Lahore, 9 November 2021: Balochistan beat Northern by an innings and four runs in their ninth-round match of the Cricket Associations Championship at the Saeed Ajmal Academy in Faisalabad on Tuesday.
Resuming their second innings on 108 for five in 34.3 overs, Northern were bowled out for 179 in the 63rd over. Balochistan’s right-arm pacer Tariq Jameel picked four for 53 and ended-up with six wickets for 69. He was supported by Zainullah who with his left-arm spin picked three wickets in each innings and ended-up with match figures of six for 71 in 37 overs.
Sindh’s Saim Ayub hit century in a drawn game against Southern Punjab at the Rana Naved Cricket Academy. Resuming their first innings on 390 for four, Southern Punjab managed to score 420 for five in 83 overs. Moinuddin returned undefeated on 170 hitting nine fours and as many sixes from 156 balls faced.
Sindh in their second innings were 283 for three in 57.2 overs when stumps were drawn. Left-handed batter Saim scored 129 off 145, laced with 13 fours and three sixes. His opening partner Ahsan Ali scored 50-ball 80, which included 16 fours. Daniyal Hussain contributed an unbeaten 50 off 124, laced with four fours.
At LCCA Ground in Lahore, Central Punjab played out a drawn game against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Resuming their first innings on the overnight score of 337 for nine in 65 overs, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were bowled out for 343. Zohaib Khan who resumed his batting on 96 scored an unbeaten 102 off 84, which included 11 fours and five sixes.
Central Punjab in their second innings were 306 for seven in 70 overs when stumps were drawn. Rizwan Hussain top-scored with a 82-ball 74, hitting 11 fours and two sixes while Mohammad Waheed batting at number six scored an unbeaten 56 off 87, laced with five fours. Nisar Ahmad (42 off 54, four fours, one six) and Mohammad Irfan Khan (40 off 56, five fours) were other contributors with the bat.
For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Saqib Jamil picked three for 45.
Scores in Brief:
Balochistan beat Northern by an innings and four runs at Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad
Northern 102 all out, 45.4 overs (Ali Sarfraz 27, Kashif Ali 25; Zainullah Snr 3-25, Mohammad Shahid 2-9, Tariq Jameel 2-16, Aftab Ahmed 2-28) and 179 all out, 62.2 overs (Ziad Khan 50; Tariq Jameel 4-53, Zainullah 3-46, Fahad Iqbal 2-10)
Balochistan 285-9, 83 overs (Mohammad Shahid 72 not out, Fahad Iqbal 60, Hanan Achakzai 55; Farhan Shafiq 4-107, Kashif Ali 2-32)
Match drawn between Southern Punjab v Sindh at Rana Naved Cricket Academy, Sheikhupura
Sindh 387-8, 83 overs (Usman Khan 136, Ahsan Ali 101, Saim Ayub 54, Danish Aziz 40; Ahsan Baig 2-51, Ahmad Hassan 2-58, Umer Khan 2-112) and 283-3, 57.2 overs (Saim Ayub 129, Ahsan Ali 80, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 50; Umar Khan 2-70)
Southern Punjab 420-5, 83 overs (Moinuddin 170 not out, Mukhtar Ahmad 142, Zeeshan Ashraf 67; Danish Aziz 2-147)
Match drawn between Central Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at LCCA Ground, Lahore
Central Punjab 403-3, 83 overs (Abdul Samad 108, Ali Zaryab 88, Rizwan Hussain 99 not out, Irfan Khan 91 not out) and 306-7, 70 overs (Rizwan Hussain 74, Mohammad Waheed 56 not out, Nisar Ahmad 42)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 343 all out, 67 overs (Zohaib Khan 102 not out, Waqar Ahmed 80, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 47, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 42, Saqib Jamil 33; Nisar Ahmad 3-63, Sohaibullah 2-36, Mohammad Waheed 2-78)
