KARACHI: Reigning champions Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) amply showed their prowess with a clinical rout of Islamabad by a massive innings and 307-run thrashing of Islamabad in their third-round tie of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship in Islamabad on Tuesday.

In a notable result, Multan turned the tables on Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) by 46 runs in Multan while Wapda whipped Lahore Blues by innings and 16 runs in Lahore.

After declaring their innings at the overnight total of 591-4, SNGPL needed 55.2 overs to bowl Islamabad out for 176 at the Diamond Club Ground. Hafeez’s decision to apply the closure deprived Test right-hander Asad Shafiq the opportunity of notching his highest first-class of 223 as he was left stranded on an unbeaten 221.

Khalid Usman was Wapda’s match-winner with a rich haul of 11 wickets. The slow left-armer first up doubled his Monday’s tally of three at the LCCA Ground to finish with six for 47 in 19.1 overs as Lahore Blues were all out for 149.

Forced to follow on, the regional side folded up for 161 with Khalid picking up 5-57, giving him a total of 11-104 for the game.

SSGCL capitulated rather surprisingly for just 107 while chasing just 154 at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Paceman Sajjad Hussain inspired Multan to their first win in the championship with 5-25 with left-arm spinner Ali Usman taking 4-23 (match bag of 8-65).

Wapda, KRL, Multan also win in three days

Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) were the day’s other winners with a seven-wicket defeat of Fata at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in Abbottabad. The star performer was paceman Ali Shafiq who followed up his career-best 8-70 with 4-50, giving him mach figures of 12-120.

On Monday Peshawar completed their successive success in the championship when they overpowered NBP at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Close of play scores and results on Tuesday (day three of four):

Third round:

Pool ‘A’

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: HBL 386 in 115.3 overs (Abid Ali 131, Zohaib Khan 69, Ramiz Aziz 53, Imran Farhat 47, Agha Salman 28; Saif-ur-Rehman 4-81, Mohammad Waheed 2-72, Mohammad Irfan 2-101) and 20-2 in 8 overs; LAHORE WHITES 340 in 139.4 overs (Ali Rafiq 121, Anas Mahmood 63, Usman Salahuddin 51, Nauman Anwar 34, Ameer Hamza 23; Zohaib Khan 5-50, Khurram Shahzad 2-67).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: SNGPL beat Islamabad by an innings and 307 runs.

ISLAMABAD 108 in 36 overs (Mohammad Hamza Nadeem 36; Azizullah 4-36, Rahat Ali 3-37) and 176 in 55.2 overs (Sarmad Bhatti 67, Faizan Riaz 39, Shehzad Azam Rana 28; Azizullah 2-23, Mohammad Hafeez 2-26, Asad Ali 2-33); SNGPL 591-4 declared in 138 overs (Asad Shafiq 221 not out, Iftikhar Ahmed 113, Mohammad Rizwan 109 not out, Mohammad Hafeez 63, Imran Butt 32, Naeemuddin 30; Samiullah Mehsud 2-131).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: KRL beat Fata by seven wickets.

FATA 253 in 67.4 overs (Asad Afridi 97, Asif Afridi 37, Rehan Afridi 36, Nisar Afridi 21; Ali Shafiq 8-70) and 172 in 60.4 overs (Asad Afridi 70, Fazal-ur-Rehman 27, Rehan Afridi 23, Asif Afridi 23; Ali Shafiq 4-50, Nauman Ali 3-27, Ahmed Bashir 2-43); KRL 248 in 76.5 overs (Usman Ashraf 49, Sadaf Hussain 45, Ali Shafiq 31, Jaahid Ali 30, Sardar Hasan Raza 30; Asif Afridi 4-62, Manzoor Khan 2-58) and 191-3 in 45.5 overs (Jaahid Ali 65, Gulraiz Sadaf 41, Saeed Anwar Jr 37 not out).

Pool ‘B’

At National Stadium, Karachi: ZTBL 207 in 75.4 overs (Usman Ashraf 86 not out, Anas Mustafa 56, Aaqib Shah 20; Adeel Malik 4-38, Israr Ahmed Awan 2-27, Anwar Ali 2-45) and 145-4 in 76.5 overs (Anas Mustafa 48, Raza Ali Dar 40, Munir-ur-Rehman Tanzil 29, Aaqib Shah 23); KARACHI WHITES 461 in 113 overs (Khurram Manzoor 199, Omair Bin Yousuf 135, Saad Ali 36, Mirza Asad Baig 29, Mohammad Hasan 26; Imran Khan 4-91, Mohammad Ali 3-91).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Multan beat SSGCL by 46 runs.

MULTAN 143 in 68 overs (Imran Rafiq 44; Kashif Bhatti 5-33, Sohail Khan 3-32) and 180 in 57.1 overs (Khalilullah 54, Zeeshan Ashraf 41, Saif-ur-Rehman 22; Aamir Yamin 3-12, Kashif Bhatti 3-49); SSGCL 170 in 48.1 overs (Awais Zia 42, Aamir Yamin 23; Ali Usman 4-42, Ahsan Baig 4-45, Mohammad Ali Khan 2-29) and 107 in 38.3 overs (Awais Zia 40, Aamir Yamin 28, Kashif Bhatti 27 not out; Sajjad Hussain 5-25, Ali Usman 4-23).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Wapda beat Lahore Blues by an innings and 16 runs.

WAPDA 326 in 122.4 overs (Salman Butt 129, Wahab Riaz 51, Mohammad Saad 37, Ali Shan 31, Aamir Sajjad 26; Zafar Gohar 5-100, Asadullah 2-38); LAHORE BLUES 149 in 76.1 overs (Mohammad Ilyas 41, Irfan Haider 27, Salman Fayyaz 24 not out, Hamza Nazar 20; Khalid Usman 6-47, Mohammad Irfan 2-17, Zulfiqar Babar 2-24) and 161 in 46.4 overs (Saad Nasim 59 not out, Irfan Haider 57; Khalid Usman 5-57, Zulfiqar Babar 3-40).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: RAWALPINDI 392 in 131.5 overs (Haseeb Azam 75, Tayyab Riaz 68, Mukhtar Ahmed 63, Usman Saeed 59, Umair Masood 37, Naved Malik 29; Tabish Khan 4-123, Aamir Jamal 3-97, Raza Hasan 2-50); PTV 116 in 33.5 overs (Aamir Jamal 48; Syed Tauseeq Shah 5-30, Haseeb Azam 3-20, Saad Altaf 2-44) and 215-6 in 82 overs (Mohammad Waqas 81, Saud Shakeel 42, Aamir Jamal 23 not out; Saad Altaf 3-75, Syed Tauseeq Shah 2-72).

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2018