KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Omar Associates sealed the remaining two semi-final places in the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) Cricket Tournament after both departments recorded victories on the last day of the league rounds.

KPT needed just a short period of the third and final of action at the Sheikhupura Stadium to sink Candyland by nine wickets.

Candyland, who were 156-07 in their second innings at draw of stumps on Thursday, added 46 more runs before being dismissed for 202 with Yasir Hussain five wickets for 57 runs.

Needing just 32 for third victory in Group ‘C’, the leaders got home in only four overs.

Omar Associates got the better of Nadra by five wickets at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad to finish top of Group ‘b’ standings.

Their second win was set up by returning Pakistan left-arm paceman Mohammad Amir who grabbed seven wickets in the match.

After bowling out Nadra for 279 in the second innings, Omar Associates sprinted to their 141-run chase in just 20 overs.

K-Electric (Group ‘A’) and Khayaban-e-Amin (Group ‘D’) on Thursday had qualified for the last-four stage of the competition, the winners of which will be eligible to play first-class cricket in the Silver League tier of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship.

K-Electric thrashed Sindh Police by an innings and 16 runs, Pakistan Customs crushed Medicam by an innings and 82 runs, Khayaban-e-Amin overwhelmed Service Industries by an innings and 72 runs while Dollar East romped to a consolation win against Income Tax by an innings and 98 runs.

Meanwhile, Higher Education Commission (HEC) were Friday’s only other victors as they defeated Face Fresh by 113 runs in the inconsequential Group ‘D’ fixture at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

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

Group ‘A’:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Match drawn.

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 574-7 in 108.1 overs (Babar Hussain Agha 152, Amit Ravi 116, Nasir Owais 84 not out, Moazzam Malik 63, Jahangir Shah 58, Hamza Ghanchi 45; Aaqib Shah 2-82, Junaid Naeem 2-122); 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).

Group ‘B’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Omar Associates beat Nadra by five wickets.

NADRA 119 in 40.3 in overs (Aamir Jamal 39; Mohammad Amir 4-39, Bilal Asif 2-10, Abid Hussain 2-33, Bilal Asif 2-10) and 279 in 85 overs (Shahid Ilyas 88, Zeeshan Akram 54, Mahmood Naqqash 49, Mohammad Amir 3-57, Bilal Asif 3-58, Saad Nasim 3-65); OMAR ASSOCIATES 258-8 in 39.2 overs declared (Umar Siddique 112, Fahad-u-Haq 65, Fazal Subhan 33; Munir-ur-Rehman 3-25, Ismail Khan 3-51) and 142-5 in 20 overs (Fazal Subhan 46, Umar Siddique 30; Munir-ur-Rehman 3-31)

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

CDA 205 in 46.1 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 49, Faizan Riaz 45, Mohammad Fahim 33, Shoaib Khaliq 32; Nawaz Taimur 3-37) and 223-7 in 83.1 overs (Naved Malik 74, Sarmad Bhatti 65; Ulfat Hussain 2-9); PAKISTAN ARMY 315 in 82.1 overs (Miqdad Hussain 112, Nawaz Taimur 71, Yasim Murtaza 4-100, Mohammad Irfan 2-50, Yasir Ashfaq 2-76).

Group ‘C’:

At Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura: Match drawn.

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 declared 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 336-8 in 109 overs (Hammad Javed 94, Ammar Ali Raza 54, Saadullah 46, Waqas Khan 30; Gulfam Nazir 2-5, Ahmed Shafiq 2-63, Shahid Nawaz 2-75). At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: KPT beat Candyland by nine wickets.

KPT 425-4 in 83overs (Raza Ali Dar 119, Faisal Khan 114, Nadeem Javed 68, Faraz Patel 55; Naeem Liaquat 2-88) and 36-1 in 4 overs; 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 202 in 52.1 overs (Adnan Haroon 45; Yasir Hussain 5-57, Raza Ali Dar 2-42)

Group ‘D’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: HEC beat Face Fresh by 133 runs.

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).

Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2015

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