KARACHI: Pakistan Television (PTV) became the third department to seal place in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Tournament semi-finals after cruising to a nine-wicket victory over Income Tax in Faisalabad on Wednesday.

Following on the heels of State Bank and ZTBL, who topped groups ‘A’ and ‘B’ even before the start of the fifth and final round matches, PTV won in two days at the Bohranwali Ground to finish on top of Group ‘C’ with 35 points.

PTV’s nearest rivals Port Qasim Authority (PQA) earned a lead of 100 by reaching 492-8 in the allotted 83 overs against the Higher Education Commission (HEC) at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha with skipper and discarded Pakistan opener Khurram Manzoor scoring 126.

Bating a second time, HEC collected 29-1 at stumps.

Omar Associates’ hopes of earning at least nine points were thwarted when Brighto Paints amassed 438 to lead by 125 runs in the Group ‘D’ fixture at the LCCA Ground in Lahore with captain Akbar Badshah leading the way by contributing 112.

By close of play, Omar Associates made 20-0 in their second innings.

Group ‘D’ leaders Railways, who have 25 points at present, conceded lead on the first innings when they mustered 154 in reply to 189 totalled by Ghani Glass at the Railways Cricket Stadium.

Ghani Glass, however, faltered in their second innings as they slipped to 128-9 to hold an overall lead of 163. A victory for either team will be enough to take the remaining last-four spot on Wednesday’s last day of action, but if Railways draw then they would go through.

Close of play scores and results on Wednesday (day two 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) and 134 in 28.1 overs (Fawad Khan 50, Ashiq Ali 22, Mohammad Maqsood 20; Mohammad Waqar 6-61); PAK SAUDI 190 in 65.2 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 29, Mohammad Farooq 25, Faisal Abbas 25; Ashiq Ali 5-44, Mukhtar Ahmed 3-54, Bilal Baig 2-24) and 5-2 in 4 overs (Ata-ur-Rehman 2-5).

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) and 65-2 in 21 overs (Mohammad Ismail 25 not out; Usman Usmani 2-17); CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 382 in 82.3 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 139, Arsalan Farzand 95, Shiraz Ali 70; Shabbir Ali 4-105, Najeebullah 2-72).

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) and 30-1 in 10 overs; KARACHI PORT TRUST 237-7 in 83 overs (Nadeem Javed 100, Ahmed Iqbal 35, Usman Khan 22, Faraz Khan 21; Mohammad Asad 2-25).

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) and 37-1 in 12 overs (Saadullah Ghauri 24 not out); CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 346-7 in 83 overs (Faizan Riaz 85, Kamran Hussain 62, Tauseef Sarwar 46 not out, Ubaid Bangash 45, Naved Malik 37; Usman Qadir 4-130, Shahid Yousuf 2-29).

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) and 127-2 in 34 overs (Shafiq-ur-Rehman 47 not out, Miqdad Hussain 37, Mohammad Atif 23 not out); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 289 in 76.1 overs (Umair Ahmed 100, Akbar Babar 70, Furqan Khalil 26, Hafiz Asad Baig 22, Shahan Akram 21; Shoaib Aamir 4-51, Khadim Jan 4-55).

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) and 126-3 in 29 overs (Waqar Ali 64, Sarmad Hameed 54, Salman Haider 2-6); IMEX 490-5 in 83 overs (Umar Nawaz 174, Ali Salman 102, Mohammad Naqqash 75, Azan Tariq 51, Rizwan Ali 38 not out, Salman Haider 22, Khurram Shahzad 22 not out; Arsal Shaikh 2-146).

Group ‘C’

At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: Pakistan Television beat Income Tax by nine wickets.

INCOME TAX 114 in 39.5 overs (Shoaib Akram 32, Ai Shahid 29, Shafqat Ali 25; Hamza Nadeem 5-38, Raheel Majeed 3-32) and 293 in 73.2 overs (Ali Shahid 98, Shoaib Akram 84, Hasan Ilyas 45, Asadullah 29, Mohammad Rashid 27; Raheel Majeed 4-115, Samiullah 3-33, Sarmad Bhatti 2-44); PAKISTAN TELEVISION 397-5 in 83 overs (Raheel Majeed 117, Zohaib Ahmed 90, Naeem Anjum 50, Mohammad Irfan 47 not out, Hasan Mohsin 32 not out, Sohail Ahmed 32; Asadullah 2-108) and 11-1 in 2 overs.

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) and 29-1 in 10 overs; PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 492-8 in 83 overs (Khurram Manzoor 126, Ammad Alam 95, Atif Ali Zaidi 88, Ali Khan 62 not out, Daniyal Ahsan 51; Raja Farzan 2-94, Shiraz Hussain 2-97, Asfand Mehran 2-116).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Rahat & Shuja Impex beat Humak Engineering by and innings and 28 runs.

HUMAK ENGINEERING 129 in 43.4 overs (Sabih Hussain 30, Asif Mahmood 28, Mohammad Younis 21; Aamir Sohail 5-39, Imran Khan 4-30) and 161 in 56.4 overs (Uzair Zameer 39, Asif Mahmood 38, Usman Ashraf 22; Aamir Sohail 5-60, Aitzaz Habib 2-16, Imran Khan 2-41); RAHAT & SHUJA IMPEX 318-9 declared in 78.2 overs (Aamir Sohail 102, Ali Imran 64, Aitzaz Habib 64, Imran Khan 27, Yasir Khan 21; Malik Hasnat 3-44, Hafeez-ur-Rehman 2-81).

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) and 20-0 in 10 overs; BRIGHTO PAINTS 438 in 82.4 overs (Akbar Badshah 112, Faisal Rasheed 96, Zeeshan Ali 50, Zain-ul-Abedin 41, Raza Ali Dar 37, Wahab Dar 34; Mohammad Zohaib 3-62, Danish Aziz 3-63, Ghulam Rehman 2-78, Syed Zainullah 2-129).

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) and 128-9 in 44 overs (Rizwan Hussain 33; Mohammad Rameez 4-16, Aftab Azwar 3-40, Hasnain Shah 2-50); RAILWAYS 154 in 50 overs (Mohammad Aftab 48, Mohammad Hafeez 36; Mohammad Asif 6-54, Saif-ur-Rehman 4-45).

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) and 122-7 in 37 overs (Syed Abbas Raza Kazmi 44, Ali Ahmed 25; Waqar Anwar 3-47, Hassaan Khan 2-22); K-ELECTRIC 524 in 80.3 overs (Faraz Ali 155, Sahibzada Farhan 114, Saud Shakeel 80, Hassaan Khan 67, Rizwan Khan 26; Mohammad Nadeem 5-144, Hamza Ali Butt 2-70).

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2017