KARACHI: Veteran Sami­ullah Khan Niazi produced a sensational burst of seam bowling on Thursday when the veteran left-armer’s six wickets helped holders SNGPL skittle out NBP for just 44 on day two of their fifth-round Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship fixture.

Replying to SNGPL’s 265, NBP added mere 41 runs to their overnight score of 3-0 before being bundled out inside 18 overs at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. Tailender Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro emerged as the highest scorer with 16 not out while NBP captain Shan Masood’s 13 at the top of the order were the only other double figures entry in the scoresheet.

The 36-year-old Samiullah, who made two wicketless One-day International appearances against Zimbabwe in early 2008, claimed 6-11 in seven overs with three of victims — Akbar-ur-Rehman, Umar Siddique and Kamran Ghulam — failing to score as NBP lost four wickets without adding a single run to the team total of 16-1.

On a day when 20 wickets fell, SNGPL were dismissed for 164 in the second innings, leaving NBP with a daunting target of 386. The latter reached 11-0 by stumps after spinner Mohammad Asghar (4-35) and the Sukkur-born paceman Mushtaq (4-43) had triggered SNGPL’s collapse.

KRL squandered advantage of taking a 76-run lead on the first innings against HBL at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi when they slumped to 91-6.

HBL, who resumed at 50-1 in response to KRL’s 235, managed a hugely disappointing tally of 159 with Pakistan discard Umar Akmal making 33 and skipper Imran Farhat an unbeaten 29. Left-arm paceman Sadaf Hussain picked up 4-54.

Wapda’s tailenders Ehsan Adil and Mohammad Asif wagged merrily to give their side a decisive 115-run lead against ZTBL at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Resuming at 27-2, Wapda batted all day to add 304 runs with Mohammad Saad contributing a solid 89 from 175 balls with 12 boundaries while engineering a revival from the depths of 79-4. But it was the Ehsan-Adil partnership that changed the tide.

However, Asif was forced to retire after being hit on the hand by paceman Mohammad Umair after having made 34 in the ninth-wicket stand of 70 with Ehsan but rejoined his partner when last man Hasnain Shah became seamer Mohammad Ali’s sixth victim.

Ehsan reached a career-best 78 in a 109-ball effort that included eight fours and three sixes. Ali has thus far taken 6-97 in 24 overs.

SSGCL were on verge of a three-day victory after forcing PTV to follow on at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in the federal capital. After extending their Wednesday’s score of 334-7 to 375 all out, SSGCL shot out their rivals for 77 in 22.5 overs.

Batting again, PTV were 199-4 and still need 99 to avert innings defeat.

Rawalpindi made a positive response to Karachi Whites’ massive tally of 491 by closing on 161-3 at the UBL Sports Complex with skipper Umar Waheed (75) and Pakistan limited-overs all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz (39) currently engaged in an unbroken partnership of 80.

Left-handed opener Ali Rafiq compiled a patient 165-ball 80 as Lahore Whites posted 228-5 while responding to Peshawar’s 295 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The carefree Fata batsmen braced themselves for a tough Friday after reaching 67-1 while replying to Islamabad’s commanding total of 543 at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad.

Hosts Multan capitulated for 149 to hand Lahore Blues a first-innings lead of 116 at the Multan Cricket Stadium before the visiting team negotiated two overs of the second innings without either scoring or losing any wicket.

Close of play scores on Thursday (day two of four):

Fifth round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: SNGPL 265 in 85.4 overs (Adnan Akmal 65, Hussain Talat 48, Asif Ali 46, Khurram Shehzad 34, Ali Waqas 31; Atif Jabbar 3-53, Ghulam Mudassar 3-76, Hammad Azam 2-12, Kamran Ghulam 2-35) and 164 in 55.4 overs (Hussain Talat 34, Ali Waqas 25, Imran Khalid 24, Asif Ali 20; Mohammad Asghar 4-35, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro 4-43); NBP 44 in 17.3 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro 16 not out; Samiullah Khan Niazi 6-11, Bilawal Bhatti 2-5) and 12-0 in 3.4 overs.

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: PESHAWAR 295 in 77.2 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 89, Sahibzada Farhan 75, Musadiq Ahmed 62; Waqas Ahmed 4077, Mohammad Irfan 3-68, Bilal Anwar 2-62); LAHORE WHITES 228-5 in 91.4 overs (Ali Rafiq 80, Afaq Shahid 39 not out, Ameer Hamza 36 not out, Nauman Anwar 30; Altaf Ahmed 2-24, Sajid Khan 2-53).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL 235 in 67.5 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 103 not out, Gulraiz Sadaf 32, Usman Arshad 26, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 24; Ramiz Aziz 2-13, Abbas Afridi 2-33, Abdur Rehman 2-39, Junaid Khan 2-61, Umar Gul 2-70) and 91-6 in 42.5 overs (Jaahid Ali 28; Junaid Khan 2-18, Umar Gul 2-21); HBL 159 in 43.4 overs (Umar Akmal 33, Imran Farhat 29 not out, Jamal Anwar 21, Sajjad Ali 20; Sadaf Hussain 4-54, Ali Shafiq 2-29, Sameen Gul 2-36).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 542 in 146 overs (Ali Sarfraz 185, Rizwan Ali 135, Faizan Riaz 53, Fahad Iqbal 28, Sarmad Bhatti 25, Ahmed Safi 21; Mohammad Talha 4-161, Khushdil Shah 2-42)); FATA 67-1 in 25 overs (Saeed Khan 32 not out, Afaq Raheem 22 not out).

Pool ‘B’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: KARACHI WHITES 491 in 118.4 overs (Khurram Manzoor 197, Shahzar Mohammad 95, Mohammad Hasan 70, Waqar Anwar 47, Anwar Ali 31, Omair Bin Yousuf 28; Haseeb Azam 4-71, Mohammad Nawaz 3-107, Syed Tauseeq Shah 3-130); RAWALPINDI 161-3 in 57 overs (Umar Waheed 75 not out, Mohammad Nawaz 39 not out, Mukhtar Ahmed 38; Anwar Ali 2-3).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: LAHORE BLUES 265 in 114 overs (Rizwan Hussain 97, Irfan Haider 52, Saad Nasim 27, Fahad-ul-Haq 25; Ali Usman 4-58, Asif Fawad 2-48, Mohammad Ali Khan 2-54) and 0-0 in 2 overs; MULTAN 149 in 59.2 overs (Waqar Hussain 30, Usman Farhat 27, Saif-ur-Rehman 27, Ali Usman 24, Asif Fawad 20; Mohammad Ramiz 4-43, Aizaz Cheema 3-42).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: ZTBL 216 in 64 overs (Saadullah Ghauri 88, Raza Ali Dar 45, Aoun Abbas 20; Mohammad Asif 5-56, Sadaif Mehdi 2-29); WAPDA 331-9 in 82.4 overs (Mohammad Saad 89, Ehsan Adil 78 not out, Mohammad Asif 34, Kamran Akmal 32, Sadaif Mehdi 21; Mohammad Ali 6-97, Mohammad Umair 2-73).

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: SSGCL 375 in 96 overs (Adil Amin 84, Asif Zakir 78, Maqbool Ahmed 59, Kashif Bhatti 46 not out, Fawad Alam 34, Sami Aslam 29; Azharullah 7-92, Tabish Khan 2-97); PTV 77 in 22.5 overs (Adnan Mahmood 20; Kashif Bhatti 3-7, Zia-ul-Haq 3-19, Sohail Khan 2-30) and 199-4 in 56 overs (Nihal Mansoor 62 not out, Hasan Mohsin 40 not out, Saud Shakeel 37, Ali Imran 25, Adnan Mahmood 24; Mohammad Irfan Jr 2-59).

Published in Dawn, October 5th, 2018