score a double hundred and another hundred in the same first-class match:
256 and 102*: Salahuddin, Karachi v East Pakistan (Karachi 1968/69)216* and 156*: Zahir Abbas, Gloucestershire v Surrey (The Oval 1976)230* and 104*: Zaheer Abbas, Gloucestershire v Kent (Canterbury 1976)
205* and 108*: Zaheer Abbas, Gloucestershire v Sussex (Cheltenham 1977)
141 and 222: Saadat Ali, Income Tax Department v Multan (Multan 1977/) 78)< br >214* and 104: Talat Ali, Pakistan International Airlines v. Province of Punjab (Lahore, 1978/79)129 and 217*: Shafiq Ahmed, State Bank of Pakistan v. Islamic Commerce Bank (Karachi, 1978/79) )
215 * and 150*: Zahir Abbas, Gloucestershire v. Somerset (Bath 1981)210* and 110: Qasim Umar, Islamic Commercial Bank v. Lahore City (Lahore 1982/83)139 and 217*: Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistan International Airlines v. Pakistan Automobile Corporation (Lahore 1989/90)
205 and 102*: Mohammad Ramzan, Faisalabad v Sargodha (Faisalabad 2000/01)
106 and 202*: Younis Khan, Yorkshire v Hampshire (Southampton 2007)
Note:
– The only cricketer to score double hundred twice in the same first-class match was Arthur Fagg (244 and 202* , Kent v Essex, Colchester 1938) and Angelo Perera (201 and 231, Nondescript Cricket Club v Sinhala Sports Club, Colombo 2018/19).
– The last person to do this was Lewis Rees (131 and 201*, Derbyshire v Glamorgan, Derby 2023)
Karachi Los Blancos had a record of 238 wins and 5 losses on the third day of this five-day match. They lead by his 657 points.
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