KARACHI: Multan and Abbottabad clinched crushing wins in the opening round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament while Bahawalpur also won their fixture on Thursday.

Multan annihilated Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) quite easily by an innings and 111 runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

AJK, who were hopelessly placed at 62-7 at stumps on day two, added 64 runs before being all out for 126 in the second innings. Paceman Sadaif Mehdi failed to add to his overnight haul of wickets before ending up with figures of 6-39 in 13 overs.

Abbottabad overpowered Hyderabad by 302 runs at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad as the home team mustered a meagre tally of 97 in their second innings after resuming at the overnight score of 18-1 while chasing a daunting 400.

Bahawalpur beat Larkana by seven wickets at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur, while the game between Faisalabad and Dera Murad Jamali ended in a predictable draw at the National Stadium in Karachi with Faisalabad taking three points.

The second round of matches will start from Saturday.

Scores and results on Thursday (final day of three):

Group ‘A’:

At Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur beat Larkana by seven wickets.

LARKANA 193 in 47.4 overs (Asif Babar 83, Javed Ahmed 42; Imranullah Aslam 6-61, Mazhar Bashir 2-23, Ali Adnan 2-28) and 226 in 76.3 overs (Asif Babar 93, Mohammad Urs 62; Mohammad Imran 3-54, Adeel Basit 2-20, Mohammad Asghar 2-32, Imranullah Aslam 2-49); BAHAWALPUR 364-8 in 83 overs (Moinuddin 143, Imranullah Aslam 62, Adeel Basit 61, Mazhar Bashir 31; Imtiaz Leghari 3-89, Faraz Ahmed 2-22, Imran Chandio 2-106) and 59-3 in 18.1 overs (Mudassar Nazir 31 not out; Faraz Ahmed 2-17).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Multan beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by an innings and 111 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 158 in 50.4 overs (Daniyal 43; Ali Usman 4-32, Sadaif Mehdi 3-42, Zia-ul-Haq 2-38) and 126 in 41.2 overs (Abdul Shakoor 60; Sadaif Mehdi 6-39, Ehtesham Haider 2-24, Ali Usman 2-29); MULTAN 395-5 in 83 overs (Zain Abbas 116, Waqar Hussain 108, Shahzad Ali 55, Imran Rafiq 54 not out, Junaid Iqbal 49; Khawaja Usman 2-91, Salman Irshad 2-97).

Group ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Match drawn.

FAISALABAD 295-8 in 83 overs (Khurram Shehzad 62, Ali Shan 60 not out, Abu Bakar Khan 58, Abdul Samad 45, Usman Arshad 38; Saleem Mal 3-62, Ghulam Mohammad 3-80, Zahoor Khan 2-86) and 273-4 declared in 52.2 overs (Ali Rafiq 92, Asif Ali 52, Khurram Shehzad 52 not out, Abdul Samad 42, Ali Shan 32; Saleem Mal 2-67); DERA MURAD JAMALI 288-9 in 83 overs (Imran Khan 68, Abid Ali 67, Najeebullah 37, Zahoor Khan 37; Ahmed Safi 2-57, Ehsan Adil 2-69) and 59-2 in 31 overs.

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Abbottabad beat Hyderabad by 302 runs.

ABBOTTABAD 233 in 62.1 overs (Riaz Kail 49, Khalilullah 45, Fakhar Zaman 36, Khalid Usman 36; Nauman Ali 5-49, Nasir Awais 3-84) and 299-7 declared in 54.4 overs (Fakhar Zaman 132, Kamran Ghulam 79, Nasir Khan 39; Mohammad Hasnain 3-46, Nasir Awais 3-89); HYDERABAD 133 in 46 overs (Zeeshan Gul 59 not out; Ahmed Jamal 4-28, Ikramullah Khan 3-32, Salman Saeed 2-32) and 97 in 43.4 overs (Lal Kumar 26; Nasir Khan 2-0, Kamran Ghulam 2-10, Ahmed Jamal 2-26, Khalid Usman 2-27).

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2017