SNGPL [259 & 268] beat WAPDA [271 & 153] by 103 runs to win Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2017/18

[Abdullah719]

Lahore December 19, 2017: The Final of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2017-2018 will be played between SNGPL and WAPDA from 21st to 25th December 2017 at National Stadium Karachi. The match officials for the final will be:-

Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Khalid Mahmood Sr.
TV Umpire: Ahmed Shahab
Reserve Umpire: Aaley Haider
Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed
Official Scorer: Imran Ali
Press Scorer: Salman Hussain


Prize distribution ceremony will be held after the conclusion of the final. The following prize money will be distributed amongst the Winner and Runner up teams and individual performers of the tournament:-

Winner: Rs.2,500,000/-
Runner Up: Rs.1,500,000/-
Man of the Final Match: Rs.100,000/-
Best Batsman of the Tournament: Rs.100,000/-
Best Bowler of the Tournament: Rs.100,000/-
Outstanding Player/All Rounder: Rs.100,000/-
Total: Rs.4,400,000/-

[UN talkz]

I want a pitch where match finishes inside one day with teams getting bundled under 50... and bowlers getting 10fers like fun

[Prince of Pakistan]

Last time Salman Butt was the player of the match. Let's see how Butt and Asif do this time.

[Arham_PakFan]

Will go for a couple of hours on friday and maybe monday.

[MenInG]

http://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-...onsorship.html

Lahore December 19: The PCB would like to reiterate its commitment to its premier First-Class tournament, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and confirm that this year’s final will also be broadcast LIVE on PTV Sports.

The Final will have a title sponsor as per the previous practice of the last ten years, and PTV Sports, our Domestic Broadcast partner, will be beaming the match LIVE. All the usual Branding/Marketing practices will be carried out for the Final.

It is important to understand that unlike other cricket Boards in the region, the PCB sells Domestic Cricket rights on an exclusive basis and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is an integral part of the package sponsorship deal.

Most other cricket boards especially in the Asian region, bundle their International Cricket sponsorship/broadcast deals with Domestic cricket. PCB on the other hand makes an exclusive effort and succeeds in selling Domestic Cricket sponsorship rights separately.

The PCB Marketing Department is committed to further improving the existing deals with its sponsors for both Domestic and International cricket, at the same time modern digital broadcast practices are being considered for the next season.

[Abdul]

Televised?

[MenInG]

Televised?

yes.

[Boi]

Hope WAPDA get smashed. Go SNGPL!

[KyoOne]

Weren't there semifinals last year as well?

They should have had them again. At least would have made some competitive games for viewers

[hadi123]

Was an easy win for SNGPL when they met earlier in the season. Hoping for a good game and hopefully a big turn out but not optimistic of a huge crowd.

[Abdul]

SNGPL all the way.

[Abdullah719]

Azhar, Hafeez declared fit to play in QAT final in Karachi

Pakistan opener Azhar Ali and middle-order batsman Mohammad Hafeez have both passed their fitness tests and are set to represent SNGPL in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QAT) five-day final scheduled to be played in Karachi starting Thursday.

Azhar, who was an integral part of his team's 2017 Champions Trophy triumph, had picked up a knee injury during a series against Sri Lanka.

But the 32-year-old, having fully recovered from the knock, recently requested a fitness test so he could play in the QAT final and also be reincorporated into the national fold ahead of the upcoming New Zealand tour.

Hafeez, meanwhile, took a break following the Sri Lanka home series and spent time in England to rectify his faulty bowling action which had landed him a fresh one-year ban bowling ban from the International Cricket Council in November.

The duo has, however, proven their fitness, following which they were given the green signal to join their departmental side, which will take on Wapda in the five-day final in Karachi.

If all goes according to plan, Azhar should make the One Day International squad for the tour down under, whereas Hafeez is expected to be included in the Twenty20 International side, as well as the ODI squad.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1377775/az...nal-in-karachi

[shariqnoor]

Isn't the National Stadium undergoing renovations? The stadium is fit to play?

[Sarfarazian92]

Koi jawaan commentator hi le aate yaar

[Xoib]

Asif bowling at 115-125. Still very accurate with nip but with this pace he will struggle on flat international tracks.

[Sarfarazian92]

Khurram Shehzad pitch pe dance karte hue...

[KyoOne]

Asif bowling at 115-125. Still very accurate with nip but with this pace he will struggle on flat international tracks.

There is no speed metre.

Comfortably in 130s. All three batsmen, that includes our best test bat Azhar, struggled against him on a flat Karachi pitch

[RehanG]

Butt, Asif and Kamran in one team... if you know what I mean.. Allah khair kare

[MenInG]

Sui Northern 50/2 (26 ov)
WAPDA
Lunch - Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field

[Xoib]

There is no speed metre.

Comfortably in 130s. All three batsmen, that includes our best test bat Azhar, struggled against him on a flat Karachi pitch

he looks a yard or even two slower then he did in 2010. Even in 2010 he was not consistently 130's he mostly bowled 125-132 now he is even slower.

[Crescent]

No young talent playing this match

[DRsohail]

All oldies and TTF playing..nothing exciting.

[ammar_merry]

kamran akmal just dropped a catch 😂

[ammar_merry]

2 drops by kamran so far

[Abdullah719]

kamran akmal just dropped a catch ��

His second dropped catch today. Continuing where he left off in T10.

[Markhor]

Disappointing that Azhar and Shafiq haven't made runs. Bit worried about how this knee injury is affecting Azhar's form.

3 wickets for Wahab who is one of the established names that are mostly featuring in this final, with not many new faces.

[Abdullah719]

All oldies and TTF playing..nothing exciting.

Mohammad Hafeez - 37
Azhar Ali - 32
Khurram Shehzad - 35
Asad Shafiq - 31
Iftikhar Ahmed - 27
Mohammad Rizwan - 25
Imran Khalid - 34
Yasir Shah - 31
Samiullah Khan - 35
Azizullah - 25
Mohammad Abbas - 27

Salman Butt - 33
Zahid Mansoor - 27
Adnan Raees - 36
Mohammad Saad - 27
Aamer Sajjad - 36
Kamran Akmal - 35
Khushdil Shah - 22
Khalid Usman - 31
Waqas Maqsood - 30
Wahab Riaz - 32
Mohammad Asif - 35

So the only players under 30 are Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Azizullah, Mohammad Abbas, Zahid Mansoor, Mohammad Saad, and Khushdil Shah.

Besides Abbas, none of them are really in contention for selection at the moment. From the over-30s, besides the ones who are already established in the Pakistan team, I don't think many are likely to play for Pakistan.

No wonder there isn't a great deal of interest in this match.

[babajee]

So the only players under 30 are Iftikhar Ahmed

You think so!!!!?

[Abdullah719]

You think so!!!!?

He is 27.

I only deal with facts.

[badsha001]

He is 27.

I only deal with facts.

I swear last time I checked Chacha Ifti was under 25 or something... He was playing as an emerging player in PSL

[zacattakk]

What channel(s) are broadcasting the game?

[KyoOne]

What channel(s) are broadcasting the game?

PTV sports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL1rzbJE_fU

[Sean143]

SNGPL 259 Iftikhar Ahmed 73 Mohammad Rizwan 42
Waqas Maqsood 28-51-3 Wahab Riaz 24-61-4

WAPDA 66/2 (26 overs) Adnan Raees 24* Samiullah Khan 11-25-1

[UN talkz]

QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY 2017-18

Final
Day Two of Five
December 22, 2017

* NATIONAL STADIUM, KARACHI

SNGPL (First innings) 259-10 in 102 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 72, 154 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s, Muhammad Rizwan 42, 77 balls, 4x4s, Khurram Shahzad 29, 87 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Asad Shafiq 23, 68 balls, 3x4s, Wahab Riaz 4-61, Waqas Maqsood 3-51, Muhammad Asif 2-42)


WAPDA (First innings) 171-5 in 61 overs: (Adnan Raees 65, 127 balls, 10x4s, Aamer Sajjad 35, 72 balls, 5x4s, Salman Butt 24, 74 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Abbas 2-26, Samiullah Niazi 2-48)


Overnight: SNGPL (First innings) 215-6 in 84.1 overs
Toss: WAPDA
Umpires: Ahsan Raza & Khalid Mehmood Sr.
TV Umpire: Ahmed Shahab
Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed
Scorer: Syed Imran Ali

[HuzaifaE]

Sui Northern 259

WAPDA 208/7 (73.3 ov)

Water and Power Development Authority trail by 51 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

[MenInG]

Sui Northern 259
WAPDA 262/9 (89 ov)

Lunch - Water and Power Development Authority lead by 3 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings

Kamran Akmal 58*

[MenInG]

Wow Kami Sahib! out for 67 - highest for his team in this innings

Sui Northern 259
WAPDA 271 (92.2 ov)
Innings break - Water and Power Development Authority lead by 12

[Abdullah719]

SNGPL 141/4 at Stumps.

Good partnership between Iftikhar and Rizwan... again.

[MenInG]

Final

Day Three of Five

December 23, 2017

NATIONAL STADIUM, KARACHI

SNGPL (First innings) 259-10 in 102 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 72, 154 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s, Muhammad Rizwan 42, 77 balls, 4x4s, Khurram Shahzad 29, 87 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Asad Shafiq 23, 68 balls, 3x4s, Wahab Riaz 4-61, Waqas Maqsood 3-51, Muhammad Asif 2-42)

(2nd innings) 141-4 in 43 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 55*, 112 balls, 8x4s, Muhammad Rizwan 54*, 111 balls, 8x4s, Muhammad Waqas 2-21, Muhammad Asif 2-56)

WAPDA (First innings) 271-10 in 92.2 overs: (Kamran Akmal 67, 143 balls, 7x4s, 1x6, Adnan Raees 65, 127 balls, 10x4s, Aamer Sajjad 35, 72 balls, 5x4s, Khalid Usman 26, 28 balls, 5x4s, Salman Butt 24, 74 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Abbas 4-57, Samiullah Niazi 3-67, Azizullah 3-67)

[MenInG]

Mohammad Rizwan (68*) and Iftikhar Ahmed (66) continue their excellent partnership (148*) as SNGPL look to build a robust lead which now stands at 157; SNGPL 169/4 #QEATrophyFinal #Cricket

[MenInG]

Iftikhar Ahmed (82*) and Mohammad Rizwan (78*) take SNGPL to Lunch on a strong 198/4 with a lead of 186 against WAPDA on Day 4 of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final #QEATrophyFinal #Cricket

[prop558]

Pitch is not world-class. TV coverage is poor. Entrance of public is not allowed.

Normally if you see, the entry in First Class matches is free in County Season, Sheffield Shield, Ranjhi Trophy etc etc. but in Quaid e Azam trophy TV coverage is absolutely poor, Commentary is so irritating. Cricket lover like me not watching that match but following score on Cricinfo.

[Abdullah719]

Salman Butt's miserable QeA Trophy comes to an end with 4 in his last innings. Dismissed by Samiullah Khan.

[Markhor]

When batsmen like Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed, who looked completely out of sorts at international level, are your leading runscorers in the final of your premier domestic competition...

[Ahson8]

Iftikhar and Rizwan played gun innings tbh considering their team's position when they came in.

[shah_1]

Grandmas playing

No interest at all

[letme alone]

When batsmen like Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed, who looked completely out of sorts at international level, are your leading runscorers in the final of your premier domestic competition...

but they face the same international bowler like wahab asif and those not able to get out these two batsman

[Xoib]

When batsmen like Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed, who looked completely out of sorts at international level, are your leading runscorers in the final of your premier domestic competition...

Tbh they look cut above the rest including Asad and Azhar harsh to dismiss them based on single test appearence

[prop558]

When batsmen like Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed, who looked completely out of sorts at international level, are your leading runscorers in the final of your premier domestic competition...

Scoring runs in the Final is not enough. See what they did in the whole Tournament. they are not even among TOP 5 Runs Scorers. I fully support that best bowlers and best batsman of the Quaid e Azam Trophy should get chance at International lever (in the right format), so it will encourage our First Class cricketers. I met many big names of First Class cricket, but almost all of the are highly demoralized / disappointed that PCB has to choose "****** players" or under-performance players, doesn't matter how good they perform in the QA Trophy.

[prop558]

http://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-...onsorship.html

Lahore December 19: The PCB would like to reiterate its commitment to its premier First-Class tournament, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and confirm that this year’s final will also be broadcast LIVE on PTV Sports.

The Final will have a title sponsor as per the previous practice of the last ten years, and PTV Sports, our Domestic Broadcast partner, will be beaming the match LIVE. All the usual Branding/Marketing practices will be carried out for the Final.

It is important to understand that unlike other cricket Boards in the region, the PCB sells Domestic Cricket rights on an exclusive basis and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is an integral part of the package sponsorship deal.

Most other cricket boards especially in the Asian region, bundle their International Cricket sponsorship/broadcast deals with Domestic cricket. PCB on the other hand makes an exclusive effort and succeeds in selling Domestic Cricket sponsorship rights separately.

The PCB Marketing Department is committed to further improving the existing deals with its sponsors for both Domestic and International cricket, at the same time modern digital broadcast practices are being considered for the next season.

Rights should be given to Ten Sports, because PTV shows poor quality. Poor commentary.

[Hasan123]

Mohammad Hafeez - 37
Azhar Ali - 32
Khurram Shehzad - 35
Asad Shafiq - 31
Iftikhar Ahmed - 27
Mohammad Rizwan - 25
Imran Khalid - 34
Yasir Shah - 31
Samiullah Khan - 35
Azizullah - 25
Mohammad Abbas - 27

Salman Butt - 33
Zahid Mansoor - 27
Adnan Raees - 36
Mohammad Saad - 27
Aamer Sajjad - 36
Kamran Akmal - 35
Khushdil Shah - 22
Khalid Usman - 31
Waqas Maqsood - 30
Wahab Riaz - 32
Mohammad Asif - 35

So the only players under 30 are Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Azizullah, Mohammad Abbas, Zahid Mansoor, Mohammad Saad, and Khushdil Shah.

Besides Abbas, none of them are really in contention for selection at the moment. From the over-30s, besides the ones who are already established in the Pakistan team, I don't think many are likely to play for Pakistan.

No wonder there isn't a great deal of interest in this match.

Yawn. How uninspiring.

[Prince of Pakistan]

A useless game for the selectors as well.

Shows how much seniority is given importance in Pakistan. The reason you saw a lot of oldies in the first few editions of the PSL as well.

[finalfantasy7]

what is the pitch like, any pics of this?

All low scoring total's???

good bowling wicket or poor batting?

[Abdullah719]

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[HuzaifaE]

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
259 & 268

Water and Power Development Authority
271 & 115/8 * (35.4 ov, target 257)

Day 5: Water and Power Development Authority require another 142 runs with 2 wickets remaining

[Sean143]

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
259 & 268

Water and Power Development Authority
271 & 153 (45 ov, target 257)

Day 5:SNGPL win by 103 runs

[Sean143]

Top performers of the season:
Best Batsman: Saad Ali 957 runs

Best bowler: Aizaz Cheema 60 wickets

Best All-rounder Umaid Asif 378 runs & 44 wickets

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[Sean143]

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[MenInG]

QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY 2017-18


Final

Day Five of Five

December 25, 2017

*** NATIONAL STADIUM, KARACHI

SNGPL (First innings) 259-10 in 102 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 72, 154 balls, 8x4s, 2x6s, Muhammad Rizwan 42, 77 balls, 4x4s, Khurram Shahzad 29, 87 balls, 3x4s, 1x6, Asad Shafiq 23, 68 balls, 3x4s, Wahab Riaz 4-61, Waqas Maqsood 3-51, Muhammad Asif 2-42)

(2nd innings) 268-10 in 94.2 overs: (Iftikhar Ahmed 106, 254 balls, 11x4s, Muhammad Rizwan 91, 200 balls, 11x4s, Muhammad Waqas 3-54, Yasir Shah 21, 34 balls, 2x4s, Muhammad Asif 3-63, Khalid Usman 2-47)



WAPDA (First innings) 271-10 in 92.2 overs: (Kamran Akmal 67, 143 balls, 7x4s, 1x6, Adnan Raees 65, 127 balls, 10x4s, Aamer Sajjad 35, 72 balls, 5x4s, Khalid Usman 26, 28 balls, 5x4s, Salman Butt 24, 74 balls, 3x4s, Muhammad Abbas 4-57, Samiullah Niazi 3-67, Azizullah 3-67)

(2nd innings) 153-10 in 45 overs: (Aamer Sajjad 38, 53 balls, 6x4ss, 1x6, Zahid Mansoor 38, 71 balls, 7x4s, Khalid Usman 34*, 40 balls, 4x4s, Wahab Riaz 24, 30 balls, 5x4s, Samiullah Niazi 8-62, Yasir Shah 2-45)



Result: SNGPL won by 103 runs
Overnight: WAPDA (2nd innings) 108-7 in 34 overs
Toss: WAPDA
Umpires: Ahsan Raza & Khalid Mehmood Sr.
TV Umpire: Ahmed Shahab
Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed
Scorer: Syed Imran Ali


Prize Money

Winner: SNGPL 2,500,000/-

Runners-up: WAPDA 1,500,000/-

Man of the match: Samiullah Niazi (SNGPL) 100,000/-

Best Batsman: Saad Ali (UBL) 957 runs 100,000/-

Best bowler: Aizaz Cheema (Lahore Blues) 60 wickets 100,000/-

Out Standing Player/All Rounder: Umaid Asif (Lahore Whites) 378 runs & 44 wickets 100,000/-

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Immensely proud of my team <a href="https://twitter.com/SNGPLCricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SNGPLCricket</a> on winning the QeA 2017-18 ��. Thanking my captain <a href="https://twitter.com/MHafeez22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MHafeez22</a> &amp; all my seniors <a href="https://twitter.com/AzharAli_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AzharAli_</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/asadshafiq1986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@asadshafiq198 6</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Shah64Y</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/saminiazi666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@saminiazi666</a> for guiding us. Enjoyed my time at the crease with <a href="https://twitter.com/iMRizwanPak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iMRizwanPak</a> in both innings. <a href="https://t.co/ZGxu7lrGOn">pic.twitter.com/ZGxu7lrGOn</a></p>&mdash; Iftikhar Ahmad (@Ifti221) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ifti221/status/945234682819555328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[another drop catch]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Immensely proud of my team <a href="https://twitter.com/SNGPLCricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SNGPLCricket</a> on winning the QeA 2017-18 ��. Thanking my captain <a href="https://twitter.com/MHafeez22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MHafeez22</a> & all my seniors <a href="https://twitter.com/AzharAli_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AzharAli_</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/asadshafiq1986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@asadshafiq198 6</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah64Y?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Shah64Y</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/saminiazi666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@saminiazi666</a> for guiding us. Enjoyed my time at the crease with <a href="https://twitter.com/iMRizwanPak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iMRizwanPak</a> in both innings. <a href="https://t.co/ZGxu7lrGOn">pic.twitter.com/ZGxu7lrGOn</a></p>— Iftikhar Ahmad (@Ifti221) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ifti221/status/945234682819555328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
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chacha ifti quoting seniors is damn funny

[UN talkz]

Chacha Ifti is a beast.... Almost same level as Kohli

[hadi123]

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