Lahore, 4 November 2022: A combined effort from Southern Punjab bowlers handed their side a comprehensive 10-wicket win against Sindh on day three of the seventh round of four-day non first-class Cricket Associations Championship 2022-23.
Sindh were bowled out for 190 at the UBL Sports Complex with Tahir Hussain taking three wickets for 31, Mohammad Junaid returning three for 67 and Faisal Akram taking two wickets for 66.
Southern Punjab were left to chase only five - as they had scored 364 in the first innings after Sindh posted 178 in theirs – and chased down the target without any dramas at the completion of the first over.
Balochistan’s Abdul Hanan scored a century against Northern as his side were all out for 316. Hanan made 111 off 183 (10 fours and four sixes).
Northern need 184 to win and were none for none in 0.3 overs at the close of play.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were all out for 246 as Central Punjab’s Nisar Ahmed and Ali Shafiq picked up three wickets each at the NBP Sports Complex. Adil Amin scored 52 off 125.
Central Punjab were 25 for 1 and need 109 more on Saturday to win.
Southern Punjab beat Sindh by 10 wickets at UBL Sports Complex
Sindh 178 all out, 48.4 overs (Rameez Aziz 66, Mohammad Hasan 44, Danish Aziz 24, Mohammad Suleman 22; Mohammad Junaid 7-70, Tahir Hussain 2-22) and 190 all out, 57.1 overs (Hasan Mohsin 45, Mohammad Suleman 36, Danish Aziz 27, Ammad Alam 26, Mohammad Hasan 24, Mohammad Taha 22; Tahir Hussain 3-31, Mohammad Junaid 3-67, Faisal Akram 2-66)
Southern Punjab 364 all out, 111.5 overs (Rameez Alam 125, Maqbool Ahmed 70, Mohammad Umair 59, Tahir Hussain 34 not out, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 23; Junaid Ilyas 5-88, Hasan Mohsin 2-38, Danish Aziz 2-77) and 5-0, 1 over (Faisal Akram 4 not out)
Balochistan v Northern at Bugti Stadium, Quetta
Balochistan 197 all out, 66.2 overs (Ali Waqas 101, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 27, Taimur Ali 24; Umer Khan 4-52, Zaman Khan 3-50) and 55-1, 14 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 35 not out) and 316 all out, 91 overs (Abdul Hanan 111, Taimur Ali 45, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 36, Jalat Khan 34, Bismillah Khan 34; Ali Imran 2-23, Zaman Khan 2-40, Waqas Ahmed 2-60)
Northern 330 all out, 86 overs (Hasan Raza 115, Umer Khan 56 not out, Umair Masood 46, Mohammad Hammad 26, Saad Khan 26, Nasir Nawaz 21; Jalat Khan 5-83, Tariq Jameel 4-55) and 0-0, 0.3 overs
Central Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at NBP Sports Complex
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 187 all out, 55.2 overs (Muhammad Nisar Afridi 66, Nabi Gul 32; Ahmed Safi Abdullah 3-30, Bilal Asif 3-37, Waqas Maqsood 2-23, Nisar Ahmad 2-57) and 246 all out, 85.3 overs (Adil Amin 52, Muhammad Nisar Afridi 40, Nabi Gul 34, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 32, Mohammad Bilal 24, Aamer Azmat 21; Nisar Ahmed 3-45, Ali Shafiq 3-48, Waqas Maqsood 2-35, Bilal Asif 2-56)
Central Punjab 299 all out, 78.1 overs (Abdul Samad 117, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 38; Adil Naz 4-78, Zeeshan Ahmad 3-41, Aamer Azmat 2-31) and 25-1, 8 overs (Imran Dogar 15 not out)
