KARACHI: Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai and Usman Khan Shinwari shared seven wickets to enable Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to dismiss Karachi Blues for 157 in their first innings on the opening day of their third round four-day Pool A fixture of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2016-17 here at the UBL Sports Complex on Saturday.
Yamin, right-arm pacer from Afghanistan, picked 4-36 and Shinwari, who has represented Pakistan in two T20 Internationals, captured 3-13 to help HBL bowl Karachi Blues out for a paltry total in 57.4 overs after they were invited to bat first by Ahmed Shehzad.
Left-arm Test discard Abdur Rehman claimed 2-33.
After losing Khurram Manzoor for a seven-ball duck, Fazal Subhan (39) and Haris Ali (28) added 59 runs for the second wicket to pave way for a decent total. However, after the partnership was broken Karachi Blues middle order failed to build on it with Mohammad Waqas (8), skipper Khalid Latif (0) and Waseem Ahmed (0) falling prey to Yamin.
At one stage Karachi Blues were 90-8. Test discard Mohammad Sami (44) helped his team reach a rather respectable total when he added 59 runs for the ninth wicket with Basit Ali (19). Sami struck five fours and a six from 62 deliveries before being removed by Laghman-born Yamin.
In reply, HBL were 51 for no loss in 16 overs.
Pace bowlers dominated the first day’s play of Pool B outing between Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) and Karachi Whites as 18 wickets fell with the visitors placing themselves in a strong position here at the National Stadium.
After being asked to bat first, KRL were rattled for 145 in 56.2 overs with wicketkeeper Zulfiqar Jan scoring 57 not out. He struck three fours and four sixes during his 115-ball innings.
After losing openers Hasan Raza Junior (0) and Mohammad Yasin (0), skipper Saeed Anwar Junior (30) and Abdur Rehman Junior (23) battled hard to build the total.
New-ball partners Tabish Khan (3-50) and Maroof Aziz (3-51) bowled tightly.
In response Karachi Whites were gasping at 41-8. Faraz Ali (15) was the only batsman who entered double figures.
Pacers Sadaf Hussain (4-14) and Mohammad Abbas (4-23) bowled devastatingly.
In another Pool B clash, at Jinnah Stadium Sialkot, FATA posted 237 all out in their first innings against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Skipper Fawad Khan (65) and Asif Afridi (58) blasted fine fifties. Ali Imran Pasha (3-47) and skipper Tahir Khan (3-33) bowled well. PIA, in response, were 54-3.
Bannu-born paceman Irfanullah Shah (3-11) got all the three wickets.
Waqas Saleem ( 88*) and Reza Ali Dar (74) shared 147 for the fourth wicket stand as Lahore Blues reached 214-6 in their first innings against Shoaib Malik-led Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) at LCCA Ground, Lahore.
Waqas, who opened the innings with Tayyab Tahir (2), struck 11 fours in his 228-ball undefeated feat. Dar smacked eight fours in his well-planned 191-ball knock. Spinner Zafar Gohar bagged 4-68, while left-arm medium pacer Zia-ul-Haq claimed 2-37.
In a Pool B fixture at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Anas Mahmood hit 147 off 203 balls as Lahore Whites posted 297-6 in their first innings at stumps against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL).
Anas, who hammered 23 fours, added 111 for the second wicket with Gohar Hafeez (54), who hit nine fours from 73 balls.
Seamer Manzoor Khan captured 3-80. Spinner Imran Khalid snared 2-66.
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Ashfaq Ahmed (75) and Israrullah (67) shared 154 runs for the second wicket stand as Peshawar reached 300-8 in their first innings against UBL.
Ashfaq, who opened the innings with Sahibzada Farhan (7), hit 12 fours from 133 balls. Left-handed Israrullah struck eight fours from 163 balls.
Mehran Ibrahim (49) and skipper Akbar Badshah (48) also played well. Medium pacer Sameen Gul got 3-37.
Sarmad Hameed (85) and Umar Waheed (68) enabled Rawalpindi to reach 256-8 in their first innings at stumps against National Bank of Pakistan (NBP). Altaf Ahmed captured 3-64. Mohammad Irfan and Atif Jabbar got two wickets each.
