QEA Trophy Fourth Round: Day-4 report

Fast bowler Nadeem Ashraf claimed six wickets for Faisalabad but still couldn't stop Wapda from picking up three first innings lead point as the weather-hit fourth round of the QEA Trophy concluded Saturday.
Nadeem finished with six for 65 as Wapda closed at 190 for eight while replying to Faisalabad's 163.

At the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi, Karachi Whites earned three first innings points when their match against Multan ended in a draw. Multan, who surrendered a 89-run first innings lead to the home team, finished at 175 for five after being set a victory target of 302.
Earlier, Asim Khan stroked an unbeaten 104 from 142 balls as Karachi declared their second innings at 212 for six after starting the day at 91 for one.

At Bahawalpur, the home team was denied maximum points when they were held to a thrilling draw by Pak PWD. Needing 76 for victory in 14 overs, the home team finished at 67 for seven.
PWD, who had conceded a huge 197-run first innings lead, were earlier in the day dismissed for 272 with opener Faisal Athar hitting 137 from 275 balls.
Kamran Hussain bowled well for Bahawalpur and picked up five wickets for 43 runs. Imranullah took four wickets for 103 runs.

No points were awarded in the remaining five matches as the required one full innings for each team couldn't be completed.

Scores in brief (day four of four):

Group-I

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: Service Industries: 150 (Kashif Nizami 55, Shabbir Ahmad 6-55)
National Bank 70-4 (Saeed Anwar 30)
Match drawn

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad 163 (Hasnain Haider 55, Sohail Nazir 32, Aqeel Ahmed 5-46, Mohammad Aslam 3-20)
Wapda 190-8 (Sarfraz Ahmed 52, Kashif Rasheed 46, Ahmed Said 36, Tauqeer Hussain 6-65)
Match drawn

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Sargodha 174 (Sohail Maqbool 49, Shahzad Butt 4-71, Sajid Ali 3-39, Mohammad Khalil 3-42)
Lahore Blues 88-7 (Ahmed Hayat 4-39, Mohammad Sarfraz 3-33)
Match drawn

Group-II

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Whites 376 (Maisam Hasnain 148, Tahir Khan 85, Iqbal Sheikh 53, Farhan Iqbal 39, Naeem Iqbal 3-112) and 212-6 declared (Asim Kamal 104 not out, Asif Zakir 51, Khurram Butt 3-56)
Multan 287 (Farhan Abbasi 41, Zeeshan Khan 44, Arif Mahmood 4-84, Tahir Khan 4-96) and 175-5 (Zeeshan Khan 84)
Match drawn

At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur: PPWD 146 (Saad Wasim 52 not out, Atif Maqbool 36, Kamran Hussain 7-46) and 272 (Faisal Athar 137, Riaz Sheikh 31, Kamran Hussain 5-43, Imranullah 4-103)
Bahawalpur 343-9 declared (Ahsan Raza 60, Asif Iqbal Junior 50, Maqsood Akbar 48, Kamran Hussain 37, Safdar Niazi 35, Mohammad Rashid 33, Bilal Rana 30 not out, Fahim Ahmad 3-53) and 67-7 (Rauf Akbar 4-35)
Match drawn

Group-III

At Saga Ground, Sialkot: Habib Bank 201 (Farhan Adil 37, Riffatullah 36, Asadullah Butt 32, Khaqan Arsal 30, Sajjad-ul-Haq 5-44, Shahid Khan 4-57)
Sialkot 161-6 (Faisal Khan 84, Shahzad Malik 31, Sajid Shah 3-55)
Match drawn

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Customs 309-5 declared (Kashif Siddique, 128, Azhar Shafiq 108, Abdul Rauf 31)
Lahore Whites 255-4 (Fahad-ul-Haq 96, Tariq Rasheed 43 not out, Faisal Javed 40, Umer Javed 37)
Match drawn

At Country Club, Muridke: Gujranwala 54-2 (Humayun Taj 35) vs Sheikhupura
Match drawn (no play on final day)

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