All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

257 Naeem Akhtar Rawalpindi B v Peshawar, 1995/96 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on 2, 3, 4 December 1995 (4-day match) Toss won by Peshawar Rawalpindi B won by 121 runs Umpires: Sajjad Asghar, Shakeel Khan Rawalpindi B 230 and 132 (Sajid Shah 5-57); Peshawar 92 (Naeem Akhtar 10-28) and 149 (Sabih Azhar 5-50) Peshawar first innings Aamer Bashir c Iqbal Saleem b Naeem Akhtar 9 Akhtar Sarfraz c Asif Mahmood b Naeem Akhtar 6 Taimur Khan b Naeem Akhtar 0 Jahangir Khan c Asif Mahmood b Naeem Akhtar 2 Sher Ali lbw b Naeem Akhtar 12 Hameed Gul lbw b Naeem Akhtar 24 Shahid Hussain lbw b Naeem Akhtar 12 +Rafiq Ahmed b Naeem Akhtar 4 Sajid Shah not out 2 *Arshad Khan b Naeem Akhtar 0 Ijaz Elahi b Naeem Akhtar 6 Extras (b 5, lb 9, nb 1) 15 Total (all out, 42.3 overs) 92 Fall of wickets 1-11, 2-11, 3-18, 4-21, 5-43, 6-73, 7-81, 8-84, 9-84, 10-92 Rawalpindi B bowling: Naeem Akhtar 21.3-10-28-10, Sabih Azhar 7-2-23- 0, Javed Hayat 4-1-6-0, Alamgir Khan 4-0-10-0, Tauqeer Hussain 6-1-11-0 Rawalpindi B: Naved Ashraf, Arif Butt, Iqbal Saleem (wk), Tasawwar Hussain, Asif Mahmood, Javed Hayat, Arif Javed, Sabih Azhar (capt), Naeem Akhtar, Tauqeer Hussain, Alamgir Khan 1995/96 was a busy season for Pakistan cricket: three home Tests against Sri Lanka in September, three more in Australia, one in New Zealand, the usual plethora of one-day internationals, and the World Cup meant that Pakistan domestic cricket saw little of its stars. It was also a fractious season. Pakistan had optimistically hoped to retain the World Cup, but went out in the quarter-finals to arch-rivals India, leading to much recrimination. Completing an all-ten the day after he had celebrated his 28th birthday Naeem Akhtar however would at least remember the season with some satisfaction. Born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab in 1967, and having made his first-class debut in December 1990, his fast-medium bowling had progressed steadily and his first five-for (seven for 98 for Rawalpindi against Multan) came two years later. Akhtar had started the 1995/96 season well with a first-innings six for 80 for Rawalpindi B against Rawalpindi A. He was also a useful batsman who would make two first-class centuries and he had preceded this performance by making 46, his side’s top score, against a Rawalpindi A