QUAID TROPHY: KRL earn slender lead against SSGC

ISLAMABAD: Ahmed Bashir (7-53) took seven wickets haul as KRL earned slender first innings lead against Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in Super Eight match of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the UBL Ground No 1 in Karachi Sunday.

The right-arm medium pacer ran through SSGC top-order and it was left to Saifullah Bangash (66) to mend the innings.

SSGC ultimately were bowled out for 148 in response to KRL’s first innings total of 177. After getting 29 runs first innings lead, KRL were 85-2 at the draw of stumps on the second day.

Scores in brief: KRL 177 in 72.3 overs (Usman Arshad 59, Saif Badar 30, Jahid Ali 26; Kashif Bhatti 5-71, Azhar Attari 3-47) and 85-2 in 30 overs (Jahid Ali 44 not out, Sardar Hasan Raza 28). SSGC 148 in 49.4 overs (Saifullah Bangash 63; Ahmed Bashir 7-53, Sadaf Hussain 2-44).

At NBP Stadium, Karachi: Wapda 243 in 98.3 overs (Muhammad Saad 57, Amir Sajjad 51; Mir Hamza 5-45, Ehsan Adil 3-57). UBL 210 in 68 overs (Muhammad Nawaz 70 not out, Umar Saddique 67; Zahid Mansoor 2-28, Khalid Usman 2-31, Waqas Maqsood 2-59).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: SNGPL 411 in 104.2 overs (Khurram Shahzad 115, Iftikhar Ahmed 87, Asad Shafiq 59; Umaid Asif 6-114, Waqas Ahmed 4-119). Lahore Region Whites 226-5 in 57 overs (Muhammad Mohsin 56 not out; Muhammad Abbas 2-35, Azizullah 2-45).

At State Bank Ground, Karachi: HBL 252 in 84 overs (Salman Afridi 126 not out, Abdul Rehman 46; Saifur Rehman 5-69, Bilawal Iqbal 3-63). Lahore Region Blues 68 in 20.5 overs (Bilawal Iqbal 29; Umar Gul 5-19, Faheem Ashraf 2-18) after follow-on 215-5 in 52 overs (Saad Nasim 60, Raza Ali Dar 49 not out; Ammad Butt 2-43).