Imam-ul-Haq scored an unbeaten double century for Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) against Ghani Glass on the third day of the seventh round of the President’s Trophy Grade-I on Wednesday.
At the LCCA Ground in Lahore, Imam resumed his innings from his overnight score of 118 not out and went on to score an unbeaten 200 as OGDCL declared their first innings at 410 for nine in 102 overs, securing a 178-run lead. Left-handed batter innings included 19 fours and two sixes.
For Ghani, right-arm fast bowler Ubaid Shah took five wickets for 131 runs.
In turn, Ghani who had scored 232 in their first innings, reached 82 for three in 26.3 overs in their second innings, with Hashim Ibrahim and Sharjeel Khan scoring 34 each. They still trail by 96 runs.
At the Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) were dismissed for 234 in their second innings after resuming from their overnight score of 111 for two. Mohammad Faiq, who resumed his batting at the overnight score of unbeaten 64, managed to add only two runs before getting out on 66.
Shehzad Gul grabbed five wickets for 61 runs, while Shahnawaz Dahani took three for 66.
Chasing 191 to win the match, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) finished the day at 87 for four, requiring another 104 runs for win. Test wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan returned undefeated on 22.
At the Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad, Pakistan Television (PTV), following on after being dismissed for 64 in their first innings against MIT Solutions’ 412, recovered to post 394 all out in their second innings.
Waqar Hussain, who resumed on 102 not out, scored 171, while Taimur Khan converted his overnight unbeaten 63 into 151.
For MIT Solutions, Khalid Usman took four wickets for 90 runs as they were set a target of 47 runs.
At the National Ground in Islamabad, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) posted 398 all out after resuming their first innings at 209 for four against Kingsmen Academy.
Ali Shan remained unbeaten on 100, while Kamran Ghulam contributed 88. Umer Khan took five wickets for 111 runs.
Kingsmen Academy, who had scored 371 in their first innings, reached 166 for two in 28 overs in their second innings, with Mohammad Tayyab Arif scoring 91 and Mohammad Huraira contributing 57.
