Brighto in control in Grade II match

LAHORE: Brighto Paints held the initiative on day two of the round five match of the Patron’s Trophy Grade II 2017-18 against Sabir’s Poultry on Friday at the LCCA ground.

In this Pool D, match Brighto Paints sent the opponents into follow on after they bowled out them at 160 runs in their first innings and in their second innings, they reduced Sabir’s Poultry at 71 for four.

With this performance while relying on its bowlers, Ahmed Shafiq, Ali Afzal and Nasir Ahmed who had four, three and three wicket in the first innings and later Faisal Rasheed who had two wickets in the second, Brighto Paints now smell win.

Scores: Brighto Paints (first innings) 331-10 in 78.2 overs: (Ishfaq Ahmed 80, M Idrees 51, Ali Shan 46, Abdul Wasay 35, Akbar Badshah 25, Waris Khan 23, Faisal Rasheed 20, Ahmed Shafiq 3-76, Ali Afzal 3-85, Nisar Ahmed 3-96) Sabir’s Poultry (First Innings) 160-10 in 66.3 overs: (Imran Dogar 73, 188 balls, 15x4s, M Ilyas 35, 66 balls, 4x4s, Nasir Ahmed 20, 17 balls, 3x4s, Naseer Akram 4-59, Salam Ali Agha 3-28, Hasan Mahmood 2-32)

After fellow-on (2nd Innings) 71-4 in 40 overs: (Faisal Rasheed 2-14)

Overnight: Sabir’s Poultry (First Innings) 18-2 in 9 overs Toss: Sabir’s Poultry

Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri & Qaiser Khan

Referee: Bilal Khilji Scorer: Waqar Ahmed.

At the Railways Stadium, Ghani Glass took first inning lead against Railways and on the third day it will look to increase its lead.

In response to Railways 221, Ghani Glass made 277 for seven with thanks to Tayyab Tahir’s brilliant 180 runs innings while Mohammad Waheed and Husnain Bukhari slammed half centuries for bolster their team’s total.

Scores: Railways (First Innings) 221-10 in 69.2 overs: (Muhammad Waqas 90, 177 balls, 13x4s, Qaiser Ashraf 31, 51 balls, 6x4s, Abdul Mateen 3-28, Muhammad Umer 3-70, Ulfat Shah 2-37)

2nd Innings 56-3 in 17 overs:

Ghani Glass (First Innings) 277-7 in 83 overs: (Tayyab Tahir 180, 220 balls, 31x4s, 1x6, M Waheed 79, 133 balls, 14x4s, Husnain Bukhari 50*, 54 balls, 5x4s, Zeeshan Ashraf 30, 24 balls, 6x4s, Ulfat Shah 20, 21 balls, 1x4, 1x6, Shahid Nawaz 3-141, Asif Ashfaq 2-82) Overnight: Ghani Glass (First Innings) 62-4 in 17 overs

Toss: Ghani Glass

Umpires: M Kaleem & M Basit

Referee: Inam-ul-Haq

Scorer: Zahoor Alam.