Lahore, 11 November 2022: Southern Punjab eked out a thrilling one-wicket win against Balochistan at the Bugti Stadium, Quetta on the last day of the eighth round of Cricket Associations Championship 2022-23.
Southern Punjab had four wickets in hand and needed 95 to beat Balochistan. Yousuf Babar was the star for Southern Punjab as he made 85 not out after starting the day on 28.
Gohar Faiz took six wickets and finished the match with 10 wickets to his name.
The match between Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the UBL Sports Complex ended in a draw. Mohammad Suleman scored a brilliant 175 off 322 balls and hit 22 fours.
Mohammad Taha made 84 and Rameez Aziz scored 57 as Sindh were 432 for six in their second innings after being asked to follow on
Scores in brief:
Match drawn between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 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 432-6, 133.3 overs (Mohammad Suleman 175, Mohammad Taha 84, Rameez Aziz 57, Danish Aziz 47, Ammad Alam 38; Mohammad Usman 2-17)
Southern Punjab beat Balochistan by one wicket 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 250-9, 84.4 overs (Yousuf 85 not out, Maqbool Ahmed 47; Gohar Faiz 6-103)
