KARACHI: In the three remaining matches of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament on Tuesday, Multan and Sialkot both sealed identical wins by five wickets.

Sialkot rode on Usama Mir’s unbeaten 82 from 83 balls (13 boundaries and one six) to defeat Larkana in the Pool ‘B’ tie here at the National Stadium.

Multan beat Quetta at the Multan Cricket Stadium in the Pool ‘A’ fixture while Abbottabad recovered from a precarious position to draw with Bahawalpur at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur.

Karachi Blues, meanwhile, had an extra day off on Tuesday after having drubbed Dera Murad Jamali by an innings and 165 runs at the TMC Ground on Monday’s day two of the third-round match.

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

Third round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur: Match drawn.

ABBOTTABAD 214 in 58.2 overs (Kamran Ghulam 54, Farhan Hussain 38, Ahmed Jamal 38, Nasir Khan 24, Imran Shah 20; Mohammad Imran Jr 5-66, Imranullah Aslam 3-55) and 1327 in 120.4 overs(Sajjad Ali 74, Kamran Ghulam 72, Mohsin Rasheed 64, Faizan Elahi 33 not out, Farhan Hussain 28; Mohammad Imran Jr 7-96, Imranullah Aslam 2-99); BAHAWALPUR 354-7 in 83 overs (Mohammad Wasim 209 not out, Imranullah Aslam 34, Abdullah Hamdani 31; Taib-ur-Rehman 3-78, Nasir Khan 2-53) and 13-1 in 3 overs.

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Multan beat Quetta by five wickets.

QUETTA 173 in 64.1 overs (Nizamuddin 51, Shahzad Tareen 29; Sadaif Mehdi 3-35, Zulfiqar Babar 3-61, Zia-ul-Haq 2-32) and 229 in 75.4 overs(Taimur Khan 73 not out, M. Shahzad Tareen 45, Ramiz Raja 31, Bismillah Khan 26; Saeed Anwar Jr 3-16, Zia-ul-Haq 3-73, Zulfiqar Babar 3-86); MULTAN 288-9 declared in 80 overs (Zain Abbas 103, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 84, Waqar Hussain 26, Maqbool Ahmed 26 not out; Mohiuddin 5-52, Shahzad Tareen 2-35) and 118-5 in 32.1 overs(Zain Abbas 31, Kashif Naveed 29 not out, Waqar Hussain 24; M. Shahzad Tareen 5-34).

Pool ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Sialkot beat Larkana by five wickets.

LARKANA 228-9 in 83 overs (Mohsin Raza 45 not out, Zafar Ali 36, Asif Babar 25, Faraz Aziz 24; Adnan Ghaus 5-59, Abdur Rehman 2-24) and 189 in 68.5 overs (Mohammad Urs 48, Zafar Ali 40, Mohsin Raza 34; Ali Shafiq 3-59, Abdur Rehman 2-34, Nauman Anwar 2-34, Adnan Ghaus 2-42); SIALKOT 258 in 62.4 overs (Nauman Anwar 138, Ali Raza 36, Kaleem Ahmed 33; Imran Chandio 6-53, Ali Asghar 4-72) and 160-5 in 36.4 overs (Usama Mir 82 not out, Kaleem Ahmed 26, Hamza Nazar 23 not out; Amir Ali Pahnwar 3-41, Mushtaq Kaimoro 2-42).

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2018