ISLAMABAD: Hosts Faisalabad Region completed the formality of beating Sialkot Region by eight wickets on the third day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade II match at the Iqbal Stadium on Thursday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 135-9, Sialkot were bowled out for 151. That left Faisalabad needing just 51 runs to win.
Pace bowler Ehsan Adil claimed seven wickets for 41 runs and finished with match figures of 9-57.
Scores in brief: At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Sialkot Region 101 all out in 34.1 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 34, Shakeel Ansar 22; Khurram Shahzad 7-55, Ehsan Adil 2-16) and 151 all out in 37.5 overs (Faisal Khan 52, Asad Ali 25; Ehsan Adil 7-41). Faisalabad Region 202 all out in 66 overs (Ali Shan 54 not out, Misbahul Haq 46, Abu Bakar Khan 37; Bilawal Bhatti 3-35, Muhammad Ali 3-67, Raza Hassan 2-39) and 51-2 in 14.5 overs (Khurram Shahzad 24 not out; Shahid Yousaf 2-18). Result: Faisalabad Region won by 8 wickets.
At Mirpur Stadium, AJK: Hyderabad Region 315-9 in 83 overs (Muhammad Sulaman 73, Saad Khan 60, Azeem Ghumman 53, Zeeshan Gul 53, Asad Malik 23 not out; Muhammad Imran 4-64, Muhammad Junaid 4-116)and 149 all out in 45.1 overs (Lal Kumar 45, Azeem Ghumman 22, Babar Khan 22 not out; Attaullah 5-49, Kaleem Ullah 3-36). Bahawalpur Region 264 all out in 80 overs (Muhammad Umair 116 not out, Adeel Basit 43; Nouman Ali 4-80, Asif Mehmood 2-36, Asad Malik 2-37) and 106-4 in 25 overs (Moinuddin 29 not out, Mohammad Imran 27, Mohammad Umair 24 not out; Nauman Ali 2-18). Result: Match drawn.
At NBP Stadium, Karachi: Quetta Region 305-4 in 83 overs (Shahbaz Khan 136 not out, Shahzad Tareen 69, Abdul Hanan 45; Nasir Khan 1-49, Saleem Mal 1-56, Ahmer Aziz 1-71) and 96-4 in 22 overs (Shahbaz Khan 27 not out, Hadayatullah 2-22). Dera Murad Jamali Region 136 all out in 54.2 overs (Nasir Khan 22, Saleem Mal 22; Gohar Faiz 4-58, Azizullah 3-25, Mohiuddin 2-33) and after following on 261 all out in 102.2 overs (Aqib Junaid 61, Abid Ali 54, Shahbaz Ali 37; Mohammad Javid 4-78, Gohar Faiz 3-13, Shahzad Tareen 2-87). Result: Quetta Region won by 6 wickets.
At UBL Stadium, Karachi: Abbottabad Region 244 all out in 59.1 overs (Aitzaz Habib 77, Sajjad Ali 55, Imran Shah 39; Faraz Aziz 5-59, Muzammil Ali 2-39, Ali Asghar 2-78) and 237-6 declared in 52 overs (Kamran Ghulam 52, Sajjad Ali 51, Fawad Malook 41 not out; Ali Asghar 3-55, Shahnawaz Dahani 2-68). Larkana Region 153 all out in 62.5 overs (Asif Babar 39, Aamir Panwar 24 not out; Fawad Malook 4-25, Aitzaz Habib 4-40) and 243 all out in 79.4 overs (Faraz Aziz 73, Aamir Anwar 39; Fawad Malook 5-35, Bilal Shah 2-47, Aitzaz Habib 2-73). Result: Abbottabad Region won by 85 runs.