KARACHI: K-Electric and Khayaban-e-Amin sealed two of the semi-final berths of the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) Cricket Tournament after sealing two-day victories in the last-round of matches on Thursday.

K-Electric romped to an innings and 16-run win against Sindh Police at the RLCA Gulberg Ground to finish atop Group ‘A’. Leg-spinner Shahzaib Ahmed Khan, touted as a Pakistan prospect after an excellent last season, bagged match figures of 10 for 91 as the policemen mustered totals of 156 and 137 in two visits to the crease.

In the same pool Pakistan Customs registered an inconsequential innings and 82 runs victory against Medicam at the UBL Sports Complex. Paceman Basit Ali claimed six wickets in each innings to end up with match figures of 12-88.

Khayaban-e-Amin booked their last-four spot from Group ‘D’ after crushing Service Industries by an innings and 72 runs at the Khayaban-e-Amin Cricket Ground in Lahore.

Resuming their overnight first innings at 246-7, the home side extended their score to 406-7 declared with Shakeel Ahmed (150 off 145 balls, 11 sixes and seven fours) and skipper Yasir Ajmal (114 off 197, 14 boundaries) sharing an unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 239 in 188 minutes.

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Omar Associates are likely to make the semi-finals from the other two pools if they chalk up victories against Candyland and Nadra, respectively.

Dollar East, meanwhile, completed a consolation win against Income Tax at the Stags Cricket Ground in Lahore to clinch second place in Group ‘D’.

Close of play scores and results on Thursday (day two of three):

Group ‘A’:

At RLCA Gulberg Ground, Karachi: K-Electric beat Sindh Police by an innings and 16 runs.

K-ELECTRIC 309 in 59 overs (Behram Khan 107, Saud Shakeel 65, Javed Mansoor 54; Farhan Ayub 4-34, Ahmed bin Nasir 2-40, Alam Khurshid Shah 2-118); SINDH POLICE 156 in 45.5 overs (Shiraz Ali 50; Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 4-30, Faraz Khan 4-48, Misbah Khan 2-28) and 137 in 42.2 overs (Waqas Mahboob 30; Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 6-61, Faraz Khan 3-43).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: PAKISTAN NAVY 295 in 75.4 overs (Shehzad Khan 88, Hamza Ghanchi 64, Fawad Khan 43, Owais Ahmed Rehmani 40; Kamran Qadri 3-107, Mohammad Zohaib 2-57, Junaid Naeem 2-79) and 108-1 in 25 overs (Hamza Ghanchi 45, Jahangir Shah 38 not out); SAUDI CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 261 in 74.1 in overs (Aaqib Shah 78, Adnan Baig 54, Naveed Khan 30; Nasir Awais 5-85, Fawad Khan 4-35).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Pakistan Customs beat Medicam by an innings and 82 runs.

MEDICAM 99 in 21.4 overs (Umair Khan 35; Basit Ali 6-45, Ghulam Mudassar 3-31) and 112 in 28.1 overs (Jahangir Khan 37; Basit Ali 6-43, Imran Khan 3-34); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 293 in 76.3 overs (Rafay Ahmed 90, Hasnain Rizvi 84; Umair Khan 5-88, Babar Khan 2-47, Mohammad Salman 2-64).

Group ‘B’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: NADRA 71-7 in 25 in overs (Bilal Asif 2-2, Mohammad Amir 2-20, Abid Hussain 2-27) and 70-2 in 21 overs (Zeeshan Akram 39); OMAR ASSOCIATES 258-8 in 39.2 overs (Umar Siddique 112, Fahad-u-Haq 65, Fazal Subhan 33; Munir-ur-Rehman 3-25, Ismail Khan 3-51).

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: CDA 205 in 46.1 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 49, Faizan Riaz 45, Mohammad Fahim 33, Shoaib Khaliq 32; Nawaz Taimur 3-37); PAKISTAN ARMY 296-7 in 79 overs (Miqdad Hussain 112, Nawaz Taimur 71; Yasir Ashfaq 2-76, Yasim Murtaza 2-94).

Group ‘C’:

At Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura: RAILWAYS 344-7 in 83 overs (Hassam Mahfooz 99 not out, Syed Kashif Ali 97, Syed Zain-ul-Hasnain 54; Ghulam Rehman 3-77, Mohammad Javed 2-44, Ali Usman 2-65) and 215-5 in 39.5 overs (Syed Zain-ul-Hasnain 107, Mohsin Pervez 55; Mohammad Ali 4-57); ASIM TEXTILE 94 in 28.4 overs (Haziq Habibullah 28 not out; Ali Fawad 6-27, Shahid Nawaz 2-37) and 53-1 in 18.1 overs.

At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: KPT 425-4 in 83overs (Raza Ali Dar 119, Faisal Khan 114, Nadeem Javed 68, Faraz Patel 55; Naeem Liaquat 2-88); CANDYLAND 254 in 55 overs (Adnan Haroon 58, Mohammad Bilal 40 not out; Adeel Malik 5-80, Yasir Hussain 2-28, Bilawal 2-71) and 156-7 in 39.5 overs (Adnan Haroon 45; Yasir Hussain 3-31, Raza Ali Dar 2-34).

Group ‘D’:

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: Dollar East beat Income Tax by an innings and 98 runs.

INCOME TAX 130 in 52.3 overs (Wajih-ul-Hasan 35, Mohammad Alam 31; Bilawal Iqbal 3-33, Shahan Akram 2-31, Rizwan Butt 2-39) and 137 in 44.2 overs (Ameer Hamza 35, Awais Dogar 33; Azeem Ghumman 4-31, Rehan Rafiq 2-12); DOLLAR EAST 365-8 in 83 overs (Faisal Athar 150, Umar Imtiaz 56, Rehan Rafiq 41, Shahan Akram 38; Mohammad Alam 4-146, Waqas Khan 2-53).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: HEC 262 in 73.5 overs (Wasim Zahoor 109 not out, Ali Tipu Sultan 62, Mohammad Hamza Abrar 33; Mohammad Imran 6-93, Aqeel Irshad 3-68) and 275-6 declared in 47 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 103 not out, Salman Ali Agha 60, Mohammad Taimur 53; Mohammad Imran 3-84); FACE FRESH 155 in 56.2 overs (Zeeshan Farooq 48, Mohammad Imran 36, Wasim Ahmed 5-45, Haider Ali 2-19, Salman Ali Agha 2-10).

At Khayaban-e-Amin Cricket Ground, Lahore: Khayaban-e-Amin beat Service Industries by an innings and 72 runs.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES 133in 33.1 overs (Muntazar Mehdi 46; Shakeel Khan 5-26, Hasnain Bukhari 2-35) and 201 in 54.5 overs (Farhan Asghar 46, Muntazar Mehdi 42, Adil Akram 40; Ali Moazzam 5-44); KHAYABAN-E-AMIN 406-7 declared in 77 overs (Shakeel Ahmed 150 not out, Yasir Ajmal 114 not out, Hasnain Bukhari 73; Zaheer Khan 5-105).

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2015

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