KARACHI: Pakistan Navy kept their semi-final hopes alive in the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) Cricket Tournament when they completed a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan Customs on the last day of their fourth-round three-day fixture at the NBP Sports Complex here on Monday.

After dismissing Customs, who were 196-2 overnight, for 245 in the second innings, the sailors romped to their modest target of 73 in only 11.5 overs.

Despite opener Shahzar Hasan scoring century in each innings, Medicam failed to stop Sindh Police from chalking up a six-wicket win in the other Group ‘A’ match at the UBL Sports Complex.

Shahzar followed up his 139 in the first innings by making 101 (off 159 balls, 15 fours and two sixes) as Medicam were all out for 313.

The policemen comfortably reached their target of 229 for the loss of four wickets.

The remaining Group ‘B’ game at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi ended as draw after centuries from Sarmad Bhatti (130 off 190 balls, 15 fours and one six), Yasim Murtaza (115 off 105, 12 fours and five sixes) and Mohammad Irfan (114 off 211, 14 boundaries and a six) guided the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to 579-7 in their second innings against Nadra, who took first-innings points.

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) moved to the top in Group ‘C’ by virtue of completing a 10-wicket success against Railways at the Rana Naved Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura.

The other match in this pool saw Asim Textile earn points on the first innings as Brighto Paints drew with them at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.

Group ‘D’ leaders Dollar East suffered a big setback when Higher Education Commission (HEC) upstaged them by six wickets at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Service Industries, meanwhile, celebrated their first win by handing Face Fresh a 46-run defeat at the Stags Cricket Ground in the Punjab capital.

On Sunday, K-Electric, Omar Associates and Khayaban-e-Amin cantered to two-day victories with each thrashing their respective rivals by innings.

The last round of league fixtures starts on Wednesday with the winners of four pools qualifying for the knockout stage.

Scores and results on Monday (final day of three):

Group ‘A’:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Pakistan Navy beat Pakistan Customs by nine wickets.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 179 in 47.3 overs (Ramiz Raja 73, Ramiz Shahzad 41; Zohaib Shera 3-21, Nasir Owais 3-54, Raza-ul-Hasan 2-30) and 245 in 94.2 overs (Zia-ul-Haq 84, Jibran Khan 37; Nasir Owais 3-50, Zohaib Shera 3-78, Abdul Latif 2-32); PAKISTAN NAVY 355 in 79.1 overs (Babar Hussain Agha 95, Abdul Latif 83, Hamza Ghanchi 35; Basit Ali 4-104, Irfan Khan 4-123) and 73-1 in 11.5 overs (Hamza Ghanchi 46).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Sindh Police beat Medicam by six wickets.

MEDICAM 359 in 81.1 overs (Shahzar Hasan 139, Nadeem Shad 52, Arif Khan 48, Babar Khan 38; Alam Khurshid Shah 4-129, Shujaat Azeem 3-39) and 313 in 70.5 overs (Shahzar Hasan 101, Wasim Ahmed 95 not out, Arsalan Shah 43; Shujaat Azeem 3-43, Alam Khurshid Shah 4-122); SINDH POLICE 445 in 80.2 overs (Ahmer bin Nasir 174, Shiraz Ali 162; Mohammad Salman 5-152, Babar Khan 3-72) and 229-4 in 32.3 overs (Abdul Jabbar 62, Shiraz Ali 51, Qamber Iqbal 50, Gohar Ali 33; Babar Khan 2-82).

Group ‘B’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

CDA 231 in 55.3 overs (Ali Sarfraz 46, Zohaib Ahmed 31; Mohammad Nadeem 4-42, Munir-ur-Rehman 3-50, Aamir Jamal 2-52) and 579-7 in 125 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 130, Yasim Murtaza 115, Mohammad Irfan 114, Faizan Riaz 73, Kamran Hussain 54, Imad Wasim 53; Mohammad Naved 2-110, Ismail Khan 2-98, Hamza Butt 2-24); NADRA 372-9 in 83 overs (Mohammad Nadeem 107, Salman Aamir 71, Mohammad Rehman 59 not out; Zohaib Ahmed 4-59, Yasir Ashfaq 3-78, Azam Khan 2-60).

Group ‘C’:

At Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura: KPT beat Railways by 10 wickets.

RAILWAYS 175 in 55.3 overs (Ahmed Shafiq 27; Adeel Malik 5-49, Baber Rehman 3-44) and 256 in 92.4 overs (Mohsin Pervez 65, Riazuddin 57, Salman Fayyaz 57; Adeel Malik 4-52, Baber Rehman 3-48); KARACHI PORT TRUST 398 in 83 overs (Anas Mahmood 141, Nadeem Javed 88, Faisal Khan 52, Faraz Patel 51 not out; Shahid Nadeem 3-81) and 34-0 in 3.3 overs.

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Match drawn.

BRIGHTO PAINTS 148 in 44.5 in overs (Akbar Badshah 92; Mohammad Asif 6-52) and 353-7 declared in 101 overs (Waqas Saleem 126, Gohar Hafeez 50, Mohammad Waheed 50, Akbar Badshah 60); ASIM TEXTILE 240 in 72 overs (Waqas Khan 100, Aaqib Javed 36; Ahmed Bashir 4-43, Awais Munir 4-78) and 166-5 in 36 overs (Saadullah Zafar 50).

Group ‘D’:

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: Service Industries beat Face Fresh by 46 runs.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES 250 in 65 overs (Muntazir Mehdi 61, Adil Akram 55, Farhan Asghar 42; Adeel Arshad 5-91, Mohammad Imran 2-40) and 205 in 59.2 overs (Farhan Asghar 50, Muntazir Mehdi 40; Aqeel Arshad 5-49, Mohammad Imran 4-96); FACE FRESH 221 in 79.1 overs (Taslim Arif 78, Zahid Ali 48, Naik Mohammad 34; Zaheer Khan 4-66, Ijaz Ali 3-58) and 188 in 70 overs (Mohammad Imran 60 not out, Tariq Nawaz 39; Zaheer Khan 4-45, Ijaz Ali 4-63).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: HEC beat Dollar East by six wickets.

DOLLAR EAST 143 in 51.3 overs (Rehan Rafiq 33, Shahan Akram 30; Shahroz Khan 4-30, Bilal Anwar 3-35) and 393-9 declared in 72 overs (Azeem Ghanchi 83, Shahan Akram 59, Rehan Rafiq 46, Ansar Javed 44, Bilawal Iqbal 39; Haider Ali 5-127, Bilal Anwar 2-54); HEC 300-9 in 83 overs (Tanvir Javed 72, Aaley Tipu 53, Taimur Sultan 50; Rehan Rafiq 3-33, Bilawal Iqbal 2-49, Sohaib Khan 2-79) and 237-4 in 46 overs (Junaid Ali 92, Mohammad Akhlaq 61, Tanvir Javed 40; Azeem Ghumman 2-55).

Published in Dawn March 24th , 2015

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