KARACHI, Oct 19: Loralai defeated Chaghi by six wickets and Quetta routed Turbat by 10 wickets in two of the nine Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II second round matches that concluded Friday.
Loralai, surrendering a 65-run first innings lead, achieved victory when they dismissed Chaghi for 112 in their second innings and then achieved the 178-run victory target losing four wickets at Shola Stadium.
Ayub Khan played the decisive role in Loralai victory when he canned a run-a-ball 71 while opening the innings.
At the PCB regional academy ground in Karachi, Quetta forced Turbat to follow on and then took just four balls to get the required four runs to secure maximum points.
If Quetta’s Mohammad Khan (three for 23) and Mohtashim Rasheed (three for 22) shared spoils in the first innings, Aqil Baloch grabbed bowling honours in the second innings by claiming four wickets for 74 runs as Turbat batted much better by scoring 187.
Mohtashim, with his left-arm spinners, bagged three for 43 for match haul of six for 65. Naseer Khan bagged three for 28.
The highpoint of Turbat was a fine century by Yousuf Jan who carried his bat while stroking 129 off 230 balls after 212 minutes of batting. He slammed 13 boundaries.
In the other matches of the second round that ended in draws, Swat secure first innings lead Nawshera at Gymkhana ground in Peshawar, Pishin earned points against Sibi at Iftikhar Stadium in Quetta, Mirpurkhas won three points against Badin at KCCA Stadium, Sukkur surrendered lead to Larkana at Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad, Naseerabad earned points against Kalat at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium in Karachi, Shikarpur held Jacobabad’s victory charge at Nawabshah Stadium and Thatta secured points against Dadu at Makli Stadium.
Summarized scores:
Quetta beat Turbat by 10 wickets
Quetta: 305-8 in 65 overs (Sabir Hussain 91, Aqil Baloch 46, Naseer Khan 67 not out, Mohtashim Rasheed 37, Abdul Hameed 33, Bebarg Munir 3-68, Anwar Rehmat 2-71, Shoaib Wahid 2-72) and 4-0
Turbat: 121 (Sajjad Habib 27, Mohtashimm Rasheed 3-22, Mohammad Khan 3-23) and 187 (Yousuf Jan 129 not out, Aqil
Mirpurkhas: 215-7 in 65 overs (Ahmad Nawaz 63, Asif Nazir 42, Mohammad Javed 30, Shafiq Turk 5-62) and 134 (Ahmad Nawaz 46, Kashif Pervez 28, Shafiq Turk 4-29, Tasawwar Zaman 4-17)
Swat 250 (Mohsinuddin 67, Jahanzeb 20, Javedullah 33, Haider Ali Rana 46, Imran Durrani 3-56, Gohar Ali 3-91) and 145-6 declared (Mufti Mehmood 24, Mohammad Arshad 62)
Nawshera: 213 (Akbar badshah 66, Mohammad Nasir 53, Altaf Hussain 3-38) and 51-0 (Abdul Razziq 30 not out, Naveed Khan 20 not out)
Sukkur drew with Larkana:
Sukkur: 127 in 43.5 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed 45, Aqeel Ahmed 27, Abdul Raheem 4/11, Abdul Sattar 3/39, Mazhar Ali 2/33) and 215-7 (Kamaluddin 98, Mumtaz Ali 87, Mohammed Siddiq 3/20, Abdul Sattar 2/54).
Larkana: 234 in 64.5 overs (Khadim Hussain 53, Mohammad Siddiq 36, Manzoor Ahmed 3/36, Abdul Samad 3/74, Shafi Muhammed 2/45).
Shikarpur draw with Jacobabad
Jacobabad: 236 (Naveen Kumar 102, Abdul Ghaffar 36, Abdul Ghani 26, Aftab Mehsassar 23, Majid Ali Raja 4-62, Mohammad Ramzan 4-34)
Shikarpur: 119 (Nasrullah 73, Wajid Ali 3-16, Khalid Manghi 3-26, Aftab Mehessar 3-34) and 260-6 (Nasrullah 116, Wajid Ali 3-76, Khalid Manghi 2-79).
Kalat drew with Naseerabad
Kalat: 174 (Abdul Haq 53, Jahanzeb 43, Jurial 5-59) and 224 (Abdul Hameed 131 not out, Mohammad Asif 31, Bashir Ahmad 6-92)
Naseerabad: 205 (Mohammad Ali 58, Umaid Ali 51, Jalis Ahmad 5-44) and 34-4 (Mohammad Arif 4-24)