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Zain, Samad enable Faisalabad to trounce Islamabad

KARACHI: Motivated by hundreds of years from Abdul Samad and Zain Abbas, Faisalabad drifted to a clinical 10-wicket defeat of hosts Islamabad in their second-round apparatus of the National One-day Provincial Glass on Saturday.

Somewhere else Pakistan Test batsman Asad Shafiq struck a vocation best 140 to lead Karachi Whites to a seven-wicket triumph over Rawalpindi; holders Peshawar surrendered to a 81-run crush against Lahore Blues while in an exciting experience Lahore Whites and Fata shared focuses after their amusement finished in a tie.

In the wake of confining Islamabad to 247-8 in the wake of picking to bowl first at the Jewel Club Ground with paceman Mohammad Imran taking 4-41, Faisalabad raged to their first win with 25 balls to save. Samad pounded 130 off 143 balls with the guide of 10 fours and two sixes, while Zain struck nine limits in his 133-ball thump of 113.

Asad, in the mean time, impacted 14 fours and three sixes amid his match-winning 110-ball innings and Akbar-ur-Rehman (114 off 141 balls, eight fours and one six) easily took care of a 301-run pursue by putting on 224 for the second wicket at the KRL Stadium.

Naved Malik scored 83 (102 balls, 11 fours) as Rawalpindi, put into bat, achieved 300-7. Left-arm paceman Rahat Ali snatched four wickets for 55 runs.

Sami Aslam's 120 (126 balls, eight fours and three sixes) pushed Lahore Blues to 324 hard and fast after Peshawar handled first at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Peshawar, in answer, gathered 243-9 regardless of all-rounder Zohaib Khan scoring an unbeaten 71. Off-turning all-rounder Agha Salman took 3-48.

At the National Ground, Fata were rejected for 236 in the wake of being requested to bat first with moderate left-armer Mohammad Irfan guaranteeing 4-35.

Fata at that point battled back nobly to abridge Lahore Whites to 236-9 with Irfan exceeding expectations with the bat also to top score with 63.

Khushdil Shah's left-arm turn got the all-rounder four wickets for 39 runs.

Saturday's outcomes: Second round: At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Lahore Blues beat Peshawar by 81 runs.

LAHORE BLUES 324 of every 50 overs (Sami Aslam 120, Raza Ali Dar 40 not out, Kamran Akmal 34, Bilawal Iqbal 28 not out, Saad Nasim 27, Agha Salman 21, Mohammad Saad 20, Umar Akmal 20; Azizullah 2-61, Zohaib Khan 2-69); PESHAWAR 243-9 out of 50 overs (Zohaib Khan 71 not out, Israrullah 45, Mohammad Rizwan 35, Ashfaq Ahmed 21; Agha Salman 3-48, Aizaz Cheema 2-19, Raza Ali Dar 2-42).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Karachi Whites beat Rawalpindi by seven wickets.

RAWALPINDI 300-7 out of 50 overs (Naved Malik 83, Iftikhar Ahmed 61, Saud Shakeel 54, Azhar Ali 47, Sohail Tanvir 24; Rahat Ali 4-55); KARACHI WHITES 301-3 out of 48.5 overs (Asad Shafiq 140, Akbar-ur-Rehman 114, Fawad Alam 34 not out).

At Precious stone Club Ground, Islamabad: Faisalabad beat Islamabad by 10 wickets.

ISLAMABAD 247-8 out of 50 overs (Faizan Riaz 68, Abid Ali 54, Shahid Yousuf 49, Shan Masood 34; Mohammad Imran 4-41, Ahmed Safi 2-44); FAISALABAD 248-0 out of 45.5 overs (Abdul Samad 130 not out, Zain Abbas 112 not out).

At National Ground, Islamabad: Lahore Whites versus Fats — coordinate tied.

FATA 236 of every 47.1 overs (Sohail Akhtar 44, Hammad Azam 32, Mohammad Irfan 32, Khushdil Shah 30, Asif Afridi 26, Ramiz Aziz 21, Fawad Alam 20; Mohammad Irfan 4-35, Waqas Ahmed 3-29); LAHORE WHITES 236-9 of every 50 overs (Mohammad Irfan 63, Rizwan Hussain 39, Mohammad Mohsin 29, Adnan Akmal 24; Khushdil Shah 4-39, Asif Afridi 3-41).

Monday's installations: Faisalabad versus Fata (Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi); Rawalpindi versus Lahore Blues (KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi); Islamabad versus Lahore Whites (Jewel Club Ground, Islamabad); Karachi Whites versus Peshawar (National Ground, Islamabad).

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