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KARACHI, Jan 17: The unexpected happened when Karachi Whites failed in their bid to make the knock-out stage of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship after failing to defeat minnows Dadu in the Group-II fixture at Quaid-i-Azam Park (Steel Town) on Friday.
Set a tough target of 190 in 15 overs to achieve their first victory this season, the reigning champions fell 26 short of their main objective by making only 164 for five despite a 22-ball 55 by burly all-rounder Arif Mahmood and skipper Maisam Hasnain’s 48 off 32 deliveries.
Earlier, Dadu showed remarkable tenacity to reach a commendable 350 in their second innings which went a long away in preventing a fifth straight drubbing.
Meanwhile at UBL Sports Complex, Allied Bank had to settle for three points after their game against Pak PWD was abandoned during lunch because the funeral of a political party’s worker was taking place at a nearby locality in the Federal ‘B’ Area.
Bahawalpur were the only winners of this group after duly completing a nine-wicket win over hosts Multan at Multan Cricket Stadium.
KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 380.
DADU (1st Innings) 219.
DADU (2nd Innings, overnight 154-3):
Akhtar Bangash c Asim b Iqbal 41
Rizwan Ahmed c Fahad b Arif 9
Mohammad Saleem c Asim b Tabish 89
Shahnawaz c Asif b Adnan 33
Pir Zulfiqar c Asif b Tahir 76
Shahid Qambrani c Fahad b Maisam 53
Alamgir Qambrani lbw b Tahir 7
Mohammad Imran c and b Masroor 8
Rao Wasim c Farhan b Tahir 7
Wasim Burfat not out 8
Pir Nawaz b Tabish 3
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, NB-5) 16
TOTAL (all out, 127 overs) 350
FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-62, 3-130, 4-217, 5-284, 6-324, 7-329, 8-333, 9-339.
BOWLING: Tabish Khan 28-10-96-2; Arif Mahmood 14-5-35-1; Tahir Khan 38-12-70-3; Iqbal Shaikh 9-1-28-1 (2nb); Adnan Malik 24-7-68-1 (2nb); Fahadullah 3-1-3-0; M. Masroor 6-2-17-1; Maisam Hasnain 5-0-22-1.
KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings):
Maisam Hasnain c Shahid b Nawaz 48
M. Masroor c Imran b Wasim Burfat 19
Arif Mahmood c Shahid b Nawaz 55
Fahadullah c Shahid b Nawaz 8
Iqbal Shaikh c Shahid b Nawaz 26
Tabish Khan not out 6
Asim Kamal not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, W-2) 3
TOTAL (for five wkts, 15 overs) 164
FALL OF WKTS: 1-50, 2-126, 3-126, 4-158, 5-159.
BOWLING: Akhtar Bangash 1-0-11-0 (2w); Shahid Qambrani 3-0-30-0; Pir Zulfiqar 5-0-57-0; Wasim Burfat 3-0-32-1; Pir Nawaz 3-0-33-4.
Summarised scores of other Group-II matches:
*At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:
Match drawn.
PAK PWD 279 and 77-2.
ALLIED BANK 536 (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 125, Wajahatullah Wasti 108, Usman Tariq 104, Bilal Asad 77, Humayun Farhat 30, Tanvir Ahmed 24, Aamir Hanif 21; Rajesh Ramesh 4-125, Riaz Shaikh 3-114, Fahim Ahmed Sr 2-97).
*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:
Bahawalpur beat Multan by nine wicket.
MULTAN 179 and 126 (Naeem Iqbal 31; Mohammad Fazil 28, Shahid Hameed 23; Rana Aqeel 7-59);
BAHAWALPUR 291 and 18-1.
