KARACHI: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Omar Associates were the only departments to scored first-round victories as inclement weather in northern parts of the country played havoc with the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament fixtures on Tuesday.

With Pool ‘A’ matches confined to Karachi and full day’s play guaranteed, it was inevitable teams playing here have more chance of winning than sides who are in action across the Sindh border.

On the final day of the three-day game at the UBL Sports Complex, CAA whipped Navy by nine wickets after spinner Mirza Ahsan Jamil captured six wickets in each innings to finish with match bag of 12-161.

Nasir Owais delayed the inevitable end-result with a defiant innings of 80 as the off-spinner thrashed 14 boundaries and hoisted a brace of sixes during his 64-ball knock.

At the SBP Sports Complex Omar Associates trounced Haideri Traders by 10 wickets. After dismissing Haideri Traders for 154 with slow left-armer Mohammad Irfan picking up five for 53 and match haul of nine, Omar Associates raced to a crushing win.

PIA openers Shahzar Mohammad and Agha Sabir achieved the rarest of all cricketing milestones by scoring century in each innings of the same fixture together.

In the drawn Pool ‘C’ encounter at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad, PIA extended their overnight second-innings score from 36-0 to 319 in 71 overs as Shahzar and Sabir added 285 in 63 overs of play possible.

Shahzar, who hit 157 in the first innings on Sunday, made 142 on this occasion with his 209-ball contribution including 11 fours and two sixes.

The left-handed Sabir, on the other hand, slammed 22 boundaries and a brace of sixes in making 169 from 223 deliveries to follow his effort of 104 kin the first innings.

Scores and results on Tuesday (final day of three):

First round:

Pool ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Civil Aviation Authority beat Navy by nine wickets.

NAVY 210 in 52.5 overs (Wasim Ahmed 66 not out, Hamza Ghanchi 37, Owais Ahmed Rehmani 27; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 6-62, Shahid Nawaz 2-44) and 224 in 49.1 overs (Nasir Owais 80; Wasim Ahmed 49, Moazzam Ali 23; Mirza Ahsan 6-99, Usman Usmani 2-40); CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 303-9 in 83 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 116, Haris Ali 56, Akbar Badshah 31, Mohammad Asim 26; Raza-ul-Hasan 6-86) and 133-1 in 34.1 overs (Mohammad Asim 70 not out, Musadiq Ahmed 51 not out).

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Omar Associates beat Haideri Traders by 10 wickets.

HAIDERI TRADERS 158 in 67.1 overs (Mohammad Usman 34, Jalat Khan 33, Ali Anjum Naqvi 25; Mohammad Irfan 4-39, Shah Faisal 3-33, Bilawal Iqbal 2-47) and 154 in 61.5 overs (Syed Aminuddin 33, Mohammad Usman 27, Muhammad Adnan Bhatti 22; Mohammad Irfan 5-53, Shah Faisal 3-31); OMAR ASSOCIATES 276 in 70 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 71, Usman Khan 65, Arsalan Bashir 64, Saad Nasim 33; Syed Ali Mustafa Naqvi 6-81, Jalat Khan 2-60) and 40-0 in 8.4 overs (Arsalan Bashir 31 not out)..

Pool ‘B’:

At Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Academy, Sheikhupura: Match drawn.

PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 277 in 79.1 overs (Khurram Manzoor 67, Daniyal Ahsan 56, Atif Ali Zaidi 42, Ali Jawwad 34; Tayyab Riaz 5-65, Marwan Muhammad 3-50) and 193-7 declared in 33 overs (Mohammad Salman 54, Mohammad Waqas 51, Khurram Manzoor 41; Marwan Mohammad 4-34, Mirza Bilal Baig 2-54); CANDYLAND 178 in 48.3 overs (Tayyab Riaz 39, Fawad Ali 27, Mirza Bilal Baig 21; Mohammad Talha 6-52, Mohammad Ibtisam 2-55) and 89-1 in 24.1 overs (Ahmer Bin Nasir 42 not out, Hasan Javed 31 not out).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Match drawn – no play on Tuesday due to rain.

HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 282-5 in 83 overs (Fahad Usman 107, Sharoon Siraj 40 not out, Arsalan Zia 38, Muhammad Faiq 37, Hamza Akbar 24 not out; Ali Usman 2-93) and 68-1 in 15 overs (Fahad Usman 27 not out, Mohammad Faiq 25 not out); GHANI GLASS 212 in 62.5 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 64, Yousuf Babar 52, Hasnain Bukhari 43; Asfand Mehran 3-14, Bilal Anwar 3-31, Mamoon Riaz 2-36, Rana Kashif 2-45).

Pool ‘C’:

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

STATE BANK 332 in 82.1 overs (Usman Salahuddin 97, Rizwan Hussain 66, Hamza Nadeem 42, Saad Ali 37, Mohammad Nawaz 27; Hamza Khan 5-84, Arshadullah 2-40) and 242-6 declared in 54 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 62 not out, Usman Salahuddin 47not out, Mohammad Nawaz 30, Israrullah 22, Rizwan Hussain 21; Munir Riaz 4-58, Arshadullah 2-68); ARMY 297 in 74.4 overs (Mohammad Fahad 127, Qadir Khan 76, Mohammad Usman 54; Mohammad Ilyas 3-63, Mohammad Nawaz 3-63) and 197-4 in 39.5 overs (Qadir Khan 101 not out, Hamza Arshad 49, Shoaib Khan 31; Ahmed Safi 2-50).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

PIA 394-6 declared in 75.2 overs (Shahzar Mohammad 157, Agha Sabir 104, Fahad Iqbal 47, Mohammad Nadeem 22; Imran Khan 3-106, Tauseeq Shah 2-62) and 319-0 declared in 71 overs (Agha Sabir 169 not out, Shahzar Mohammad 142 not out); PAF 451 in 82.5 overs (Umair Masood 122, Zeeshan Malik 120, Mohammad Naqqash 74, Imran Khan 41, Awais Iqbal 29, Salman Chaudhry 27; Ghulam Mohammad 4-115, Ali Imran Pasha 3-104) and 15-0 in 8 overs.

Pool ‘D’:

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Match drawn – no play on Tuesday due to rain.

PAKISTAN RAILWAYS 406-7 in 83 overs (Bilal Irshad 157, Hamza Nazar 75, Hasan Sardar 72, Hasan Mahmood 31, Mohammad Waqas 24; Husban Javed 3-79, Khalid Mahmood 3-89) and 35-0 in 8 overs (Bilal Irshad 25 not out); KPT 276-8 in 83 overs (Faraz Patel 75 not out, Taimur Ali 60, Babar Rehman 34, Nadeem Javed 33; Hasan Mahmood 5-66, Ali Zubair 2-28).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

SABIR’S POULTRY 136 in 59.3 overs (Imran Dogar 28, Ali Zaryab 26, Sajid Khan 4-11, Asad Raza 3-34) and 296-7 declared in 63.5 overs (Imran Dogar 119, Hasan Dar 49, Tariq Nawaz 38, Imran Nazir 29; Waqar Anwar 4-85); K-ELECTRIC 163 in 35.2 overs (Hassaan Khan 34, Nasir Nawaz 28, Bahadur Ali 27; Nisar Ahmed 4-59, Inam Javed 3-28, Ghulam Rehman 2-62) and 132-4 in 38 overs (Nasir Nawaz 64 not out, Umair Bin Yousuf 21; Inam Javed 2-46).

Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2019