- WAPDA’s Ali Raza and Eshaal’s Nisar Ahmed bagged match-winning five-fors
Karachi, 3 February 2025: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) by nine wickets on the third day of the fifth round of President’s Trophy Grade-I at the NBP Sports Complex on Monday.
Following-on, SNGPL could manage 288 all out with the help of half-centuries from Abid Ali and Saad Khan, setting a 17-run target for WAPDA. Ali Raza picked up his second first-class five-wicket haul as he took 5-55 in 17.2 overs on day three. WAPDA chased the meagre target in 3.5 overs.
At the UBL Sports Complex, Eshaal Associates beat Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) by six wickets as they chased the 155-run target in 36.3 overs. Earlier in the day, OGDCL resumed their batting from overnight score of 140 for no loss but were dismissed for 292 all out.
OGDCL’s opening batter Sameer Saqib (125 not out, 250b, 18x4s, 1x6) carried the bat, while his fellow opener Hasan Raza struck 89 off 93 balls. Eshaal’s Nisar Ahmed returned match-winning figures of 30.5-8-82-5 in the second innings.
At KCCA Stadium, opening batter Kashif Ali struck 235-ball 133 with the help of 13 fours and two sixes as Ghani Glass finished with 329 all out setting Pakistan Television (PTV) 243-run target. PTV’s Mehran Sanwal picked up five wickets for 64 runs in 20.2 overs.
In turn, Shamyl Hussain struck an aggressive unbeaten century (120 not out, 122b, 13x4s, 2x6s), while Mohammad Taha chipped in with 68-ball 53 to take PTV to 204-2 at stumps on day three.
State Bank of Pakistan require 135 more runs to win against Higher Education Commission (HEC) as they finished the day three with 158-3 in 66 overs. Earlier, HEC were bowled out for 321 as they resumed their second innings from overnight score of 218-6.
SBP’s Mohammad Ismail returned figures of 23-3-97-5, while he was backed up by Rameez Aziz, who picked up 3-41.
Scores in brief: (Day 3 of 4)
Match 17 - Ghani Glass vs Pakistan Television at the KCCA Stadium
Ghani Glass 238 all out, 55.2 overs (Haseeb-ur-Rehman 88, Shadab Khan 55, Sharjeel Khan 30; Israr Hussain 7-72, Ali Usman 2-49) and 329 all out, 82.2 overs (Kashif Ali 133, Mohsin Riaz 65, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 27, Hammad Butt 26; Mehran Sanwal 5-64, Muhammad Shahzad 2-38, Ali Usman 2-76)
PTV 325 all out, 85.3 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 83, Waqar Hussain 73, Muhammad Shahzad 68, Mohammad Taha 46, Shamyl Hussain 20; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 6-107, Ubaid Shah 2-71) and 204-2, 38 overs (Shamyl Hussain 120 not out, Mohammad Taha 53; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 2-59)
Match 18 – Eshaal Associates beat Oil beat Gas Development Company Limited by six wickets at UBL Sports Complex
OGDCL 187 all out, 48.1 overs (Sameer Saqib 43, Raja Hamza Waheed 35, Asif Afridi 32, Abdul Rehman Muazammil 27; Musa Khan 5-52, Nisar Ahmed 3-28, Jalat Khan 2-56) and 292 all out, 62.5 overs (Sameer Saqib 125 not out, Hasan Raza 89; Nisar Ahmed 5-82, Jalat Khan 3-73)
Eshaal Associates 325 all out, 93 overs (Azan Awais 100, Danish Aziz 88 not out, Umar Siddiq 35, Nisar Ahmed 32; Mushtaq Ahmed 6-88, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-88) and 159-4, 36.3 overs (Zubair Khan 44 not out, Azan Awais 41, Abdullah Shafique 33, Umar Siddiq 20 not out; Aamer Yamin 2-15)
Match 19 – State Bank of Pakistan vs Higher Education Commission at SBP Sports Complex
HEC 126 all out, 40 overs (Ali Hamza Wasim 57 not out; Aftab Khan 5-24, Mohammad Ismail 2-21, Mohammad Abbas 2-24) and 321 all out, 86.3 overs (Abdullah Fazal 95, Uzair Mumtaz 63, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 61, Ali Hamza Wasim 40, Mohammad Azab 35; Mohammad Ismail 5-97, Rameez Aziz 3-41)
SBP 155 all out, 46.2 overs (Rameez Aziz 45, Umar Amin 40, Imran Butt 31; Waseem Akram Jnr 5-56, Maaz Khurram 3-29, Mohammad Azab 2-54) and 158-3, 66 overs (Ali Shan 60, Usman Salahuddin 43 not out, Fawad Alam 32 not out; Waseem Akram Jnr 2-22)
Match 20 – Water and Power Development Authority beat Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited by nine wickets at NBP Sports Complex
WAPDA 370 all out, 117.4 overs (Imran Dogar 110, Mohammad Ammar 58, Ayaz Tasawar 49, Khalid Usman 48, Yahya Abdul Rehman 37; Mohammad Salman 5-82)
SNGPL 98 all out, 38.1 overs (Rizwan Mehmood 37; Mohammad Zeeshan 5-37, Naqeebullah 3-31) and F/O 288 all out, 86.2 overs (Abid Ali 85, Saad Khan 65, Rizwan Mehmood 40, Arafat Minhas 26, Shahzaib Khan 22; Ali Raza 5-55, Khalid Usman 2-83, Mohammad Zeeshan 2-92)
