- Pool A and Pool B matches see five results on day three after Faisalabad beat Hyderabad on day two
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Lahore, 9 November 2024: Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Lahore Whites, Peshawar and Rawalpindi bagged victories on the third day of the third round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 while the three Group C fixtures saw little play due to bad light.
At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Bahawalpur beat Multan by 78 runs as they defended the 221-run target. At the start of day three, with a healthy 150-run lead, Bahawalpur were bundled out for 70 with Waseem Akram Jnr returning figures of 5-38. Multan, in turn, folded for 142 in 41.1 overs as Bahawalpur’s Muhammad Imran (4-31), Mehran Sanwal (3-36) and Gulfam Aziz (2-33) shared nine wickets among them.
Abbottabad beat Larkana by ten wickets at National Ground, Islamabad to register their second win of the tournament as they chased the 19-run target in just two overs. Larkana, who were 38 runs behind at the start of the day, slipped to 186 all out from 130-5 as Abbottabad’s Aqib Khan bagged 5-39.
At Marghzar Ground, Lahore Whites beat the home team Islamabad as they chased the 109-run target with five wickets in hand, after recovering from 54-5. Lahore Whites wrapped up Islamabad’s second innings for 155 all out after they continued from the overnight score of 129-8. Lahore Whites’ Ahmed Daniyal bagged his maiden first-class five-fer.
Shadab Khan-led Rawalpindi beat Karachi Whites by nine wickets to register back-to-back wins. After Rawalpindi gained a 53-run first innings lead, their pacer Mohammad Awais Anwar ran riot bagging 5-23 to bundle out Karachi Whites for a mere 74. Rawalpindi romped to the 22-run target in 3.1 overs.
Peshawar romped to a nine-wicket win over AJK to hand them third consecutive loss at the Ashfaq Cricket Ground Sirdheri, Charsadda. AJK could only add 71 runs to their overnight second innings lead of 58 runs as they slumped to 171 all out from 100-1. Test spinner Sajid Khan took his match tally to 9-85 as he bagged four wickets. In turn, Maaz Sadaqat and Waqar Ahmed’s half-centuries helped Peshawar knock off the 130-run target in 25.5 overs.
Elsewhere, only 40 overs of play was possible at Saeed Sports City Bedian in Lahore as Quetta were reduced to 92-8 with a 43-run lead against Lahore Blues. Mohammad Abbas (4-43) and Nisar Ahmed (3-30) shared seven wickets among them. Only ten overs of play was possible at Multan Cricket Stadium which allowed Karachi Blues’ opening batter Abdullah Fazal to reach his maiden first-class century (122 not out) resuming from 96 as Blues went from 221-5 to 251-8 as bad light forced early close of play. At Rana Naved ul Hasan Academy, Sheikhupura, only 25.1 overs were bowled before bad light led to an early close. DM Jamali bowled out Sialkot for 451 after they continued from 370-5 as Danish Aziz bagged five-fer. In turn, DM Jamali were 25-3 in 11 overs with a 426-run deficit.
Scores in brief (Day 3 of 4):
On Saturday - Faisalabad beat Hyderabad by an innings and eight runs at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad, Pool A
Abbottabad beat Larkana by ten wickets at National Ground, Islamabad, Pool A
Larkana 63 all out, 23.2 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed 14 not out; Mohammad Adil 7-16, Aqib Khan 2-16) and 186 all out, 50 overs (Mohammad Nawaz 65, Mohsin Raza 28, Faraz Aziz 26; Aqib Khan 5-39, Mohammad Adil 2-23, Shahab Khan 2-39)
Abbottabad 231 all out, 57 overs (Khayam Khan 46, Shahab Khan 35, Zain Ishaq 35, Khalid Usman 26; Mushtaq Ahmed 5-70, Aamir Ali Brohi 4-71) and 19-0, 2 overs (Shujah Zaheer 13 not out)
Lahore Whites beat Islamabad by five wickets Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad, Pool A
Islamabad 167 all out, 47.4 overs (Arsal Sheikh 63 not out, Shayan Sheikh 43; Ahmed Bashir 7-31, Ahmed Daniyal 2-54) and 155 all out, 49.2 overs (Arsal Sheikh 39 not out, Shayan Sheikh 20; Ahmed Daniyal 5-34, Saad Nasim 2-10, Ahmed Bashir 2-35)
Lahore Whites 214 all out, 64.4 overs (Obaid Shahid 43, Saad Nasim 40, Attyab Ahmed 36, Mohammad Faiq 35, Mohammad Waheed 32; Kaleem Dil 5-60, Nusratullah 2-47, Musa Khan 2-53) and 113-5, 25.2 overs (Muhammad Akhlaq 42 not out, Saad Nasim 23 not out; Nusratullah 2-41)
Peshawar beat AJK by nine wickets at Ashfaq Cricket Ground Sirdheri, Pool B
AJK 171 all out, 53.4 overs (Basit Ali 27, Ali Abbas 27, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 26, Usman Salahuddin 22; Sajid Khan 5-52, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-16, Mohammad Imran Jnr 2-52) and 171 all out, 65.1 overs (Hasan Raza 67, Awais Akram Minhas 37; Sajid Khan 4-33, Mohammad Amir Khan 4-38)
Peshawar 213 all out, 62.2 overs (Israrullah 62, Abu Bakar 36; Faizan Saleem 5-50, Aqib Liaqat 3-45, Taj Wali 2-42) and 131-1, 25.5 overs (Maaz Sadaqat 58 not out, Waqar Ahmed 57)
Rawalpindi beat Karachi Whites by nine wickets at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pool B
Karachi Whites 145 all out, 38 overs (Rameez Aziz 59, Saqib Khan 21; Mohammad Faizan 5-39, Munir Riaz 4-43) and 74 all out, 16.1 overs (Saud Shakeel 17; Mohammad Awais Anwar 5-23, Mohammad Faizan 3-22, Munir Riaz 2-17)
Rawalpindi 198 all out, 40.3 overs (Shadab Khan 46, Ziad Khan 40, Umar Amin 23; Muhammad Umar 4-60, Saqib Khan 4-83) and 26-1, 3.1 overs (Yasir Khan 24 not out)
Bahawalpur beat Multan by 78 runs at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad, Pool B
Bahawalpur 297 all out, 106.2 overs (Ali Hamza Wasim 84, Mohammad Faizan Zafar 79, Abid Ali 64; Waseem Akram Jnr 4-64, Muhammad Shahzad 2-46, Tahir Hussain 2-55) and 70 all out, 18.1 overs (Muhammad Imran 20; Waseem Akram Jnr 5-38, Aamer Yamin 3-25, Tahir Hussain 2-6)
Multan 147 all out, 34.3 overs (Muhammad Shahzad 42, Zain Abbas 39; Mehran Sanwal 4-28, Shoaib Manzoor 4-47) and 142 all out, 41.1 overs (Sharoon Siraj 37, Imam-ul-Haq 30, Muhammad Imran 4-31, Mehran Sanwal 3-36, Gulfam Aziz 2-33)
Quetta vs Lahore Blues, Saeed Sports City Bedian, Lahore, Pool C
Quetta 101 all out, 45.4 overs (Shahbaz Khan 57; Nisar Ahmad 5-25, Mohammad Abbas 3-36) and 92-8, 40 overs (Abdul Wahid Bangalzai 24; Mohammad Abbas 4-43, Nisar Ahmed 3-30)
Lahore Blues 150 all out, 59.4 overs (Qasim Akram 42, Junaid Ali 27; Gohar Faiz 4-49, Jalat Khan 3-32, Mohammad Idrees 2-21)
Karachi Blues vs FATA, Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pool C
Karachi Blues 251-8, 90 overs (Abdullah Fazal 122 not out, Kashif Ali 31, Fawad Alam 25; Asif Afridi 3-32, Arshadullah 2-40, Sirajuddin 2-68)
Sialkot vs DM Jamali, Rana Naved ul Hasan Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura, Pool C
Sialkot 451 all out, 100.1 overs (Ashir Mehmood 172, Azan Awais 130, Mohammad Waleed 46 not out, Afzal Manzoor 26, Abdul Rehman 21; Danish Aziz 5-98)
DM Jamali 25-3, 11 overs (Nasir Khan 9; Salman Aslam 2-9)
