Huraira, Farooq centuries put FATA, Peshawar in command

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Faisalabad resumed at their overnight score of 118-2 and were bowled out for 259 in reply to Peshawar Blues’ 503-4 declared. Atiq-ur-Rehman top-scored with 72, while Sajid Khan and Mohammad Adnan took three wickets each.

Following on, Faisalabad reached 54-1 at stumps and still trail by 190 runs. At Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad, FATA resumed their second innings at 22-1 and were dismissed for 283. Mohammad Farooq scored 123 and Salman Khan Jnr contributed 53.

Mohammad Salman Mirza took three wickets for Lahore Whites. Chasing 412 to win, Lahore Whites were reduced to 40-4 at stumps, with Test captain Babar Azam unbeaten on 20. Afaq Afridi took two wickets as FATA moved closer to win.

At Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Multan resumed at 249-7 and finished their first innings at 327, with overnight unbeaten batter Imran Rafiq scoring 140. Right-arm fast bowler Musa Khan grabbed four wickets. Trailing by 112 runs, Islamabad reached 163-6 in their second innings at stumps, taking a lead of 51 runs.

Raja Hamza Waheed scored 60, while Sarmad Bhatti remained unbeaten on 30. Hasan Hafeez took three wickets for Multan. Scores in brief:Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold.

Round 1 – Day 3 – Stumps. Karachi Blues v Sialkot Blues at National Ground, Islamabad.

Sialkot Blues 241 all out, 79.1 overs (Mohammad Huraira 117, Ahmed Hasan 43, Hamza Nazar 24; Muhammad Umar 4-19, Mohammad Asghar 3-55, Danish Aziz 2-38) and 388-5decl, 78.4 overs (Mohammad Huraira 141, Mohsin Riaz 100 not out; Mohammad Hamza Sohail 2-94)Karachi Blues 280 all out, 75.4 overs (Muhammad Ghazi Ghori 88, Rameez Aziz 49, Abdul Basit 37, Danish Aziz 31, Omair Bin Yousuf 29; Athar Mehmood 3-72, Hasan Ali 2-37, Hamza Nazar 2-75) and 2-1, 2 overs.

Faisalabad v Peshawar Blues at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.

Peshawar Blues 503-4dec, 115.2 overs overs (Mohammad Rizwan 200 not out, Najab Khan 133, Mohammad Haris 70 not out, Nabi Gul 48, Maaz Sadaqat 29; Muddasir Zunair 2-103, Asad Raza 2-139)Faisalabad 259 all out, 92.2 overs (Atiq-ur-Rehman 72, Asim Ali Nasir 42, Faham-ul-Haq 31; Sajid Khan 3-25, Mohammad Adnan 3-50, Niaz Khan 2-55, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-66) and follow on 54-1, 26 overs (Faham ul Haq 29 not out)FATA v Lahore Whites at Diamond Cricket Ground, IslamabadFATA 362 all out, 84.1 overs (Fawad Arshad 115, Rehan Afridi 69, Salman Khan Jnr 33, Mohammad Farooq 32, Mohammad Usman 29, Mohammad Wasim Khan 29, Shaheen Shah Afridi 25; Hammad Aziz 6-97, Mohammad Salman Mirza 2-73) and 283 all out, 59.1 overs (Mohammad Farooq 123, Salman Khan Jnr 53, Shahid Aziz 33; Mohammad Salman Mirza 3-78, Mohammad Faiq 2-39, Hammad Aziz 2-42, Aamir Jamal 2-66)Lahore Whites 234 all out, 49.2 overs (Aamir Jamal 74, Ali Zaryab 51, Babar Azam 28, Mohammad Faiq 26; Afaq Afridi 3-55, Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-69, Shahid Aziz 2-56) and 40-4, 17 overs (Babar Azam 20 not out; Afaq Afridi 2-11, Shahid Aziz 1-4, Shaheen Shah Afridi 1-14)Islamabad v Multan at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.

Islamabad 215 all out, 74.3 overs (Mohammad Hammad Khan 50, Sarmad Bhatti 40, Sudais Ulfat 38, Raja Hamza Waheed 25; Muhammad Shahzad 3-51, Mohammad Irfan 3-52, Aamer Yamin 2-20) and 163-6, 51 overs (Raja Hamza Waheed 60, Azeem Bari 34, Sarmad Bhatti 30 not out; Hasan Hafeez 3-41, Moheer Saeed 2-23)Multan 327 all out, 90.2 overs (Imran Rafiq 140, Sharoon Siraj 82, Uzair Mumtaz 33; Musa Khan 4-51, Mohammad Qaiser 3-72, Ali Imran 2-36)