LAHORE – The day two of the third Hanif Mohammad Trophy (HMT) round saw Hyderabad’s Mohammad Suleman scoring a mammoth double century. The three Group B fixtures began in Karachi on day two after opening day was washed out.
Hyderabad were bowled out for 480 in 122.3 overs against Quetta at the Abbasia Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan after continuing from their overnight score of 283-7. Mohammad Suleman, who was unbeaten 157 at the end of day one, went onto score 273 off 347 balls hitting 36 fours and three sixes. He added 230 runs with no.9 batter Jawad Ali (72, 150b, 5x4s, 6x6s). Quetta’s Mohammad Ibrahim Snr picked up 5-117 in his 32 overs. In turn, Quetta reached stumps with 137-5 on the board in 41.2 overs as skipper Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (50 not out, 118b, 9x4s) struck an unbeaten half-century. Jawad also picked three wickets in his 9.2 overs.
At the Multan Cricket Stadium, Abdul Samad extended his overnight 103 not out to 191 off 310 balls hitting 15 fours and five sixes as Faisalabad were dismissed for 387 in 123.5 overs after continuing day two from 253-5 in 84 overs. Samad stitched a 117-run stand with skipper Ali Shan (61, 140b, 7x4s). In reply, Karachi Whites slumped from 74-2 to 127-7 at close of play having faced 38 overs. Faisalabad’s Ahmed Safi Abdullah (3-33) and Shehzad Gul (2-20) accounted for five wickets.
Lahore Blues’ Umar Siddiq struck a vital unbeaten century (121 not out, 208b, 11x4s) as his team gained a 145-run second innings lead over Azad Jammu and Kashmir at the Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur. Blues finished day two with 243-6 in 70 overs.
Earlier, AJK’s first innings folded for 169 all out in 55 overs after they resumed from the overnight score of 161-8 in 52 overs. Arslan Mehzood’s unbeaten half-century (51 not out, 87b, 6x4s) was crucial in AJK building up a 98-run first innings lead over Lahore Blues.
Multan finished the day two with 286-5 in 104 overs against Rawalpindi at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi after day one was washed out due to rain. Imam-ul-Haq (70, 104b, 6x4s, 1×6), Imran Rafiq (65 not out, 199b, 7x4s) and Arafat Minhas (52 not out, 136b, 4x4s, 2x6s) scored half-centuries for Multan. Rawalpindi’s Mubasir Khan picked up 4-80 in 31 overs.
Only 45 overs of play were possible at the National Bank Stadium as Dera Murad Jamali found themselves reeling at 146-7 after opting to bat first. Opening day of the fixture was washed out due to rain. At the SBP Sports Complex in Karachi, Larkana were 99-4 after they were put into bat first by FATA on a rain-curtailed 50-over day.