Lal Kumar, Usman Salahuddin shine as Hyderabad and Lahore Shalimar play a draw
A 9th round fixture of Quaid e Azam Trophy 2010-11 Division Two between Lahore Shalimar and Hyderabad ended without a result. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367
side as almost all the senior players of Lahore are playing from their respective departments but it has not done badly in the ongoing season and is currently at the seventh spot on the points table of Division Two. On the other hand, Hyderabad is struggling
with only 18 points and has not done well at all in the Quaid e Azam Trophy 2010-11 but some of the individuals like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sharjeel-Khan-c89775 have come up nicely in this season.
At the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Ghumman-c1112 won the toss for the visiting side and decided to bowl first after seeing some grass on the pitch. Initially, the decision turned out to be a good one as Lahore Shalimar was struggling at 188 for
the loss of 6 wickets before middle order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Salahuddin-c94700 and all-rounder Saad Nasim took Lahore Shalimar to the shores of safety. Lahore Shalimar ended up scoring 355 runs in its 1st innings.
Usman, who played the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2008, was the star of the show for Lahore Shalimar with a magnificent hundred under trying circumstances. He scored 134 runs off 268 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six. Saad Nasim, who is primarily a
right-arm leg spinner, scored 75 off 114 balls in which he struck 10 fours and a six. The 7th wicket partnership between Usman and Saad earned 141 runs for Lahore Shalimar.
Left arm fast bowler, Lal Kumar was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he grabbed 3 wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kashif-Bhatti-c70379 took a couple of wickets each for Hyderabad.
Surprisingly, Hyderabad came up with a stronger batting performance in its 1st innings as it piled up 401 runs on the board and as a result took a 1st innings lead of 56 runs over Lahore Shalimar. The pattern of the Hyderabad innings
was quite similar to one of Lahore Shalimar as the top-order batsmen left it stranded in trouble before all-rounder Lal Kumar showed his class and scored a blazing hundred batting at number 8. He scored 126 runs off 279 balls with the help of 15 fours and
a six. Aqeel Anjum also scored 89 runs for the visitors off 148 balls which included 10 boundaries.
Emad Ali and Hassan Dar picked up 4 and 3 wickets respectively for Lahore Shalimar. Saad Nasim also took a couple of wickets and showed his all-round abilities.
In the 2nd innings, Lahore Shalimar had scored 130 runs for the loss of 5 wickets before the play was called off without a result. Usman Salahuddin, who scored a hundred in the 1st innings, shined once again for Lahore Shalimar and
was unbeaten at 75 off 135 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six.
Lal Kumar impressed yet again as he took 3 wickets in the 2nd innings and showed that he has the potential to become a superb all-rounder in the future who can serve http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket.
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