Nearly 1,300 runs were scored for the loss of just 14 wickets across two innings in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Lahore Whites and Karachi Whites at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, including a double hundred by Sarfaraz Ahmed.
The record-breaking runfest saw six individual centuries scored in the match between Lahore Whites and Karachi Whites, including two double hundreds, one of which was a former It was due to the bat of Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Lahore came into bat after losing the toss. Their opening game score was 153. One of them, Ali Zaryab, scored 222 runs from just 313 balls with a strike rate of over 70. Lahore finished with 509 wins and 9 losses as Ahmed Shahzad, Saad Nasim and Fahad Munir scored 50 points.
Noman Ali took 6 wickets for Karachi, conceding 162 runs in 48 overs.
Karachi’s innings was a very impressive response. Seven batters struggled. 6 people exceeded 50 people. Five of them he scored over 100 points, and one of them he scored over 200 points.
Openers Khurram Manzoor and Ammad Alam both scored centuries (110 and 102 respectively) and formed a 168-run partnership. Asad Shafik recorded his 113 strokes which placed him in 4th place.
But it was the partnership between Ramez Aziz and Sarfaraz for the sixth wicket that stole the show. The two forged an unbeaten partnership of 351 runs, with Sarfaraz reaching his second first-class double hundred (200 not out) and Aziz reaching his sixth first-class ton (151 not out). .
Karachi finished with 784-5 as the players shook hands and accepted the draw. He had five bowlers from Lahore, each of whom bowled over 25 overs. Nasim was the only player to take multiple wickets (2-112).
Karachi’s innings broke the record for most individual hundreds scored in a single team innings in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and was the first time that five batsmen collectively crossed the triple-digit mark. It became.
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🏏 Khurram Manzoor, Ammad Alam, Asad Shafiq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Rameez Aziz 💯
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After this match, Karachi are at the top of the table with 48 points from 3 games.
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