Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade II: Multan trounce Quetta by five wickets

ISLAMABAD: Multan beat Quetta by five wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade II match at the Multan Stadium Tuesday.Quetta were bowled out for 229 in the second innings with Timoor Khan (73*) played well. Multan hit up winning target of 115 for the loss of five wickets.

Pool ‘A’ Quetta Region 173 in 64.1 overs: (Nizam-ud-Din 51, Sadaf Mehdi 3-35, Zulfiqar Babar 3-61, Zia-ul-Haq 2-32) and 229 in 75.4 overs: (Taimoor Khan 73*, Saeed Anwar Jr. 3-16, Zia-ul-Haq 3-73, Zulfiqar Babar 3-86)Multan Region 288-9 decl in 80 overs: (Zain Abbas 103, Abdul Rehman Muzammil 84, Mohi-ud-Din 5-52, M. Shahzad Tareen 2-35) and 118-5 in 32.1 overs: (Zain Abbas 31, M. Shahzad Tareen 5-34)

Result: Multan Region won by 5 wickets

Dring Stadium, Bhawalpur: Abbottabad Region 214 in 58.3 overs (Kamran Ghulam 54, Farhan Hussain 38, M Imran Jr. 5-66, Imran Ullah Aslam 3-55, M Imran Sr. 2-50) 327 in 120.4 overs: (Sajjad Ali 74, Kamran Ghulam 72, M Imran Jr. 7-96, Imran Ullah Aslam 2-99)

Bahawalpur Region 354-7 in 83 overs: (M Waseem 209*, Taib-ur-Rehman 3-78, Nasir Khan 2-53) and 13-1 in 3 overs: Result: Match Drawn.

Pool ‘B’ National Stadium, Karachi: Larkana Region 228-9 in 83 overs (Mohsin Raza 45*, Adnan Ghous 5-59, Abdul Rehman 2-24) and 189 in 68.5 overs: (Muhammad Urs 48, Zafar Ali 40, Ali Shafiq 3-59, Abdul Rehman 2-34, Nouman Anwar 2-34, Adnan Ghous 2-42)

Sialkot Region 258 in 62.4 overs: (Nouman Anwar 138, Imran Chandio 6-53, Ali Asghar 4-72) and 160-5 in 36.4 overs: (Usama Mir 82*, Amir Ali Pahnwar 3-41, Mushtaq Kaimoro 2-42). Result: Sialkot Region won by 5 wickets.