KARACHI: Sahir Associates and Ghani Glass recorded victories in the fifth round of the President’s Cup as the day matches concluded on Tuesday at the KCCA Stadium and the UBL Sports Complex.
Meanwhile, the two day-night fixtures — Pakistan Television (PTV) against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at the Naya Nazimabad Ground and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) versus Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) at the National Bank Stadium — were in progress at the time of filing.
The sixth and penultimate round of the tournament will be played on Thursday at the same four Karachi venues, with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) against Wapda and PTV versus SNGPL scheduled as day-night matches.
At the KCCA Stadium, Sahir Associates extended their winning run with a comprehensive victory over Wapda, restricting them to 222 in pursuit of a 310-run target.
Faham-ul-Haq followed up his unbeaten century in the previous round with an all-round display, returning figures of 4-30 and scoring 66 at the top of the order. He added 119 for the opening wicket with Fahad Usman, who made 68.
After Fahad’s dismissal in the 25th over, Faham combined with Usman Khan to add 89 for the second wicket, with Usman striking 61 off 42 balls.
Mohammad Faiq contributed 34, while late cameos from Razaullah (19) and Mohammad Saleem (16) lifted Sahir Associates to 309-8. Akif Javed, Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Ahmed Safi Abdullah took two wickets apiece for Wapda.
In reply, Wapda were reduced to 122-6 despite Mohammad Akhlaq’s 55. Nabi Gul’s 47 offered some resistance, but Wapda were bowled out for 222. Hafiz Mohammad Suleman supported Faham’s four-wicket haul with figures of 3-28.
At the UBL Sports Complex, Ghani Glass secured their second successive win by defeating SBP by five wickets while chasing 151.
Mohammad Rameez Jnr starred with the ball, claiming 4-29, while Shoaib Akhtar Jnr took 4-37 as SBP collapsed from 95-5 to 150 all out. Mohammad Hurraira (36) and Mohammad Irfan Khan (34) were the only SBP batters to pass 30.
Ghani Glass reached the target in 37 overs, anchored by Mohsin Riaz’s 59. He shared a 69-run third-wicket partnership with Hammad Butt, who remained unbeaten on 32.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2025
