- The penultimate round of Hanif Mohammad Trophy finished with Faisalabad and FATA topping each of the two groups as race for Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is set to enter final phase
- The last HMT round will begin on Monday, 22 September in Bahawalpur, Karachi, Multan and Rahim Yar Khan
Lahore, 19 September 2025: The fourth round of the Hanif Mohammad Trophy came to conclusion with the remaining three matches ending with triumphs for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Rawalpindi and FATA.
With just one more round to go – which begins on Monday, 22 September – Faisalabad sit atop Group A with two wins and as many drawn games, while AJK are second in Group A. FATA Region are placed on top of the Group B with three wins with Karachi Blues second.
Group A
Azad Jammu and Kashmir registered a brilliant come-from-behind victory – their first in the tournament - against Hyderabad as they defended the 116-run target at the Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan.
Hyderabad folded for a mere 79 in 30.5 overs in pursuit of the 116-run target as AJK’s Usman Yousaf returned figures of 5.5-0-16-4, while Hasnain Shamir, Zaman Khan and Hasan Raza dismissed two batters each. Earlier, AJK began the day from overnight second innings score of 76 for no loss 24 overs and were still 47 runs behind Hyderabad.
Following the departure of the opening batters Hasan Raza (95, 126b, 15x4s, 1x6) and Hasnain Nadeem (44, 121b, 5x4s) – who put 135-run opening stand – AJK slipped to 167-5 and then 238 all out in 74.5 overs. No.5 batter Awais Akram Minhas (56 not out, 106b, 6x4s) remained unbeaten for half-century pushing AJK’s lead above 100-run mark.
For Hyderabad, Jawad Ali picked up 7-95 to bag a match haul of 10 wickets.
Group B
Rawalpindi chased down the meagre 68-run target in 13.3 overs as they registered their second win of the tournament at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi. Yasir Khan struck six fours and two sixes in his 40-ball 48.
Earlier, DM Jamali’s spirited second innings came to an end in 126.2 overs as they hauled the 257-run first innings deficit but only managed to get 67 runs ahead of Rawalpindi. No.5 batter Dawood Khan’s 275-ball knock came to an end as he converted his overnight score of 69 to 145 hitting 20 fours.
Rawalpindi’s Mubasir Khan returned figures of 47-18-83-5, while Saad Masood picked up two wickets.
FATA went top of the Group B as they bagged their third win of the tournament beating Multan for 81 runs at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi. Multan stumbled to 132 all out in 53 overs in pursuit of a 213-run target as Asif Afridi and Hayatullah picked up three wickets each, while Shahid Aziz dismissed two batters.
Multan began the day with 16 for no loss in seven overs requiring 198 more runs to win but they soon slid to 69-6 and then 132 all out.
Scores in brief – End of Round 4
Group A
Azad Jammu and Kashmir beat Hyderabad by 36 runs at Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan
Target for Hyderabad 116
AJK 359 all out, 103.5 overs (Hasan Raza 83, Nadeem Khalil 74, Awais Akram Minhas 62, Arsalan Mehzood 32, Hasnain Nadeem 29, Umar Hayat 29; Mohammad Hasnain 3-53, Asad Malik 3-91, Jawad Ali 3-97) and 238 all out, 74.5 overs (Hasan Raza 95, Awais Akram Minhas 56 not out, Hasnain Nadeem 44; Jawad Ali 7-95, Asad Malik 3-93)
Hyderabad 482 all out, 132 overs (Daniyal Hussain Rajput 136 not out, Zain-ul-Abidin 85, Mohammad Suleman 66, Saad Khan 59, Jawad Ali 47, Noman Khan 40; Hasan Raza 3-75, Zaman Khan 3-105, Aqib Liaqat 2-124) and 79 all out, 30.5 overs (Noman Khan 23 not out, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 22; Usman Yousaf 4-16, Hasnain Shamir 2-8, Zaman Khan 2-11, Hasan Raza 2-20)
Group B
Rawalpindi beat Dera Murad Jamali by nine wickets at National Bank Stadium, Karachi
Target for Rawalpindi 68
DM Jamali 120 all out, 45.4 overs (Mohammad Shahid 51, Aqib Junaid 20; Mehran Mumtaz 3-24, Mohammad Faizan 3-39, Mubasir Khan 2-6) and 324 all out, 126.2 overs (Dawood Khan 145, Fahad Hussain 40, Nasir Khan 38, Aqib Junaid 37, Mohammad Shahid 21; Mubasir Khan 5-83, Saad Masood 2-66)
Rawalpindi 377 all out, 93.3 overs (Abdul Faseeh 161, Aqib Shah 104, Yasir Khan 21, Mubasir Khan 21; Mohammad Shahid 3-56, Fahad Hussain 3-78, Saleem Mal 2-83) and 71-1, 13.3 overs (Yasir Khan 48)
FATA beat Multan by 81 runs at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Target for Multan 213
FATA 284 all out, 90.4 overs (Mohammad Wasim Khan 59, Shahid Aziz 57, Mohammad Usman 50, Rehan Afridi 33, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 24, Mohammad Farooq 22, Adnan Khan 20; Ali Usman 7-56) and 160 all out, 57.2 overs (Mohammad Wasim Khan 43, Mohammad Usman 32, Mohammad Farooq 23; Faisal Akram 4-39, Mohammad Shan 3-31, Ali Usman 3-51)
Multan 231 all out, 73.2 overs (Zain Abbas 98, Imran Rafiq 35, Muhammad Shahzad 32, Ali Usman 22; Asif Afridi 5-83, Shahid Aziz 4-47) and 132 all out, 53 overs (Ali Usman 36 not out, Waqar Hussain 24; Asif Afridi 3-32, Hayatullah 3-49, Shahid Aziz 2-23)
On Thursday
Group A
Faisalabad beat Quetta by an innings and 92 runs at Multan Cricket Stadium
Lahore Blues beat Karachi Whites by 257 runs at Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur
Group B
Karachi Blues beat Larkana by an innings and 134 runs at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Last Round Fixtures (22-25 September)
Group A
Faisalabad v Hyderabad at Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur
Lahore Blues v Quetta at Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan
AJK v Karachi Whites at Multan Cricket Stadium
Group B
Rawalpindi v Karachi Blues at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
FATA v Dera Murad Jamali at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Larkana v Multan at National Bank Stadium, Karachi
