KARACHI, Sept 7: Hyderabad were one wicket away from a humiliating defeat against Karachi Greens in the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-II Cricket Championship match at KCCA Stadium here Saturday.
The visitors, forced to follow on after being making just 88 in their first innings in reply to Greens’s 314 for four, were tottering at 129 for nine at close of play.
Off-spinner Asif Hameed has so far claimed seven wickets in the match, including four for 23 in Hyderabad’s second innings.
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore:
Another four-wicket claimed by off-spinner Ghulam Dastagir edged Faisalabad closer towards a big win against Kasur at Bohranwali Ground in Faisalabad.
Faisalabad need another 41 runs after reaching 28 for no loss at stumps.
Earlier, Faisalabad obtained got a first innings lead of 59 by making 197 in reply to Kasur’s 138.
Kasur were restricted to 127 in their second innings.
Summarised scores:
*At KCCA Stadium, Karachi:
KARACHI GREENS 314-9 in 80 overs (Hasan Saud 69, Owais Ahmed 54, Tahir Aziz 45; Shoaib Leghari 4-98, Farrukh Khan 3-58);
HYDERABAD 88 in 38 overs (Asif Hameed 3-22, Wajahat Farooq 3-27) and 129-9 (Asif Hameed 4-23).
*At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad:
KASUR 138 in 61.4 overs (Ghulam Dastagir 4-19) and 127 (Ghulam Dastagir 4-37);
FAISALABAD 197 in 59.5 overs (Shahid Muzaffar 50; Aslam Shahid 5-37, Shahid Hussain 3-45).
*At D.I. Khan Stadium, D.I. Khan:
BANNU 298-9 in 80 overs (Azaz Khan 109, Aamir Khan 52; Adeel Haider 3-49);
DERA ISMAIL KHAN 122 in 49.4 overs (Adeel Haider 41; Azaz Khan 3-29) and 129-3.
*At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala:
GUJRANWALA 156 in 66.4 overs (Amjad Iqbal 3-31, Tanvir Kashif 3-46) and 121 (Aqeel Raza 4-30, Tanvir Kashif 3-24);
MIANWALI 130 in 61.1 overs (Yasir Khan 44; Ali Imran 4-30, Rizwan Mustafa 3-27) and 55-1 (Tazeel-ur-Rehman 40 not out).
*At Police Ground, Larkana:
MIRPURKHAS 241 in 74.3 overs (Aqil Ahmed 102, Syed Rehan 76; Shiraz 5-64, Wasim Hussain 3-91) and 228 (Aqil Ahmed 75, Fahad Khan 53; Wasim Hussain 5-41, Zafar Ali 5-78);
LARKANA 114 in 52.2 overs (Nabi Mohammad 5-48, Syed Rehan 3-24).
*At Iftikhar Stadium, Quetta:
CHAGHI 136 in 41 overs Haider 47; Sanaullah 5-42, Fasihullah 3-20) and 244-6 (Mohammad Qasim 85 not out, Abdul Malik 70; Mohammad Amin 3-67);
PISHIN 248-9 in 80 overs (Mohammad Amin 65, Sanaullah 43; Naimatullah 7-78).
*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:
SUKKUR 140 in 52.4 overs (Zahid Hussain 3-32) and 151 (Kashif Ali 54 not out; Sharafat Ali 5-42, Zahid Hussain 4-45);
SHIKARPUR 164 in 57.4 overs (Najeebullah 47; Kashif Ali 7-41) and 68-1 (Asif Babar 57 not out).
*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 284-6 in 80 overs (Sohrab Aslam 108 not out, Afaq Raheem 63, Abdul Shakoor 63; Amjad Waqas 4-96) and 257-8 (Irfan Talib 78, Afaq Raheem 60, Abdul Shakoor 47);
HARIPUR 181 in 59.1 overs (Yasir Ali 60; Syed Mujtaba Gardazi 5-40).
*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:
OKARA 176 in 61.4 overs and 148-4 in 48 overs (Zahid Ali Khan 58 not out, Mohammad Pervez 51);
RAHIM YAR KHAN 235 in 79.3 overs (Adeel Basit 71, Asif Mumtaz 41; Zulfiqar Babar 6-58).
*At Multan Stadium, Multan:
SARGODHA 178 in 62.4 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 45; Farhan Hameed 3-20, Mohammad Umair 3-56) and 196-3 (Qaiser Iqbal 86 not out, Farrukh Shahzad 75);
MULTAN 133 in 38.1 overs (Asad Ali 7-31, Samiullah 3-57).
*At Shola Ground, Quetta:
SIBI 408 in 79.5 overs (Shahbaz Bashir 104, Jalat Khan 66, Nizamuddin 62, Adnan Ghani 51, Mohammad Nasir 40; Javed Raza 4-89);
TURBAT 213 in 62.5 overs (Mairaj Khaliq 65, Musaddeq Liaquat 60; Mohammad Nasir 5-74, Jalat Khan 3-41) and 151-4 (Abdul Ghani 53 not out).