KARACHI: Young Khushdil Shah underlined his immense potential as an all-rounder by playing a pivotal role in inspiring Fata to a shock six-run victory over the star-laden SNGPL in their second-round Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup tie in Abbottabad on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Bannu-born left-hander followed up his 110 in last week’s defeat against NBP by stroking a career-best 122 with his 114-ball unbeaten innings containing laced with 12 fours and four sixes as Fata reached 304-5 in 45 overs after SNGPL skipper Mohammad Hafeez opted to field first in a delayed start to the game at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.

Opener Fazal-ur-Rehman made 68 while helping Khushdil add 127 for the third wicket. Skipper Asif Afridi lashed a 17-ball 43 (four sixes and three fours) in the unbroken stand of 70 with Khushdil.

Despite Pakistan duo of Asad Shafiq (88 off 79 balls, 10 boundaries) and Mohammad Rizwan (85 off 93, six fours and two sixes) sharing a second-wicket partnership of 146, SNGPL ended up making 298-8. After his batting heroics, Khushdil claimed 3-49 in nine overs of left-arm spin.

Wapda notched up their second win when they downed Multan by 54 runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Opener Bismillah Khan (78 off 72 balls, 11 fours and one six) and skipper Salman Butt (76 off 75, seven fours) added 130 for the second wicket to help Wapda collect 313-5 in their 50 overs.

Multan, in reply, were dismissed for 259.

PTV young skipper Saud Shakeel slammed an undefeated 82 (104 balls, five fours and one six) while leading his side to a seven-wicket stroll over Lahore Blues at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Pakistan discard Umar Amin hit 97 (114 balls, seven fours and three sixes) as his SSCGL side clinched a 59-run win against Karachi Whites at the National Stadium.

After their success in the first-class match, Peshawar further humiliated HBL by defeating the bankers by 10 runs at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi.

In a tense finish, KRL edged Islamabad by two wickets with only three deliveries to spare at the Diamond Club Ground despite Faizan Riaz shining for the hosts with 100 (113 balls, 11 fours) and figures of 3-53.

In other fixtures, ZTBL beat Rawalpindi by 27 runs and NBP crushed Lahore Whites by a handsome margin of 184 runs.

Thursday’s results:

Second round:

Pool ‘A’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: NBP beat Lahore Whites by 184 runs.

NBP 295-7 in 50 overs (Rameez Raja 80, Akbar-ur-Rehman 62, Kamran Ghulam 61 not out, Danish Aziz 47, Ahsan Ali 26; Qaiser Ashraf 5-54); LAHORE WHITES 111 in 29.5 overs (Nauman Anwar 31, Imran Dogar 29; Bilal Asif 4-24, Kamran Ghulam 2-20).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Peshawar beat HBL 10 runs.

PESHAWAR 208-9 in 50 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 36, Ubaidullah 30, Gohar Ali 27, Akbar Badshah 27, Jibran Khan 26; Abdur Rehman 2-28, Umar Gul 2-39); HBL 198 in 49 overs (Imran Farhat 58, Abid Ali 54; Mohammad Ilyas 3-44, Imran Khan Jr 2-40).

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

ISLAMABAD 290-5 in 50 overs (Faizan Riaz 110, Sarmad Bhatti 59, Imad Wasim 56 not out, Rohail Nazir 42; Sadaf Hussain 3-35); KRL 296-8 in 49.3 overs (Saif Badar 86, Azeem Ghumman 48, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 48, Yasir Ali 34 not out, Nauman Ali 32; Faizan Riaz 3-53, Mohammad Nadeem 3-61).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: Fata beat SNGPL by six runs.

FATA 304-5 in 45 overs (Khushdil Shah 122 not out, Fazal-ur-Rehman 68, Asif Afridi 43 not out, Asad Afridi 25, Nisar Afridi 22; Mohammad Imran 2-59;) SNGPL 298-8 in 45 overs (Asad Shafiq 88, Mohammad Rizwan 85, Yasir Shah 37 not out, Adnan Akmal 35; Khushdil Shah 3-49, Asif Afridi 2-51, Adnan Ghaus 2-54).

Pool ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: SSGCL beat Karachi Whites by 59 runs.

SSGCL 275-8 in 50 overs (Umar Amin 97, Adil Amin 59, Awais Zia 33, Sami Aslam 30; Waleed Ahmed 2-35, Saif Ali Ghauri 2-40, Anwar Ali 2-55); KARACHI WHITES 216-6 in 50 overs (Anwar Ali 63, Faisal Iqbal 58 not out, Mohammad Hasan 28, Hassaan Khan 24; Kashif Bhatti 4-37).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Wapda beat Multan by 54 runs.

WAPDA 313-5 in 50 overs (Bismillah Khan 78, Salman Butt 76, Ayaz Tasawwar 67 not out, Mohammad Saad 48; Saddam Afridi 2-60); MULTAN 259 in 47 overs (Saif-ur-Rehman 72, Waqar Hussain 52, Hasnain Bukhari 52, Usman Liaquat 26, Imran Rafiq 22; Sadaif Mehdi 3-41, Khalid Usman 2-33, Hasnain Shah 2-45).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: PTV beat Lahore Blues by seven wickets.

LAHORE BLUES 180 in 38.2 overs (Hamza Nazar 32, Rizwan Hussain 30, Salman Fayyaz 23, Irfan Haider 21; Mohammad Irfan 4-44, Raza Hasan 3-36); PTV 181-3 in 34 overs (Saud Shakeel 82 not out, Ali Imran 45, Mohammad Waqas 26 not out; Mohammad Rameez 2-32).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: ZTBL beat Rawalpindi by 27 runs.

ZTBL 251 in 49.1 overs (Shakeel Ansar 55, Raza Ali Dar 46, Aaqib Javed 44, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 39; Mukhtar Ahmed 3-40, Asif Ali 2-36, Kashif Ali 2-36, Aamir Sohail 2-47); RAWALPINDI 224 in 48.3 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 47, Naved Malik 42, Aamir Sohail 32, Umar Waheed 31; Munir-ur-Rehman 3-36, Imran Khan 3-39, Mohammad Umair 3-41).

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2018