KARACHI, Oct 29: Owais Athar, the 22-year-old fast bowler, extended his match haul to 11 wickets as KESC were in sight of a crushing victory against Pakistan Navy in the Kardar Trophy match at National Stadium here Tuesday.

Owais, who took seven for 69 Monday, claimed four for 19 to send Navy hurtling to 56 for six in their second innings after KESC had taken a substantial lead of 162 on the first innings.

Resuming at the overnight score of 66 for two, KESC collected 369 for eight in the allotted quota of 80 overs with opener Agha Sabir blasting 13 fours in scoring 88 off 134 balls.

Other notable run-getters were skipper Arif Mahmood (66 off 69 balls, 11 fours, one six) and Amin-ur-Rehman (63 off 61 balls, five fours, four sixes) and Tahir Khan (52 off 60 balls, five fours and one six).

Pakistan Education Board (PEB), meanwhile, staged a spirited fightback after conceding huge first innings lead of 223 to Karachi Port Trust (KPT) at KCCA Stadium.

Kamran Younis followed his first innings knock of 61 with a belligerent 77 off just 54 balls. He stroked six sixes and as many fours as PEB closed the second day at 203 for four.

Earlier, Maisam Hasnain completed a fine century as KPT rattled up 374 for eight declared in 79 overs.

Maisam scored 105 after Zafar Jadoon added nine to his Monday’s tally of 106. Fahadullah was the other major scorer with 80 off 72 deliveries.

Sui Gas were denied an early win as Pakistan Air Force (PAF) reached 115 for two in their second innings at PCB Regional Academy Ground.

Sui Gas had earlier taken a first innings lead of 194 by making 297 for eight with Sohail Idrees (66) and skipper Saleem Mughal (52) being the main contributors.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Speedster Tahir Mughal returned a magnificent match haul of 15 wickets for 74 runs as Saga thrashed Army by innings and 203 runs at Saga Cricket Ground in Sialkot.

Tahir captured seven for 42 as Army were bundled out for a just 71 in their second innings.

Saga, earlier, made 374 with Ashraf Ali going onto hit 130.

Another outstanding bowling performance by former Test slow left-armer Mohammad Hussain guided PTCL to an innings and 221 runs win over PTV at Lahore Country Club Ground in Muridke.

Hussain first took a remarkable six wickets for five runs in nine overs with seven maidens as PTV were spun out for 70 and then picked up another bag of six wickets.

PTV fared marginally better in the second innings before being bowled out for 97. Tailender Nadeem Sikander top-scored with 44.

Hussain’s match analysis were 12 for 21 in 18 overs.

Summarised scores:

*At National Stadium, Karachi:

NAVY 207 in 64.1 overs (Wasim Naeem 57, Jawwad Ali 49, Naveed Haider 30; Owais Athar 7-69, Tahir Khan 2-17) and 56-6 (Owais Athar 4-19, Adeel Malik 2-33);

KESC 369-8 in 80 overs (Agha Sabir 88, Arif Mahmood 66, Amin-ur-Rehman 63, Tahir Khan 52; Nasir Khan 3-123, Mohammad Waheed 2-49).

*At KCCA Stadium, Karachi:

PEB 151 in 41.3 overs (Kamran Younis 61, Naveed Khan 35; Haaris Ayaz 6-14, Faisal Mirza 3-46) and 203-4 (Kamran Younis 77, Hassan Saud 63 not out, Naveed Khan 53; Mohammad Hasnain 2-38);

KPT 374-8 declared in 79 overs (Zafar Jadoon 115, Maisam Hasnain 105, Fahadullah 80, Rashid Hanif 48 not out; Azam Jan 2-38, Aamir Yousuf 2-79, Kamran Younis 2-82).

*At PCB Regional Academy Ground, Karachi:

PAF 103 in 51.5 overs (Nadeem Boota 3-16, Raza Khan 3-31, Azhar Abbas 2-17) and 115-2 (Atif Rana 49, Rashid Butt 30 not out);

SUI GAS 297-8 in 80 overs (Sohail Idrees 66, Saleem Mughal 52, Asim Munir 46, Umar Javed 42; Naseeruddin 3-59, Mohammad Riaz 2-105).

*At Saga Cricket Ground, Sialkot:

Saga beat Army by an innings and 203 runs.

ARMY 100 in 32.5 overs (Tahir Mughal 8-32) and 71 (Tahir Mughal 7-42, Mohammad Yasin 3-23);

SAGA 374 in 80 overs (Ashraf Ali 130, Shahzad Malik 71, Tahir Mahmood 51, Tauqir Hussain 47; Fiaz Qari 4-82, Yasir Ashfaq 3-103).

*At Lahore Country Club Ground, Muridke:

PTCL beat PTV by an innings and 221 runs.

PTCL 388-5 declared in 70 overs (Ashar Zaidi 125, Asim Kamal 71, Adil Hanif 60, Babar Naeem 51; Naseer Ahmed Jr 3-109, Ishtiaq Rabbani 2-72);

PTV 70 in 28.4 overs (Mohammad Hussain 6-5, Riaz Afridi 2-14) and 97 (Nadeem Sikander 44; Mohammad Hussain 6-14, Khurram Chohan 2-9)