Shaheen & Haris Share Bowling Honours; OGDCL Follow On
Shaheen Shah Afridi took a four-wicket haul and Haris Rauf claimed five wickets on the third day of the first-round matches in the President’s Trophy on Monday.
Shaheen returned figures of 14.5-0-61-4 as Ghani Glass, resuming at 200 for five, were dismissed for 306 in reply to Khan Research Laboratory’s 547 for nine declared. KRL opted not to enforce the follow-on and reached 164 for one in their second innings to take an overall lead of 405 runs with nine wickets in hand.
Haseebullah of Ghani Glass fell one run short of a well-deserved century when he was bowled by KRL captain Iftikhar Ahmed for 99. He faced 121 balls and struck 12 fours.
At stumps, KRL’s Shahzaib Khan and Fakhar Zaman were unbeaten on 76 each.
Haris Rauf returned figures of 13-3-34-5 as Pakistan Television bowled Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) out for 204 after PTV had posted 400. Faisal Akram provided excellent support with 4-51 from 19 overs.
Forced to follow on, OGDCL were 64 for three at stumps and still trail PTV by 132 runs.
State Bank of Pakistan opener Hasan Raza struck 103 to put his side in a strong position to push for victory against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). After conceding a 30-run first-innings lead, SBP reached 190 for one at stumps to lead by 160 runs with nine wickets in hand.
Hasan faced 178 balls and struck 10 fours and a six. He shared a 186-run opening stand with Faham-ul-Haq, who scored 78 off 168 balls with 10 fours.
Earlier, SNGPL added 27 runs to their overnight 161 for five before being bowled out for 188. Kashif Bhatti produced outstanding figures of 26-11-40-6.
MIT Solutions were facing defeat against Kingsmen Academy after ending the day 203 for five, still 32 runs behind. Kingsmen had declared their first innings at 565 for seven before MIT resumed at 179 for three and were dismissed for 330.
Opener Mohammad Farooq top-scored with 117 off 111 balls, hitting 11 fours and six sixes. Akif Javed was the pick of the Academy attack with 6-79 from 18.5 overs.
In their second innings, MIT reached 203 for five at stumps, with Farooq again top-scoring, this time with 67.
President's Trophy Grade-I: Day 3 Round-Up! Key performances from around the grounds as teams press for results heading into the final day:
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➡️ Hasan Raza: 103
➡️ Haseebullah: 99
➡️ Kashif Bhatti: 6/40
➡️ Akif Javed: 6/79
➡️ Haris Rauf: 5/34#PresidentsTrophy |… pic.twitter.com/d7wVnBVtQX
Scores in brief (day three of four):
Khan Research Laboratory (KRL) vs Ghani Glass, Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar. Toss: KRL
KRL 547-9d (Imran Rafiq 129, Fakhar Zaman 128, Asim Ali Nasir 87, Shaheen Shah Afridi 47, Mohammad Hunaid 43, Shahzaib Khan 36, Abdul Faseeh 26, Iftikhar Ahmed 23; Ghulam Haider 4-119, Mohammad Wasim Jnr 3-129) and 164-1, 24 overs (Shahzaib Khan 76 not out, Fakhar Zaman 76 not out)
Ghani Glass (overnight 200-5, 48 overs) 306 all-out, 81.5 overs (Haseebullah 99, Sharjeel Khan 59, Ali Razzaq 52, Mirza Tahir Baig 34; Shaheen Shah Afridi 4-61, Iftikhar Ahmed 2-62, Arshad Iqbal 2-75)
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium. Toss: SNGPL
SBP 158 all out, 62.2 overs (Mubasir Khan 62 not out, Rameez Aziz 27; Ahmad Safi Abdullah 3-44, Khan Zeb 3-48, Shehzad Gul 2-28) and 190-1, 58 overs (Hasan Raza 103 not out, Faham-Ul-Haq 78 not out)
SNGPL (overnight 161-5, 51 overs) 188 all-out, 68.1 overs (Omair Bin Yousuf 49, Abdul Samad 33, Awais Zafar 26, Sameer Minhas 24; Kashif Bhatti 6-40, Sirajuddin 2-62)
Pakistan Television vs Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Diamond Cricket Ground. Toss: PTV
PTV 400 all out, 106.1 overs (Mohammad Taha 134, Sharoon Siraj 92, Waqar Hussain 42, Amad Butt 37, Mohammad Shahzad 21; Danish Aziz 3-60, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-68)
OGDCL (overnight 90-5, 31 overs) 204 all-out, 64 overs (Mohammad Hammad Khan 43, Mohammad Irfan 35, Rohail Nazir 28, Danish Aziz 27, Saad Khan 27; Haris Rauf 5-34, Faisal Akram 4-51) and 64-3, 19 overs (Saad Khan 42, Ali Zaryab 20; Israr Hussain 2-15)
MIT Solutions vs Kingsmen Academy, Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. Toss: MIT Solutions
Kingsmen Academy 565-7d, 131.1 overs (Salman Ali Agha 300 not out, Mohammad Suleman 115, Mohammad Shayan 34, Azan Tariq 31, Mohammad Huraira 30, Mohammad Arshad 27; Salman Aslam 2-70)
MIT Solutions (overnight 179-3, 31 overs) 330 all-out, 76.5 overs (Mohammad Farooq 117, Bismillah Khan 39, Atiq-ur-Rehman 36, Mohammad Razaullah 30, Salman Aslam 22; Akif Javed 6-79, Mehran Mumtaz 2-50, Muhammad Omar 2-52) and 203-5 (Mohammad Farooq 67, Salman Khan Junior 42, Atiq-ur-Rehman 38, Hasnain Nadeem 24, Muhammad Razaullah 20; Mehran Mumtaz 2-44)



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