KARACHI: Dollar East, Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Medicam as well as Nadra secured victories in the weather-hit opening round matches in the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) Cricket Tournament on Wednesday.

Dollar East made up for first day’s washed out at the LCCA Ground in Lahore by handing Face Fresh a crushing defeat by an innings and 89 runs on the third and final day of the Group ‘D’ fixture.

Spinner Amjad Manzoor starred with match figures of eight for 88.

KPT sealed a 10-wicket victory over newcomers Brighto Paints at the Sheikhupura Stadium. Spinner Nabeel Malik grabbed 6-42 in the second innings of the Group ‘C’ match.

Medicam humbled Saudi Cricket International by innings and 15 runs in the Group ‘A’ fixture at the UBL Sports Complex with Mohammad Salman and Arif Khan taking 15 wickets between them.

Nadra overwhelmed Humak Engineering by 10 wickets in their Group ‘B’ tie at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad but the game between Pakistan Army and Omar Associates at the Army Cricket Ground in the neighbouring Rawalpindi where Mohammad Amir was due to launch his comeback to competitive cricket.

Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler who was banned for his role in the spot-fixing saga during the Lord’s Test of the 2010 series, waited impatiently along with his Omar Associates team-mates for the weather to improve but to avail.

In other matches, K-Electric took first-innings points in the drawn game against Pakistan Navy at the RLCA Gulberg Ground, while Pakistan Customs also took points against Sindh Police at the NBP Sports Complex.

The second round of matches starts from Friday.

Results and scores on Wednesday (final day of three):

Group ‘A’:

At RLCA Ground (Gulberg), Karachi: Match drawn.

PAKISTAN NAVY 338-7 in 83 overs (Jahangir Shah 144, Abdul Latif 62; Mir Hamza 3-69) and 228 in 72.4 overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 47, Nasir Owais 40; Faraz Ahmed 5-38); K-ELECTRIC 342-8 in 83 overs (Behram Khan 133, Saad Ali 52 not out, Majid Khan 49, Faraz Ahmed 38; Zohaib Shera 3-89, Nasir Awais 3-100) and 88-2 in 18 overs (Behram Khan 30 not out).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Match drawn.

SINDH POLICE 330 in 81.2 overs (Abdul Jabbar 66, Yasir Mushtaq 64, Gohar Ali 45, Qamar Iqbal 30; Ali Manzoor 5-82) and 296-6 declared in 72.1 overs (Abdul Jabbar 100 not out, Waqasullah 56, Hassan Khan 51 not out; PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 363 in 82.1 overs (Ramiz Raja 152, Zia-ul-Haq 114, Jibran Khan 32, Ramiz Shahzad 20; Aamir Hanif 4-62, Hasan Khan 3-136) and 63-1 in 21 overs.

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Medicam beat Saudi Cricket International by an innings and 15 runs.

MEDICAM 468-8 in 83 overs (Arsalan Farzand 156, Shahzar Hasan 98, Wasim Ahmed 62, Babar Khan 43 not out, Umar Khan 38); SAUDI CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 238 in 65 overs (Nadeem Babar 92 not out, Rao Waqar 50; Mohammad Salman 3-52, Arif Khan 3-54) and 215 in 59.1 overs (Mirza Adnan Baig 55, Mohammad Zohaib 49; Mohammad Salman 5-33, Arif Khan 4-43).

Group ‘B’:

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: ARMY vs OMAR ASSOCIATES — match abandoned without a ball being bowled.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Nadra beat Humak Engineering by 10 wickets.

NADRA 357-8 in 83 overs (Mohammad Naqqash 117, Shahid Ilyas 97; Atlas Khan 3-54) and 8-0 in 2.1 overs; HUMAK ENGINEERING 146 in 46.5 overs (Sharam Ali 50; Ibrahim 3-31, Munir-ur-Rehman 3-34, Aamir Jamal 3-51) and 210 in 49.2 overs (Sharam Ali 53, Haris Ahmed 52; Munir-ur-Rehman 5-52, Shahid Ilyas 3-50).

Group ‘C’:

At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: Karachi Port Trust beat Brighto Paints by 10 wickets.

KARACHI PORT TRUST 317-9 in 83 overs (Nadeem Javed 140 not out, Faisal Khan 30, Mohammad Hasan 27, Anas Mahmood 26, Raza Ali Dar 24; Awais Munir 7-127) and 32-0 in 5.1 overs; BRIGHTO PAINTS 122 in 33.3 overs (Farhan Khan 36, Mohammad Waheed 27, Akbar Badshah 25; Afaq Ahmed 4-25) and 224 in 56 overs (Waqas Saleem 51, Ahmed Dar 38, Zeeshan Malik 35; Nabeel Malik 6-42).

At Ittefaq Cricket Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

RAILWAYS 328-9 in 83 overs (Jahanzeb Abdullah 100 not out, Mohsin Pervez 89, Salman Fayyaz 72; Asghar Ali 4-80); CANDYLAND 309-9 in 83 overs (Zahid Mansoor 177 not out, Adnan Haroon 64, Behram Khan 38; Ahmed Shafiq 4-88).

Group ‘D’:

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES 172 in 59.2 overs (Muntazar Mehdi 66, Adil Akram 39 not out; Abdul Mateen 5-48, Mohammad Ismail 3-49) and 126-6 in 34 overs (Mohammad Alam 3-37); INCOME TAX 219 in 71.1 overs (Ameer Hamza 51, Mohammad Asad 45; Ijaz Ali 4-56).

At Khayaban-e-Amin Cricket Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

HEC 154 in 46.3 overs (Taimur Sultan 59; Shakeel Ahmed 4-37); KHAYABAN-E-AMIN 156-2 in 36 overs (Waqar Hussain 52).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Dollar East beat Face Fresh by an innings and 89 runs.

DOLLAR EAST 437-7 declared in 76.5 overs (Azeem Ghumman 169, Gulraiz Sadaf 79, Rehan Rafiq 72, Faisal Athar 66; Zeeshan Farooq 3-20, Raheel Minhas 3-122); FACE FRESH 201-6 in 83 overs (Mohammad Imran 83, Afaq Shahid 53, Zeeshan Farooq 44; Amjad Manzoor 4-69) and 147 in 35.5 overs (Mohammad Imran 51, Afaq Shahid 44 not out; Amjad Manzoor 4-19, Ansar Javed 4-44).

Published in Dawn, March 12th, 2015

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