KARACHI: Karachi Whites were heading for their second win on the trot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship Division II after forcing Quetta to follow on in their match at the NBP Sports Complex here on Thursday.
Paceman Tabish Khan claimed 4-25 and leg-spinner Mansoor Ahmed 3-17 as Quetta collapsed inside 41 overs for just 93 after Karachi Whites reached 346 in their first innings on the second day of the four-day tie. The visitors lost the wicket of Bismillah Khan in reaching 15-1 in the second innings.
United Bank Limited (UBL) were happily placed against Hyderabad after a maiden first-class century from left-handed Itmad-ul-Haq guided them to 460 in their first innings at the UBL Sports Complex. Itmad, the 24-year-old nephew of former Pakistan captain and batting great Inzamam-ul-Haq, slammed an unbeaten 102 off 168 balls with eight boundaries. Misbah Khan also made a useful 50 in the unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 86 with Itmad.
Hyderabad, in reply, closed at 109-3.
Former Test batsman Bazid Khan hit 103 as KRL put themselves in sight of an early win after taking massive first-innings lead of 273 against Lahore Shalimar at the LCCA Ground.
Replying to Lahore Shalimar’s paltry total of 84, KRL declared at 357-6. The home team then safely negotiated seven overs to reach 13-0 in the second innings.
SNGPL were in control of their match against hosts Multan after declaring their first innings at 510-8. Multan, in reply, were struggling at 114-5.
Resuming at 372-2, SNGPL lost their overnight pair of Ali Waqas and Umar Akmal early in the morning. The left-handed Ali departed after adding just a single to his Wednesday’s score of 104, while Umar fell for 165 after starting the day at 153.
Peshawar took a slim five-run lead after Lahore Ravi finished at 185 in their first innings at the Arbab Niaz Stadium. The hosts reached 149-4 in their second innings.
Close of play scores on Thursday (day two of four):
At UBL Spots Complex, Karachi: UNITED BANK 460-9 declared in 121 overs (Itmad-ul-Haq 102 not out, Ali Asad 87, Mohammad Sami 63, Tahir Mughal 61, Misbah Khan 50 not out; Mir Ali Talpur 3-96); HYDERABAD 109-3 in 43 overs (Zahid Khan 49, Jamshed Baig 43).
At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: KARACHI WHITES 346 in 110.3 overs (Akbar-ur-Rehman 70, Abdul Jabbar 53, Murtaza Majeed 46, Saeed bin Nasir 45; Arun Lal 4-62, Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 3-84); QUETTA 93 in 40.5 overs (Tabish Khan 4-25, Mansoor Ahmed 3-17) and 15-1 in 10 overs.
At LCCA Ground, Lahore: LAHORE SHALIMAR 84 in 42.1 overs (Nayyar Abbas 5-31, Saeed Anwar Jr 3-0) and 13-0 in 7 overs; KRL 357-6 declared in 119 overs (Bazid Khan 103, Zain Abbas 77, Ali Naqvi 59, Mohammad Wasim 44; Tanzeel Altaf 3-113).
At Multan Cricket Stadium: SNGPL 510-8 declared in 112 overs (Umar Akmal 165, Ali Waqas 105, Azeem Ghumman 77, Mohammad Awais 61 not out; Ali Ahmed 4-90, Mudassar Rai 4-148); MULTAN 114-5 in 47 overs.
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: PESHAWAR 190 in 38.4 overs (Riaz Afridi 59, Gohar Ali 43; Emmad Ali 4-45) and 149-4 in 46 overs (Naveed Khan 45); LAHORE RAVI 185 in 68.2 overs (Usman Salahuddin 88, Mohammad Saad 43; Noor-ul-Amin 5-50, Waqar Ahmed 4-63).
