Karachi, 16 December 2025: The fifth round of the President’s Cup Grade-I 2025-26 saw Sahir Associates and Ghani Glass emerge victorious in the day games on Tuesday at the KCCA Stadium and UBL Sports Complex.
The two day-night fixtures including Pakistan Television (PTV) v Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at the Naya Nazimabad Ground and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) v Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) at the National Bank Stadium are in progress. Their match report will be shared in due course.
The sixth and penultimate round of the tournament will take place on Thursday, 18 December at the same four venues in Karachi with SBP v WAPDA and PTV v SNGPL being the day-night fixtures.
Sahir Associates continued their winning momentum bagging their third win on the trot as they restricted Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to 222 all out in pursuit of 310-run target at the KCCA Stadium.
Faham-ul-Haq backed up his unbeaten century in the previous round with impressive all-round performance, which included 4-30 with the ball and a half-century (66, 86b, 5x4s, 1x6) at the top of the order to provide Sahir a 119-run opening stand along with Fahad Usman (68, 90b, 7x4s, 2x6s).
Following Fahad’s departure in the 25th over, Faham and Usman Khan put on 89 runs for the second wicket, with the latter striking five fours and four sixes in his 42-ball 61 taking their team score to 208.
Mohammad Faiq contributed 34 off 33 balls including two fours and one six, while Razaullah (19, 9b, 1x4, 2x6s) and Mohammad Saleem (16, 17b, 1x4) took Sahir Associates to a formidable 309-8 in the allotted 50 overs. For WAPDA, Akif Javed, Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Ahmed Safi Abdullah picked up two wickets each.
In turn, WAPDA slid to 122-6 despite opening batter Muhammad Akhlaq’s half-century (55, 77b, 4x4s). No. 7 batter Nabi Gul contributed 47 off 51 balls hitting two fours and as many sixes but in vain as he got no support from the other end. WAPDA were bowled out for 222 in 44 overs.
Apart from Faham’s four-wicket haul, Sahir’s Hafiz Mohammad Suleman finished with figures of 10-1-28-3.
Ghani Glass registered their second consecutive win as they beat State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by five wickets at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi, chasing the 151-run target in 37 overs.
Player of the match Mohammad Rameez Jnr spun a web around the SBP batters as he picked up four for 29 off his 10 overs including a maiden over, while pacer Shoaib Akhtar Jnr dismissed four batters for 37 runs in 6.3 overs.
SBP stumbled to 33-3 and then 95-5 before losing 55-5 as they folded for 150 in 39.3 overs. Only Mohammad Hurraira (36, 60b, 2x4s, 1x6) and Muhammad Irfan Khan (34, 45b, 3x4s, 1x6) managed to go past the 30-run mark for the SBP.
In turn, Ghani Glass rode on Mohsin Riaz’s half-century (59, 98b, 3x4s, 2x6s) to seal the target with 13 overs to spare. He also shared a 69-run third-wicket stand with Hammad Butt (32 not out, 54b, 2x4s, 1x6). For SBP, Mehran Mumtaz picked up two wickets for 52 runs in his 10 overs.
Scores in brief – Round five
Match 17 (Day-night) – Match in progress - Khan Research Laboratories v Pakistan Television at Naya Nazimabad Ground, Karachi
KRL
PTV
Player of the match –
Match 18 – Ghani Glass beat State Bank of Pakistan by five wickets at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
SBP 150 all out, 39.3 overs (Mohammad Hurraira 36, Muhammad Irfan Khan 34, Qasim Akram 26, Imran Butt 20; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 4-29, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr 4-37)
Ghani Glass 151-5, 37 overs (Mohsin Riaz 59, Hammad Butt 32 not out; Mehran Mumtaz 2-52)
Player of the match – Mohammad Rameez Jnr (Ghani Glass)
Match 19 – Sahir Associates beat Water and Power Development Authority by 87 runs at KCCA Stadium, Karachi
Sahir Associates 309-8, 50 overs (Fahad Usman 68, Faham-ul-Haq 66, Usman Khan 61, Mohammad Faiq 34; Akif Javed 2-50, Mohammad Wasim Jnr 2-58, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2-89)
WAPDA 222 all out, 44 overs (Muhammad Akhlaq 55, Nabi Gul 47, Imran Dogar 25; Faham-ul-Haq 4-30, Hafiz Mohammad Suleman 3-28)
Player of the match – Faham-ul-Haq (Sahir Associates)
Match 20 (day-night) – Match in progress – Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, Karachi
SNGPL
OGDCL
Player of the match –
