KARACHI, April 5: Slow left-armer Fahim Ahmed grabbed a 10-wicket haul to help Pakistan Customs defeat Pakistan Steel by 131 runs in the opening round of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament at the Quaid-i-Azam Park on Thursday.

Fahim claimed 6-42 as Pakistan Steel were dismissed for 154 I their second innings on the final day of the three-day fixture.

Sindh Police eased to an eight-wicket win over Saudi Cricket International at the NBP Sports Complex, while the remaining Group ‘A; match between Omar Associates and Navy ended in a draw at the UBL Sports Complex.

In other pools the team enjoying victories were Capital Development Authority (CDA), Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and PTV in Group ‘B’; Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Income Tax and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Group ‘C’, Service Industries and KESC in Group ‘D’.

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

At Quaid-e-Azam Park, Karachi: Pakistan Customs beat Pakistan Steel by 131 runs.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 379-9 in 83 overs (Israrullah 106, Asif Ali 74, Fahim Qureshi 56; Aamir Shah 6-95) and 221-9 declared in 56 overs (Israrullah 54, Fahim Qureshi 50; Asim Iqbal 4-54); PAKISTAN STEEL 315 in 81.2 overs (Umar Siddique 102, Imran Haider 69; Fahim Ahmed 4-82) and 154 in 33 overs (Umar Siddique 46; Fahim Ahmed 6-42).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Match drawn.

OMAR ASSOCIATES 281 in 82.4 overs (Imad Wasim 72, Shahzad Malik 66, Hammad Ali Shah 62, Hafiz Majid Jahangir 59; Faraz Ahmed Khan 6-117) and 170-8 declared in 35.4 overs (Fahad-ul-Haq 64, Hafiz Majid Jahangir 44; Samiullah 6-51); NAVY 148 in 74.2 overs (Jahangir Shah 46; Nasir Awais 4-39, Ahmed Raza 4-78) and 227-8 in 79 overs (Mohammad Zohaib 61 not out, Fazal Subhan 45; Ahmed Raza 3-68).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Sindh Police beat Saudi Cricket International by eight wickets.

SAUDI CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 180 in 47.5 overs (Faisal Tahir 5-51) and 299 in 91.5 overs (Mohammad Nauman 65, Mohammad Waqas 42, Mohammad Irfan 41; Farhan Ayub 3-51); SINDH POLICE 447-9 in 83 overs (Hafiz Asad Baig 180, Gohar 102 not out, Yasir Mushtaq 77; Sher Hasan 7-112) and 33-2 in 5.3 overs.

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: CDA beat Army by 10 wickets.

ARMY 258 in 73.2 overs (Sanaullah Khan 90; Hamza Murtaza 6-62) and 152 in 58.5 overs (Adnan Younis 74; Hamza Nadeem 6-44); CDA 411-4 in 83 overs (Faizan Riaz 207 not out, Ali Sarfraz 73 not out, Adnan Mufti 69) and 2-0 in 0.1 over.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: SSGC beat Humak Engineering by 10 wickets.

HUMAK ENGINEERING 235 in 69 overs (Ahsan Ali Abbasi 54; Sadaf Hussain 3-42, Atiq Maqbool 3-51) and 205 in 71.3 overs (Osama Shabbir 70; Atif Maqbool 5-12); SSGC 370-7 declared in 81.4 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 131, Naved Yasin 100; Mohammad Muqaddus 3-75) and 71-0 in 14.1 overs (Asif Zakir 55 not out).

At National Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PTV beat Medicam by eight wickets.

MEDICAM 144 in 33.5 overs (Nasrullah Khan 7-68) and 291 in 78.1 overs (Naved Sarwar 151, Nasrullah Khan 4-77); PTV 377-5 declared in 82 overs (Akbar Badshah 75 not out, Umair Khan 65, Mohammad Saad 54, Zohaib Ahmed 57 not out) and 59-2 in 9.5 overs.

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: KPT beat HEC by four wickets.

HEC 351 in 83 overs (Imtiaz Ahmed 94, Wasim Zaheer 80, Adnan Khan 51, Adnan Munir 49; Faraz Patel 5-76) and 172 in 54.1 overs (Nabeel Malik 5-31; KPT 266 in 77 overs (Faraz Patel 106; Umar Ali 4-49) and 239-6 in 53.2 overs (Nabeel Malik 70, Faraz Patel 69; Umar Ali 3-59).

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Income Tax beat PEB by 161 runs.

INCOME TAX 214 in 61.2 overs (Shahid Siddique 94, Yousuf Ali 59; Amit Ravi 4-71, Zainullah 3-44) and 294 in 74.2 overs (Shahid Siddique 71, Mahmood Hussain 47, Asif Fawad 46; Amit Ravi 4-78, Shahroz Qureshi 3-26); PEB 182 in 60 overs (Mohammad Haris 4-27, Asif Fawad 4-31) and 165 in 36.1 overs (Mohammad Asad 55; Adil Sardar 3-46).

At Country Club Ground, Muridke: Port Qasim Authority beat Pakistan Air Force by eight wickets.

PAKISTAN AIR FORCE 337 in 74.2 overs (Rashid Butt 145, Fawad Ali 102; Mohammad Sami 4-67) and 128 in 49 overs (Azam Hussain 5-62); PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 397 in 80.3 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 110, Shadab Kabir 89; Sajid Watto 4-107, Ahmed Nadeem 3-102) and 69-2 in 7 overs (Shahzaib Hasan 41).

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Service Industries beat ETPB by four wickets.

ETPB 288-7 in 83 overs (Usman Shahid 168) and 177-6 declared in 42.3 overs (Usman Saeed 55); SERVICE INDUSTRIES 139 in 49 overs (Akif Zahid 53; Kashif Shafi 5-37) and 327-6 in 94.3 overs (Ali Zahid 105, Hamza Mubeen 65; Ali Naeem 3-70).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: KESC beat Candyland by 95 runs.

KESC 319 in 77.2 overs (Akbar-ur-Rehman 104; Shakeel Shah 5-108) and 112 in 41.3 overs (Rao Moin 7-18); CANDYLAND 229 in 64.3 overs (Mohammad Fayyaz 65, Sohail Akhtar 55; Osama Basharat 4-57) and 107 in 27.5 overs (Sohail Akhtar 55; Osama Basharat 4-20, Arun Lal 3-30)