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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy First Class Tournament: Multan crush Hyderabad, Karachi Blues also close to victory

Staff Report

LAHORE: Ansar Javed (4-67) and Rizwan Haider (3-49) helped Multan Region easily defeat Hyderabad Region by an innings and 5 runs on the third day of their four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy First Class Tournament sixth round Group B match at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

After Multan reached a massive 453 in their first innings resuming from their overnight score of 394-7, the task on hand for Hyderabad was always difficult and their batsmen struggled despite Hanifur Rehman’s half-century as Ansar alongside Rizwan put up a fine bowling display which ensured that Multan did not again and won with a day to spare.

In another Group B encounter at the National Stadium in Karachi, Asad Shafique smashed an unbeaten ton and Mohammad Sami took three wickets to put Karachi Blues on the brink of victory against Lahore Ravi. Chasing a winning target of 419, Lahore were reeling at 48-4 by the close of play courtesy captain Sami’s 3-26. Earlier, right-handed Asad, smashed 15 boundaries in his 284-ball 147 not out to power Karachi to 311 in their second innings. Lahore need a further 369 runs with six wickets in hand to upset the table-toppers on Thursday (today – fourth and final day).

Summarised scores:

(day three of four)

Group A

1: At Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore: Lahore Shalimar 257 in 68.5 overs (Sohail Idrees 74, 12x4, 104 balls, Ali Raza 71, 7x4, 136 balls, Muhammad Saeed 31, 5x4, 41 balls, Tabish Khan 3-69, Ali Muddassar 2-56, Akbarur Rehman 2-46, Shahbaz Khan 2-38) and 53-1 in 13.1 overs (Abid Ali 21*, 3x4, 37 balls, Rizwan Ahmed 16*) vs Karachi Whites 520-8 declared in 144 overs (Naved Khalid 120, 11x4, 275 balls, Afsar Nawaz 96, 9x4, 1x6, 161 balls, Akbar-ur-Rehman 98, 11x4, 152 balls, Atif Ali Zaidi 58, 5x4, 156 balls, Muhammad Naved 3-141, Hasan Dar 2-110, Hafiz Saad Nasim 2-171)

Toss: Karachi Whites

2: At Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 179 in 51.4 overs (Kamran Sajid 43, 7x4, 60 balls, Agha Sabir 34, 6x4, 51 balls, Tahir Khan 22*, 1x4, 163 balls, Uzairul Haq 4-51, Wasim Khan 3-35) and 256 in 83.2 overs (Agha Sabir 75, 11x4, 95 balls, Anwar Ali 68, 9x4, 97 balls, Wasim Khan 5-71, Muhammad Talha 3-72,) vs National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) 170 in 47.2 overs: (Qaiser Abbas 39, 2x4, 105 balls, Aminur Rehman 36, 4x4, 2x6, 24 balls, Wasim Khan 27, 5x4, 29 balls, Ali Imran Pasha 4-53, Anwar Ali 4-58, Aizaz Bin Ilyas 2-40) and 79-0 in 29.3 overs (Umer Amin 44*, 7x4, 90 balls, Rashid Riaz 29*, 4x4, 88 balls)

Toss: NBP

3: At KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi: Sui Southern Gas Corporation (SSGC) 141 in 64.4 overs (Bilal Asad 45, 5x4, 126 balls, Saeed Bin Nasir 34, 6x4, 81 balls, Abdul Rehman 4-46, Fahad Masood 2-21, Aslam Qureshi 2-31) vs Habib Bank Limited (HBL) 201-7 in 71 overs (Hasan Raza 39, 3x4, 79 balls, Farhan Iqbal 36*, 3x4, 91 balls, Aslam Qureshi 26, 2x4, 76 balls, Shakeel-ur-Rehman 4-54, Dilawar Khan 2-53)

Toss: HBL

4: At Marghazar Ground in Islamabad: Pakistan Customs 169 in 45.3 overs (Ramiz Aziz 30, 6x4, 52 balls, Asad Iqbal 26, 4x4, 32 balls, Aamir Yamin 26*, 5x4, 25 balls, Rizwan Akbar 3-44, Sami Ullah Niazi 2-24, Asad Ali 2-54, Imran Ali 2-39) and 36-3 in 11 overs (Ramiz Aziz 14, 2x4, 23 balls, Sami Ullah Niazi 3-23) vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) 307-8 in 30.3 overs declared (Adnan Akmal 120, 19x4 202 balls, Usman Salahuddin 116*, 13x4, 2x6, 46 balls, Ali Waqas 43, 8x4, 99 balls, Tahir Mughal 5-101, Muhammad Hussain 2-74)

Toss: SNGPL

5: AT Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) 446-8 declared in 120.5 overs (Adil Nisar 104, 19x4, 147 balls, Riffat Ullah 65, 8x4, 121 balls, Aamir Sajjad 64, 6x4, 122 balls, Ahmed Said 64*, 9x4, Sheeraz Ahmed 29, 2x4, 2x6, 16 balls, Muhammad Khalil 3-69, Kashif Dawood 3-88) vs Zarai Tariqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) 16-0 in 7.2 overs (Inamul Haq 7*, Zohaib Khan 8*)

Toss: ZTBL

Group B

1: At Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad: Hyderabad Region 194 in 53.1 overs (Faisal Athar 63, 9x4, 91 balls, Sharjeel Khan 46, 9x4, 47 balls, Aqeel Anjum 37, 7x4, 91 balls, Rizwan Haider 5-60, Zulfiqar Babar 2-23, Sajjad Hussain 2-56) and 254 in 59.1 overs (Hanifur Rehman 51, 7x4, 1x6, 74 balls, Nasrullah Memon 44, 2x4, 1x6, 81 balls, Mir Ali Talpur 35, 3x4, 2x6, 38 balls, Ansar Javed 4-67, Rizwan Haider 3-49, Zulfiqar Babar 2-73) vs Multan Region 453 in 124.2 overs (Naved Yasin 111, 10x4, 192 balls, Rizwan Haider 47*, 4x4, 1x6, 69 balls, Kashif Naved 61, 8x4, 48 balls, Babar Ali 42, 5x4, 81 balls, Pir Zulfiqar 2-71, Zahid Mahmood 2-96)

Result: Multan won by an innings and 5 runs

Toss: Multan

2: At National Stadium in Karachi: Karachi Blues 297 in 77 overs (Shahzaib Hasan 127, 16x4, 3x6, 157 balls, Asad Shafique 48, 6x4, 114 balls, Tariq Haroon 28, 5x4 61 balls, Ali Asad 25, 3x4, 39 balls, Muhammad Irshad 5-59, Junaid Zia 2-71, Waqas Ahmed 2-65) and 311 in 95.2 overs (Asad Shafique 147*, 15x4, 284 balls, Shahzaib Hasan 44, 5x4, 1x6,55 balls, Asim Kamal 32, 4x4, 77balls, Junaid Zia 4-71, Waqas Ahmed 3-62) vs Lahore Ravi 190 in 55.4 overs (Kashif Siddique 37, 3x4, 98 balls, Shahnawaz Malik 38, Junaid Zia 27, 3x4, 28 balls, Tanveer Ahmed 5-65, Atif Maqbool 3-30) and 48-4 in 16 overs: (Shahnawaz Malik 22, 3x4, 44 balls)

Toss: Lahore Ravi

3: At Diamond Ground in Islamabad: Rawalpindi Region 237 in 56.3 overs (Adnan Mufti 79, 12x4, 129 balls, Naveed Qureshi 48, 8x4, 60 balls, Zahid Mansoor 4x4, 73 balls, Rauf Akbar 4-88, Asher Zaidi 3-30, Shahzad Azam 2-80) and 69-2 in 12 overs (Naveed Malik 30, 6x4, 22 balls, Babar Naeem 26*, 3x4, 1x6, Rauf Akbar 2-26) vs Islamabad Region 151 in 50.3 overs (Ali Sarfaraz 36, 5x4, 89 balls, Naeem Anjum 29*, 4x4, 44 balls, Umair Khan 24, 3x4, 58 balls, Rashid Latif 9-42)

Toss: Islamabad

4: At Sports Stadium in Sargodha: Faisalabad Region 350 in 131 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 81, 12x4, 140 balls, Naveed Latif 60, 7x4, 1x6, 154 balls, Zulqarnain 77*, 6x4, 2x6, 146 balls, Abdul Rauf 35, 5x4, Arun Lal 3-93, Arshad Khan 2-60, Arun Lal 3-92, Faisal Irfan 2-32Nazar Hussain 2-89) vs Quetta Region 167 in 39 overs (follow-on) (Ashraf Khan 29*, 1x4, 112balls, Shahzad Tareen 23, 4x4, 72 balls) and 143-4 in 43 overs (Shoaib Khan 80*, 12x4, 125 balls, Shahzad Tareen 36, 6x4, 75 balls, Ejaz Ahmed 3-42)

Toss: Quetta

5: At Abbottabad Stadium: Abbottabad Region 111 in 44 overs (Mir Azam Khan 29*, 2x4, 42 balls, Riaz Kail 22, 3x4, 32 balls, Fawad Khan 20, 3x4, 34 balls, Numan Habib 5-40, Riaz Afridi 5-70) and 321-6 in 90 overs (Adnan Raees 180*, 30x4, 1x6, 242 balls, Muhammad Kashif 35, 2x4, 109 balls, Mir Azam Khan 28, 5x4, 57 balls, Riaz Afridi 4-117) vs Peshawar Region 81 in 32.4 overs (Haroon Ahmed 46, 7x4, 80 balls, M Junaid Khan 6-43, Rashid Mansoor 2-14)

Toss: Peshawar

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