KARACHI: After their first-round Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship loss to Peshawar last week, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) completed a two-day victory by 10 wickets against Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground on Sunday.

After extending their overnight total of 126-6 to 176 all out while taking a handy 88-run lead on the first innings, KRL dismissed the regional out for 118 with seamer Ali Shafiq taking 5-42.

Left with just a small chase for 31, KRL got home unscathed to claim nine points while leaving Islamabad smarting from second straight defeat.

Out-of-favour Pakistan batsman Iftikhar Ahmed sent yet another strong message to the national selectors by converting his Saturday’s score of 94 to 145 (175 balls, 19 fours and one six) to guide holders SNGPL to 461-8 declared against Fata at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in Abbottabad.

Iftikhar nudges selectors with 145

Former Test wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal contributed 53 in the sixth-wicket partnership of 116 with Iftikhar.

Fata made a spirited response by reaching 144-3 at draw of stumps.

Ex-international Awais Zia banged 108 (164 balls, 16 boundaries) to put SSGCL in a strong position against Karachi Whites here at the National Stadium where the departmental side collected 276-4 after the hosts were all out for 338.

ZTBL were heading for a probable defeat after they were shot out for a measly 71 in their second innings by Rawalpindi on a repeat of day one when 16 wickets fell at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Rawalpindi, who were 53-6 on Saturday, recovered partially to make 115 in response to ZTBL’s first-innings total of 173.

Chasing only 129, Rawalpindi had advanced to 48-2 at close of play.

Skipper Salman But struck 68 in a first-wicket stand of 145 with Adnan Raees (65 not out) as Wapda posted 156-1 after dismissing Multan for 290 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

The HBL-Peshawar fixture at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi was intriguingly poised after the bankers collapsed like ninepins for a disappointing 122 after obtaining a marginal lead of 35.

Peshawar, who were left with a modest target of 158, Peshawar will resume Monday’s day three at 19-1.

Lahore Blues moved to 182-5 on a truncated day at the Iqbal Sta­dium in Faisalabad while replying to PTV’s 261, while Lahore Whites are tottering at 18-3 — with all wickets captured by lanky speedster Ataullah — after NBP added 52 to their overnight 221-5 to be bowled out for 273 at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Close of play scores and result on Sunday (day two of four):

Second round:

Pool ‘A’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: NBP 273 in 104.2 overs (Ali Asad 103, Rameez Raja 31, Danish Aziz 28, Kamran Ghulam 24; Mohammad Irfan 5-80, Babar Rehman 2-64); LAHORE WHITES 18-3 in 7.3 overs (Ataullah 3-0).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: HBL 228 in 73.3 overs (Abid Ali 71, Amad Butt 46, Imran Farhat 30; Zahid Mahmood 4-59, Taj Wali 2-45, Sajid Khan 2-61) and 122 in 30.3 overs (Imran Farhat 23, Umar Akmal 20, Amad Butt 20; Sajid Khan 3-25, Taj Wali 3-48, Zahid Mahmood 2-16); PESHAWAR 193 in 59.3 overs (Israrullah 74, Ashfaq Ahmed 33, Nasir Ahmed 28; Agha Salman 4-15, Abdur Rehman

3-75, Saad Khan 2-7) and 19-1 in 6 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: KRL beat Islamabad by 10 wickets.

ISLAMABAD 88 in 38.3 overs (Ali Sarfraz 25; Ahmed Bashir 6-26, Sadaf Hussain 3-40) and 118 in 34.5 overs (Shehzad Azam Rana 27, Ahmed Safi 20; Ali Shafiq 5-42, Sadaf Hussain 3-37); KRL 176 in 57.4 overs (Usman Arshad 58, Azeem Ghumman 26; Mohammad Hamza Nadeem 5-59, Mohammad Arham 2-38, Shehzad Azam Rana 2-43) and 31-0 in 11.1 overs (Azeem Ghumman 20 not out).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: SNGPL 461-8 declared in 117 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 145, Imran Butt 111, Adnan Akmal 53, Asad Shafiq 52, Naeemuddin 22; Adnan Ghaus 4-113); FATA 144-3 in 48 overs (Mohammad Naeem 61, Samiullah Jr 28 not out).

Pool ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: KARACHI WHITES 338 in 92.2 overs (Mohammad Hasan 125, Khurram Manzoor 108, Saad Ali 30, Anwar Ali 35; Kashif Bhatti 3-78, Ahmed Jamal 3-95, Sohail Khan 2-49); SSGCL 276-4 in 85 overs (Awais Zia 108, Umar Amin 39, Muzammil Nizam 35 not out, Fawad Alam 34 not out, Adil Amin 33, Sami Aslam 21; Waleed Ahmed 3-74).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: MULTAN 290 in 128 overs (Imran Rafiq 65, Usman Liaquat 43, Ahmer Ashfaq 38, Asif Fawad 35, Waqar Hussain 31; Waqas Maqsood 3-39, Waqar Malik 3-46); WAPDA 156-1 in 52 overs (Salman Butt 68, Adnan Raees 65 not out).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: PTV 261 in 70.2 overs (Mohammad Waqas 101, Mohammad Yasin 54, Saud Shakeel 52; Aizaz Cheema 6-57); LAHORE BLUES 182-5 in 57 overs (Zafar Gohar 67 not out, Saad Nasim 36, Fahad-ul-Haq 25 not out, Rizwan Hussain 29; Tabish Khan 4-34).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: ZTBL 173 in 56 overs (Anas Mustafa 55, Haris Majeed 46; Syed Tauseeq Shah 4-49, Haseeb Azam 3-25) and 71 in 29.4 overs (Mohammad Aamir 25; Syed Tauseeq Shah 4-15, Haseeb Azam 3-21, Saad Altaf 3-33); RAWALPINDI 115 in 48.4 overs (Haseeb Azam 40; Mohammad Ali 5-31) and 48-2 in 23 overs (Asif Ali 22 not out; Imran Khan 2-12).

Published in Dawn, September 10th, 2018