KARACHI: Debutants Ghani Glass defeated Railways by 41 runs at the Railways Cricket Stadium in Lahore on Thursday to seal the remaining Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Tournament semi-final berth.

After losing their last second-innings wicket for the addition of four runs, Ghani Glass hit back to bowl out Railways for 124. Leg-spinner Hasnain Bukhari grabbed 5-27 and paceman Mohammad Umar 4-56.

Ghani Glass, who topped Group ‘D’, joined familiar big names of Pakistan cricket — Group ‘A’ winners State Bank of Pakistan, Group ‘B’ table-toppers Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Pakistan Television, who finished to in Group ‘C’ — in the last-four stage of the tournament, the winners of which would qualify to compete in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship next season.

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

Fifth and final round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Candyland bat Pak Saudi by 189 runs.

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 92 in 17.4 overs (Mohammad Waqar 35 not out; Ata-ur-Rehman 5-38, Ashiq Ali 5-46).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Match drawn.

HAIDERI TRADERS 275 in 78.4 overs (Mohibullah 119, Haroon Khan 62, Mohammad Asim 35; Usman Usmani 6-73, Basit Ali 2-40) and 327-6 in 104 overs (Irfan Haider 101, Bilal Shah 68, Mohammad Ismail 54, Asher Ahmed 34 not out; Usman Usmani 3-63, Jawwad Ali 3-130); 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: Match drawn.

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 248-5 in 86 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 61, Nasir Nawaz 55, Daniyal Rajput 31 not out; Saif Ali Ghauri 2-52); 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: Match drawn.

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 255-6 in 88 overs (Waqas Saleem 73, Saadullah Ghauri 58, Umar Javed 52 not out, Shahid Yousuf 25; Kamran Hussain 3-43); 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: Match drawn.

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 417 in 109.4 overs (Mohammad Atif 72, Sanaullah Khan 65, Shafiq-ur-Rehman 63, Shahid Khan 59, Shafiq Khan 50, Miqdad Hussain 37; Hafiz Asad Baig 4-52, Manzoor Shah 2-57); 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: Match drawn.

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 448-5 in 106 overs (Sarmad Hameed 212 not out, Mohammad Ikhlaq 111 not out, Waqar Ali 64, Hasan Siddique 35; Salman Haider 2-29, Farhan Shafiq 2-69); 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 Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Port Qasim Authority beat Higher Education Commission by nine wickets.

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 190 in 49.4 overs (Shiraz Hussain 48, Ahmer Bin Nasir 44, Asfand Mehran 40; Aarish Ali Khan 5-48, Mohammad Talha 2-37); 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) and 92-1 in 7.5 overs (Khurram Manzoor 55 not out, S.M. Tahami 29).

Group ‘D’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

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 376-1 in 91 overs (Danish Aziz 220 not out, Mohtashim Ali 134); 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 beat Railways by 41 runs.

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 130 in 44.4 overs (Waqas Khan 44, Rizwan Hussain 33; Mohammad Rameez 5-20, Aftab Azwar 3-40, Hasnain Shah 2-51); RAILWAYS 154 in 50 overs (Mohammad Aftab 48, Mohammad Hafeez 36; Mohammad Asif 6-54, Saif-ur-Rehman 4-45) and 124 in 37 overs (Farhan Nazar 37; Hasnain Bukhari 5-27, Mohammad Umar 4-56).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: K-Electric beat Nadra by an innings and 180 runs.

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 195 in 65.5 overs (Saadullah Zafar 70, Syed Abbas Raza Kazmi 44, Ali Ahmed 25; Hassaan Khan 4-33, Waqar Anwar 3-61); 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 31st, 2017