National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) won a tight match against Faisalabad by two wickets on the last day of the four-day QEA Trophy second round fixture at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Monday.
The bankers, resuming on the final morning at 80 for four and chasing 159 for an outright victory, romped home with two wickets to spare – thanks to a fine 54 by Naumanullah who struck five boundaries in a 64-ball knock.
Test opener Saeed Anwar was also amongst runs, when batting at No 7, he chipped in with a useful 34 that came off 36 deliveries and included six boundaries.
Home bowlers Farooq Iqbal and Moazzam Ali equally shared eight wickets between them but still ended up on the losing side. Nevertheless, they made the bankers run for their money, which itself is a big achievement considering the strength and experience the bankers had in their ranks.

At the LCCA ground, Lahore Whites completed the formality when they won their game against Sheikhupura by an innings and 57 runs. The visitors had started at 125 for four and needed 260 to make the home team bat again. But they were shot out for 203 with left-arm spinner Mohammad Husain picking up four wickets for 35 runs.

Paceman Abdul Rauf bowled Customs to a 54-run victory over Sialkot at the Saga ground when he scooped seven wickets for 55 runs to send the home team tumbling out for 124 after they had begun at the overnight score of 48 for four and chasing 178 for victory.

Fast bowler Ahmed Hayat earned a match haul of nine wickets that inspired Sargodha to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Service Industries in their backyard. Hayat followed up his three for 84 in the first innings with six for 57 that helped dismiss Service Industries for a paltry 144. This left Sargodha requiring 58 for an outright victory which they achieved for the loss of two wickets.

At the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi defeated Karachi Blues by a big margin of 215 runs. Rawalpindi, after securing a 120-run first innings lead, declared their second innings at 220 for seven that left the tourists 340 for victory. But the visitors could only muster 125.

At the National Stadium in Karachi, Karachi Whites, after conceding a 41-run first innings lead to Pak PWD, preferred some batting practice and were 459 for seven when the match ended. Mohammad Masroor became a victim of nervous 90's when he became one of the two victims of paceman Rajesh Ramesh after scoring an exact 90. He was well supported by Wasim Naeem (82), Amin-ur-Rehman (63) and Fahadullah (61).

A brilliant century by opener Inam-ul-Haq saved the day for ADBP against KRL when the bankers, chasing 380 for victory, finished at 278 for nine. Inam stroked a match-saving 129 that came of 246 balls after staying at the crease for 355 minutes during which he struck 17 boundaries.

Weather came to the rescue of Lahore Blues against Wapda at Gymkhana ground in Okara where little over 21 overs of play was possible. Lahore Blues, who had started the day at 25 for five while chasing 325 for victory, finished at 115 for nine.

Day 4 scores in brief

Group-I

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad: 172 (Zeeshan Asif 59, Farooq Iqbal 32, Imran Javed 3-23, Shabbir Ahmad 3-50) and 281 (Mohammad Zaman 126, Farooq Iqbal 41, Zahid Saeed 6-77) Result: National Bank won by two wickets (Points: National Bank 12, Faisalabad 0)

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Service Industries 286 (Sufian Munir 64, Bilal Khilji 58, Ahmad Hayat 3-84, Umair Hassan 3-88) and 144 (Sufian Munir 55, Ahmad Hayat 6-57, Mohammad Sarfraz 3-49)
Sargodha 374 (Ahmad Hayat 84, Umair Hassan 46, Humaj Mukhtar 39, Mohammad Hafeez 38, Mohammad Sarfaraz 31, Mohammad Irshad 4-82) and 58-2 (Mohammad Hafeez 31 not out)
Result: Sargodha won by eight wickets (Points: Sargodha 12, Service Industries 0)

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Wapda 243 (Mohammad Hasan Adnan 100 not out, Tariq Aziz 42, Mohamamd Khalil 4-66, Sajid Ali 3-65) and 284-6 declared (Atiq-ur-Rehman 99, Rizwan Malik 59 not out, Zahid Umer 39 not out, Adil Nisar 33)
LCCA Blues 180 (Latif Gohar 48, Ali Hussain 30, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 5-49) and 115-9 (Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 4-49, Sarfraz Ahmad 3-29)
Result: Match drawn (Points: Wapda 3, LCCA Blues 0)

Group-II

At Multan Stadium, Multan: Dadu 149 (Mohammad Salim 61, Rao Waseem Ahmad 31, Naeem Iqbal 4-35, Azhar Abbas 3-38) and 164 (Shahid Qambrani 50, Farhan Abbasi 4-36)
Multan 324 (Mohammad Ali Niazi 84, Mohammad Ali Rafi 53, Azhar Abbas 44 not out, Akhtar Bungash 3-51, Shahid Qambrani 3-69)
Result: Multan won by an innings and 11 runs (Points Multan 12, Dadu 0)

At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur 81 (Mohammad Rashid 33, Arshad Khan 7-25) and 257 (Kamran Hussain 54, Maqsood Akbar 48, Inam-ul-Haq Rashid 39, Arshad Khan 8-86)
Allied Bank 324-9 declared (Ijaz Ahmad Junior 75, Aamir Hanif 54, Mohammad Zahid 50, Naved Latif 47, Wajahatullah Wasti 43, Faisal Elahi 4-74) and 17-0
Result: Allied Bank won by 10 wickets (Points ABL 12, Bahawalpur 0)

At National Stadium, Karachi: KCCA Whites 302 (Agha Sabir 52, Asim Kamal 37, Faisal Mirza 34, Irfanuddin 32 not out, Mohammad Masroor 31, Maisam Hasnain 31, Rajesh Ramesh 5-91) and 459-7 (Mohammad Masroor 90, Wasim Naeem 82, Amin-ur-Rehman 63, Fahadullah 61, Asim Kamal 45, Faisal Mirza 38 not out, Agha Sabir 33, Maisam Hasnain 31)
Pak PWD 343 (Faisal Athar 79, Ahmer Saeed 73, Iqbal Imam 53, Saad Wasim 51, Nasir Khan 4-104)
Result: Match drawn (Points: Pak PWD 3, Karachi Whites 0)

Group-III

At LCCA ground, Lahore: Gujranwala 179 (Asim Munir Butt 82, Wasim Khan 4-63) and 203 (Iftikhar Ahmad 34, Mohammad Hussain 4-35, Wasim Khan 3-41)
LCCA Whites 439 (Rizwan Aslam 209 not out, Khurram Siddique 63, Aamer Sajjad 42, Naved Arif 4-111)
Result: Lahore Whites won by an innings and 57 runs (Points: Lahore Whites 12, Sheikhupura 0)

At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura: Habib Bank 155 (Irfan Fazil 53, Farhan Adil 31, Waqas Chughtai 6-65) and 269 (Atiq-uz-Zaman 66, Asadullah Butt 63, Waqas Chughtai 4-73, Mohammad Yasin 3-77)
Sheikhupura 167 (Tahir Amin 38, Danish Kaneria 4-36, Sajid Shah 4-37) and 167 (Tahir Amin 36, Ayub Dogar 30, Sajid Shah 4-37, Shahid Nazir 4-62)
Result: Habib Bank won by 90 runs (Points HBL 12, Sheikhupura 0)

At Saga ground, Sialkot: Customs 255 (Aamir Bashir 75, Shadab Kabir 32, Shahid Mahmood 31, Shahid Khan 3-73, Tahir Mughal 3-77) and 102 (Tahir Mughal 6-38)
Sialkot 179 (Shahzad Malik 33, Imran Ali 5-48, Nadeem Iqbal 4-46) and 124 (Shahzad Malik 46, Abdul Rauf 7-55, Imran Ali 3-51)
Result: Customs won by 54 runs (Points: Customs 12, Sialkot 0)

Group-IV

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar 144 (Zeeshan Mohsin 64 not out, Shoaib Malik 5-27, Umer Gul 3-65) and 163 (Zeeshan Mohsin 51, Fakhr-e-Alam 32, Umer Gul 5-73, Shoaib Malik 3-22)
PIA 474 (Ghulam Ali 138, Mahmood Hamid 108, Asif Mujtaba 61, Nauman Habib 4-133, Mohammad Siddique 3-109, Asif Khan 3-127)
Result: PIA won by an innings and 167 runs (Points PIA 12, Peshawar 0)

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL 307 (Saeed bin Nasir 93 not out, Saeed Anwar Jnr 60, Yasir Arafat 31, Jaffar Nazir 30, Rao Iftikhar 3-83) and 303-5 declared (Misbah-ul-Haq 101 not out, Intikhab Alam 83, Saeed bin Nasir 34)
ADBP 231 (Faisal Naved 47, Zahoor Elahi 41, Hafiz Majid 31, Yasir Arafat 5-78, Ali Naqvi 3-37) and 278-9 (Inam-ul-Haq 129, Faisal Naved 48, Yasir Arafat 4-100)
Result: Match drawn (Points: KRL 3, ADBP 0)

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi 281 (Nauman Aman 142, Sheraz Khalid 73, Imranullah 6-51) and 220-7 (Babar Naeem 63, Pervaiz Aziz 31 not out, Ali Mohammad 5-88)
KCCA Blues 161 (Jaffar Qureshi 52, Khalid Latif 39, Mohammad Fayyaz 5-48, Junaid Zia 3-42) and 125 (Sheraz Khalid 3-17, Yasir Ashfaq 3-22, Mohammad Fayyaz 3-22)
Result: Rawalpindi won by 215 runs (Points: Rawalpindi 12, Karachi Blues 0)

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