Abbottabad crush Quetta by 8 wickets

ISLAMABAD: Abbottabad overwhelmed Quetta by eight wickets to earn full points in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade II match at the Multan Stadium on Friday.After bowling out Quetta for 162 in the second innings, Abbottabad hit up 45 runs winning target losing two wickets in the process.

Kamran Ghulam (3-37), Junaid Khan (3-50) and Ahmed Jamal (2-49) shared wickets to bowl out Quetta cheaply for the second time. Ramiz Raja (48 not out) was the pick of Quetta batsmen.

Scores in brief: At Multan Stadium: Quetta Region 172 in 59.4 overs (Bismillah Khan 47; Kamran Ghulam 5-44, Arshad Iqbal 2-24) and 162 in 59.3 overs (Ramiz Raja 48 not out, Abdul Rauf 38, Kamran Ghulam 3-37, Junaid Khan 3-50, Ahmed Jamal 2-49). Abbottabad Region 292-9 decl in 79 overs (Adnan Raees 92, Kamran Ghulam 56; Imran Khan 4-58, Ali Muhammad Ghous 2-46) and 45-2 in 8-3 overs.

At Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur: AJK Region 222 in 68.3 overs (Daniyal Allah Ditta 44, Hasan Raza 34; Jahanzaib Khan 6-70, Imran Ullah Aslam 3-49) and 257 in 80.3 overs (Hasan Raza 82, Naved Malik 54; Imran Ullah Aslam 3-66, Muhammad Umair 3-28, Muhammad Imran Sr 2-40, Jahanzaib Khan 2-74). Bahawalpur Region 175 in 51.1 overs (M Imran Sr 75; Daniyal Allah Ditta 4-34, Salman Irshad 3-50, Azhar Mehmood 2-18) and 214 in 63.1 overs (Raffay Ahmed 89, Daniyal Allah Ditta 4-48, Azhar Mehmood 2-33). Result: AJK Region won by 90 runs.

At TMC Ground, Karachi: Sialkot Region 236 in 71.2 overs (Faisal Khan 102 not out, Nouman Anwar 48; Ashiq Ali 6-68) and 111-10 in 36.4 overs (Ali Raza 34; Muhammad Asghar 8-34). Karachi Region Blues 197 in 61.1 overs (Jaahid Ali 58, Ramiz Raja 43; Bilal Asif 5-38, Abdul Rehman 4-65) and 151-4 in 35.4 overs (Ramiz Aziz 37 not out, Ramiz Raja 29). Result: Karachi Region Blues won by 6 wickets.