ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 50 over List A tour game - 1985/6 - Match Report

ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 50 over List A tour matches - Bulawayo - 1985/6

Toss: Pakistanis

Pitch: 8A - Some turn for spinners

The Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat, and were immediately in trouble, losing both openers for ducks.
Saleem quickly followed for 2, and when Imran fell it was 42/4.
Rameez Raja batted well for 73 to stop the rot, and a hard hitting 30 from keeper Saleem Yousuf carried them to a mediocre 183/9 off 50 overs.
Left arm seamer David Brain bowled superbly for his 3-19 off 10 overs, while offspinner John Traicos enjoyed the spinning conditions.
The home team's reply began badly, as they slipped to 14/3.
Houghton however was playing on a different plane to the others, and found a willing ally in Butchart who posted 32.
Houghton carried on through the innings, posting a wonderful hundred.
With 9 wickets down, and 2 needed for victory, he was on strike to seamer Manzoor Elahi.
Dramatically he edged behind and the crowd held their breath, a catch would have seen them lose the match by a run.
But luckily for Houghton, the edge evaded the keeper and went for 4, giving the ZCU President's XI victory by 1 wicket.
Imran Khan had bowled well for the Pakistanis to get them back into the game, but their first innings total had proven too low and cost them the game.
Houghton's lone hand had given his side victory and he was duly named Man of the Match.

ZCU President's XI won by 1 wicket

Man of the Match: D.L.Houghton

Pakistanis 1st Innings 183/9 Closed (Overs 50)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Shoaib Mohammad	c WR James	b DH Brain	0	2	2	0	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	c WR James	b ACI Lock	0	8	2	0	0
Rameez Raja	lbw	b A Shah	73	149	109	10	0
Saleem Malik	lbw	b IP Butchart	2	16	8	0	0
Imran Khan*	c WR James	b DH Brain	28	31	28	4	0
Manzoor Elahi	c WR James	b IP Butchart	22	51	44	0	2
Saleem Yousuf+	c AC Waller	b AJ Traicos	30	49	39	3	1
Tauseef Ahmed	not out		15	55	42	2	0
Iqbal Qasim	c AC Waller	b DH Brain	0	6	3	0	0
Zakir Khan		b AJ Traicos	2	25	20	0	0
Mohsin Kamal	not out		6	13	8	1	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w5 nb0)	5
TOTAL		9 wickets for	183

FOW
1-0(Shoaib Mohammad) 2-0(Rizwan-uz-Zaman) 3-9(Saleem Malik) 4-42(Imran Khan)
5-98(Manzoor Elahi) 6-157(Rameez Raja) 7-161(Saleem Yousuf) 8-166(Iqbal Qasim)
9-176(Zakir Khan)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DH Brain	10	3	19	3
ACI Lock	10	3	32	1
IP Butchart	10	1	50	2
A Shah	10	0	61	1
AJ Traicos	10	2	21	2

ZCU President's XI 1st Innings 184/9 Closed (Overs 47.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
KJ Arnott	c Iqbal Qasim	b Imran Khan	0	1	1	0	0
A Shah	c Saleem Yousuf	b Imran Khan	8	33	20	1	0
AJ Pycroft	c Saleem Malik	b Mohsin Kamal	0	9	5	0	0
DL Houghton	not out		104	187	134	13	0
AC Waller	lbw	b Mohsin Kamal	16	32	30	3	0
A Flower		c&b Iqbal Qasim	17	33	24	2	0
IP Butchart	c Saleem Yousuf	b Imran Khan	32	74	61	5	0
WR James+	lbw	b Imran Khan	0	5	1	0	0
DH Brain	c Saleem Yousuf	b Mohsin Kamal	0	4	2	0	0
AJ Traicos*		b Tauseef Ahmed	5	12	8	1	0
ACI Lock	not out		0	1	1	0	0
extras		(b0 lb0 w1 nb1)	2
TOTAL		9 wickets for	184

FOW
1-0(KJ Arnott) 2-2(AJ Pycroft) 3-14(A Shah) 4-47(AC Waller) 5-84(A Flower)
6-166(IP Butchart) 7-166(WR James) 8-167(DH Brain) 9-180(AJ Traicos)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Imran Khan	10	2	33	4
Mohsin Kamal	10	1	37	3
Zakir Khan	5	0	27	0
Manzoor Elahi	5.3	0	25	0
Iqbal Qasim	10	1	36	1
Tauseef Ahmed	7	0	26	1

ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 3 day First Class match - 1985/6 - ZCU President's XI 2nd Innings

ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 3 day First Class match - Bulawayo - 1985/6

The ZCU President's XI slipped to 44/4 in their 2nd innings, raising hopes of a victory for the Pakistanis, but a 138 run partnership for the 5th wicket between Andy Waller and Andy Flower saw the home team to the draw.
There was some thought of attempting a late charge at victory, but the home team's weak lower order convinced them to content themselves with the draw.
Man of the Match was Iqbal Qasim for his first innings haul of 6 wickets.

Match Drawn

Man of the Match: Iqbal Qasim

ZCU President's XI 2nd Innings 182/5 Closed (Overs 58)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
KJ Arnott	lbw	b Imran Khan	6	29	19	0	0
A Shah	c Saleem Yousuf	b Manzoor Elahi	0	16	10	0	0
AJ Pycroft	c Saleem Yousuf	b Zakir Khan	12	38	29	1	0
DL Houghton		b Manzoor Elahi	14	45	27	2	0
AC Waller	not out		67	165	131	2	3
A Flower	c Iqbal Qasim	b Zakir Khan	76	142	135	8	0
IP Butchart	dnb
WR James+	dnb
DH Brain	dnb
AJ Traicos*	dnb
ACI Lock	dnb
extras		(b3 lb1 w2 nb1)	7
TOTAL		5 wickets for	182

FOW
1-4(A Shah) 2-12(KJ Arnott) 3-27(AJ Pycroft) 4-44(DL Houghton) 5-182(A Flower)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
Imran Khan	7	2	22	1
Mohsin Kamal	7	2	18	0
Zakir Khan	8	1	32	2
Manzoor Elahi	8	1	25	2
Iqbal Qasim	19	2	56	0
Tauseef Ahmed	9	2	25	0

ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 3 day First Class match - 1985/6 - Pakistanis 2nd Innings

ZCU President's XI v Pakistanis - 3 day First Class match - Bulawayo - 1985/6

The Pakistanis rejigged their middle order in the 2nd innings to give players more match practice.
56 to Rizwan and 37 to Rameez laid a solid foundation, allowing the Pakistanis to declare at 181/5, setting the ZCU President's XI 233 to win in roughly 4 hours.
Traicos again bowled steadily for the home team.

Pakistanis 2nd Innings 181/5 Declared (Overs 56.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
Shoaib Mohammad	c WR James	b DH Brain	21	54	41	2	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman		b IP Butchart	56	121	99	6	0
Rameez Raja	lbw	b ACI Lock	37	93	77	6	0
Manzoor Elahi	st WR James	b AJ Traicos	33	75	57	4	0
Saleem Yousuf+		b AJ Traicos	1	5	6	0	0
Saleem Malik	not out		20	54	52	2	0
Imran Khan*	not out		10	9	8	2	0
Tauseef Ahmed	dnb
Iqbal Qasim	dnb
Zakir Khan	dnb
Mohsin Kamal	dnb
extras		(b1 lb0 w2 nb0)	3
TOTAL		5 wickets for	181

FOW
1-58(Shoaib Mohammad) 2-104(Rizwan-uz-Zaman) 3-135(Rameez Raja)
4-136(Saleem Yousuf) 5-168(Manzoor Elahi)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
DH Brain	15	0	65	1
ACI Lock	7	0	23	1
IP Butchart	5.2	0	26	1
A Shah	4	0	10	0
AJ Traicos	25	8	56	2