KARACHI, Jan 7: Bahawalpur claimed three points after taking first innings lead of 139 in the drawn Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket tie against Hyderabad at Bahawalpur Stadium Saturday.

According to details available here Monday, Hyderabad were 246 for seven in their second knock.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Ayaz Taifi b Kamran 0

Imraan Mohammad c Zahid b Imranullah 14

Iqbal Shaikh lbw b Imranullah 25

Faisal Athar c Rehan b Zahid 20

Imran Naseer lbw b Zahid 10

Irshad Notkani st Inam b Zahid 8

Rizwan Fareed c Bilal b Kamran 25

Naeem Akhtar c Usman b Zahid 37

Anwar Ali c Bilal b Zahid 19

Hanif Malik not out 8

Faisal Khanzada lbw b Imranullah 0

EXTRAS (B-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (all out, 58 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-34, 3-47, 4-72, 5-74, 6-98, 7-105, 8-155, 9-170.

BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 9-1-36-2; Imran Adil 5-1-15-0; Mohammad Zahid 24-8-46-5; Imranullah 18-0-61-3; Farooq Hameed 2-0-11-0.

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings):

Hammad Tariq lbw b Irshad 8

Usman Tariq lbw b Rizwan 60

Bilal Khilji c Ayaz b Imraan 71

Rehan Rafiq c Hanif b Anwar 68

Hasnain Raza c Rizwan b Anwar 32

Inam-ul-Haq c Hanif b F. Khanzada 34

Kamran Hussain c Iqbal b Anwar 0

Mohammad Zahid not out 12

Imranullah c Hanif b Anwar 5

Farooq Hameed not out 2

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4, W-5, NB-5) 18

TOTAL (for eight dec, 95 overs) 310

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-117, 3-178, 4-228, 5-283, 6-289, 7-299.

DID NOT BAT: Imran Adil.

BOWLING: Naeem Akhtar 4-1-13-0; Irshad Notkani 5-1-17-1; Faisal Khanzada 28-8-58-1; Rizwan Fareed 19-0-80-1; Anwar Ali 28-4-112-4; Imraan Mohammad 11-3-22-1.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Ayaz Taifi b Imran Adil 5

Imraan Mohammad c Imr’ullah b Zahid 33

Iqbal Shaikh lbw b Imranullah 32

Faisal Athar c Inam b Imran Adil 30

Imran Naseer c Zahid b Farooq 15

Rizwan Fareed c Imr’ullah b Imran Adil 46

Irshad Notkani c Bilal b Imranullah 2

Naeem Akhtar not out 57

Hanif Malik not out 19

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3) 7

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 87 overs) 246

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-64, 3-80, 4-103, 5-139 (remaining details not available).

BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 8-2-23-0; Imran Adil 15-4-42-3; Mohammad Zahid 31-9-58-1; Imranullah 17-2-57-2; Usman Tariq 11-0-46-0; Farooq Hameed 5-1-13-1.

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Raees Ahmed.

Meanwhile, the second round of matches begin Tuesday at various centres across the country after defending champions Lahore Blues, last season’s runners-up Karachi Whites and Rawalpindi were the only teams to secure maximum 12 points in the opening round.

Gujranwala and Peshawar will make first appearance in the competition with home ties against Sargodha and Rest of NWFP respectively.

Second round fixtures (Jan 8-11):

Group I:

*Karachi Whites v Rest of Sindh at National Stadium, Karachi (Umpires: M. Nazir Jr and M. Akbar Khan. Match referee: Taslim Arif).

*Karachi Blues v Rest of Balochistan at KCCA Stadium, Karachi (Umpires: Athar Zaidi and Asad Rauf. Match referee: Mohinder Kumar).

*Faisalabad v Hyderabad at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Islam Khan. Match referee: Fahimuddin Alvi).

*Gujranwala v Sargodha at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala (Umpires: Aleem Dar and Z.I. Pasha. Match referee: Shafiq Ahmed).

Group II:

*Lahore Blues v Sialkot at LCCA Ground, Lahore (Umpires: Feroz Butt and Iqbal Butt. Match referee: Abdul Sami).

*Sheikhupura v Lahore Whites at Sheikhupura Stadium (Umpires: Salim Badar and Masroor Ali. Match referee: Ehteshamuddin).

*Rawalpindi v Rest of Punjab at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi (Umpires: Sajjad Asghar and Waqar A. Mughal. Match referee: Sultan Rana).

*Peshawar v Rest of NWFP at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar (Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Zamir Haider. Match referee: Ishtiaq Ahmed).

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