Three-day wins for PIA, KRL, ZTBL

PIA battered Karachi Blues into submission on Friday scoring an innings and 161-run victory inside three days in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-IV match at KRL Stadium.

Karachi Blues, forced to follow on after being dismissed for only 165, went crashing to defeat, managing only 134 in their second innings. PIA had piled up a massive 460 for nine declared in their first innings.

Karachi Blues could last barely nine overs after resuming at the overnight 155 for five, with paceman Umar Gul inflicting the damage by snaring three wickets for 32 runs.

Najaf Shah, the left-armer pacer, picked up two more wickets to finish with five for the innings. The two bowlers then continued their demolition act, ripping the rivals apart with Umar picking up another four wickets and Najaf snapping up two more.

The Karachi boys were in such hopeless form that their top four batsmen all went for nought, Umar and Najaf sharing those wickets. Only Sharjeel Ashraf could manage to put on a respectable 52 and Sajid Hanif who scored 36. Everyone else was a failure.

Meanwhile, Rawalpindi suffered the same fate as Karachi Blues, crashing to an innings and 55 runs defeat against KRL. Rawalpindi, 13 for one overnight, were bundled out for 197 in their second innings on the third day. Babar Naeem with 47 and Junaid Zia, who scored 46 were the key scorers.

Yasir Arafat was the chief wicket-taker with five for 57 while Mohammad Asif captured four for 48. KRL had accumulated a first innings total of 410 for eight declared.

ZTBL also gained a three-day win, when they overcame Peshawar by 280 runs in the match at Arbab Niaz Stadium. Fast bowlers Mubashir Nazir finished with a match haul of nine for 62 and Fahad Masood seven for 50.

PIA (1st Innings) 460-9 dec (Ghulam Ali 188, Yasir Hameed 64, Asif Mujtaba 60, Shoaib Malik 57; Mohammad Hasnain 4-136).

KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings, overnight 155-5):

Khalid Latif lbw b Umar 92

Kamran Ali lbw b John 3

Mansoor Baig c Moin b Asif 21

Wajid Ali b Najaf 1

Khurram Manzoor c Mahmood b Najaf 16

Sharjeel Ashraf c Moin b Najaf 0

Sajid Hanif c Bazid b Umar 12

Imranullah b Umar 0

Mohammad Hasnain not out 1

Tariq Sabzwari lbw b Najaf 4

Ali Mohammad Madni b Najaf 0

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, NB-6) 15

TOTAL (all out in 67.1 overs) 165

FALL OF WKTS 1-40, 2-116, 3-119, 4-136, 5-144, 5-157, 7-157, 8-160, 9-165.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 15-6-32-3; Najaf Shah 19.1-8-31-5; Stephen John 8-1-28-1; Shoaib Malik 11-1-51-0; Asif Mujtaba 14-8-14-1.

KARACHI BLUES (2nd Innings):

Khalid Latif b Umar 0

Kamran Ali lbw b Umar 0

Mansoor Baig c Moin b Najaf 0

Wajid Ali b Umar 0

Khurram Manzoor c Mahmood b Najaf 21

Sharjeel Ashraf c Najaf b Shoaib 52

Sajid Hanif c Umar b Asif 36

Mohammad Hasnain b Shoaib 0

Tariq Sabzwari c Asif b Shoaib 0

Ali Mohammad Madni lbw b Umar 7

Imranullah not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (all out, 37.2 overs) 134

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-24, 6-82, 7-84, 8-84, 9-98.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 10-0-49-4; Najaf Shah 8-4-14-2; Stephen John 4-1-10-0; Asif Mujtaba 7-2-22-1; Shoaib Malik 8.2-1-37-3.

RESULT: PIA won by an innings and 161 runs.

Summarised scores of other Group-IV matches:

*At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi:

KRL beat Rawalpindi by an innings and 55 runs.

RAWALPINDI 158 (Shiraz Khalid 44, Waheed Ahmed 36, Junaid Zia 32: Jaffar Nazir 5-15, Yasir Arafat 3-50, Shakeel Ahmed 2-40) and 197 (Babar Naeem 47, Junaid Zia 46, Nauman Aman 37; Yasir Arafat 5-57, Mohammad Asif 4-48);

KRL 410-8 dec (Misbah-ul-Haq 110, Mohammad Ramzan 84, Saeed Anwar Jr 83, Asif Mahmood 38, Jaffar Nazir 32 not out; Junaid Zia 5-78, Shiraz Khalid 2-63).

*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

ZTBL beat Peshawar by 280 runs.

ZTBL 240 (Atif ashraf 71, Faisal Naveed 61; Abdul Nasir 4-51, Mohammad Siddique 4-102, Asif Khan 2-66) and 297 (Zahoor Elahi 84, Atif Ashraf 53, Hafiz Majid 45, Faisal Naveed 42; Fazle Akbar Jr 3-41, Mohammad Siddique 3-86, Bilal Marwat 2-23, Abdul Nasir 2-71);

PESHAWAR 144 (Asif Khan 42, Asmatullah 41; Mubashir Nazir 5-39, Munir Ansari 3-38, Fahad Masood 2-34) and 113 (Abdul Nasir 35, Sajjad Ahmed 30; Fahad Masood 5-16, Mubashir Nazir 4-23)