Islamabad pacer picks 4 wickets in 4 balls; scripts history in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Musa Khan picked 5/74 vs Peshawar [Source- TheRealPCB/X.com]

Islamabad's right-arm quick Musa Khan added his name to an elusive list of bowlers in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on Wednesday, as he scalped four wickets on four consecutive deliveries in round 9 fixture against Peshawar in the ongoing season.

The proceedings started with the bowler cleaning up Waqar Ahmed's off-stump on 45.1 with a nip-backer, followed by a ball angling in to crash Zubair Khan's pads in front of the wickets on a golden duck.

He completed his hattrick with another lbw of Abbas Ali before creating history by dismantling international wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris' stumps on a straight delivery, as the batter tried to charge him by bouncing down the track. He became only the 7th bowler to achieve this feat in Pakistan's first class cricket history and went berserk in the celebrations.

Here's a list of bowlers who have previously done this in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy.

Bowlwers to pick 4 wickets in 4 balls of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

1. 1995 - Ali Gohar
2. 2001 - Fazle Akbar
3. 2009 - Kamran Hussain
4. 2009 - Tabish Khan
5. 2011 - Khalid Usman
6. 2015 - Taj Wali
7. 2025 - Musa Khan

With these four wickets, the fast bowler completed 10 wickets in the match, with back-to-back five-fers. Islamabad region went on to win the match by an innings and 77 runs after they had asked Peshawar to follow-on.

The 25-year-old, who has played for Pakistan in all three formats from 2019 to 2020 had previously picked 17 wickets in 9 innings of the 2025/26 season, in what has been a difficult season for the region. With this win, Islamabad  has finished only two matches at the top, while losing 3 in 9 matches.

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