LAHORE: Lahore Whites’ pacer Ubaid Shah ran riot with the ball as he took 8-79 against Larkana on the first day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy’s fifth-round match on Tuesday.

In the round’s other matches, Lahore Blues’ Qasim Akram and Abbotabad’s Mohammad Bilal struck centuries, while Quetta’s Jalat Khan and Islamabad’s Musa Khan and Fata’s Arshadullah registered five-wicket hauls.

At Islamabad’s Marghzar Cricket Ground, Ubaid, taking his maiden five-wicket haul, helped his team bundle out Larkana for 202 before Lahore Whites went on to post 121-1.

Meanwhile, Qasim’s quickfire 109 off 87 balls, which featured 18 fours and two sixes, saw Lahore Blues score 287 against Fata at the Gohati Cricket Stadium in Swabi as Arshadullah bagged 5-89. At the close of the day’s play, Fata were 52-2.

At Islamabad’s Diamond Cricket Ground, Bilal’s 102 proved crucial for Abbotabad to post 290 against Hyderabad. He received able support from skipper Usman Khalid (62 off 76, nine fours and six) for an 88-run seventh-wicket stand to lift his team from 139-6.

In turn, Hyderabad were 59-1 at stumps.

Jalat, against Dera Murad Jamali at the Railway Cricket Ground in Haripur, bagged 5-28 as he ran through the opponents’ batting line-up to bowl them out for 144 after Abid Ali top-scored with 67 off 176 balls. In response, Danish Aziz took four wickets to reduce Quetta to 73-4 before stumps were drawn.

At Islamabad’s National Cricket Ground, Musa (6-51) bagged his third consecutive first-class five-wicket haul as he helped Islamabad to skittle Faisalabad for 202. In reply, Islamabad were 72-5 by the close of play.

Elsewhere, at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Ground in Rawalpindi, Peshawar notched 351-7 as Sajjad Ibraheem, Zubair Khan and Israrullah hit half-centuries.

In Charsadda, Multan had a productive day against Azad Jammu & Kashmir, closing the day unscathed with 117 runs on the board in reply to AJK’s 188.

Sialkot bundled out Karachi Blues for 171 before closing the day with 59 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket. Karachi Whites dismissed Bahawalpur for 248 in 72.3 overs as Mohammad Sheharyar top-scored with 95.

Scores in brief:

Lahore Whites vs Larkana, Marghzar Cricket Ground

LARKANA 202 in 58.4 overs (Faraz Aziz 36, Akbar-ur-Rehman 35; Ubaid Shah 8-79); LAHORE WHITES 121-1 in 26 overs (Attyab Ahmed 61 not out, Gauhar Hafeez 50 not out)

Islamabad vs Faisalabad, National Ground

FAISALABAD 202 in 47.5 overs (Atiq-ur-Rehman 61, Faheem Ashraf 39; Musa Khan 6-51, Nusratullah 3-48); ISLAMABAD 72-5 in 21 overs (Faizan Riaz 25 not out; Faheem Ashraf 2-9, Shehzad Gul 2-31)

Abbottabad vs Hyderabad, Diamond Cricket Ground

ABBOTTABAD 290 in 62.5 overs (Mohammad Bilal 102, Khalid Usman 62; Mustafa Nasir 3-50, Mohammad Waqar 3-57, Shehryar Baloch 3-84); HYDERABAD 59-1 in 13 overs (Haris Khan 30 not out)

Peshawar vs Rawalpindi, Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium

PESHAWAR 351-7 in 93 overs (Sajjad Ibraheem 73, Zubair Khan 69; Mehran Mumtaz 3-91, Mohammad Faizan 2-49)

Bahawalpur vs Karachi Whites,

Abbottabad Cricket Stadium

BAHAWALPUR 248 in 72.3 overs (Mohammad Sheharyar 95, Muhammad Imran 60; Mohammad Asif 4-88, Aftab Ibrahim 3-41)

Multan vs AJK, Ashfaq Cricket Ground Sirdheri

AJK 188 in 55.2 overs (Hasan Raza 82, Usman Salahuddin 25, Qazi Muhammad Arbqan 23; Huzaifa Ayub 4-64, Tahir Hussain 3-26)

MULTAN 117-0 in 22 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 57 not out, Zain Abbas 56 not out)

Lahore Blues vs Fata, Gohati Cricket Stadium

LAHORE BLUES 287 in 64.2 overs (Qasim Akram 109, Imran Butt 46; Arshadullah 5-89, Afaq Afridi 2-72); FATA 52-2 in 15 overs (Jamshed Ali 19 not out, Mohammad Usman 17 not out; Mohammad Abbas 2-17)

Karachi Blues vs Sialkot, Mirpur Cricket Stadium

KARACHI BLUES 171 in 47.4 overs (Fawad Alam 60, Saifullah Bangash 33; Mohammad Ali 4-51, Amad Butt 3-33, Shoaib Akhtar 3-51); Sialkot 59-1, 14 overs (Azan Awais 23, Ashir Mehmood 17 not out; Tabish Khan 1-13)

Quetta vs DM Jamali, Railway Cricket Ground

DM JAMALI 144 in 69.4 overs (Abid Ali 67, Taimur Ali 39; Jalat Khan 5-28, Najeebullah Achakzai 4-36); QUETTA 73-4 in 21 overs (Abdul Wahid Bangalzai 22 not out; Danish Aziz 4-22)

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2024