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CA Championship: Balochistan need 186 with nine wickets in hand to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Lahore, 28 October 2022: Nineteen wickets tumbled in the Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the Bugti Stadium, Quetta on day two of the sixth round of the Cricket Associations Championship 2022-23.

After Khyber Pakhtunkhwa made 288 yesterday, Balochistan were bowled out for 180 as Arshadullah and Adil Naz recorded five-wicket hauls. When Khyber Pakhtunkhwa batted for the second time in the game, Gohar Faiz recorded his second five-fer of the match, taking five for 27 as the batting side were bowled out for just 110 in 33.3 overs.

Balochistan, chasing 219, had lost the wicket of Mohammad Ibrahim Snr and were 33 for one when stumps were drawn.

Northern opener Hasan Raza made 107 not out off 196 on Friday as his side were 213 for three in 65 overs in reply of Southern Punjab’s 402.

Hasan provided his team a 130-run opening stand with Ziad Khan, who scored 62 off 110 (10 fours).

Earlier, Mohammad Umair, who batted at 99 at stumps yesterday, made 134 not out off 235 (12 fours) and Mohammad Junaid made 61-ball 57. 

Sindh’s top three scored half-centuries – Danish Aziz made 85 off 159, Shehzar Mohammad 54 off 96, and Ammad Alam 64 off 80 – which lifted them to 283 for four in 80 overs after Central Punjab were bowled out for 360.

Scores in brief:

Balochistan v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Bugti Stadium, Quetta

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 288 all out, 65.5 overs (Musadiq Ahmed 122, Mohammad Bilal 75, Mohammad Mohsin Khan 45; Gohar Faiz 6-53, Tariq Jameel 2-85) and 110 all out, 33.3 overs (Adil Amin 37, Aamer Azmat 23; Gohar Faiz 5-27, Mohammad Shahid 4-11)

Balochistan 180 all out, 49.2 overs (Hazrat Wali 34, Mohammad Junaid 27, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 25, Taimur Ali 22, Jalat Khan 22; Adil Naz 5-45, Arshadullah 5-69) and 33-1, 10.4 overs (Irfanullah Shah 1-8)

Northern v Southern Punjab at UBL Sports Complex

Southern Punjab 402 all out, 112.1 overs (Mohammad Umair 134, Moinuddin 105, Mohammad Junaid 57, Zeeshan Ashraf 47, Rameez Alam 41; Umer Khan 5-143, Waqas Ahmed 2-77)

Northern 213-3, 65 overs (Hasan Raza 107 not out, Ziad Khan 62, Ali Imran 22; Mohammad Jahangir 2-70)

Central Punjab v Sindh at NBP Sports Complex

Central Punjab 360 all out, 97.3 overs (Saif Badar 95, Imran Dogar 81, Muhammad Irfan Khan 52; Rizwan Hussain 43, Bilal Asif 39, Mohammad Asghar 3-121, Danish Aziz 3-69, Junaid Ilyas 2-70)

Sindh 283-4, 80 overs (Danish Aziz 85, Ammad Alam 64, Shehzar Mohammad 54, Mohammad Taha 41 not out, Rameez Aziz 26 not out; Mohammad Waheed 2-80, Bilal Asif 2-108)