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KARACHI: Karachi Blues scored their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament when they overpowered Sialkot by six wickets in their second-round fixture at the TMC Stadium here on Friday.
Resuming the third and final day at 14-0, Karachi Blues reached 151-4 to claim six points after Sialkot denied lead on the first innings.
Abbottabad and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) both gained nine points after scoring comfortable victories in their respective Pool ‘A’ matches.
Abbottabad first took the remaining six second-innings wickets of Quetta to bowl them out for 162 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
Needing just 44, Abbottabad romped home in 8.3 overs with eight wickets to spare.
AJK sealed a 90-run win against Bahawalpur at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur. After extending their overnight total to 257, AJK bowled out the hosts for 214 in the second innings.
Scores and results on Friday (final day of three):
Second round:
Pool ‘A:
At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Abbottabad beat Quetta by eight wickets.
QUETTA 172 in 59.4 overs (Bismillah Khan 47; Kamran Ghulam 5-44) and 162 in 59.3 overs(Rameez Raja 48 not out, Abdul Rauf 38, Taimur Khan 34; Kamran Ghulam 3-37, Junaid Khan 3-50); ABBOTTABAD 292-9 declared in 79 overs (Adnan Raees 92, Kamran Ghulam 56; Imran Khan 4-58) and 45-2 in 8.3 overs.
At Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur: Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Bahawalpur by 90 runs.
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 222 in 68.3 overs (Daniyal Allah Ditta 44, Sardar Hasan Raza 34, Usman Maroof 32, Raja Farhan 32 and 257 in 80.3 overs(Sardar Hasan Raza 82, Naved Malik 54; Imranullah Aslam 3-66, Mohammad Umair 3-28); BAHAWALPUR 175 in 51.1 overs (Mohammad Imran Sr 75; Daniyal Allah Ditta 4-34, Salman Irshad 3-50) and 214 in 63.1 overs(Rafay Ahmed 89; Daniyal Allah Ditta 4-48).
Pool ‘B’:
At TMC Ground, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Sialkot by six wickets.
SIALKOT 236 in 71.2 overs (Faisal Khan 102 not out, Nauman Anwar 48; Ashiq Ali 6-68) and 111 in 36.4 overs (Ali Raza 34; Mohammad Asghar 8-34); KARACHI BLUES 197 in 61.1 overs (Jaahid Ali 58, Rameez Raja 43, Asad Shafiq 24; Bilal Asif 5-38, Abdur Rehman 4-65) and 151-4 in 35.4 overs(Rameez Aziz 37 not out).
Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2018
