Northern 296 for two (Hurraira 193*, Amin 79*, Umar 2-56) lead Sindh 284 (Mehmood 78, Alam 61*, Musa 3-61, Jamal 3-76) by 12 runs
The day had begun rather more auspiciously for Sindh, who added 54 to their in a single day rating of 230 for 7, because of fireworks from No.9 Asif Mehmood and an unbeaten 61 from Fawad Alam. It pushed Sindh’s rating up from 151 for 7 to 284 earlier than Aamer Jamal dismissed Nos. 10 and 11.
Sindh struck early with the ball twice, a double-strike from Mohammad Umar eradicating Hasan Raza and Faseeh Rana inside the primary ten overs. However that was pretty much as good as it might get for Sindh, with Hurraira taking the assault to each bowler, tempo and spin alike. Shahnawaz Dahani got here in for specific punishment at Hurraira’s arms, significantly because the day drew to an in depth, as did Mohammad Umar, whose final 17 balls Hurraira plundered 33 runs off. Alongside the way in which, he had taken over as the very best run-scorer of this version of the Quaid-e-Azam trophy version, a feat he managed final 12 months, too.
However the harm had been carried out by the center a part of the day as Sindh’s bowlers had been shut out of any sensible wicket-taking alternatives, with the fields pushed out to forestall run-scoring. However Hurraira, and to a lesser extent, Amin ensured that would not be doable, and a day that started so brightly for Sindh had darkened significantly because the gamers had been introduced off for dangerous mild half an hour earlier than the shut.
