- State Bank of Pakistan beat Higher Education Commission by four wickets
- Scorecards of President’s Trophy Grade-I are available here; Action images of the SBP vs HEC match are available here for free download and editorial use; please credit @ PCB
Karachi, 4 February 2025: Shamyl Hussain’s unbeaten 143 led Pakistan Television (PTV) to a seven-wicket win over Ghani Glass in the fifth round of the President’s Trophy Grade-I on Tuesday. In the other fixture, Test batter Usman Salahuddin’s 97 runs guided State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to a four-wicket win over Higher Education Commission.
At SBP Sports Complex, resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 158 for three in 66 overs, SBP achieved the 293-run target for the loss of six wickets in the 100th over. Right-handed batter Usman Salahuddin fell three runs short of his 29th century as he top-scored for his side with a 257-ball 97, hitting 13 fours. Test batter Fawad Alam was the other notable run-getter for the winning side, scoring 52 off 101 balls, including five fours.
For HEC, Waseem Akram Jnr bagged two wickets and ended up taking seven wickets in the match.
At KCCA Stadium, PTV’s left-handed opening batter Shamyl Hussain returned undefeated on 143 off 137, which included 14 fours and four sixes to lift his side to their third win in the tournament. Requiring 39 runs on the final day after resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 204 for two, it took only 4.2 overs for PTV to achieve the target, losing one wicket in the process.
The sixth round of the four-day tournament will begin from Friday, 7 February.
Scores in brief: (Day 4 of 4)
Match 17 - Pakistan Television beat Ghani Glass by seven wickets 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 248-3, 42.2 overs (Shamyl Hussain 143 not out, Mohammad Taha 53; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 2-76)
Match 18 – Eshaal Associates beat Oil and 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 beat Higher Education Commission by four wickets 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 295-6, 99.5 overs (Usman Salahuddin 97, Ali Shan 60, Fawad Alam 52; Waseem Akram Jnr 2-70)
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) and 18-1, 3.5 overs (Mohammad Saleem 12 not out)
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)
