Lahore, 10 November 2022: Central Punjab continued their strong run in the Cricket Associations Championship as they beat Northern by an innings and six runs at the NBP Sports Complex on the third day of the eighth round in Karachi. This is Central Punjab’s sixth win in the tournament.
Northern were bowled out for 171 after starting the day at 99 for four and 191.
Mohammad Naveed took four wickets in the first innings and Ahmed Safi Abdullah took five wickets in the second after taking three in the first.
Southern Punjab, chasing 250, were 155 for six against Balochistan at the Bugti Stadium as Gohar Faiz took four wickets.
Maqbook Ahmed made 47. Yousuf Babar and Mohammad Junaid were not out on 28 and 14.
Sindh, following on, were 196 for three against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Arshadullah’s four for 44 and Adil Naz’s three for 64 bowled them out for 226 in the first innings. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had made 402.
Mohammad Taha top-scored for Sindh with 93 in the first innings at the UBL Sports Complex. He was unbeaten on 59 in the second and will start the fourth and last day tomorrow with Mohammad Suleman, who is on 39.
Scores in brief:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 402 all out, 100.4 overs (Nabi Gul 145, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 112, Adil Naz 36 not out, Aamer Azmat 21; Junaid Ilyas 5-108, Hasan Mohsin 3-70, Mustafa Nasir 2-81)
Sindh 226 all out, 68.2 overs (Mohammad Taha 93, Shehzad Mohammad 39, Mohammad Hassan 35, Rameez Aziz 28; Arshadullah 4-44, Adil Naz 3-64) and 196-3 (Mohammad Taha 59 not out, Danish Aziz 47, Mohammad Suleman 39 not out, Ammad Alam 38)
Balochistan v Southern Punjab at Bugti Stadium, Quetta
Balochistan 109 all out, 24.1 overs (Fahad Iqbal 23, Mohammad Shahid 20; Rahat Ali 5-37, Tahir Hussain 3-21, Majid Ali 2-49) and 295 all out, 71 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 86, Abdul Hanan 41, Fahad Iqbal 31, Mohammad Junaid 29; Mohammad Junaid 4-89, Rahat Ali 3-87)
Southern Punjab 155 all out, 54.2 overs (Maqbool Ahmed 46, Zeeshan Ashraf 27; Gohar Faiz 4-58, Jalat Khan 3-10) and 155-6, 54.2 overs (Maqbool Ahmed 47, Yousuf 28 not out; Gohar Faiz 4-55)
Central Punjab beat Northern by an innings and 6 runs at NBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Central Punjab 368 all out, 102 overs (Saif Badar 96, Abdul Samad 80, Mohammad Waheed 72 not out; Shadab Majeed 3-41, Saad Nasim 3-45, Zaman Khan 2-88)
Northern 171 all out, 53.3 overs (Ali Imran 59, Aqib Shah 31, Umer Khan 22; Mohammad Naveed 4-54, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 3-45) and 191 all out, 50.2 overs (Ali Imran 67, Saad Nasim 33, Ziad Khan 26, Umer Khan 25; Ahmed Safi Abdullah 5-65, Nisar Ahmed 3-32, Mohammad 2-22)
