Ubaid excels with ball as Qasim, Bilal hit tons in Quaid Trophy

LAHORE: As the fifth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy commenced at nine different venues in the country, Lahore Whites’ pacer Ubaid Shah was at his best with the ball as he took 8-79 against Larkana, registering his maiden first-class five-wicket haul at the Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad on opening day on Tuesday.

Ubaid, who bowled 19.4 overs for 79 runs, helped his team bundle out Larkana for 202 in 58.4 overs. At Stumps, Lahore Whites were 121-1.

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi, Qasim Akram scored 109, his fifth first-class century, against FATA to power Lahore Blues to 287 all out in 64.2 overs. FATA’s Arshadullah bagged 5-89 in 22.2 overs. At the close of play, FATA were 52-2 in 15 overs.

Abbottabad’s Mohammad Bilal stroked a crucial century to help his team post 290 in 62.5 overs against Hyderabad at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad. He partnered with skipper Usman Khalid (62, 76b, 9x4s 1x6) for an 88-run seventh-wicket stand to lift his team from 139-6. In turn, Hyderabad were 59-1 at stumps.

Quetta’s Jalat Khan bagged 5-28 in 27.4 overs as he ran through the DM Jamali batting line-up to bowl them out for 144 after Abid Ali top-scored with 67 off 176 balls. In turn, Danish Aziz took four wickets to reduce Quetta to 73-4 in 21 overs at the close of play.

Musa Khan (6-51) bagged his third consecutive first-class five-wicket haul as he helped Islamabad to skittle Faisalabad for 202 in 47.5 overs at the National Cricket Ground, Islamabad. In reply, Islamabad were 72-5 in 21 overs.

At Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi, Peshawar notched 351 runs for seven wickets in 93 overs with half-centuries from Sajjad Ibraheem, Zubair Khan and Israrullah. At Charsadda, Multan had a productive day against AJK, closing the day unscathed with 117 runs on the board in 22 overs in reply to AJK’s 188 all out.