Off-spinner Arshad Khan bagged a match haul of 15 wickets as Allied Bank Limited (ABL) crushed Bahawalpur by 10 wickets with more than a day to spare in the QEA Trophy second round match at Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur, on Sunday.
Arshad, who picked up seven for 25 in the first innings, followed up with eight for 86 in the second as the home team were dismissed for 257 after resuming this morning at 110 for four while requiring 243 to make the bankers bat again. Arshad had match match figures of 52.5-15-111-15. For Bahawalpur, only No 6 batsman Kamran Hussain offered any resistance of note while scoring a 127-ball 54.

Multan also made short work of Dadu when they won their game by a thumping an innings and 11 runs. Dadu had began the day at zero for no loss and were dismissed for 164 with Shahid Qambrani scoring a 115-ball 50 with three boundaries. Paceman Farhan Abbasi caused the maximum damage while snapping up four for 36.

PIA also picked up maximum points when they thrashed Peshawar by an innings and 167 runs - thanks to five for 73 by local boy Umer Gul that shot out the hosts for 163. PIA started the second day at 359 for six in reply to home team's 144 and were bowled out for 474.
Mahmood Hamid, overnight 78 not out, was dismissed after scoring a well played 108 that contained 18 boundaries from 171 deliveries he faced during 218 minutes of batting.

Habib Bank had the better of Sheikhupura when they won their game by 90 runs. Pacemen Shahid Nazir and Sajid Shah equally shared eight wickets between them as the home team was dismissed for 167 while chasing 257 for victory.

Elsewhere, Wapda were sensing victory over Lahore Blues when they left the latter reeling at 25 for five after setting them a target of 348. In Wapda's second innings, opener Atiq-ur-Rehman missed a well deserved century when he was dismissed for 99.

Saeed Anwar inspired National Bank were in some trouble against Faisalabad at the Iqbal Stadium when they finished the penultimate day's play at 80 for four while chasing 158 for victory. The home team started the day at 41 for two and were dismissed for 281 with left-arm pacer Zahid Saeed capturing six for 77.

KRL's Misbah-ul-Haq hit an unbeaten 101 with 13 boundaries and a six from 156 deliveries to put his team in commanding position against ADBP who, chasing 380 for victory, were 28 for no loss. Misbah added 134 for the fourth wicket with Intikhab Alam who chipped in with 83.

At the LCCA ground, Rizwan Aslam carried his bat for a mammoth 209 as Lahore Whites posted a colossal 439 in reply for Gujranwala's 179. Rizwan, who started the day at 165 in Lahore's 326 for five, clobbered 27 boundaries during his 540 minutes of stay at the crease during which he received 452 deliveries.

Day-3 Scores in brief:

Group-I

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad: 172 (Zeeshan Asif 59, Farooq Iqbal 32, Imran Javed 3-23, Shabbir Ahmad 3-50) and 281 (Mohammad Zaman 126, Farooq Iqbal 41, Zahid Saeed 6-77)
National Bank 295 (Qaiser Abbas 87, Mushtaq Ahmad 62, Saeed Anwar 58, Farooq Iqbal 4-80) and 80-4 (Moazzam Ali 3-32)

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Service Industries 286 (Sufian Munir 64, Bilal Khilji 58, Ahmad Hayat 3-84, Umair Hassan 3-88) and 31-4 (Ahmad Hayat 3-14)
Sargodha 374 (Ahmad Hayat 84, Umair Hassan 46, Humaj Mukhtar 39, Mohammad Hafeez 38, Mohammad Sarfaraz 31, Mohammad Irshad 4-82)

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Wapda 243 (Mohammad Hasan Adnan 100 not out, Tariq Aziz 42, Mohamamd Khalil 4-66, Sajid Ali 3-65) and 284-6 declared (Atiq-ur-Rehman 99, Rizwan Malik 59 not out, Zahid Umer 39 not out, Adil Nisar 33)
LCCA Blues 180 (Latif Gohar 48, Ali Hussain 30, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 5-49) and 25-5 (sarfaraz Ahmad 3-9, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 2-14)

Group-II

At Multan Stadium, Multan: Dadu 149 (Mohammad Salim 61, Rao Waseem Ahmad 31, Naeem Iqbal 4-35, Azhar Abbas 3-38) and 164 (Shahid Qambrani 50, Farhan Abbasi 4-36)
Multan 324 (Mohammad Ali Niazi 84, Mohammad Ali Rafi 53, Azhar Abbas 44 not out, Akhtar Bungash 3-51, Shahid Qambrani 3-69)
Result: Multan won by an innings and 11 runs (Points Multan 12, Dadu 0)

At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur 81 (Mohammad Rashid 33, Arshad Khan 7-25) and 257 (Kamran Hussain 54, Maqsood Akbar 48, Inam-ul-Haq Rashid 39, Arshad Khan 8-86)
Allied Bank 324-9 declared (Ijaz Ahmad Junior 75, Aamir Hanif 54, Mohammad Zahid 50, Naved Latif 47, Wajahatullah Wasti 43, Faisal Elahi 4-74) and 17-0
Result: Allied Bank won by 10 wickets (Points ABL 12, Bahawalpur 0

At National Stadium, Karachi: KCCA Whites 302 (Agha Sabir 52, Asim Kamal 37, Faisal Mirza 34, Irfanuddin 32 not out, Mohammad Masroor 31, Maisam Hasnain 31, Rajesh Ramesh 5-91) and 142-2 (Wasim Naeem 58 not out, Agha Sabir 33, Maisam Hasnain 31)
Pak PWD 343 (Faisal Athar 79, Ahmer Saeed 73, Iqbal Imam 53, Saad Wasim 51, Nasir Khan 4-104)

Group-III

At LCCA ground, Lahore: Gujranwala 179 (Asim Munir Butt 82, Wasim Khan 4-63) and 125-4 (Iftikhar Ahmad 34)
LCCA Whites 439 (Rizwan Aslam 209 not out, Khurram Siddique 63, Aamer Sajjad 42, Naved Arif 4-111)

At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: Habib Bank 155 (Irfan Fazil 53, Farhan Adil 31, Waqas Chughtai 6-65) and 269 (Atiq-uz-Zaman 66, Asadullah Butt 63, Waqas Chughtai 4-73, Mohammad Yasin 3-77)
Sheikhupura 167 (Tahir Amin 38, Danish Kaneria 4-36, Sajid Shah 4-37) and 167 (Tahir Amin 36, Ayub Dogar 30, Sajid Shah 4-37, Shahid Nazir 4-62)
Result: Habib Bank won by 90 runs (Points HBL 12, Sheikhupura 0)

At Saga ground, Sialkot: Customs 255 (Aamir Bashir 75, Shadab Kabir 32, Shahid Mahmood 31, Shahid Khan 3-73, Tahir Mughal 3-77) and 102 (Tahir Mughal 6-38)
Sialkot 179 (Shahzad Malik 33, Imran Ali 5-48, Nadeem Iqbal 4-46) and 48-4 (Abdul Rauf 3-19)

Group-IV

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar 144 (Zeeshan Mohsin 64 not out, Shoaib Malik 5-27, Umer Gul 3-65) and 163 (Zeeshan Mohsin 51, Fakhr-e-Alam 32, Umer Gul 5-73, Shoaib Malik 3-22)
PIA 474 (Ghulam Ali 138, Mahmood Hamid 108, Asif Mujtaba 61, Nauman Habib 4-133, Mohammad Siddique 3-109, Asif Khan 3-127)
Result: PIA won by an innings and 167 runs (Points PIA 12, Peshawar 0)

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL 307 (Saeed bin Nasir 93 not out, Saeed Anwar Jnr 60, Yasir Arafat 31, Jaffar Nazir 30, Rao Iftikhar 3-83) and 303-5 declared (Misbah-ul-Haq 101 not out, Intikhab Alam 83, Saeed bin Nasir 34)
ADBP 231 (Faisal Naved 47, Zahoor Elahi 41, Hafiz Majid 31, Yasir Arafat 5-78, Ali Naqvi 3-37) and 28-0

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi 281 (Nauman Aman 142, Sheraz Khalid 73, Imranullah 6-51) and 183-6 (Babar Naeem 63, Ali Mohammad 4-67)
KCCA Blues 161 (Jaffar Qureshi 52, Khalid Latif 39, Mohammad Fayyaz 5-48, Junaid Zia 3-42)

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