Azizullah and Hameedullah cracked centuries as Pishin went on arampage against Loralai as the third round matches of the Quaid-i-AzamTrophy Grade-II began at various centres Sunday
22-Oct-2001Azizullah and Hameedullah cracked centuries as Pishin went on arampage against Loralai as the third round matches of the Quaid-i-AzamTrophy Grade-II began at various centres Sunday.At the Bugti Stadium in Quetta, Pishin mustered 430 for four in theallotted 65 overs and then restricted Loralai to 69 for four atstumps. Azizullah hammered an undefeated 126 while Hameedullah slammed106 as Pishin scored at an incredible rate of 6.61 runs per over.In the other third round action, Thatta’s Rizwan Qureshi, Quetta’s AliAhmad and Kalat’s Abdul Hameed shared the day’s honours with someexcellent performances for their respective teams.Rizwan captured seven wickets for 58 runs against Mirpurkhas who wereskittled out for 164 in 54 overs at Makli Stadium. When stumps weredrawn for the day, Thatta had reached 121 for five.Ali Ahmad hammered a fine 107 during his 192-minute vigil at thecrease against Naseerabad at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium. The openerstruck nine boundaries in his 149-ball knock and featured in a 115-runfirst wicket stand with Aqil Baloch (64, 4×4, 1×6) to proper Quetta toa colossal 324 for seven in 65 overs.At stumps, Naseerabad were reeling at 102 for seven with inningsdefeat staring right at them.The second century of the day came from the willow of Kalat’s AbdulHameed who stroked an unbeaten 123 to lift his team to 182 for sixagainst Turbat at the National Stadium. Hameed’s 113-ball inningsspanning over two hours contained 20 hits to the fence.Afghanistan showed mark improvement in their cricket when pacemanAllah Dad recorded figures of 18.3-4-53-6 to bowl out Swat for 198 in62.3 overs at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. The visitors hadreached 63 for four from 30 overs at close of play.Another fast bowler who was impressive on the first day was Multan’sNaeem Iqbal who scooped up six for 74 as Okara were bowled out for 169in 53 overs at the Municipal Stadium in Okara. Naeem receivedexcellent support from Khurram Shahzad Butt who bagged the remainingfour wickets conceding 37 runs.At stumps, Multan had already taken a 20-run lead when they finishedat 189 for six in 43 overs – thanks to a 135-run fifth wicket standbetween Zeeshan Khan (70) and Sajid Waheed (63 not out).Kashif Ali spearheaded a spirited Dadu fightback when he notched upsix wickets for 24 runs in 10 overs to bundle out Badin for 75 afterDadu had been dismissed for 195 with Shafiq Turk claiming four wicketsfor 51.Forced to follow on at the KCCA Stadium, Badin were 12 for one.Summarised scores were:Pishin v Loralai, Bugti Stadium, QuettaPishin: 430-4 in 65 overs (Azizullah 126 not out, Hameedullah106, Inayatullah 66, Wali Mohammad 38, Extras 52, Naseebullah 37 notout, Inayatullah 3-135).Loralai: 69-4 (Mohammad Shahid 23 n.o.).Mirpurkhas v Thatta, Makli Stadium, ThattaMirpurkhas: 164 (Naveed Bulund 46, Saeed Asghar 40 not out,Ahmad Zahid Nawaz 39, Rizwan Qureshi 23-9-58-7).Thatta: 121-5 (Mansoor Chandio 33 not out, Mohammad Aslam 26not out, Ahmad Ali 26, Kashif Pervez 3-56).Afghanistan v Swat, Arbab Niaz StadiumSwat: 198 (Mohammad Arshad 54, Mohsinuddin 40, Haider Ali 26,Allah Dad 18.3-4-53-6, Daulat Khan 2-18).Afghanistan: 63-4.Okara v Multan, Municipal Stadium, OkaraOkara: 169 (Nazir Ahmad 57, Pervez Iqbal 32, Naeem Iqbal 25-6-74-6; Khurram Shahzad Butt 4-37).Multan: 189-6 (Zeeshan Khan 70, Sajid Waheed 63 not out, SaleemHaider 3-64, Zulfiqar Babar 2-57).Quetta v Naseerabad, Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, KarachiQuetta: 324-7 (Ali Ahmad 107, Aqil Baloch 64, Sabir Husain 38,Mohtashim Rasheed 24, Naseer Khan 21, Abdul Hameed 21, S.M Adil 3-41).Naseerabad: 102-7 (S.M Adil 28, Nazim Wahab 25, Umaid Ali 21,Mohtashim Rasheed 3-33, Aqil Baloch 3-38).Turbat v Kalat, National Stadium, KarachiTurbat: 204 (Iftikhar Ahmad 40, Jameel Ahmad 30, Shoaib Wahid30, Anwar Rahmat 25, Yousuf Jan 21, Ghani Musa 20, Mohammad Arif 2-29,Dawood Shah 2-39, Sarmad Taj 2-59, Abdul Haq 2-30).Kalat: 182-6 (Abdul Hameed 123 not out, Abdul Haq 25, BebargMunir 2-23, Abdul Basit 2-51).Nawabshah v Larkana, Niaz Stadium, HyderabadNawabshah: 249 (Hanif-ur-Rehman 59, Hamid Husain 39, AbdulGhaffar 34, Mir Jamil 33, Shahid Hussain 21, Mohammad Siddiq 3- 33,Abdul Sattar 3-47, Amanullah 2-61, Mazhar ali 2-66).Larkana: 70-1 (Ali Nawaz 36 not out, Khadim Mangi 25 not out).Dadu vs Badin, KCCA Stadium, KarachiDadu: 195 (Shahid Qambrani 39, Akhtar Bangash 29, Javed Liaquat24 not out, Shafiq Turk 4-51, Rashid Nizamani 3-44).Badin: 75 (Niaz Ahmad 24, Kashif Ali 10-2-24-6, Javed Liaquat3-17) and 12-1.Jacobabad v Sukkur, Nawabshah StadiumJacobabad: 124 (Abdul Samad 3-16).Sukkur: 149-6 (Mushtaq Ahmad 68).Gujrat v Hafizabad, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Stadium, GujratGujrat: 288 (Sufian Munir 98, Fayyaz Ahmad 49, Shoaib Faisal50, Zubair Ahmad 3-21, Asim Butt 3-69).Hafizabad: 73-4 (Shahid Latif 42).