Ariz Kamal misses century

Ariz Kamal failed by seven runs to score a century as Karachi Greens strengthened their grip on Nawabshah in the Cornelius Trophy match at Nawabshah Stadium on Thursday.

At close of play on the second day of the three-day tie, the home side were staring at innings defeat, having lost five wickets for 96 runs in the second innings after conceding a huge first innings lead of 226.

Earlier, Karachi Greens amassed 368 in 79.1 overs with Ariz making 93, Rashid Ali 73 and Mir Rashid 60.

Slow left-armer Farooq Ahmed captured five for 71. Meanwhile, the second day of the match between Islamabad and Lahore Greens at Rawalpindi's KRL Stadium was completely washed out without a ball being bowled because of rain.

Summarised scores:

*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:

NAWABSHAH 142 (Nasir Khan 28, Shahid Hussain 21, Abid Ali 20; Ariz Kamal 3-28, Zeeshan Essa 3-28, Faraz Ahmed 2-14, Adeel Malik 2-29) and 96-5 (Kamran Qureshi 27, Farooq Ahmed 24; Adeel Malik 2-12);

KARACHI GREENS 368 (Ariz Kamal 93, Rashid Ali 73, Mir Rashid 60, Adnan Kalim 41, Nasir Aziz 41, Azmat Ali 35; Farooq Ahmed 5-71, Hafeez Ahmed 2-76)).

*At PCB Regional Academy Ground, Karachi:

QUETTA 331-8 innings closed (Javed Iqbal 123, Naseem Khan 110, Abdul Rehman 25, Abdul Wali 20 not out; Mohtashim Ali 3-73, Shahbaz Bashir 2-49);

SIBI 112 (Afzal Shah 30, Khuda Bukhsh 28; Arun Lal 7-56, Abdul Rehman 3-32) and 200-5 (Afzal Shah 59, Haroon Ishaq 29, Mian Nafees 28 not out, Mohammad Naveed 26, Maqbool Ahmed 20 not out, Shahbaz Bashir 20; Naseer Khan 4-64)

*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi (no play on second day):

LAHORE GREENS 132 (Imran Qadir 29; Stephen John 7-54; Mohammad Altaf 2-28);

ISLAMABAD 246-1 (Ashar Zaidi 112 not out, Hammad-ul-Haq 96 not out).

*At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad:

SUKKUR 193 (Aqeel Ahmed 119; Sharjeel Ali 5-53, Anwar Ali 3-45);

HYDERABAD 305-8 (Shamim Bashir 90, Kashif Jilani 64, Javed Shaikh 47, Hanif Malik 41 not out, Taj Wali 24; Khalid Sohail 4-112).

*At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Karachi:

NASEERABAD 145 (Salman Khan 35, Talib Hussain 24; Nisar Niazi 4-48, Mohammad Amin 3-28, Kashif Habib 3-29) and 98-2 (Khurshid Malik 50 not out, Salman Khan 32);

PISHIN 264 (Samiullah 117, Nisar Niazi 58, Salman Khan 28, Nasrullah 21; Wajihuddin 6-80, Jurial Jamali 2-62)