- KRL’s Arshadullah picked up seven-for bagging 11-wicket match haul as all the four matches in opening round of President’s Trophy headed towards exciting finish
- Scorecards are available here; Action images from the PTV vs SNGPL game are available here for free download and editorial use; please credit @ PCB
Karachi, 10 January 2025: Water and Power Development Authority’s (WAPDA) Muhammad Akhlaq returned from being retired hurt at 56 to stroke a 181-ball 125 with the help of 18 fours and two sixes at NBP Sports Complex, Karachi on Friday.
Akhlaq’s charge along with Ayaz Tasawar’s 15 fours and one-six laden 133-ball 98 led WAPDA to 313-7 declared in 77.4 overs from overnight score of 114-2 setting a target of 431 for Khan Research Laboratories (KRL). KRL’s Arshadullah picked up all the seven WAPDA wickets to fall for 77 runs in 23.4 overs. In turn, KRL were 98-4, in 27 overs when stumps were drawn.
At the SBP Sports Complex, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) were 84-2 in 24 overs chasing a target of 369 runs set by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL).
Earlier in the day, OGDCL’s No.5 batter, Adil Amin hit an unbeaten 117 off 180 balls with the help of 13 fours taking his team’s overnight score of 202-4 to 369 all out and extending their second innings lead to 368. Mohammad Sarwar Afridi contributed with a gritty 64 off 130 balls hitting seven fours. SBP’s Niaz Khan picked up 5-86 in 30 overs registering his fifth first-class five-for.
Eshaal Associates’ Azan Awais struck his fifth first-class century, also completing 1000 first-class runs milestone during his 171-ball 119 with the help of 15 fours and one six against Higher Education Commission (HEC) at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi.
Eshaal declared their second innings for 288-8, after continuing from overnight score of 120-2. They set a target of 406 for for HEC, who were 136-5 in 40 overs at the end of the day three.
At the HPC Oval Ground, Pakistan Television could only add 73 runs to their overnight score of 260-4 as they slipped to 333 all out in 81.4 overs against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). With a 73-run first innings lead in the bag, SNGPL finished the day with 241-8 in 57 overs with the help of half-centuries from debutant Arafat Minhas (57, 55b, 9x4s, 2x6s) and No.5 batter Mubasir Khan (57, 83b, 6x4s, 2x6s).
For PTV Faisal Akram was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of 3-63 in 14 overs.
Scores in brief (Day 3 of 4)
Match 1 – Sui Northern Gas Pipelines vs Pakistan Television at HPC Oval Ground, Karachi
SNGPL 406 all out, 98.1 overs (Qasim Akram 138, Mubasir Khan 100, Shahzaib Khan 66, Arafat Minhas 25, Saifullah Bangash 20; Amad Butt 4-85, Israr Hussain 3-114) and 241-8, 57 overs (Arafat Minhas 57, Mubasir Khan 57, Saifullah Bangash 35 not out, Shahzaib Khan 25; Faisal Akram 3-63, Muhammad Shahzad 2-50)
PTV 333 all out, 81.4 overs (Mohammad Taha 86; Muhammad Shahzad 70, Yasir Khan 59, Amad Butt 38, Ali Usman 25; Aftab Ibrahim 3-62, Shehzad Gul 3-69, Bilawal Bhatti 2-40)
Match 2 – Oil and Gas Development Company Limited vs State Bank of Pakistan at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
OGDCL 171 all out, (Hasan Raza 84, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 30 not out, Adil Amin 21; Kashif Bhatti 4-35, Mohammad Ismail 4-51) and 369 all out, 111 overs (Adil Amin 117 not out, Abbas Ali 68, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 64, Hasan Raza 51; Niaz Khan 5-86, Mohammad Ismail 2-100)
SBP 172 all out, 54.1 overs (Fawad Alam 82 not out, Ali Shan 29, Imran Butt 20; Mushtaq Ahmed 3-48, Asif Afridi 2-28, Mohammad Huzaifa 2-33, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-40) and 84-2, 24 overs (Fawad Alam 31 not out, Imran Butt 30)
Match 3- Khan Research Laboratories vs Water and Development Authority at NBP Sports Complex, Karachi
WAPDA 268 all out, 83.3 overs (Mohammad Ammar 75, Ayaz Tasawar 50, Khalid Usman 36, Mohammad Asghar 25; Arshadullah 4-51, Shahid Aziz 4-63) and 313-7 dec, 77.4 overs (Muhamamd Akhlaq 125, Ayaz Tasawar 98, Mohammad Ammar 98; Arshadullah 7-77)
KRL 151 all out, 48.2 overs (Imran Rafiq 54, Shahid Aziz 29, Maaz Sadaqat 28; Mohammad Zeeshan 3-32, Mohammad Faiq 2-8, Naqeebullah 2-48) and 98-4, 27 overs (Imran Rafiq 38; Khalid Usman 2-15)
Match 4 – Higher Education Commission vs Eshaal Associates at National Bank Stadium, Karachi
Eshaal Associates 341 all out, 77.2 overs (Danish Aziz 121, Azan Awais 69, Umar Siddiq 64, Nisar Ahmad 30; Mohammad Azab 5-118, Maaz Khurram 3-80) and 288-8, 71 overs (Azan Awais 119, Mohammad Sudais 49, Danish Aziz 39, Muhammad Imran 23; Maaz Khurram 3-61, Mohammad Azab 2-91)
HEC 224 all out, 60.2 overs (Mohammad Mohsin Khan 54, Uzair Mumtaz 35, Mansoor Ali 31, Mohammad Azab 29, Faham-ul-Haq 21; Tahir Hussain 4-46, Muhammad Imran 2-58, Nisar Ahmad 2-59) and 136-5, 40 overs (Muhammad Zubair 51, Obaid Shahid 28 not out, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 20, Mohammad Ali Taj 20; Usman Tariq 3-28)
