Salman Butt makes double-ton and Bazid makes Triple ton

[Atlanta]

Re: Salman Butt makes double-ton

*Originally posted by Nancy Drew: *
Salman Butt makes batting look so easy with double-ton

LAHORE: Pakistan’s young opening batsman Salman Butt made mincemeat of a Karachi Whites bowling attack, which after four matches in the competition suddenly appeared pedestrian and extremely ordinary, as he finished the opening day of Lahore Whites’ four-day, fifth-round 47th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Cricket Championship match, here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday, with an unbeaten double-hundred while his team put up a magnificent 362 runs for the loss of just one wicket by the draw of stumps.

The 20-year-old, left-handed Salman, who has appeared in a Test match and five One-day Internationals for Pakistan and is also in the line-up for the celebratory one-off ODI to be played against India in Kolkata, sent the ball to the Gaddafi Stadium boundary ropes as many as 42 times as he scored 206 not out by the day’s close.

Fellow left-hander Taufeeq Umar, who has returned to the national side after having recovered from a knee ailment, sent Lahore Whites to a flying start with Salman as 123 runs were made for the opening partnership in just over an hour and three-quarters. Salman then got involved in an unbroken 239-run stand for the second wicket with Kamran Sajid, yet another left-handed batsman.

Strangely, after putting Lahore Whites in first, skipper Faisal Iqbal found his meagre bowling resouces way below the required mark. Karachi Whites actually share the second spot in the tournament’s ranking — with Sialkot — after four matches with 21 points from two wins and two draws. Lahore Whites, on the other hand, are languishing at the number 10 position in the 11-team table, with two losses and a draw after three games.

Salman, Taufeeq and Kamran Sajid have apparently turned Lahore Whites’ fortunes on their head in a matter of a single five and a half-hour, 83-over day.

Salman, who has attained his fifth century - his first double - in 24 first-class matches, has batted for a total of 327 minutes and faced 270 deliveries. Taufeeq made 45 off just 61 balls with six fours. Kamran Sajid, who turns 21 next month, has so far been at the crease for three hours 40 minutes, scoring an unbeaten 78, off 177 balls with 11 boundaries.

While most Karachi Whites bowlers looked ordinary, off-spinner Tahir Khan seemed quite impressive. He had day’s figures of none for 75 runs from 29 overs but, still, failed to taste success after having already become the highest individual wicket-taker in the ongoing tournament - with 23 wickets at 27 runs apiece in his team’s previous four matches.

Scoreboard

Karachi Whites won toss

Lahore Whites 1st inns

Salman Butt batting 206

Taufeeq Umar lbw b Rajesh 45

Kamran Sajid batting 78

Extras (b8, lb10, w5, nb10) 33

Total (one wkt, 83 overs) 362

Fall: 1-123

Bowling: Rajesh Ramesh 21-2-95-1 (2w); Fahad Khan 17-1-102-0 (8nb, 3w); Asad Sharifullah 13-2-64-0; Tahir Khan 29-9-75-0 (2nb); Zeeshan Pervez 3-0-8-0

Umpires: Z I Pasha and Shakeel Khan. Match referee: Azhar Khan. Official scorer: Syed Najam-us-Saeed

**** Bowling: Rajesh Ramesh 21-2-95-1****

am I missing something. :konfused:

[KAKA-ATOM-BUM]

yes ur missing the fact that there are hindus in pakistan as well.

[knightofhearts]

where were these double or tripple centuries when these guys played in the paki national team??

[Nancy_Drew]

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*Originally posted by knightofhearts: *
where were these double or tripple centuries when these guys played in the paki national team??
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they just played 1 tournament, n salman butt batted better than yasir, but bazid didnt perform well

[elahi]

I dont know about Bazid Khan. His technique didnt impress me.
Butts score shows he has the temperment for Test cricket and more importantly it gives him loads of confidence ahead of the India game coming up

[knightofhearts]

so nancy, u r suggesting that imran nazir, yasir hammed, imran farhat, taufeeq umer didnt score well in the domestic cricket....

[BrokenSky]

is Asher Zaidi the same guy who is the host of sports program on geo ? *sorry if i`m mistaken *

well played butt and bazid .. :k: ..

[Nancy_Drew]

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*Originally posted by knightofhearts: *
so nancy, u r suggesting that imran nazir, yasir hammed, imran farhat, taufeeq umer didnt score well in the domestic cricket....
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i never suggested that, but i know in the match which salman scored 200, taufeeq scored 46

[Nancy_Drew]

*Originally posted by BrokenSky: *
is Asher Zaidi the same guy who is the host of sports program on geo ? *sorry if i`m mistaken *

well played butt and bazid .. :k: ..

u mean the lucky one who went to take malik’s interview :love:
no, they r different people

[khumin]

domestic performance only shows your form not your technique, one of my friends watched these two innings on telly and he was sayin bowling was crap, so its more like poor bowling than good batting, but i really like salman butt though i think he can do it ................

[avid]

thast good

[DesiMD]

i guess this was the resaon he was taken in for india's match..rite/?

[DesiMD]

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*Originally posted by aash73: *
I agree with Captain1. I understand that making 200 plus requires a lot of guts, but please keep in mind, he did in in the domestic season against "domestic" bowlers. At international level it is a completely different ball game. If the opponents bowling doesn't get you, than the pressure will, for sure. As it is been said, time and time again, that Cricket is all about how you handle Pressure situations. Let's see how he does in the match against India (in India, mind you), provided that he selected in the final 11......
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yah..ur post was good...but its outdated now..he proved himself in the match against india...

[ajay_25us]

Salman Butt this boy has a great future. Look at him nothing up the century in the jublee match against India.