KARACHI, Oct 22: A career-best unbeaten 62 by Faraz Patel prevented Karachi Blues from total collapse on the second day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match at the UBL Sports Complex here on Monday.
Faraz’s painstaking stay of 252 minutes helped the home team closed the day at 174 for nine in reply to Rawalpindi’s first-innings score of 234. Faraz, who had just 50 to his credit (59 for Karachi Whites against the same team a couple of seasons ago), has so far faced 105 balls and hit six boundaries.
Karachi Whites, meanwhile, made a strong response to Hyderabad’s total of 409 at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad. Debutant openers Asad Shafiq (63) and the 18-year-old Shan Masood (32) carried the visitors to 101 for no wicket in 24 overs.
Earlier, off-spinner Tabish Nawab captured five for 125 after Hyderabad started the day on 227 for three. Rizwan Ahmed added just one run before he became paceman Mohammad Sami’s third victim. Shahid Qambrani made 98.
Habib Bank took command of their match against Pakistan Customs at the NBP Sports Complex by obtaining an overall of lead of 158. Customs were dismissed for 196 while replying to the bankers’ first-innings tally of 289. Left-arm medium-pacer Kamran Hussain took five for 30.
A maiden first-class century by Nawaz Ahmed (109 off 199 balls, 15 fours) gave Peshawar a first-innings lead of 165 over Lahore Shalimar at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. But Lahore Shalimar ended the third day’s play at 108 for no loss in the second innings.
Mohammad Hafeez, a 33-year-old left-hander, made 70 on his first-class debut as Multan reached 271 for six in reply to Faisalabad’s 402 at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha.
Bilal Khilji struck an unbeaten 127 (19 fours) as Wapda moved closer to victory against Lahore Ravi. Wapda scored 446 to take a lead of 195 on the first innings before reducing the hosts to 101 for four in the second innings.
Scores on Monday (third day of four):
At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:
ABBOTTABAD 212 in 65 overs (Khalid Usman 50, Iftikhar Mahmood 36; Saad Altaf 6-73) and 299 in 103.3 overs (Riaz Kail 94, Adnan Raees 52, Usman 50; Saad Altaf 4-94, Atif Maqbool 3-77); ISLAMABAD 254 in 75.3 overs (Rauf Akbar 80, Raheel Majeed 54, Umair Khan 41; Noor-ul-Amin 5-81).
At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:
FAISALABAD 402 in 133.1 overs (Asif Hussain 109, Ahmed Hayat 71, Abdul Mannan 51, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 47, Asad Zarar 40; Imranullah Aslam 5-82); MULTAN 271-6 in 87.3 overs (Gulraiz Sadaf 92 not out, Mohammad Hafeez 70, Mohammad Sarwar 66.
At LCCA Ground, Lahore:
LAHORE RAVI 251 in 71.2 overs (Kashif Siddique 53, Junaid Zia 50, Waqas Ahmed
45; Aqeel Ahmed 4-80, Shabbir Ahmed 3-60) and 101-4 in 34 overs; WAPDA 446 in 133 overs (Bilal Khilji 127 not out, Aamir Sajjad 88, Tariq Aziz 53, Junaid Zia 3-107, Salman Rahat 3-112).
At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:
KRL 305 in 99.5 overs (Bazid Khan 122, Mohammad Wasim 92; Mohammad Khalil 6-62, Imran Sabir 3-71) and 75-2 in 26 overs; ZTBL 275 in 106.5 overs (Wajahatullah Wasti 76, Adnan Raza 44, Afaq Raheem 43; Jaffar Nazir 4-51, Yasir Arafat 4-69).
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
LAHORE SHALIMAR 246 in 88.5 overs (Ali Raza 56 not out, Mohammad Saeed 55; Nauman Habib 5-46) and 108-0 in 30 overs (Salman Akbar 59 not out, Junaid Malik 42 not out); PESHAWAR 411-7 declared in 132 overs (Nawaz Ahmed 109, Mohammad Fayyaz 71, Mahfooz Sabri 58 not out, Shahzad Khan 57, Naved Khan 40; Asif Raza 3-110, Mohammad Saeed 3-117).
At Sheikhupura Stadium:
SNGPL 152 in 54.4 overs (Najaf Shah 4-42, Tahir Khan 3-20, Fazle Akbar 3-31) and 195 in 76 overs (Yasir Arafat Jr 74, Azhar Shafiq 55; Fazle Akbar 4-41); PIA 214 in 80 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 59, Agha Sabir 42; Adil Raza 5-42) and 30-0 in 10 overs.
At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
(second day of four):
HYDERABAD 409 in 141.1 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 101, Shahid Qambrani 98, Akram Khan 72; Tabish Nawab 5-124, Mohammad Sami 3-82); KARACHI WHITES 101-0 in 24 overs (Asad Shafiq 63 not out).
At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi
(second day of four):
HABIB BANK 289 in 74.5 overs (Humayun Farhat 75, Aftab Khan 65, Imran Farhat 60) and 65-0 in 16 overs (Taufiq Umar 41 not out); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 196 in 70.1 overs (Rawait Khan 46; Kamran Hussain 5-30).
At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
(second day of four):
RAWALPINDI 234 in 82.2 overs (Naveed Qureshi 76, Mohammad Ibrahim 51, Babar Naeem 44; Azam Hussain 6-70); KARACHI BLUES 174-9 in 83 overs (Faraz Patel 62 not out, Shadab Kabir 47; Rizwan Akbar 4-47).