KARACHI: Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and Habib Bank Limited both suffered three-day humiliations in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixtures on Monday.

ZTBL went down by five wickets to hosts Rawalpindi in the Pool ‘B’ game at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. The latter resumed the penultimate day of the second-round tie at 48-2 and lost just three more wickets in reaching 131-5 to secure six invaluable points. Spinner Asif Ali showed his batting prowess with an unbeaten 68.

HBL needed a miracle to escape defeat but it never materialized since Peshawar were too smart to chalking a thoroughly deserved second success in the championship.

Beginning day three at 19-1 in pursuit of a 158-run target, Peshawar rode on the 91-run stand for the second wicket provided by Sahibzada Farhan (40) and Ashfaq Ahmed (68 not out) to compete a six-wicket success.

Tabish takes 8-41 for PTV

While there was no play in the match between Lahore Whites and NBP at the LCCA Ground because of rain in Lahore, Waleed Ahmed marked his first-class debut at the National Stadium here with six for 155 in 56 overs of hard toil as Karachi Whites struggled to stem the flow of runs from the rampaging SSGCL batsmen.

Waleed, like his famous father Tauseef Ahmed — the former Test cricketer who is is now a national selector — is as an exponent of off-break bowling but the 25-year-old was kept waiting to double his Sunday’s haul by the overnight pair of Fawad Alam and Muzammil Nizam.

Both men reached three figures with Test discard Fawad still batting on 141 after having been at the crease for 504 minutes during which the left-hander faced 390 balls and struck 12 fours. Muzammil scored 103 (202 balls, 14 boundaries) while putting 174 for the fifth with Fawad in 247 minutes.

By stumps, SSGCL had reached 531-9 to enjoy a commanding lead of 193.

Fast bowler Tabish Khan grabbed eight wickets for 41 runs to help PTV bowl out Lahore Blues for 204 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

After PTV closed their second innings at 252-4, Lahore Blues ended the day 19-1 while chasing 308.

Multan were in strife at 98-4 after Wapda fell two short of matching the regional outfit’s first-innings total of 290 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez snared four for 20 as Fata slumped to 79-6 after following on against holders SNGPL at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.

Earlier, Test paceman Rahat Ali took 5-78 to help his side dismiss Fata for 266, a tally which included an undefeated 104 (243 balls, 13 fours and two sixes) from Samiullah Jr.

Close of play scores and results on Monday (day three 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: Peshawar beat HBL by six wickets.

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 159-6 in 40 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 68 not out, Sahibzada Farhan 46; Abdur Rehman 2-47).

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 266 in 102 overs (Samiullah Jr 104 not out Mohammad Naeem 61, Abdul Aziz 25; Rahat Ali 5-78, Mohammad Rizwan 2-10, Asad Ali 2-66) and 79-6 in 36 overs (Samiullah Jr 24; Mohammad Hafeez 4-20).

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 531-9 in 176 overs (Fawad Alam 141 not out, Awais Zia 108, Muzammil Nizam 103, Saifullah Khan Bangash 38, Umar Amin 39, Adil Amin 33, Sami Aslam 21; Waleed Ahmed 6-155).

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) and 98-4 in 42.2 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 26, Usman Liaquat 24; Mansoor Amjad 2-20); WAPDA 288 in 96.2 overs (Adnan Raees 91, Salman Butt 68, Mohammad Saad 30, Ayaz Tasawwar 27, Ali Shan 24; Mohammad Ali Khan 3-26, Sajjad Hussain 3-88, Mohammad Irfan 2-50, Asif Fawad 2-80).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: PTV 261 in 70.2 overs (Mohammad Waqas 101, Mohammad Yasin 54, Saud Shakeel 52; Aizaz Cheema 6-57) and 252-4 declared in 59 overs (Umair Khan 89, Saud Shakeel 78, Mohammad Yasin 28; Zafar Gohar 2-43); LAHORE BLUES 202 in 68.4 overs (Zafar Gohar 76, Saad Nasim 36, Rizwan Hussain 29, Fahad-ul-Haq 25; Tabish Khan 8-41) and 19-1 in 3.5 overs.

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi beat ZTBL by five wickets.

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 131-5 in 49.5 overs (Asif Ali 68 not out, Haseeb Azam 36; Imran Khan 3-43, Mohammad Ali 2-32).

Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2018