- Three teams emerged victorious on penultimate day of the fourth round of Hanif Mohammad Trophy
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Lahore, 18 September 2025: Three out of the six fourth round matches of the Hanif Mohammad Trophy finished with Lahore Blues, Faisalabad and Karachi Blues bagging crucial wins.
Group A
Faisalabad bagged their second win of the tournament as they beat Quetta by an innings and 92 runs on day three at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
Quetta folded for a mere 137 in 33.3 overs in their second innings after conceding a 229-run first innings lead as pacer Asad Raza picked up 4-30 in six overs, while Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Mudasar Zunair and Shehzad Gul picked up two wickets each.
Earlier, Faisalabad added 45 runs to their overnight score of 371-7 as their innings concluded for 416 in 93.1 overs.
Lahore Blues registered their first win in the tournament as they thumped Karachi Whites by 257 runs at the Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur. On day three, Karachi Whites were set a mammoth 561-run target but they only managed to score 203 in 61 overs losing all wickets as Lahore Blues’ Sajjad Khan picked up 5-56 in 19 overs.
Earlier in the day, Lahore Blues’ second innings slumped from 205-3 in 57 overs to 257 all out with skipper Imran Butt extending his overnight score 92 not out to 102 (12 fours) off 196 balls. Karachi Whites’ Maaz Khurram registered a hat-trick as he returned figures of 9-2-30-3.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir trail by 47 runs in the second innings against Hyderabad with 10 wickets left as they were 76 for no loss at close of play on day three at the Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan.
Earlier, Hyderabad gained a 123-run first innings lead with the help of an unbeaten century from Danyal Hussain Rajput (136 not out, 172b, 18x4s, 1x6) in reply to AJK’s first innings total of 359 all out. Hyderabad continued from overnight score of 236-3 in 72 overs and were bowled out for 482 in 132 overs.
Group B
Test pacer Mir Hamza took 4-18 in 9.1 overs for Karachi Blues to dismantle Larkana for 120 in 35.1 overs as they were handed an innings and 134-run defeat at the SBP Sports Complex, Karachi.
Larkana were 25-3 in 10 overs following on at the start of the day three and soon slipped to 64-7 before Mushtaq Ahmed’s 28-ball 39 took them above 100-run mark. Larkana had folded for 81 in their first innings in reply to Karachi Blues’ 335 all out.
Multan require 198 more runs to win against FATA with 10 wickets in hand at the UBL Sports Complex as they finished the day with 16 for no loss.
Earlier in the day Multan were dismissed for 231 in 73.2 overs in their first innings after resuming from overnight score of 160-3 in 50 overs as they conceded a 53-run deficit.
Opening batter Zain Abbas fell for 98 off 161 balls hitting 10 fours and two sixes, while no other Multan batter crossed the 35-run mark as Asif Afridi (5-83 in 28.2 overs) bagged a five-for, while Shahid Aziz dismissed four batters.
In turn, FATA slumped to 160 all out after being 77-2 as Faisal Akram picked up 4-39, while Mohammad Shan and Ali Usman picked up three wickets each. FATA set Multan a 214-run target.
Dera Murad Jamali were 87 runs behind Rawalpindi in their second innings as they finished the day three with 170-5 in 80 overs at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.
For DM Jamali, Dawood Khan (69 not out, 123b, 10x4s) held the fort with an unbeaten half-century, while Nasir Khan and Aqib Junaid also chipped in with 99-ball 38 and 117-ball 37, respectively. For Rawalpindi, Mubasir Khan returned figures of 32-16-45-3 as they searched for a second win in the tournament.
Earlier, Rawalpindi – who gained a 257-run first innings lead - resumed from their overnight score of 242-4 in 67 overs and were bowled out for 377 in 93.3 overs with Abdul Faseeh extending his century to 161 off 227 balls and Aqib Shah scoring 104 runs off 192 balls.
Scores in brief – Round 4 – Stumps Day 3
Group A
Azad Jammu and Kashmir v Hyderabad at Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan
AJK trail by 47 runs with 10 wickets left in the second innings
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 76-0, 24 overs (Hasan Raza 47 not out, Hasnain Nadeem 28 not out)
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)
Lahore Blues beat Karachi Whites by 257 runs at Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur
Target for Karachi Whites 561
Lahore Blues 297 all out, 82 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 95, Umar Siddiq 94, Qasim Akram 27, Muhammad Saleem 25, Aamir Jamal 20; Aftab Khan 3-39, Rehman Ghani 3-68, Shah Raza 2-23) and 257 all out, 74.3 overs (Imran Butt 102, Umar Siddiq 63, Mohammad Saleem 25; Mohammad Taha 2-27, Aamir Jamal 20; Maaz Khurram 3-30, Aftab Khan 3-32, Mohammad Taha 2-27, Rehman Ghani 2-102)
Karachi Whites 94 all out, 32.1 overs (Abdul Basit 19; Aamir Jamal 6-35, Abubakar 2-12, Qasim Akram 2-26) and 203 all out, 61 overs (Shah Raza Naqvi 44, Mohammad Taha 33, Mohammad Raza 32, Saifullah Bangash 27, Abdul Basit 25; Sajjad Khan 5-56, Aamir Jamal 2-28, Qasim Akram 2-90)
Faisalabad beat Quetta by an innings and 92 runs at Multan Cricket Stadium
Quetta 187 all out, 72.1 overs (Haseebullah 102, Bismillah Khan 44; Ahmed Safi Abdullah 3-30, Mudasar Nazir 3-34, Asad Raza 2-43) and 137 all out, 33.3 overs (Nadeem Ahmed 31; Asad Raza 4-30, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2-21, Mudasar Zunair 2-21, Shehzad Gul 2-37)
Faisalabad 416 all out, 93.1 overs (Abdul Samad 127, Muhammad Awais Zafar 90, Atiq-ur-Rehman 58, Ali Shan 56, Shehzad Gul 33; Khalil Ahmed 3-49, Mohammad Ibrahim Snr 3-80, Najeebullah Achakzai 2-56)
Group B
Karachi Blues beat Larkana by an innings and 134 runs at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Karachi Blues 335 all out, 63.3 overs (Rameez Aziz 150, Saud Shakeel 54, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori 29; Mushtaq Ahmed 4-149, Zahid Mehmood 2-32, Asif Ali Chandio 2-63, Shahnawaz Dahani 2-79)
Larkana 81 all out, 21.2 overs (Malhar Rasool 36; Fahad Amin 3-14, Mohammad Hamza 2-6, Saqib Khan 2-17, Mir Hamza 2-34) and 120 all out, 35.1 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed 39, Faraz Aziz 21; Mir Hamza 4-18, Mohammad Hamza 3-41, Saqib Khan 2-22)
Rawalpindi v Dera Murad Jamali at National Bank Stadium, Karachi
DM Jamali trail by 87 runs in the second innings with five wickets remaining
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 170-5, 80 overs (Dawood Khan 69 not out, Nasir Khan 38, Aqib Junaid 37; Mubasir Khan 3-45)
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)
FATA v Multan at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Multan require 198 more runs to win with 10 wickets remaining
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 16-0, 7 overs
