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Defending champions Wapda and Balochistan outclassed Sindh and Khyber Pakhtun Khwa, respectively to win their matches on the second day of the 19th National Baseball Championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Friday.

Three runs each by Usman Butt, Sumair Zawar, Adnan Butt, M Asif and M Zubair helped Wapda to crush Sindh by a big margin of 16-1.

Sindh could score its lone run in the first innings through Nadeem Zaheer, in which Wapda had scored three runs through Usman Butt, Sumair and Asif. Wapda were on the offensive in the second innings scoring 10 runs without conceding any run as their Usman, Sumair, Asif, Akhlaq Ahmad and Zubair added two runs each. In the third innings Wapda scored three more runs as their Adnan added two more and Abu Baker one to complete the tally.

In the second match,  Balochistan earned a facile 17-1 win against KPK.

Balochistan had made a fine start of taking 3-0 lead with Majeed, Arsalan and Asif scoring one run each against none from the rivals. In the second innings, Balochistan added three more through Majeed, Arslan and Asim and they had made a big difference in the third innings by adding 11 runs with Nisar, Aslam, Nur Ahmad chipping in with two runs each and Abdul Samad, Majeed, Arslan, Usman and Sami contributing one run apiece. KPK could earn the lone run through Irfan in the third innings.

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