Lahore, 23 October 2022: Bilawal Iqbal’s remarkable figures of six for 15 handed Central Punjab a 92-run win over Southern Punjab at the NBP Sports Complex in round five of the Cricket Associations Championship 2022-23.
Southern Punjab needed 171 to win but were bowled out for 78 in 22 overs as Bilawal Bhatti and Saif Badar equally shared the other four wickets on day three of the four-day match.
Central Punjab made 153 for nine earlier with Mohammad Irfan Khan’s 40 off 52 being the top score. Majid Ali took four wickets for 47.
Balochistan had a second innings lead of 261 as they were 91 for six against Sindh at the KCCA Stadium-
Balochistan’s Abdul Hanan scored a half-century with 86-ball 51 and Sindh’s Junaid Ilyas and Arish Ali picked up three wickets each for 30 and 17 runs respectively.
Sindh made 254 in 74.4 overs with Mohammad Suleman and Danish Aziz scoring half-centuries. Suleman recorded his century on Sunday while Danish made his on Saturday. Mohammad Taha was the other notable contributor with 44 in an innings in which Mohammad Junaid’s four for 89 stood out for the bowling side.
Central Punjab beat Southern Punjab at the NBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Central Punjab 257 all out, 82.2 overs (Imran Dogar 75, Umar Akmal 55; Tahir Hussain 4-55, Mohammad Junaid 3-78, Majid Ali 2-45) and 153-9, 38.2 overs (Mohammad Irfan Khan 40, Bilawal Bhatti 34, Imran Dogar 26; Majid Khan 4-47, Mohammad Junaid 3-40)
Southern Punjab 240 all out, 83 overs (Abdul Rehman Muzammil 82, Rameez Alam 66, Moinuddin 53; Bilawal Iqbal 3-41, Ali Shafiq 3-64, Bilal Asif 3-66) and 78 all out, 22 overs (Mohammad Junaid 24 not out; Bilawal Iqbal 6-15, Saif Badar 2-7, Bilawal Bhatti 2-40)
Balochistan v Sindh at KCCA Stadium
Balochistan 424-6, 154 overs (Hazrat Wali 117, Abdul Hanan 86, Fahad Iqbal 72 not out, Mohammad Junaid 61 not out, Taimur Ali 44; Arish Ali Khan 3-73) and 91-6, 41 overs (Abdul Hanan 51; Arish Ali Khan 3-17, Junaid Ilyas 3-30)
Sindh 254 all out, 74.4 overs (Mohammad Suleman 82, Danish Aziz 54, Mohammad Taha 44, Rameez Aziz 39; Mohammad Junaid 4-89, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 2-35, Aftab Ahmed 2-43)
