QAT G-II: Faisalabad earn 1st innings lead against AJK

ISLAMABAD: Faisalabad earned first innings lead points against AJK in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (QAT) Grade II match at the Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad on Sunday. When the stumps were drawn for the final day Sunday, AJK were 162 for 2 in the second innings after conceding 47 runs first innings lead.

AJK managed 311 for 8 and Faisalabad in reply scored 358 with Abu Bakhar Khan (106) playing well. Scores: AJK Region first innings 311-8 in 83 overs (Babar Khaliq 109, Naved Malik 51, Waqas Maqsood 5-46, Ehsan Adil 2-60) and 165-2 in 53 overs (Husnain Sameer 62*, Usman Maroof 58) Faisalabad Region first innings 358 all out in 82.3 overs (Abu Bakar Khan 106, Waqas Maqsood 51, Naqash Basharat 3-92, Shadab Majeed 3-111, Inzamam-ul-Haq 2-73). Result: Match drawn

Scores of other matches: At Mirpur Stadium AJK: Bahawalpur Region 173 all out in 64.4 overs (Muhammad Umair 59*, Bilawal Bhatti 5-49, Atif Jabbar 3-38) and 85-4 in 37.2 overs (Adeel Basit 56 not out, Muhammad Ali 2-23) Sialkot Region 150 all out in 54.1 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 45, Muhammad Irfan 5-57, Attaullah 5-65). Result: Match drawn

At NBP Stadium Karachi: Quetta Region 64 all out in 35.1 overs (Bismillah Khan 19, Arshad Iqbal 4-12, Fawad Malook 3-9, Himayat Ullah 2-12) and 279 all out in 104.2 overs (Shahbaz Khan 112, Abdul Hanan 41, Bismillah Khan 38, Kamran Ghulam 3-55, Himayat Ullah 3-61, Fawad Malook 2-37). Abbottabad Region 245 all out in 76.2 overs (Imran Shah 84,Fawad Malook 54, Aziz Ullah 4-49, Mohiuddin 3-40) and 99-5 in 21.4 overs (Kamran Ghulam 36, Mohiuddin 2-19, Gohar Faiz 2-32) Result: Abbottabad Region won by 5 wickets.

At UBL Ground Karachi: Larkana Region 143 all out in 70 overs (Habib Shah 40, Muhammad Asghar 4-50, Fawad Alam 3-10, Mir Hamza 3-37) and 106 all out in 48.3 overs (Habib Ullah 27, Ashiq Ali 6-15, Muhammad Asghar 2-36) Karachi Region Blues 262 all out in 82.4 overs (Ramiz Aziz 113, Ali Asghar 5-103, Faraz Aziz 4-67) Result: Karachi Region B won by an innings & 13 runs.