KARACHI: Pakistan Customs braced themselves for an uphill struggle after K-Electric built a massive 273-run lead on the first innings on the second day of their third-round match in the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) Cricket Tournament here on Wednesday.

Resuming their overnight innings at 144-1, K-Electric rode on talented left-hander Saad Ali’s 101 (109 balls, 12 boundaries and one six) to pile up 470-8 in the stipulated 83 overs at the UBL Sports Complex.

Customs reached 113-2 in their second innings to still trail by 160 on the penultimate day of the three-day match.

Pakistan Navy collected 111-4 in the second innings after opting against enforcing follow-on in their fixture versus Medicam at the NBP Sports Complex.

Replying to the sailors’ 433-5, Medicam were dismissed for 254.

Qamber Iqbal slammed 120 (170 balls, 11 fours and five sixes) and Ahmer bin Nasir hit 100 (108 balls, eight boundaries) to help Sindh Police post 436 all out in response to Saudi Cricket International’s 295-8 at the RLCA Gulberg Ground.

Batting again, Saudi were 132-2.

After mutually deciding to forfeit their respective first innings to make up for Tuesday’s blank day at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Nadra scored 307-8 after beingasked to bat first by Pakistan Army. Mohammad Naqqash excelled with a 210-ball 120 (16 boundaries).

Close of play scores on Wednesday (day two of three):

Group ‘A’:

At RLCA Gulberg Ground, Karachi: SAUDI CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 295-8 in 83 overs (Aaqib Shah 106, Rao Waqar 64 Nadeem Babar 41 not out Naveed Khan 38; Shiraz Ali 3-91, Abdul Jabbar 2-19, Huzaifa Alvi 2-78) and 132-2 in 32 overs (Naveed Khan 73 not out, Arsalan Bashir 32); SINDH POLICE 436 in 82.3 overs (Qamber Iqbal 120, Ahmer bin Nasir 100, Gohar Ali 64, Waqasullah 58; Junaid Naeem 5-132, Naveed Khan 3-49, Kamran Qadri 2-62).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: PAKISTAN NAVY 433-5 in 83 overs (Hamza Ghanchi 124, Awais Ahmed 101 not out, Babar Hussain Agha 83, Jahangir Shah 63, Usman Khan 40) and 111-4 in 17 overs (Babar Khan 30); MEDICAM 254 in 75.5 overs (Shahzar Hasan 88, Nadeem Shad 55, Arif Khan 52; Abdul Latif 4-55, Nasir Owais 4-91).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 197 in 61.1 overs (Ramiz Raja 73, Ramiz Shahzad 53; Mir Hamza 5-42, Shahbaz Ahmed 3-55, Taj Wali 2-46) and 113-2 in 33 overs (Zubair Khan 63); K-ELECTRIC 470-8 in 83 overs (Saad Ali 101, Israrullah 93, Behram Khan 59, Majid Khan 59, Javed Mansoor 51, Shahzaib Ahmed 39; Ramiz Shahzad 3-46, Ghulam Mudassar 3-83).

Group ‘B’:

At National Cricket Ground, Islamabad: HUMAK ENGINEERING 169 in 46.5 overs (Saboor Dawood 43, Malik Aswad 38; Imad Wasim 5-14, Yasim Murtaza 3-41); CDA 176-3 in 27 overs (Naveed Malik 82 not out, Kamran Hussain 36, Ali Sarfraz 35; Nauman Nazir 2-36).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: NADRA first innings forfeited and 307-8 in 90 overs (Mohammad Naqqash 120, Mohammad Nadeem 54, Aamir Jamal 51 not out; Khadim Jan 2-72, Ulfat Hussain 2-88); PAKISTAN ARMY first Innings forfeited.

Group ‘C’:

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: KPT 175 in 52.4 overs (Faraz Patel 41, Babar Rehman 34, Nadeem Javed 30; Zahir Siddiqui 7-64, Rafi-ul-Shan 2-57); ASIM TEXTILE 163-4 in 60 overs (Hammad Javed 55 not out, Faisal bin Mubashir 43; Adeel Malik 3-55).

At Model Town Greens Cricket Ground, Lahore: CANDYLAND 90 in 27.5 overs (Zahid Mansoor 34; Awais Mir 4-45, Wasim Khan 2-0, Qaiser Ashraf 2-14, Mohammad Umar 2-29) and 55-1 in 22 overs (Adnan Haroon 31 not out); BRIGHTO PAINTS 352-6 declared in 79 overs ((Akbar Badshah 108, Haris Nazar 60, Farhan Khan 57, Waqas Saleem 32; Faisal Javed 4-88).

Group ‘D’:

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: INCOME TAX 260 in 77.1 overs (Mohsin Nadeem 59, Ameer Hamza 55, M. Anwar Khan 51, Abdul Mateen Ijaz 31; Mazhar-ul-Haq 6-91, Zahid Ali 2-61); FACE FRESH 177-7 in 55 overs (Tariq Nawaz 67, Taslim Arif 41, Mohsin Nadeem 2-26, Abdul Mateen Ijaz 2-44, Mohammad Alam 2-41).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: KHAYABAN-E-AMIN 378-9 in 83 overs (Salman Afridi 114 not out, Hasnain Bukhari 63, Waqar Hussain 56, Babar Khan 58; Rizwan Akbar 5-108, Rizwan Butt 2-61, Lal Kumar 2-73); DOLLAR EAST 170 in 56.3 overs (Shahan Akram 58, Usman Saeed 47 not out; Babar Khan 5-42, Majid Ali 2-44) and 52-1 in 13 overs (Azeem Ghumman 32).

At Khayaban-e-Amin Cricket Ground, Lahore: HEC (Ali Tipu 120, Junaid Ali 88, Tanvir Javed 72, Wasim Zahoor 49 not out, Mohammad Akhlaq 40; Ijaz Ali 3-120, Rafiq Anis 2-40); SERVICE INDUSTRIES 10-0 in 4 overs.

Published in Dawn March 19th , 2015

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