KARACHI: Seamer Waqas Maqsood stole the limelight with a wealthy six-wicket haul as bowlers overwhelmingly dominated the second day’s motion within the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy conflict between Central Punjab and Sindh on the Nationwide right here on Thursday.
Central Punjab, who’re defending their crown however after at the moment struggling at backside of six-team standings, secured an surprising lead of 184 runs on the primary innings when Sindh inexplicably folded up for a paltry 92 all out with left-armer Waqas tormenting them all through to assert six for 25 in 10.Three overs.
Barring Sharjeel Khan (14), captain Asad Shafiq (13), Saad Ali — the top-scorer with 17 — and Mir Hamza (16), nobody else reached double figures whereas wicket-keeper Ali Shan excelled by holding 5 catches.
Earlier, Central Punjab misplaced their remaining first-innings wickets for the addition of 44 runs earlier than shedding the identical of variety of wickets late within the day to achieve draw of stumps at 96-5 of their second innings, whereas having fun with an total lead of 280 on the midway level on this sixth-round match.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa obtained a commanding lead of precisely 200 by dismissing Balochistan for 120 of their first innings on the SBP Sports activities Complicated.
The solitary Balochistan batsman to supply resistance was stand-in skipper Bismillah Khan who returned undefeated on 50. The wicket-keeper’s 60-ball knock included six fours and a six, whereas bowling honours for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been shared by their tempo trio of Irfanullah Shah (4-41), Mohammad Wasim (3-24) and Sameen Gul (3-54).
Kamran Ghulam earlier departed simply 4 runs shy of equalling his highest first-class rating — 157 not out — when he bought for 153 (253 balls, 18 fours and two sixes as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa added 28 to their Wednesday’s tally of 292-9 with Khurram Shehzad taking the prized scalp of Kamran to complete with 4-80 in 19.5 overs.
Lengthy-discarded Pakistan left-hander Umar Amin helped Northern take a wholesome 96-run lead on the primary innings on the UBL Sports activities Complicated because the 31-year-old slammed 102 — his 22nd century in first-class cricket — a workforce whole of 381 all out. Umar’s 156-ball effort was embellished with 11 fours and a brace of sixes.
Hammad Azam, like Umar one other Pakistan reject, hammered a breezy 91 with the all-rounder’s 95-ball innings laced with 13 boundaries and two sixes.
Opener Sarmad Bhatti and Mohammad Nawaz (43) had been the opposite notable run-getters for Northern, whereas leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood emerged as probably the most profitable wicket-taker for Southern Punjab with figures of 4-120 from 26 overs.
By shut of play, Southern Punjab had made 19 with out loss of their second innings to path by 77 runs.
Shut of play scores on Thursday (day two of 4):
First XI, sixth spherical:
At Nationwide Stadium, Karachi: CENTRAL PUNJAB 276 in 103.2 overs (Usman Salahuddin 80, Ali Zaryab 56, Saad Nasim 44, Mohammad Saad 41, Hasan Ali 26 not out; Tabish Khan 3-37, Mir Hamza 3-58) and 96-5 in 29.Four overs (Mohammad Akhlaq 56; Abrar Ahmed 2-1, Mohammad Umar 2-15); SINDH 92 in 29.Three overs (Saad Ali 17; Waqas Maqsood 6-25, Bilawal Iqbal 2-17).
At UBL Sports activities Complicated, Karachi: SOUTHERN PUNJAB 285 in 86.Three overs (Umar Siddique 89, Saif Badar 81, Agha Salman 53, Aamir Yamin 26, Zeeshan Ashraf 25; Sadaf Hussain 3-45, Munir Riaz 2-39, Nauman Ali 2-51) and 19-Zero in 6 overs; NORTHERN 381 in 83 overs (Umar Amin 102, Hammad Azam 91, Mohammad Nawaz 43, Sarmad Bhatti 41, Nasir Nawaz 36, Munir Riaz 23 not out; Zahid Mahmood 4-120, Zia-ul-Haq 2-70).
At SBP Sports activities Complicated, Karachi: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 320 in 89.5 overs (Kamran Ghulam 153, Rehan Afridi 58, Khalid Usman 27; Khurram Shehzad 4-80, Umaid Asif 3-88, Taj Wali 2-76); BALOCHISTAN 120 in 33 overs (Bismillah Khan 50 not out, Awais Zia 28; Irfanullah Shah 4-41, Mohammad Wasim 3-24, Sameen Gul 3-54).
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