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Lahore, 5 September 2025: The second day of the second round of Hanif Mohammad Trophy saw centuries from Multan’s Imam-ul-Haq, Faisalabad’s Muhammad Awais Zafar, Karachi Whites’ Saad Baig and Jahanzaib Sultan, Rawalpindi’s Yasir Khan and a five-wicket haul from Karachi Blues’ Danish Aziz.
Group A
Faisalabad’s Muhammad Awais Zafar scored an unbeaten century (117 not out, 156b, 14x4s, 2x6s) to steer his team to 285-5 in 77 overs at stumps on day two in reply to Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) 298 all out in 96.2 overs at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur.
Awais shared a 112-run stand with Atiq-ur-Rehman (65, 97b, 7x4s) after Faisalabad had lost three wickets for 80 runs. Earlier, AJK lost their two remaining wickets for 12 runs after resuming from overnight score of 286-8.
Hyderabad resumed their first innings from overnight score of 361-2 in 84 overs and were bowled out for 524 in 142.1 overs against Lahore Blues at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Saad Khan top-scored with 175 off 242 balls hitting 30 fours.
For Lahore Blues, Qasim Akram, Nisar Ahmed, Hunain Shah and Aamir Jamal picked up two wickets each. Blues finished the day with 117-4 in 29 overs trailing by 407 runs as opening batter Mohammad Saleem’s unbeaten half-century (66 not out, 87b, 6x4s, 1x6) kept them afloat.
Karachi Whites’ opening batters Saad Baig (146, 215b, 17x4s, 1x6) and Jahanzaib Sultan (118, 154b, 11x4s, 3x6s) struck centuries and put on a 212-run opening stand to take their team to 457-4 in 108 overs in reply to Quetta’s 216 all out at the Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan.
Mohammad Taha contributed half-century (52, 82b, 4x4s, 1x6) in the mammoth total, while Mohammad Usman Rahim (70 not out, 112b, 5x4s) and Saifullah Bangash (44 not out, 63b, 4x4s) were unbeaten at stumps as their team led by 241 runs.
Group B
Imam-ul-Haq struck an unbeaten century (176 not out, 182b, 20x4s, 2x6s) and shared a 190-run opening stand with Zain Abbas (81, 128b, 2x4s, 1x6) as Multan 330-1 in 64 overs on the board against Dera Murad Jamali at the National Bank Stadium.
Imam and Imran Rafiq (70 not out, 75b, 10x4s) also shared an unbeaten 140-run second-wicket partnership as Multan trailed by a mere 31 runs in first innings by the close of play.
Earlier, DM Jamali could only add 89 runs to their overnight score of 272-4 as Arafat Minhas’ 4-46 in 20 overs restricted them to 361 all out in 111.1 overs with Nasir Khan being the top-scorer (148, 283b, 11x4s, 1x6).
Rawalpindi were 291 runs ahead of Larkana as Yasir Khan’s century (127b, 8x4s, 2x6s) propelled them to 277-4 in the second innings at the close of play.
Earlier, Larkana’s first innings folded for 160 all out in 51.3 overs as Kashif Ali picked up four wickets, while Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Awais Anwar and Mohammad Faizan picked up two wickets each. Larkana fell 14 runs short of Rawalpindi’s first innings total after resuming the day two from 107-6.
Karachi Blues gained a 250-run second innings lead over FATA at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi as they finished the day two with 198-8 in 57 overs with the help of half-centuries from Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (73, 96b, 9x4s) and Danish Aziz (56, 130b, 6x4s).
Earlier, Danish proved his all-round prowess with figures of 17-3-40-5 to help Karachi Blues skittle FATA for 165 in 59.5 overs after they resumed from overnight score of 86-4 in 29 overs.
Scores in brief – Round 2 - Stumps day 2
Group A
Faisalabad v Azad Jammu and Kashmir at Dring Stadium Bahawalpur
Faisalabad trail by 13 runs with five wickets remaining in first innings
AJK 298 all out, 96.2 overs (Hasnain Shamir 88, Hasan Raza 78, Umar Hayat 41, Hasnain Nadeem 29, Aqib Liaqat 25; Faham-ul-Haq 3-21, Asad Raza 3-64, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2-80)
Faisalabad 285-5, 77 overs (Muhammad Awais Zafar 117 not out, Atiq-ur-Rehman 65, Muhammad Irfan Khan 27, Sameer Saqib 21; Hasan Raza 2-42)
Hyderabad v Lahore Blues at Multan Cricket Stadium
Lahore Blues trail by 407 runs with six wickets remaining in first innings
Hyderabad 524 all out, 142.1 overs (Saad Khan 175, Muhammad Sadam 128, Jawad Ali 48, Mohammad Suleman 45, Rizwan Mehmood 25, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 23; Qasim Akram 2-77, Nisar Ahmed 2-82, Hunain Shah 2-104, Aamir Jamal 2-111)
Lahore Blues 117-4, 29 overs (Mohammad Saleem 66 not out, Umar Siddiq 22; Noman Ali 2-26, Jawad Ali 2-39)
Quetta v Karachi Whites at Abbasia Sports Complex
Karachi Whites lead by 241 runs with six wickets remaining in first innings
Quetta 216 all out, 66.2 overs (Bismillah Khan 103, Haseebullah 45, Shahbaz Khan 20; Afnan Khan 3-53, Aarish Ali Khan 3-62, Maaz Khurram 2-34)
Karachi Whites 457-4, 108 overs (Saad Baig 146, Jahanzaib Sultan 118, Mohammad Usman Rahim 70 not out, Mohammad Taha 52, Saifullah Bangash 44 not out; Bakhtiar Shah 2-110)
Group B
Dera Murad Jamali v Multan at National Bank Stadium
Multan trail by 31 runs with nine wickets remaining in first innings
DM Jamali 361 all out, 111.1 overs (Nasir Khan 148, Majid Ali 55, Aqib Junaid 45, Fahad Hussain 26, Dawood Khan 23; Arafat Minhas 4-46, Tahir Hussain 2-56, Hasan Hafeez 2-58)
Multan 330-1, 64 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 176 not out, Zain Abbas 81, Imran Rafiq 70 not out)
Karachi Blues v FATA at UBL Sports Complex
Karachi Blues lead by 250 runs with two wickets remaining in second innings
Karachi Blues 220 all out, 70.2 overs (Usman Khan 55, Danish Aziz 40, Saqib Khan 29, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori 22, Abdullah Fazal 20; Asif Afridi 6-49, Mohammad Wasim Khan 2-60, Hayatullah 2-70) and 192-8, 57 overs (Muhammad Ghazi Ghori 73, Danish Aziz 56; Shahid Aziz 3-30, Mohammad Wasim Khan 2-19)
FATA 165 all out, 59.5 overs (Mohammad Wasim Khan 41, Rehan Afridi 36, Adnan Khan 33; Danish Aziz 5-40, Mohammad Tariq Khan 3-61)
Rawalpindi v Larkana at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Rawalpindi lead by 291 runs with six wickets remaining in second innings
Rawalpindi 174 all out, 43.3 overs (Mubasir Khan 52, Yasir Khan 37, Taimur Khan 29 not out; Shahnawaz Dahani 6-52, Saqlain Nawaz 2-16) and 277-4, 61 overs (Yasir Khan 104, Mubasir Khan 47 not out, Aqib Shah 43 not out, Atif Khan 39, Abdul Faseeh 22; Saqlain Nawaz 2-47)
Larkana 160 all out, 51.3 overs (Zahid Mehmood 44, Ghulam Raza 28, Shahzaib Aziz 28; Kashif Ali 4-56, Mohammad Awais Anwar 2-27, Mohammad Faizan 2-41, Mehran Mumtaz 2-29)
