Karachi, 30 September 2022: Half-centuries from Imran Dogar and Rizwan Hussain led Central Punjab to a two-wicket win over Sindh at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi in the first round of Cricket Associations Championship on Friday. In the second match of the day, Southern Punjab defeated Northern by 66 runs at the KCCA Stadium in Karachi.
Central Punjab v Sindh
At the UBL Sports Complex, a 169-run opening wicket partnership between Imran and Rizwan helped Central Punjab to chase down the 225-run target in the 65th over. Rizwan top-scored with 88 off 137 balls, smashing 12 fours and two sixes. His opening partner Imran struck 12 boundaries and scored a 139-ball 72.
Sindh’s Arish Ali Khan bagged four wickets for 47 and ended up taking eight wickets in the match. Majid Asghar grabbed three wickets for 47 and took six wickets in the match.
Southern Punjab v Northern
At the KCCA Stadium, resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 101 for one, Northern were bowled out for 313 to hand 66-run victory to Southern Punjab. Northern’s Taimoor Sultan (64, 123b, eight fours, one six), Hasan Raza (63, 99b, three fours, two sixes) and Nasir Nawaz (59, 70b, four fours, two sixes) half-centuries went in the losing cause.
Southern Punjab’s Faisal Akram bagged three wickets in the second innings to end up with match figures of eight for 205. Tahir Hussain took three wickets for 47.
Scores in brief:
Central Punjab beat Sindh by two wickets at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Sindh 256 all out, 85.3 overs (Mohammad Hasan 72, Danish Aziz 56, Hasan Mohsin 45, Mohammad Taha 37; Nisar Ahmad 4-29, Bilawal Iqbal 3-29) and 202 all out, 72.1 overs (Danish Aziz 86; Mohammad Waheed 3-50, Bilal Asif 3-57, Ali Shafiq 2-23)
Central Punjab 234 all out, 62.2 overs (Irfan Khan 74, Rizwan Hussain 59; Arish Ali Khan 4-53, Majid Asghar 3-37, Tabish Khan 2-41) and 225-8, 65 overs (Rizwan Hussain 88, Imran Dogar 72; Arish Ali Khan 4-47, Majid Asghar 3-47)
Southern Punjab beat Northern by 66 runs at the KCCA Stadium, Karachi
Southern Punjab 273 all out, 82.2 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 130, Rameez Alam 66, Mohammad Umair 41; Umer Khan 5-97, Aaqib Liaquat 3-88) and 290 all out, 89.5 overs (Mohammad Umair 85, Rameez Alam 74, Waqar Hussain 47; Umer Khan 6-123)
Northern 184 all out, 62 overs (Aqib Shah 64, Nasir Nawaz 56; Faisal Akram 5-68, Mohammad Jahangir 2-34) and 313 all out, 87.2 overs (Taimoor Sultan 64, Hasan Raza 63, Nasir Nawaz 59, Umair Masood 46; Tahir Hussain 3-47, Faisal Akram 3-137, Mohammad Shehzad 2-24)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Balochistan by 10 wickets at the NBP Sports Complex
Balochistan 256 all out, 71.3 overs (Mohammad Shahid 65, Jalat Khan 45; Maaz Khan 3-60, Mohammad Imran 3-62, Mohammad Abbas Afridi 2-46) and 233 all out, 53 overs (Bismillah Khan 144 not out; Niaz Khan 3-28, Mohammad Imran 3-51, Maaz Khan 2-59)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 461 all out, 109.4 overs (Maaz Ahmed Sadaqat 114, Mohsin Khan 82, Israrullah 71, Mohammad Bilal 56 not out, Mehran Ibrahim 53; Jalat Khan 4-109, Gohar Faiz 3-102) and 29-0, 5.4 overs
