KARACHI: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) capitulated to their third defeat in four matches of the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup when the Mohammad Hafeez-led side went down by 52 runs against Peshawar in Faisalabad on Sunday.

NBP, KRL, SSGCL and PTV, in contrast, maintained unbeaten sequence intact with relative comfortable victories while HBL regrouped after their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy loss to beat Fata by 26 runs while Rawalpindi stunned Salman Butt’s Wapda and Multan celebrated their first success in the 50-over tournament.

Talented opener Sahibzada Farhan’s 122 (off 142 balls with nine fours and two sixes) was the cornerstone of Peshawar’s total of 263-7 at the Iqbal Stadium.

SNGPL’s chase fizzled out rather tamely in the 47th over for 211 with Hafeez emerging as the top scorer with a 46-ball 38 that included six boundaries.

Career-best efforts from Umar Siddique and Kamran Ghulam carried NBP to a clinical 226-run rout of Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground in the federal capital.

After being put into bat, the NBP amassed 346-3 in their 50 overs. The left-handed Umar spearheaded the batting onslaught with a dazzling innings of 157 from 145 balls while striking 14 boundaries and hoisting four sixes.

NBP captain Rameez Raja was dismissed for a 103-ball 99 (eight fours and three sixes) as and Umar added 194 for the second wicket before Hammad Azam (45 off 23 balls, three fours and two sixes) joined Umar in an unbroken stand of 79.

The shell-shocked Islamabad then collapsed like ninepins for a miserable 120 in the 31st over with Kamran snaring seven wickets for 23 runs in 6.4 overs.

Umar Akmal struck an 85-ball 92 (six fours and four sixes) to help HBL make 333 all out after Fata opted to field first at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in Abbottabad. Seamer Abbas Afridi, who was ironically born in Fata 17 years ago, grabbed a career-best 5-51 in 10 overs as the gallant Fata side posted 307 before dismissed in 47 overs.

Despite ex-Pakistan keeper Shakeel Ansar making 100 (107 balls, 11 fours and two sixes), ZTBL still lost to Multan by seven wickets at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Left-handed opener Zeeshan Ashraf starred in the chase with a feisty 82-ball 85 (11 fours and one six) before Imran Rafiq (52) and Khalilullah (60) completed ZTBL’s misery by putting on 112 for the unfinished fourth-wicket stand.

Rawalpindi opener Zeeshan Malik banged run-a-ball 145 (15 fours and five sixes) while inspiring the regional outfit to a rousing 100-run win against Wapda at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Wapda, chasing 263, were all out for 162 with off-spinner Awais Iqbal (5-26 in nine overs) and left-arm spinner Aamir Sohail (4-35 in 7.4 overs) sharing the wickets.

Ali Imran’s 101 (111 balls, eight fours and four sixes) stood out in PTV’s six-wicket drubbing of Karachi Whites here at the UBL Sports Complex.

In the two games in Lahore, SSGCL crushed Lahore Blues by eight wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium and KRL sealed a five-wicket triumph against Lahore Whites at the LCCA Ground.

Sunday’s results:

Fourth round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Peshawar beat SNGPL by 52 runs.

PESHAWAR 263-7 in 50 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 122, Gohar Ali 61, Sajid Khan 24, not out, Israrullah 21; Mohammad Imran 3-52, Bilawal Bhatti 2-37, Maskeenullah 2-54); SNGPL 211 in 46.2 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 38, Asif Ali 37, Ali Waqas 34, Adnan Akmal 24; Mohammad Ilyas 3-42, Jibran Khan 2-33, Israrullah 2-36, Imran Khan Jr 2-42)..

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: KRL beat Lahore Whites by five wickets.

LAHORE BLUES 165 in 47 overs (Imran Dogar 45, Zaid Alam 25, Adnan Danish 23, Raja Faizan 20 not out; Sohaibullah 3-23, Nauman Ali 2-31, Sameen Gul 2-45); KRL 166-5 in 42.1 overs (Jaahid Ali 50, Shoaib Ahmed Minhas 45, Mohammad Mohsin 28, Saif Badar 22 not out; Haris Bashir 3-36)

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: NBP beat Islamabad by 226 runs.

NBP 346-2 in 50 overs (Umar Siddique 157 not out, Rameez Raja 99, Hammad Azam 45 not out, Ahsan Ali 23); ISLAMABAD 120 in 30.4 overs (Fahad Iqbal 38 not out, Muzammil Shah 25, Rizwan Ali 25; Kamran Ghulam 7-23).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: HBL beat Fata by 26 runs.

HBL 333 in 50 overs (Umar Akmal 92, Ramiz Aziz 55, Zohaib Khan 44, Sajjad Ali Hashmi 34, Imran Farhat 26; Khushdil Shah 2-40, Asif Afridi 2-67, Mohammad Talha 2-77); FATA 307 in 47 overs (Asad Afridi 59, Khushdil Shah 58, Asif Afridi 50, Rehan Afridi 35, Hafidullah 25, Saeed Afridi 21; Abbas Afridi 5-51).

Pool ‘B’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: PTV beat Karachi Whites by six wickets.

KARACHI WHITES 267-8 in 50 overs (Kashif Iqbal 68, Babar Hussain Agha 53, Mohammad Hasan 34, Zeeshan Jamil 33, Anwar Ali 28; Raza Hasan 2-44, Aamir Jamal 2-67); PTV 268-4 in 47 overs (Ali Imran 101, Ali Khan 62 not out, Umair Khan 39 not out, Nihal Mansoor 29; Waleed Ahmed 2-41).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Multan beat ZTBL by seven wickets.

ZTBL 253-7 in 50 overs (Shakeel Ansar 100, Mohsin Nadeem 51, Anas Mustafa 23, Shahrukh Ali 22; Hasnain Bukhari 3-42, Ghulam Rehman 2-42); MULTAN 256-3 in 45.3 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 85, Khalilullah 60 not out, Imran Rafiq 52 not out, Waqar Hussain 34).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: SSGCL beat Lahore Blues by eight wickets.

LAHORE BLUES 200 in 46.3 overs (Saad Nasim 57, Tayyab Tahir 56, Asfand Mehran 20 not out; Adil Amin 2-14, Kashif Bhatti 2-34, Zia-ul-Haq 2-38, Fawad Alam 2-43); SSGCL 204-2 in 38.4 overs (Awais Zia 55, Ammad Alam 48, Fawad Alam 44 not out, Umar Amin 42 not out).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi beat Wapda by 100 runs.

RAWALPINDI 262-9 in 50 overs (Zeeshan Malik 145, Mukhtar Ahmed 37, Umair Masood 36; Ehsan Adil 3-50, Mansoor Amjad 2-37, Sadaif Mehdi 2-60); WAPDA 162 in 35.4 overs (Salman Butt 59, Mohammad Akhlaq 37; Awais Iqbal 5-26, Aamir Sohail 4-35).

Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2018