AJK in strong position in QAT

ISLAMABAD: AJK were well placed against Hyderabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade II match following the second day’s play at the Mirpur Stadium in AJK Sunday.

When play came to halt on penultimate say, AJK were 172-2 in their first innings against 226 scored by Hyderabad. AJK were 56 runs behind with eight of their first innings wickets in hand.

Scores in brief: Hyderabad Region (First innings) 226 all out in 53 overs (Babar Khan 56 not out, Saad Khan 49; Shadab Majeed 4-75, Rashid Khan 3-59, Naqash Basharat 3-60). AJK Region (First innings) 172-2 in 56 overs (Usman Maroof 67, Hasnain Shameer 54, Asad Malik 1-19).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Bahawalpur Region 88 all out in 36 overs (Noman Akram 20; Waqas Maqsood 6-29, Asad Ali 3-19). Faisalabad Region 215-8 in 64.5 overs (Raees Ahmed 50 not out; Muhammad Umair 5-42, Attaullah 2-27).

At NBP Stadium, Karachi: Larkana Region 297-5 in 83 overs (Habib Ullah 125 not out, Rameez Ahmed 62; Saleem Mal 2-87) ad 40-2 in 16 overs (Habib Ullah 23 not out, Nasir Khan 1-7). D.M Jamali Region 249 all out in 80.2 overs (Nasir Khan 51, Najeeb Ullh 46; Faraz Aziz 2-49, Muhammad Urs 2-54, Shahnawaz Dahani 2-65).

At UBL Stadium, Karachi: Karachi Region B (First innings) 335-7 in 83 overs (Rameez Aziz 87, Fawad Alam 81; Kamran Ghulam 2-37, Aitzaz Habib 2-79). Abbottabad Region 164 all out in 37.3 overs (Adnan Raees 57, Kamran Ghulam 34; Mir Hamza 3-22, Rameez Aziz 2-14, Fawad Alam 2-17, Muhammad Asghar 2-57) and 104-6 in 35 overs (Kamran Ghulam 36; Sohaib Khan 3-33, Hasan Mohsin 2-6).