f30025 qea246	Railways v Punjab
	Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1973/74 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Railways Stadium, Lahore on 24th, 25th, 26th February 1974 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Railways won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Railways won by 83 runs
Umpires	Iftikhar Masood, Salahuddin Ahmed
Close of play day 1	Punjab (1) 48/4 (Sultan Rana 13*, Wasim Raja 6*)
Close of play day 2	Punjab (2) 58/2 (Shafiq Ahmed 15*, Sultan Rana 7*)

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Railways first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+Zakir Butt	c and b Wasim Raja	10
*Arif Butt	c Shafiq Ahmed b Ehteshamuddin	8
Mahmood Arshad	c Shafiq Ahmed b Ehteshamuddin	4
Saleem Pervez	run out	11
Siddiq Akbar	c Masood Iqbal b Wasim Raja	14
Izhar Ahmed	c Masood Iqbal b Wasim Raja	38
Gulfraz Khan	b Wasim Raja	35
Mohammad Nazir	c Humayun Farkhan b Wasim Raja	33
Ishaq Khan	c and b Wasim Raja	0
Inayatullah	not out	24
Ahad Khan	c Masood Iqbal b Wasim Raja	4
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 57.6 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-20, 3-31, 4-73, 5-121, 6-131, 7-131, 8-185, 9-199, 10-203 (57.6 ov)

Punjab bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ehteshamuddin	15	5	44	2	-	-
Shafiq Ahmed	11	3	15	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	17.6	5	73	7	-	-
Humayun Farkhan	12	6	36	0	-	-
Intikhab Ahmed	2	1	13	0	-	-

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Punjab first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Aftab Gul	c Izhar Ahmed b Arif Butt	2
Hafeez Siddiqi	b Ahad Khan	7
Shafiq Ahmed	c +Siddiq Akbar b Arif Butt	19
Sultan Rana	lbw b Arif Butt	15
Intikhab Ahmed	c Mahmood Arshad b Ahad Khan	0
Wasim Raja	st Zakir Butt b Mohammad Nazir	32
Ijaz Ahmed	c Gulfraz Khan b Arif Butt	1
+Masood Iqbal	hit wkt b Arif Butt	0
Ehteshamuddin	c Zakir Butt b Arif Butt	0
Humayun Farkhan	c Zakir Butt b Arif Butt	1
Khatib Rizwan	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 21.3 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-41, 4-41, 5-75, 6-79, 7-79, 8-79, 9-81, 10-81 (21.3 ov)

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arif Butt	11	2	33	7	-	-
Izhar Ahmed	2	0	16	0	-	-
Ahad Khan	6	0	24	2	-	-
Mohammad Nazir	2.3	1	4	1	-	-

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Railways second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+Zakir Butt	c Shafiq Ahmed b Khatib Rizwan	6
*Arif Butt	c Intikhab Ahmed b Ehteshamuddin	2
Saleem Pervez	c Humayun Farkhan b Khatib Rizwan	1
Mahmood Arshad	c Wasim Raja b Humayun Farkhan	52
Siddiq Akbar	b Humayun Farkhan	0
Izhar Ahmed	not out	18
Gulfraz Khan	b Wasim Raja	0
Mohammad Nazir	b Wasim Raja	0
Ishaq Khan	c Shafiq Ahmed b Humayun Farkhan	9
Inayatullah	c Wasim Raja b Humayun Farkhan	0
Ahad Khan	c Wasim Raja b Humayun Farkhan	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 31.3 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-15, 4-63, 5-82, 6-83, 7-83, 8-98, 9-98, 10-98 (31.3 ov)

Punjab bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ehteshamuddin	8	2	33	1	-	-
Shafiq Ahmed	1	1	0	0	-	-
Khatib Rizwan	6	3	5	2	-	-
Humayun Farkhan	8.3	2	14	5	-	-
Wasim Raja	8	2	36	2	-	-

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Punjab second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Aftab Gul	b Inayatullah	28
+Masood Iqbal	c Ishaq Khan b Arif Butt	6
Shafiq Ahmed	hit wkt b Inayatullah	31
Sultan Rana	c Saleem Pervez b Inayatullah	13
Wasim Raja	b Ahad Khan	26
Ijaz Ahmed	c Siddiq Akbar b Arif Butt	0
Hafeez Siddiqi	c Siddiq Akbar b Inayatullah	0
Intikhab Ahmed	c Izhar Ahmed b Ahad Khan	14
Ehteshamuddin	lbw b Ahad Khan	0
Humayun Farkhan	lbw b Arif Butt	7
Khatib Rizwan	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-47, 3-82, 4-83, 5-84, 6-85, 7-108, 8-108, 9-125, 10-137 (51 ov)

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arif Butt	18	3	57	3	-	-
Izhar Ahmed	3	1	4	0	-	-
Ahad Khan	9	1	29	3	-	-
Mohammad Nazir	7	1	12	0	-	-
Inayatullah	14	1	28	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Zakir Butt retired hurt in the Railways first innings (team score 1/0) - he returned when the score was 199/9

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Source: First-Class Cricket in Pakistan by Abid Ali Kazi

 

 

 

 

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