KARACHI: Pakistan Television (PTV) and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) experienced mixed fortunes at the start of their final-round Group ‘C matches in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Tournament on Tuesday.

PTV, who lead the standings by four points, were in pole position for the one spot from this pool by reaching 303-5 after bowling out Income Tax for 114 at the Bohranwali Ground in Faisalabad. Raheel Majeed starred with three wickets and a quickfire 117 off 115 balls (19 boundaries and one six).

Second-placed PQA were sent on a leather chase by the Higher Education Commission batsmen as the students amassed 392-7 at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha before PQA reached 26-0 at stumps.

Group ‘D’ leaders Railways were 39-4 after dismissing Ghani Glass for 189 at the Railways Cricket Stadium in Lahore, while second-placed Omar Associates posted 315 before Brighto Paints replied with 17-0 at the LCCA Ground.

Close of play scores on Tuesday (day one of three):

Fifth and final round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: CANDYLAND 337 in 75 overs (Mohammad Bilal 130, Fazal-ur-Rehman 67, Ashiq Ali 32, Mohammad Rashid 25; Nadeem Babar 3-82, Mohammad Waqar 2-34, Mohammad Akhtar 2-64, Zeeshan Essa 2-100); PAK SAUDI 42-2 in 13 overs.

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: HAIDERI TRADERS 275 in 78.4 overs (Mohibullah 119, Haroon Khan 62, Mohammad Asim 35; Usman Usmani 6-73, Basit Ali 2-40); CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 40-2 in 11 overs.

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: STATE BANK 370-5 in 83 overs (Abid Ali 145, Sami Aslam 127, Mukhtar Ahmed 27 not out, Israrullah 21; Saif Ali Ghauri 3-94, Usman Khan 2-71); KARACHI PORT TRUST 13-0 in 5 overs.

Group ‘B’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: ZTBL 240 in 82.5 overs (Waqas Saleem 75, Umar Javed 51, Aaqib Shah 29, Usman Qadir 29, Shakeel Ansar 27; Faisal Iqbal 4-49, Musawwar Khan 3-67, Sadiq Khan 2-65); CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 33-0 in 7 overs.

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: ARMY 363-8 in 83 overs (Sanaullah Khan 105 not out, Mohammad Atif 91, Shahid Khan 64, Nafees Ahmed 39, Shafiq-ur-Rehman 21; Shahan Akram 3-68, Akbar Babar 2-26, Hafiz Asad Baig 2-68); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 44-2 in 14 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: POL 190 in 66.1 overs (Wajid Ali Sr 76, Arsal Shaikh 31 not out, Mohammad Ikhlaq 29, Wajid Ali Jr 21; Ahsan Karim 3-38, Farhan Shafiq 2-41, Ismail Khan 2-56); IMEX 92-1 in 21 overs (Azan Tariq 51, Ali Salman 35 not out).

Group ‘C’

At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: INCOME TAX 114 in 39.5 overs (Shoaib Akram 32, Ai Shahid 29, Shafqat Ali 25; Hamza Nadeem 5-38, Raheel Majeed 3-32); PAKISTAN TELEVISION 303-5 in 61 overs (Raheel Majeed 117, Zohaib Ahmed 90, Naeem Anjum 50, Sohail Ahmed 32 not out; Asadullah 2-91).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 392-7 in 83 overs (Suleman Ghani 140, Hamza Akbar 102, Ali Tipu Sultan 56 not out, Ahmer Bin Nasir 29, Tayyab Tahir 22; Mohammad Talha 4-52); PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 26-0 in 5 overs.

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: HUMAK ENGINEERING 129 in 43.4 overs (Sabih Hussain 30, Asif Mahmood 28, Mohammad Younis 21; Aamir Sohail 5-39, Imran Khan 4-30); RAHAT & SHUJA IMPEX 202-3 in 44 overs (Aamir Sohail 102, Ali Imran 63 not out, Yasir Khan 21).

Group ‘D’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: OMAR ASSOCIATES 315 in 82.1 overs (Mohtashim Ali 96, Danish Aziz 49, Saad Nasim 48, Syed Zainullah 37, Fahad-ul-Haq 27, Rohail Nazir 21; Agha Salman 7-108, Raza Ali Dar 2-31); BRIGHTO PAINTS 17-0 in 5 overs.

At Railways Cricket Stadium, Lahore: GHANI GLASS 189 in 72.3 overs (Gohar Hafeez 4, Ghulam Haider 40 not out, Rizwan Hussain 22; Aftab Azwar 4-55, Mohammad Rameez 3-36); RAILWAYS 39-4 in 15 overs (Mohammad Asif 2-12, Saif-ur-Rehman 2-17).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: NADRA 149 in 58 overs (Saadullah Zafar 60, Hamza Ali Butt 27; Hassaan Khan 3-23, Nasim Shah 3-34, Faraz Ahmed Khan 2-6); K-ELECTRIC 177-1 in 30 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 82 not out, Faraz Ali 74 not out).

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2017