KARACHI, April 12: Sayid Paper Mills, billed as one of the title contenders, continued their winning streak in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament with a third successive innings victory in Lahore on Friday.

Having brushed aside Service Industries and Income Tax in the earlier Group ‘D’ fixtures, Sayid Paper Mills walloped the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by an innings and 170 runs on day two of the three-day tie to make a hat-trick of victories at the Stags Cricket Ground.

After earning a massive 328-run lead on the first innings by piling up 425-6 in their allotted 83 overs, Sayid Paper Mills needed just 37.5 overs to bundle out the HEC for 158 with left-arm seamer Emmad Ali bagging four wickets for 74 runs.

Sayid Paper Mills are almost assured of making it to the semi-finals from the only five-team pool in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Television (PTV) celebrated a much-needed first win in the championship when they whipped Medicam by an innings and 112 runs in the Group ‘B’ game at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Medicam, who were 10-2 at stumps on Thursday after PTV made 389-6, were dismissed for 164 in the first innings with paceman Mohammad Abbas taking five for 56.

Forced to bat again, Medicam crashed for 113 in their second innings with Hamza Nadeem starring for the winning side with superb analysis of six wickets for 44 runs.

Also winning inside two days were the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) who chalked up their first success after two drawn ties in the same pool. All-rounder Babar Rehman contributed hugely as the KPT crushed Face Fresh by innings and 48 runs at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad.

Babar who took all four wickets for eight runs in Face Fresh’s total of 31-4 on the opening day, finished with seven for 44 to send Face Fresh tumbling to 152. In their second innings after the follow-on was enforced, Face Fresh managed 149 with Babar again being their tormentor-in-chief with five for 34, giving the Karachi paceman match haul of 12 for 78.

Humak Engineering emulated Sayid Paper Mills with their third straight triumph in Group ‘C’ as they edged past Candyland by three wickets at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Azad Jammu Kashmir. Slow left-armer Mohammad Irfan was their match-winner with match figures of 12 for 100, including six for 37 as Candyland folded up for 190 in their second innings.

Omar Associates, meanwhile, earned a slender five-run lead after totalling 211 in reply to Dollar East’s 206 in their Group ‘C’ clash at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in Islamabad.

In their second Innings, Dollar East reached 131-5 at draw of stumps to set up an exciting last day of action on Saturday.

Close of play scores and results on Friday (day two of three):

Group ‘A’:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: NAVY 299 in 70.4 overs (Fazal Subhan 68, Owais Ahmed Rehmani 59, Babar Agha 57; Atif Maqbool 4-71, Fahim Ahmed 3-75, Sohail Khan 2-37) and 95-8 in 35 overs (Atif Maqbool 5-44); SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY 275 in 81.1 overs (Fahim Ahmed 72, Saeed bin Nasir 49, Atif Maqbool 44; Nasir Awais 5-101). At Quaid-i-Azam Park, Steel Township: PAKISTAN STEEL 395-9 in 83 overs (Sohaib Shakeel 136, Zeeshan Jamil 100, Tasawwar Abbas 46; Ali Usman 5-124, Yasir Hussain 4-115) and 87-0 in 24 overs (Zeeshan Jamil 59 not out); PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 333-8 in 83 overs (Bilal Qureshi 102, Majid Khan 92, Hanif Malik 68, Mohammad Tauseef 31; Abdul Muqeet 4-48, Ubaidullah 3-50). At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY 473-5 in 83 overs (Akbar-ur-Rehman 180, Saad Ali 84 not out, Mohammad Waqas 62, Arun Lal 61; SAUDI CRICKET INTERNATIONAL 212 in 49.4 overs (Rashid Ali 114 not out; Mir Hamza 7-36, Qamar Iqbal 3-71) and 205-5 in 43 overs (Mohsin Pervez 91, Nadeem Babar 54, Noor Wali 38; Qamar Iqbal 3-65).

Group ‘B’:

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 359-8 in 83 overs (Jamal Anwar 113, Mohammad Fahim 40, Faizan Riaz 38, Sohail Aftab 37 not out) and 42-2

in 14 overs (Akhtar Saeed 2-26); ARMY 306-9 in 83 overs (Shahid Khan 83, Sanaullah Khan 63, Miqdad Hussain 42, Nasar Iqbal 32 not out, Mawaz Taimia 31; Kamran Hussain 4-69). At Pindi Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: Pakistan Television beat Medicam by an innings 112 runs. PAKISTAN TELEVISION 389-6 in 83 overs (Imad Wasim 131 not out, Nawaz Ahmed 68, Naeem Anjum 59, Rizwan Ahmed 51, Shahid Muzaffar 47); MEDICAM 164 in 33.5 overs (Nadeem Iqbal 54, Tahir Mughal 47; Mohammad Abbas 5-56, Waqas Ahmed 3-33 and 113 in 28.3 (Mukhtar Ahmed 27; Hamza Nadeem 6-44, Raheel Majeed 3-4). At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Karachi Port Trust beat Face Fresh by an inning 48 runs. KARACHI PORT TRUST 349-7 declared in 72 overs (Nadeem Javed 158, Ahmed Iqbal 85, Babar Rehman 56; Taslim Arif 3-107); FACE FRESH 152 in 47.2 overs (Babar Rehman 7-44) and 149 in 32.5 (Mohammad Haris 63; Babar Rehman 5-34, Khalid Mahmood 4-75).

Group ‘C’:

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: DOLLAR EAST 206 in 64.4 overs (Rehan Rafiq 61, Imran Nazir Jr 46; Mohammad Aftab 5-28, Rizwan Akbar 4-57) and 131-5 in 40 overs (Umar Arshad 38, Moinuddin 29 not out); OMAR ASSOCIATES 211 in 66 overs(Fahad-ul-Haq 68, Adnan Zaheer 57, Fayyaz Butt 4-87, Saadat Munir 4-50). At National Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PAKISTAN EDUCATION BOARD 359 in 80.4 overs (Shafqatullah 71, Farooq Hasan 63, Mohammad Hamza Akbar 49 not out, Awais Iqbal 44, Taimur Mahmood 34; Rahmat Sharif 3-63); EVACUEE TRUST PROPERTY BOARD 175 in 67.2 overs (Asad Shoaib 67, Almas Ayub 35; Shafqatullah 4-30) and 201-5 in 47 overs (Aamir Bajwa 55 not out, Shahnawaz Ishaq 35). At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur (Azad Jammu Kashmir): Humak Engineering beat Candyland by three wickets. CANDYLAND 161 in 37.1 overs (Lal Kumar 36, Haroon Khan 32; Mohammad Irfan 6-63, Mujahid Amin 3-17) and 190 in 43.3 overs (Sohail Akhtar 65; Mohammad Irfan 6-37); HUMAK ENGINEERING 226 in 48.3 overs (Adnan Mahmood 159; Sohail Akhtar 4-55) and 126-7 in 38.5 overs (Azhar Ayub 47, Ahsan Abbasi 33 not out; Awais Sarfraz 4-40).

Group ‘D’:

At Khayaban-e-Amin Cricket Ground, Lahore: KHAYABAN-E-AMIN 422-7 declared in 79 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 152 not out, Waqar Orakzai 80, Ali Hasnain 62, Mohammad Imran 32; Adnan Danish 3-103); SERVICE INDUSTRIES 209 in 61.2 overs (Umair Sharif 76, Ameer Hamza 51 not out, Adnan Danish 35; Mohammad Hafeez 4-58, Fazle Rabbi 3-34) and 119-4 in 35 overs (Adnan Danish 73 not out). At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: Sayid Paper Mills beat Higher Education Commission by an innings and 170 runs. HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 97 in 32 overs (Emmad Ali 4-28, Naseer Akram 3-38) and 158 in 37.5 overs (Babar Manzoor 39, Emmad Ali 4-74,; SAYID PAPER MILLS 425-6 in 83 overs (Umar Siddique 123, Jahandad Khan 67, Maqbool Ahmed 67, Shoaib Akram 61, Waqas Saleem 55).