QEA 2011-12

KARACHI: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) continued their winning spree in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship Division II when they defeated Hyderabad by an innings and 66 runs on the penultimate day of their fourth-round fixture at the UBL Sports Complex here on Thursday.

SNGPL’s fourth straight victory — their third by innings — was inspired by Bilawal Bhatti who finished with a match haul of 10 for 89, including 4-51 in Hyderabad’s second-innings total of 298. Fellow paceman Adil Raza took 3-89.

Hyderabad extended the game into the final session with dogged batting which was a sharp contrast to their first innings when they were dismissed for 97 in 19.5 overs. This time they showed a lot of guts with Lal Kumar, Mir Ali Talpur and Taj Wassan all making half-centuries.

Lal Kumar (50) and skipper Mir Ali Talpur (51) added 101 for the fifth wicket, while Taj, playing his first match since February 2009, top-scored with an unbeaten 56.

Karachi Whites were well placed for a win after KRL closed at 121-3 in pursuit of a 305-run target at the NBP Sports Complex.

Tabish Khan, the paceman who claimed a career-best 7-38 in the first innings on Wednesday, had taken all three wickets thus far.

Earlier, Karachi Whites were all out for 175 in the second innings with captain Akbar-ur-Rehman making 42.

Lahore Ravi earned a slender first-innings lead of 27 runs after bowling out Multan for 356 at the Gaddafi Stadium. Naved Yasin struck 138 (222 balls, 16 boundaries) for the visitors while opener Mohammad Ahmed was out for 95. The Ravians made 21-1 in their second innings.

Quetta secured a lead of 46 on the first innings by dismissing Lahore Shalimar for 230 at the LCCA Ground. The visiting side lost four wickets for 46 before Abid Ali (78) and skipper Taimur Ali (56) put on 126 to lift their side to 172-4 in the second innings.Peshawar were poised for victory after setting United Bank a tall 364-run fourth-innings chase at the Arbab Niaz Stadium. The bankers went to stumps at 91-2.

Close of play scores and result on Thursday (day three of four): At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: SNGPL beat Hyderabad by an innings and 66 runs.

HYDERABAD 97 in 19.5 overs (Ghulam Yasin 38 not out; Bilawal Bhatti 6-38) and 298 in 67.3 overs (Taj Wassan 56 not out, Mir Ali Talpur 51, Lal Kumar 50; Bilawal Bhatti 4-51, Adil Raza 3-89); SNGPL 461-7 declared in 129 overs (Imran Khalid 101 not out, Khurram Shahzad 91, Jahanzeb Abdullah 84, Azhar Shafiq 42; Imran Chandio 3-78).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: KARACHI WHITES 251 in 87.1 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 109, Faraz Ahmed Khan 58; Rahat Ali 6-62) and 175 in 59.5 overs (Akbar-ur-Rehman 42; Nayyar Abbas 3-36, Nauman Ali 3-36, Yasir Ali 3-48); KRL 122 in 54 overs (Tabish Khan 7-38) and 121-3 in 40 overs (Tabish Khan 3-52).

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: LAHORE RAVI 383 in 110.2 overs (Usman Salahuddin 131, Hafiz Mohammad Zohaib 97; Haziq Habibullah 3-63, Tahir Maqsood 3-76) and 21-1 in 10 overs; MULTAN 353 in 127.4 overs (Naved Yasin 138, Mohammad Ahmed 95, Haziq Habibullah 41 not out; Emmad Ali 4-61).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: QUETTA 276 in 106.5 overs (Badar Ali 99, Taimur Khan 52; Asif Raza 5-53, Ali Manzoor 3-59) and 172-4 in 65 overs (Abid Ali 78 not out, Taimur Ali 56 not out); LAHORE SHALIMAR 230 in 73.5 overs (Fahad-ul-Haq 83 not out; Saeed Khan 6-62).

At Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium, Peshawar: PESHAWAR 260 in 59 overs (Akbar Badshah 103 not out, Waqar Ahmed 47; Tahir Mughal 5-66, Shabbir Ahmed 3-39) and 276 in 88.5 overs (Sajjad Ahmed Jan 86, Akbar Badshah 46; Mohammad Irshad 3-58, Rumman Raees Khan 3-61, Kashif Bhatti 3-66); UNITED BANK 173 in 63 overs (Ali Asad 51; Noor-ul-Amin 5-44) and 91-2 in 33 overs (Ali Asad 41 not out).