da marjack bet： Irresponsible batting on the third day Friday left Islamabadfacing defeat against Rawalpindi in their Quaid TrophyGrade-I match at the KRL Stadium
05-Jan-2002Irresponsible batting on the third day Friday left Islamabadfacing defeat against Rawalpindi in their Quaid TrophyGrade-I match at the KRL Stadium.Rawalpindi, thanks to a 50-run eighth wicket stand betweenYasir Arafat and Nadeem Abbasi, hit up 221 in their secondinnings to leave Islamabad with a difficult target of 294for victory. They had resumed at the overnight score of 179for seven. But Islamabad batsmen instead of battingpatiently just threw away their wickets and were aprecarious 140 for seven at the close.Ali Naqvi (6) Bilal Asad (43) and Azhar Mahmood (34) werethe culprits and fell to reckless strokes as Rawalpindiprepared to celebrate victory early Saturday, the last dayof the game.The damage was done by Test discard Mohammad Zahid whocaptured four for 46 while Naeem Akhtar had two for 17.In the Rawalpindi innings Yasir excelled with the bat as hedid with the ball and struck 49 before being dismissed bySaad Janjua.