KARACHI: Pakistan’s Television’s (PTV) Taimur Khan smashed an unbeaten 108 off 106 balls to help his team beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) by four wickets on the fourth and final day of the President’s Trophy match at the HPC Oval Ground here on Saturday.

PTV chased a stiff target of 335 in 67 overs with little time left in the day. They had had slipped to 122-5, when Taimur was joined by skipper Amad Butt as the duo went on to collect 210 runs for the sixth wicket to overpower the SNGPL bowlers. Amad fell six runs short of century returning for a 120-ball 94 hitting nine fours and one six.

Taimur smashed nine fours and six sixes in his match-winning knock. Earlier, SNGPL could only add 20 runs to their overnight score before getting bowled out for 261 in 62 overs.

At the SBP Complex, Oil and Gas Development Authority (OGDCL) beat State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by 128 runs. Chasing 369 to win, SBP continued from their overnight score of 84-2 and were bundled out for 240-9 with opening batter Zain Abbas not available to bat.

SBP’s Fawad Alam struck his 45th first-class century but in vain as he returned for 106 off 242 balls hitting eight fours. For OGDCL, Mushtaq Ahmed picked up four wickets while Mohammad Sarwar Afridi and Mohammad Amir Khan dismissed two batters each.

Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) fell for a paltry 140-9 after resuming from overnight score of 98-4 in pursuit of a mammoth 431-run target at the NBP Sports Complex. Wapda’s Mohammad Adil returned figures of 4-44 while skipper Khalid Usman picked up two wickets to hand their team a 290-run win.

At the National Bank Stadium, Eshaal Associates made light work of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) team by bowling them out for 213 in 64.5 overs to win by 192 runs. HEC’s had resumed from their overnight score of 136-5 in 40 overs. Eshaal’s Usman Tariq picked up his maiden first-class five-for in 15 overs giving away 62 runs.

Scores in brief:

Pakistan Television beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines by four wickets at HPC Oval Ground

SNGPL 406 in 98.1 overs (Qasim Akram 138, Mubasir Khan 100, Shahzaib Khan 66; Amad Butt 4-85, Israr Hussain 3-114) and 261 in 62 overs (Arafat Minhas 57, Mubasir Khan 57; Faisal Akram 3-77, Israr Hussain 3-52); PTV 333 in 81.4 overs (Mohammad Taha 86; Mohammad Shahzad 70, Yasir Khan 59; Aftab Ibrahim 3-62, Shehzad Gul 3-69) and 335-6 in 67 overs (Taimur Khan 108 not out, Amad Butt 94; Aftab Ibrahim 3-63, Shehzad Gul 2-86)

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited beat State Bank of Pakistan by 128 runs at SBP Sports Complex

OGDCL 171 (Hasan Raza 84, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 30 not out, Adil Amin 21; Kashif Bhatti 4-35, Mohammad Ismail 4-51) and 369 in 111 overs (Adil Amin 117 not out, Abbas Ali 68, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 64; Niaz Khan 5-86, Mohammad Ismail 2-100); SBP 172 in 54.1 overs (Fawad Alam 82 not out, Ali Shan 29, Imran Butt 20; Mushtaq Ahmed 3-48, Asif Afridi 2-28) and 240-9 in 89.2 overs (Fawad Alam 106, Rameez Aziz 36, Imran Butt 30; Mushtaq Kalhoro 4-66, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 2-29)

Wapda beat Khan Research Laboratories by 290 runs at NBP Sports Complex

WAPDA 268 in 83.3 overs (Mohammad Ammar 75, Ayaz Tasawar 50; Arshadullah 4-51, Shahid Aziz 4-63) and 313-7 (declared) in 77.4 overs (Mohamamd Akhlaq 125, Ayaz Tasawar 98; Arshadullah 7-77); KRL 151 in 48.2 overs (Imran Rafiq 54, Shahid Aziz 29, Maaz Sadaqat 28; Mohammad Zeeshan 3-32, Mohammad Faiq 2-8) and 140 in 40.3 overs (Imran Rafiq 38, Saad Baig 21; Mohammad Adil 4-44, Khalid Usman 2-15)

Eshaal Associates beat Higher Education Commission by 192 runs at National Bank Stadium

ESHAAL ASSOCIATES 341 in 77.2 overs (Danish Aziz 121, Azan Awais 69, Umar Siddiq 64; Mohammad Azab 5-118, Maaz Khurram 3-80); 288-8 in 71 overs (Azan Awais 119, Mohammad Sudais 49, Danish Aziz 39; Maaz Khurram 3-61, Mohammad Azab 2-91); HEC 224 in 60.2 overs (Mohammad Mohsin Khan 54, Uzair Mumtaz 35; Tahir Hussain 4-46, Muhammad Imran 2-58) and 213 in 64.5 overs (Mohammad Zubair 51, Obaid Shahid 37; Usman Tariq 5-62, Danish Aziz 3-16).

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2025