KARACHI: Income Tax engineered a made a remarkable comeback to reach 318-5 against the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II tournament fixture at the Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura on Monday.

Replying to HEC’s mammoth first-innings tally of 403, Income Tax were soon tottering at 36-5 after having resumed play at 5-1 against pace-spin combination of Mohammad Khurram and Ali Tipu.

But skipper Shoaib Akram led from the front to score 162 and together with Moazzam Hayat put on 282 in 262 minutes for the unbroken sixth-wicket partnership when the stipulated number of overs finished.

Shoaib’s 190-ball knock included 19 fours and four sixes, while Moazzam hit 105 off 146 balls with the aid of nine fours and one six.

The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) were heading for defeat against Brighto Paints after being forced to follow on at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot.

Responding to Brighto Paints’ 394, Nadra folded up for 183 before reaching 83-4 in the second innings.

Pakistan Customs earned a first-innings lead of 26 runs against Imex by collecting 353 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Opener Kashif Iqbal (127 off 165 balls, 16 boundaries) and Hafiz Asad Baig (85) added 183 for the second wicket.

Port Qasim Authority (PQA)’s hopes of a certain win after enforcing the follow on upon Humak Engineering were held up by a magnificent comeback from the underdogs at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

After mustering 101 in reply to PQA’s 329, Humak Engineering rode on an unfinished partnership of 241 between opener Mohammad Jawwad (156 off 229 balls, 20 fours and one six) and Usman Ashraf (87) to post 300-2 in their second innings by stumps.

Paceman Hasnain Shah returned superb analysis of 8-62 in 21.4 overs as Railways dismiss Omar Associates for 257 to earn a 25-run lead at the Railways Stadium in Lahore.

Favourites K-Electric built a commanding lead of 202 by declaring their first innings at 366-6 against Ghani Glass at the LCCA Ground in Lahore. Despite opener Rizwan Hussain scoring 89, the debutants struggled to 135-4 in their second innings.

KPT were 54-2 after securing a lead of 124 on the first innings against Candyland at the SBP Sports Complex.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) were in top after taking a 122-run lead over Pak Saudi at the NBP Sports Complex. By close of play, Pak Saudi were just six runs in front with half their side back in the pavilion.

Fit-again Pakistan left-hander Haris Sohail scored an undefeated 119 (143 balls, 11 fours and two sixes) as ZTBL amassed 340-5 versus Pakistan Oxygen Limited (POL) at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad.

Earlier, POL failed by just eight runs to overhaul ZTBL’s firs-innings total of 194.

Close of play scores and results on Monday (day two of three):

First round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: STATE BANK 353 in 81 overs (Sami Aslam 126, Umar Waheed 48, Daniyal Rajput 48, Jaahid Ali 35; Ali Mustafa2-54, Shabbir Ali 2-60, Mohammad Naeem 2-61, Najeebullah 2-74); HAIDER TRADERS 86 in 35 overs (Asad Raza 4-15, Nazar Hussain 2-23, Waqas Ahmed 2-32) and 187-7 in 60 overs (Haroon Khan 100 not out; Waqas Ahmed 2-21, Nazar Hussain 2-27, Kashif Bhatti 2-61).

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: KARACHI PORT TRUST 341-7 in 83 overs (Nadeem Javed 144, Ahmed Iqbal 93 not out, Faraz Patel 44; Mahinder Pal 2-56) and 54-2 in 19 overs (Anas Mahmood 36 not out; Mohammad Bilal 2-4); CANDYLAND 217 in 81.2 overs (Hasan Javed 64, Rumman Khan 49, Fawad Ali 49; Babar Rehman 4-60, Mansoor Ahmed 4-73).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: PAK SAUDI 228 in 66.3 overs (Aashir Qureshi 78, Furqan Shafiq 49; Jawwad Ali 5-71, Ali Raza 3-64) and 128-5 in 41 overs (Furqan Shafiq 56; Shahid Nadeem 3-34); CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 350 in 81.4 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 92 not out, Haris Ali Khan 79, Mohammad Arif 50, Basit Ali 46; Aashir Qureshi 3-92, Moiz Ahmed 2-54).

Group ‘B’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: IMEX 327-6 in 83 overs (Awais Khan 103, Mohammad Naqqash 85 not out, Salman Haider 63; Shan Akram 3-69, Sarmad Danish 2-60) and 4-0 in 2 overs; PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 353 in 83 overs (Kashif Iqbal 127, Hafiz Asad Baig 85, Omair Yousuf 47, Zahir Siddiqui 34, Shan Akram 31; Hasan Sultan 5-76, Farhan Shafiq 2-65, Ismail Khan 2-100).

At Army Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 229 in 70.5 overs (Naved Malik 68, Sohail Khan 52, Kamran Hussain 51; Shoaib Aamir 5-70, Muzaffar Iqbal 5-84) and 80-3 in 35 overs (Shoaib Khaliq 30; Muzaffar Iqbal 2-18); ARMY 316 in 81 overs (Mohammad Shafiq 68, Sanaullah Khan 58, Khadim Jan 45, Miqdad Hussain 44, Shahid Khan 39; Faizan Riaz 5-43, Azam Khan 3-44).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ZTBL 194 in 55.4 overs (Haris Sohail 61, Ali Nasir 53, Shahid Yousuf 34; Tayyab Abbas 5-51, Ikhlaq Bashir 4-24) and 340-5 in 63 overs (Haris Sohail 119 not out, Shahid Yousuf 73, Waqas Saleem 51, Umar Javed 47, Shakeel Ansar 35 not out; Waqar Ali 2-54); POL 186 in 52.1 overs (Mohammad Ikhlaq 71; Mohammad Imran Khan 4-63, Bilawal Iqbal 4-77, Usman Qadir 2-28).

Group ‘C’:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: PORT QASIM AUTHORITY 329 in 71.5 overs (S.M. Tahami 178, Ali Khan 71; Mohammad Muqaddas 3-58, Hafeez-ur-Rehman 3-62, Adil Shabbir 2-57); HUMAK ENGINEERING 101 in 30.5 overs (Tayyab Riaz 47 not out; Mohammad Talha 4-29, Azam Hussain 2-5, Mohammad Sami 2-30, Abdur Rauf 2-35) and 300-2 in 73 overs (Mohammad Jawwad 156 not out, Usman Ashraf 87 not out; Abdur Rauf 2-38).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: PAKISTAN TELEVISION 287 in 79.5 overs (Hasan Raza Jr 66, Mohammad Irfan 55, Sarmad Bhatti 48; Aamir Sohail 6-66) and 99-2 in 27 overs (Mohammad Irfan 53 not out, Mohammad Naeem 32); RAHAT & SHUJA IMPEX 237 in 68.1 overs (Awais Iqbal 64, Aamir Sohail 54, Shehram Ali 33; Raheel Majeed 4-69, Hamza Nadeem 4-69).

At Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura: HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION 403 in 80.2 overs (Irfan Zaman 122, Atiq-ur-Rehman 81, Ali Tipu 62, Ameeruddin Nadir 55; Adnan Danish 3-66, Izzat Khan 2-45) and 70-0 in 12 overs (Ahmer bin Nasir 54 not out); INCOME TAX 318-5 in 83 overs (Shoaib Akram 162 not out, Moazzam Hayat 105 not out; Mohammad Khurram 3-77, Ali Tipu 2-63).

Group ‘D’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: GHANI GLASS 164 in 64 overs (Haris Nazar 80 not out, Rizwan Hussain 54; Faraz Ahmed Khan 3-38, Hassaan Khan 3-60, Ghulam Mudassar 2-26) and 135-4 in 44.3 overs (Rizwan Hussain 89); K-ELECTRIC 366-6 declared in 69.2 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 112, Saud Shakeel 79, Faraz Ali 72, Khushdil Shah 44, Shafqatullah 33; Mohammad Afzal 2-44, Mohammad Umar Sr 2-50).

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: RAILWAYS 282 in 72.2 overs (Ameer Hamza 70. Mohammad Mohsin 65, Zain-ul-Hasnain 45; Ghulam Rehman 3-66, Danish Aziz 2-27, Shah Faisal 2-48) and 80-4 in 30 overs (Salman Ali 31; Shah Faisal 2-5); OMAR ASSOCIATES 257 in 74.4 overs (Danish Aziz 77, Mohammad Waqas 39, Jamaluddin 37; Hasnain Shah 8-62).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: BRIGHTO PAINTS 394 in 83 overs (Raza Ali Dar 103, Akbar Badshah 95, Mohammad Idrees 71, Agha Salman 41; Saadullah Zafar 3-21, Mohammad Nadeem 2-64, Mohammad Ali 2-78, Naeem Anjum 2-110); NADRA 183 in 50.2 overs (Atlas Khan 34; Zain-ul-Abedin 4-48, Faisal Rasheed 3-32, Bilawal 2-48) and 83-4 in 37 overs (Agha Salman 2-21, Faisal Rasheed 2-28).

Published in Dawn, March 14th, 2017