Lahore (GNP): Lahore Blues and Quetta raced to victories in their respective matches on day two of the opening round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver tournament, in Karachi, while Group B action took place in Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khana and Multan.
At SBP Sports Complex, Lahore Blues chased the 77-run target against Rawalpindi with nine wickets in hand. Earlier, they had taken a 105-run first innings lead.
Rawalpindi could only manage 181 in their second dig with Mubasir Khan being the lone fighter scoring 94 off 95 balls hitting 14 fours and two sixes. Ahmed Bashir picked up 4-48 in 14 overs for Lahore Blues derailing Rawalpindi’s second innings.
At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi, Quetta chased the 41-run target against Larkana, winning by nine wickets. Quetta took a 103-run first innings lead after Larkana collapsed to 116 in their first innings. In their second innings, Larkana for 143 as pacer Khalil Ahmed ripped through their batting with figures of 5-47 in 10 overs.
Sialkot Whites were two for no loss in 0.5 overs at close of play at Dring Stadium Bahawalpur, chasing 283 runs to win against Abbottabad. Sialkot suffered a collapse at the start of the day in first innings slipping from 110-2 to 136 all out. With a 39-run first innings lead, half-centuries from Shahzaib Khan and Zain Ishaq led Abbottabad to 243.
At Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan, Hyderabad declared their first innings for 519-8 after 162 from captain Saad Khan (215b, 20x4s, 2x6s). In reply, Dera Murad Jamali were 146-3 in 42 overs at close. At Multan Cricket Stadium, Azad Jammu and Kashmir were 88-5 in their second innings after gaining a 88-run first innings lead over Karachi Whites, who had fallen for 121 all out. At KCCA Stadium, Karachi, Peshawar Region were 218-8 in 71 overs in reply to Bahawalpur’s 304 all out. Bahawalpur’s left-arm spinner Muhammad Junaid picked up 5-93.
Scores in brief
Round 1 – Day 2 – Stumps
Pool B
Sialkot Whites v Abbottabad at Dring Stadium Bahawalpur
Target for Sialkot
Abbottabad 175 all out, 48 overs (Israr Hussain 31 not out, Muhammad Riazullah 28, Shahzaib Khan 27; Salman Aslam 4-72, Mubashir Aslam 3-30, Inzamam-ul-Haq 2-23) and 243 all out, 59.1 overs (Shahzaib Khan 66, Zain Ishaq 50, Mohsin Khan 41, Muhammad Shayan 30, Khalid Usman 28; Salman Aslam 4-67, Inzamam-ul-Haq 3-48, Abdullah Nawaz 2-42)
Sialkot Whites 136 all out, 45.5 overs (Muhammad Husnain Khan 63, Mirza Tahir Baig 42; Aftab Ahmed 4-30, Aqib Khan 4-30) and 2-0
Dera Murad Jamali v Hyderabad at Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan
Hyderabad 519-8 dec, 134.1 overs (Saad Khan 162, Muhammad Saddam Saeed 139, Haris Khan 59, Jawad Ali 52 not out, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 34; Nasir Khan 4-62)
Dera Murad Jamali 146-3, 42 overs (Dawood Khan 70 not out, Muhammad Deen 30 not out)
Karachi Whites v Azad Jammu and Kashmir at Multan Cricket Stadium
AJK 209 all out, 74.5 overs (Husnain Nadeem 80, Hamad Islam 39, Awais Akram Minhas 25; Saifullah 5-38, Asadullah Hamza 2-53) and 88-5, 40 overs (Husnain Nadeem 46; Saifullah 2-16, Maaz Khurram 2-20)
Karachi Whites 121 all out, 42.1 overs (Maaz Khurram 29, Muhammad Usman Rahim 26; Adil Hussain Azad 4-30, Faizan Saleem 3-23, Muhammad Jawad 2-36)
Pool A
Lahore Blues beat Rawalpindi by nine wickets at SBP Sports Complex Karachi
Rawalpindi 69 all out, 24.4 overs (Muhammad Taimur Khan 27; Nisar Ahmed 4-11, Muhammad Zahid 3-23, Ahmed Bashir 3-27) and 181 all out, 44.1 overs (Mubasir Khan 94, Haider Ali 31; Ahmed Bashir 4-48, Muhammad Zahid 2-35, Usman Qadir 2-43, Nisar Ahmed 2-44)
Lahore Blues 174 all out, 53 overs (Muhammad Zahid 48 not out; Muhammad Nabeel 4-33, Muhammad Faizan Ghani 3-62, Kashif Ali 2-33) and 79-1, 16 overs (Imran Butt 30 not out)
Bahawalpur v Peshawar Whites at KCCA Stadium Karachi
Bahawalpur 304 all out, 108.1 overs (Ali Afzal 73, Muhammad Umair 55, Muhammad Shahiryar 39, Muhammad Sudais 35, Muhammad Imran 33, Muhammad Aon Shahzad 25; Muhammad Ilyas 3-38, Adil Amin 3-49, Haris Khan 3-72)
Peshawar Whites 218-8, 71 overs (Amir Azmat Barki 88, Haris Khan 44 not out, Adil Khan 39; Muhammad Junaid 5-93)
Quetta beat Larkana by nine wickets at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Larkana 116 all out, 44.2 overs (Ghulam Raza 25, Muhammad Ibrahim 23; Najeebullah 5-33, Naqeebullah 4-23) and 143 all out, 33 overs (Faraz Aziz 35, Ishfaque Ahmed 27, Zahid Mehmood 20; Khalil Ahmed 5-47, Naqeebullah 3-23, Najeebullah 2-50)
Quetta 219 all out, 54.4 overs (Bismillah Khan 79, Haseebullah 35, Muhammad Ibrahim 28; Zahid Mehmood 3-45, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-46, Muhammad Mustafa 2-22, Shahnawaz Dahani 2-62)
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