KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) became the first department to qualify for the knockout round of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament after cantering to their fourth successive victory in Group ‘A’ here on Saturday.

Candyland were the latest victims for the rampant SBP side at the NBP Sports Complex where they were annihilated by an innings and 127 runs on day two of the fourth-round fixture.

SBP’s third success by innings was set up by slow left-armer Kashif Bhatti who snared match figures of 11 for 42, including seven for 32 in Candyland’s second innings of 103.

Earlier resuming their overnight first innings at 42-3, Candyland were shot out for 54 with the pace and spin duo of Ataullah and Kashif doing the damage. Ataullah took 5-16 in 6.5 overs, while Kashif claimed 4-10.

SBP, who play Karachi Port Trust (KPT), in the last round from Tuesday, have 39 points in their account.

Omar Associates also brightened up their semi-finals prospects by sealing a 10-wicket victory over K-Electric in their Group ‘D’ clash at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Slow left-armer Syed Zainullah captured seven wickets in the match, including 4-42 as K-Electric folded up or 146 in the second innings after Mohtashim Ali had made 131 (188 balls, 15 fours) earlier in the morning.

Port Qasim Authority (PQA) were also impressive winners by an innings and 174 runs against Income Tax in the Group ‘C’ game at the Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura with paceman Ali Dawood finishing with match bag of nine for 38.

In the same group, Pakistan Television (PTV) whipped Humak Engineering by innings and 179 runs at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha with slow left-armer Samiullah starring with 12 for 65, including 8-45 in the second innings.

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

Fourth round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: HAIDERI TRADERS 279 in 79.2 overs (Mohammad Ismail 120, Mohammad Naeem 30, Mohibullah 24, Irfan Haider 21; Asher Qureshi 3-50, Mohammad Akhtar 2-86, Mohammad Imran 2-23) and 238-5 in 42.2 overs (Irfan Haider 102, Mohammad Asim 97, Mohammad Ismail 20; Mohammad Waqar 2-43); PAK SAUDI 173 in 53.1 overs (Furqan Shafiq 46, Mohammad Asif 29, Mohammad Farooq 23, Asher Qureshi 22; Ezat Agha 7-44, Mohammad Naeem 3-72).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: State Bank beat Candyland by an innings and 127 runs.

STATE BANK 284 in 79.4 overs (Sami Aslam 72, Abid Ali 59, Nasir Nawaz 54, Mohammad Afzal 33; Ashiq Ali 5-93, Ata-ur-Rehman 2-33, Mohammad Bilal 2-30); CANDYLAND 54 in 15.5 overs (Ataullah 5-16, Kashif Bhatti 4-10) and 103 in 38 overs (Fazal-ur-Rehman 25, Mohammad Maqsood 22, Ashiq Ali 21 not out; Kashif Bhatti 7-32, Zahid Mahmood 2-49).

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 280-5 in 83 overs (Haris Ali Khan 96, Yasir Mushtaq 87, Shiraz Ali 51 not out, Mohammad Yaqoob 22; Rashid Hanif 2-67); KARACHI PORT TRUST 306 in 82.5 overs (Ahmed Iqbal 69 not out, Babar Rehman 69, Anas Mahmood 56, Faisal Khan 43, Shah Ali Zafar 23; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 5=97, Usman Usmani 2-45).

Group ‘B’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: POL 272 in 78.4 overs (Wajid Ali Sr 122, Waqar Ali 70, Nauman Nazir 23; Awais Zafar 3-45, Khadim Jan 2-54) and 40-1 in 14 overs (Sarmad Hameed 20); ARMY 330 in 82.2 overs (Sanaullah Khan 91, Shahid Khan 71, Mohammad Atif 50, Miqdad Hussain 36; Noman Nazir 2-36, Wajid Ali Jr 2-65, Usman Khan 2-69, Shiraz Khan 2-77).

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 158 in 55.5 overs (Nasir Ali Attari 36, Kashif Ahmed 32, Furqan Khalil 22; Faisal Iqbal 3-33, Sadiq Khan 2-53, Zain-ul-Abedin 2-48) and 98-3 in 48 overs (Shahan Akram 35 not out, Kashif Ahmed 27, Akbar Babar 23 not out); CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 312 in 80 over (Ubaid Bangash 114, Sohail Khan 74, Kamran Hussain Shah 35, Ali Sarfraz 30, Abdul Aziz 25; Mohammad Salman 5-55, Junaid Ali 2-47, Nasir Ali Attari 2-70).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ZTBL 243 in 80.4 overs (Aaqib Shah 56 not out, Shakeel Ansar 53, Waqas Saleem 50,Gohar Ali 22, Bilawal Iqbal 22; Farhan Shafiq 5-57) and 147-1 in 38 overs (Saadullah 71 not out, Shakeel Ansar 65 not out); IMEX 194 in 62.2 overs (Umair Sajid Mir 41, Khurram Shehzad 31, Ali Salman 27, Rana Atif Ali 23, Umar Nawaz 22; Bilawal Iqbal 3-36, Sajjad Hussain 3-47, Munir-ur-Rehman 3-61).

Group ‘C’:

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Pakistan Television beat Humak Engineering by an innings and 179 runs.

PAKISTAN TELEVISION 394-8 in 83 overs (Hasan Raza Jr 105, Hasan Mohsin 60 not out, Nihal Mansoor 59, Mohammad Irfan 52, Naeem Anjum 40, Sarmad Bhatti 35; Nadeem Sikandar 4-119, Hafeez-ur-Rehman 3-92); HUMAK ENGINEERING 79 in 24.4 overs (Nadeem Sikander 29; Samiullah 4-20, Mohammad Irfan 3-12, Rizwan Akbar 2-23) and 136 in 45.2 overs (Usman Ashraf 52, Tayyab Riaz 27; Samiullah 8-45).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: RAHAT & SHUJA IMPEX 194 in 57.2 overs (Ali Imran 59, Danish Abbasi 24, Aitzaz Habib 22, Aamir Sohail 20; Raja Faraz 5-36, Ali Tipu Sultan 2-29, Shiraz Hasnain 2-24) and 98-4 in 42 overs (Shah Wali 38 not out, Aamir Sohail 24, Danish Abbasi 22); HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 347-6 in 83 overs (Ahmer Bin Nasir 97, Asfand Mehran 59, Tayyab Tahir 57, Hamza Akbar 55, Ali Tipu Sultan 35, Abdul Rehman 21; Wahidullah 2-43, Mohammad Adnan 2-87).

At Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura: Port Qasim Authority beat Income Tax by an innings and 174 runs.

INCOME TAX 109 in 34.3 overs (Rehmatullah 47; Ali Dawood 4-13, Mohammad Talha 4-26, Abdur Rauf 2-42) and 84 in 31.4 overs (Mohammad Imran 25; Ali Dawood 5-23, Mohammad Talha 3-31, Abdur Rauf 2-17); PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 367 in 75.3 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 122, S.M. Tahami 54, Atif Ali Zaidi 45, Mohammad Waqas 43, Ali Khan 42; Mohammad Rashid 4-62, Mohammad Salman 2-98).

Group ‘D’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Omar Associates beat K-Electric by 10 wickets.

K-ELECTRIC 148 in 42 overs (Faraz Ali 41, Tanvir Ali 36, Saud Shakeel 27; Ghulam Rehman 4-47, Syed Zainullah 3-31, Adeel Khan 3-27) and 146 in 47.3 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 62, Fazal Subhan 32, Rizwan Khan 22; Syed Zainullah 4-42, Saad Nasim 2-26, Ghulam Rehman 2-32); OMAR ASSOCIATES 285 in 82.1 overs (Mohtashim Ali 131, Danish Aziz 32, Fahad-ul-Haq 32; Faraz Ahmed Khan 5-75, Rizwan Khan 2-56, Hassaan Khan 2-69) and 12-0 in 2.1 overs.

At Railways Cricket Stadium, Lahore: BRIGHTO PAINTS 261 in 80.3 overs (Hasan Mahmood 78, Hasan Sardar 70, Mohammad Idrees 35, Hafiz Salman 3-54, Mohammad Umar 2-34, Mohammad Aftab 2-90) and 80-3 in 29 overs (Zeeshan Ali 25 not out, Ashfaq Ahmed 24); RAILWAYS 236 in 65.4 overs (Mohammad Waqas 76, Zain-ul-Hasnain 58, Kashif Siddique 40, Asim Ali 27; Agha Salman 8-65).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: NADRA 263 in 57.2 overs (Babar Khan 47 not out, Mohammad Shahbaz 38, Ali Ahmed 35, Syed Abbas Raza Kazmi 30, Ashfaq Ali 29, Saadullah Zafar 25; Mohammad Asif 4-67, Hasnain Bukhari 4-60) and 120-7 in 35 overs (Badar Khan 56, Syed Abbas Raza Kazmi 37 not out; Mohammad Sabir 3-27, Saif-ur-0Rehman 2-13); GHANI GLASS 520-8 in 823 overs (Haris Nazar 234 not out, Waqas Khan 96, Rizwan Hussain 87, Hasnain Bukhari 54, Gohar Hafeez 30; Mohammad Ali 4-77, Mohammad Ali 2-92).

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2017