LAHORE: Railways outplayed HEC by 6 wickets on the third and final day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II match here at Railway Stadium on Friday.
A nine–wicket match haul from Asif Raza helped Railways win the match which was just a day before seemed heading towards a draw.
Scores: HEC first 145 all out after 48.3 overs (Ali Zaib 72 and Samar Abbas 28, Asif Raza 6/47, Shahid Nawaz 3/32). Railways first innings 324 all out after 82.2 overs Muhammad Waqas 72, Zainul Hasnain 48, Asif Raza 38, Imran Ali 34, Qaiser Ashraf 30, Ali Zaryab 24. Sunny Azam 5/83, Hameed Ullah 2/66 and Sajid Khan 2/74).
HEC second innings 255 all out after 94.4 overs (Sajid Khan 65, Zaid Asghar 43, Muhammad Yasir 34, S Bhandara 34, Asif Raza 3/43, Shahid Nawaz 3/78, Muhammad Umair 2/49). Railways second Innings 78/4 in 20.5 overs (Muhammad Waqas 24, Zain ul Hasnain 11, Aqib Usman 3/24).
At the LCCA ground, Ghani Glass defeated Sabir’s Poultry by 221 runs. Resuming their innings at 76, Ghani Glass gave the guard to the rivals after scoring 247 runs for eight and then bowled out Sabir Poultry for 86 in 37.4 overs. Ali Usman was the hero of the match. He took his seven wickets for 38 runs.
Scores: Ghani Glass first innings 297-9 in 83 overs (Afaq Shahid 88, Hasnain Bukhari 78*, Zeeshan Ashraf 40, Ali Usman 28, Yousaf Babar 21, Ahmed Shafiq 4-99,Hasan Dar 2-24, Nisar Ahmed 2-53) and 2nd innings 247-8 in 32.2 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 100, Yousaf Babar 37, Afaq Shahid 31, Muhammad Waheed 27, Tayyab Tahir 22, Nisar Ahmed 3-82, Hasan Dar 2-48).
Sabir’s Poultry first innings 237 in 77.3 overs (Attyab Ahmed 57, M. Ilyas 51, Farhan Nazar 35, Karamat Ali 30, M. Waheed 3-19, Ali Usman 3-77, M. Aftab 2-44) and 2nd innings 86 in 37.4 overs (Ahmed Shafiq 22, Ali Usman 7-38). Result: Ghani Glass won by 221.
