LAHORE: Kashif Raza and Waqas Ahmad equally shared eight wickets between them to steer Wapda to an interesting 10-run victory over Service Industries with a day to spare in the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at the Gymkhana Ground in Okara. Service Industries, starting the third day's play at 30 for two and chasing 204 for victory, were bowled out for 193 with Kashif claiming four for 48 and Waqas scooping up four for 58. Wapda began the 24-team competition by bagging a maximum of 12 points from the opening game.

At the Gaddafi Stadium, Mohammad Saleem Mughal was undefeated on 137 in Sheikhupura's 397 in response to Lahore Whites' 353. Saleem has struck 16 boundaries in his fluent innings and has so far added 183 for the seventh wicket with Mohammad Islam who was batting on 69.

At the LCCA ground, Asif Hussain hit 121 in Faisalabad's 352. Asif, who batted for 487 minutes and faced 343 balls, had started the day at 74. Lahore Blues, who posted 195 in their first innings, were 28 for no loss when stumps were drawn for the day.

Multan were facing defeat in their backyard against Allied Bank when they finished at 184 for seven. The home team still requires 100 runs to make the bankers bat again.

Only 24.1 overs were possible at Sports Stadium in Sargodha where National Bank progressed to 89 for four after starting the day at 36 for two. National Bank surrendered a 47-run first innings lead to Sargodha despite Mushtaq Ahmad's five for 54.

Karachi Blues' pacemen Imranullah captured four for 48 and Sharif Asadullah bagged three for 60 to give their team an outside victory chance against Peshawar at the Arbab Niaz Stadium. Peshawar, who earned a 128-run first innings lead, were skittled out for 125. The visitors, chasing 252 for victory, were seven for one at stumps.

A thunderstorm in Karachi curtailed play at the National Stadium and the UBL Sports Complex. Only 19 were bowled at the UBL Sports Complex while 18 overs were bowled at the National Stadium.

Scores in brief (at close of play on day three):

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:
Wapda beat Okara by 10 runs.
Wapda: 136 (Tariq Aziz 64, Imran Adil 3-38, Mohammad Irshad 3-49) and 177 (Adil Nisar 69, Mohammad Irshad 4-38, Asim Butt 3-36, Imran Adil 3-50)
Service Industries: 110 (Hammad Tariq 24, Faisal Irfan 6-29) and 193 (Rizwan Ahmad 51, Rehan Raffique 30, Mohammad Irshad 30, Kashif Raza 4-48, Waqas Ahmad 4-58)
Stumps score on Day-2: Service Industries 30-2 (Shahbaz Butt 5*, Rizwan Ahmad 16*)

At Saga Ground, Sialkot:
Gujranwala: 280 (Kamran Younis 61, Iftikhar Ahmad 51, Imran Tahir 5-88) and 275 (Mohammad Khalid 60, Fayyaz Ahmad 42, Asim Munir Butt 38, Tahir Mughal 4-89, Shahid Khan 3-85)
Sialkot: 231 (Faisal Khan 88, Shahid Khan 44, Naved Arif 5-67) and 0-1 (Fahad Laiq 0*, Shakeel Ansar 0*)
Stumps score on Day-2: Gujranwala 16-1 (Iftikhar Ahmad 6*, Khalid Butt 5*)

At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:
LCCA Whites: 353 (Aamir Sajjad 153, Mohammad Hussain 51, Wahab Riaz 31, Waqas Chughtai 4-111)
Sheikhupura: 397-6 (Mohammad Salim Mughal 137 not out, Mohammad Islam 69 not out, Waqar Ahmad 40, Maqsood Raza 33)
Stumps score on Day-2: Sheikhupura: 149-4 (Mohammad Salim Mughal 27*, Maqsood Raza 7*)

At LCCA Ground, Lahore:
LCCA Blues: 195 (Latif Gohar 40, Ali Hussain 39, Shahzad Butt 26, Farooq Iqbal 3-14, Moazzam Ali 3-65) and 28-0 (Musharraf Ali 17 not out, Ali Hussain 7 not out)
Faisalabad: 352 (Asif Hussain 121, Ijaz Mahmood 50, Sami-ul-Haq 42, Wasim Haider 42, Sajid Ali 6-82)
Stumps score on Day-2: Faisalabad 172-2 (Asif Hussain 74*, Mohammad Salman 7*)

At Multan Stadium, Multan:
Multan: 158 (Zeeshan Khan 31, Arshad Khan 4-54, Ata-ur-Rehman 3-38) and 184-7 (Mohammad Ali Niazi 82, Mohammad Fazil 48 not out, Tanveer Ahmad 3-57)
ABL: 442-8 declared (Bilal Asad 151, Naved Latif 120, Aamir Hanif 50 not out, Usman Tariq 33, Azhar Abbas 4-114)
Stumps score on Day-2: ABL 410-6 (Aamir Hanif 30*, Ata-ur-Rehman 1*)

At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:
Customs: 276 (Naseem Khan 92, Shadab Kabir 44, Azhar Shafiq 34, Danish Kaneria 5-71) and 165-8 (Naseem Khan 40, Hanif Malik 35)
Habib Bank: 244 (Akram Raza 43 not out, Khaqan Arsal 37, Atiq-uz-Zaman 33, Imran Ali 4-70, Abdul Rauf 3-86)
Stumps score on Day-2: Habib Bank 235-8 (Akram Raza 35*, Danish Kaneria 8*)

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:
National Bank: 171 (Sajid Ali 57, Akhtar Sarfaraz 39, Ahmad Hayat 4-50, Mohammad Sarfraz 3-21) and 89-4 (Saeed Anwar 22, Naumanullah 20, Mohammad Sarfraz 3-33)
Sargodha: 218 (Majid Saeed 62, Mohammad Farrukh 31, Mushtaq Ahmad 5-54)
Stumps score on Day-2: National Bank 36-2 (Naumanullah 12*, Zahid Saeed 0*)

At Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi:
Rawalpindi: 133 (Babar Naeem 91, Rao Iftikhar 4-37, Saad Janjua 3-22, Mubashir Nazir 3-36)
ADBP: 311-8 (Hafiz Majid 83, Faisal Naved 62, Javed Hayat 57, Mohammad Fayyaz 3-59, Mohammad Akram 3-62)
Stumps score on Day-2: ADBP 82-2 (Hafiz Majid 28*, Rao Iftikhar 4*)

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
Peshawar: 414 (Mohammad Jahangir Khan 168, Mohammad Fayyaz 68) and 125 (Imranullah 4-48, Sharif Asadullah 3-60)
KCCA Blues: 288 (Sajid Hanif 91, Khurram Manzoor 73, Imranullah 53, Nauman Habib 4-80) and 7-1 (Khalid Latif 1*, Khurram Manzoor 2*)
Stumps score on Day-2: Peshawar 7-0 (Zeeshan Mohsin 6*, Abdul Nasir 0*)

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:
Pak PWD: 116 (Saad Wasim 53, Athar Laiq 4-39, Kashif Ali 4-46) and 196 (Iqbal Imam 34, Saad Wasim 31, Athar Laiq 6-34, Khair Ali 3-69)
Dadu: 66 (Shakeelur Rehman 5-15, Ali Raza 3-23) and 117-5 (Mohammad Saleem 40 not out, Shahid Qambrani 36, Shakeel-ur-Rehman 3-43)
Stumps score on Day-2: Dadu 89-3 (Mohammad Saleem 23*, Pir Zulfiqar 4*)

At National Stadium, Karachi:
Bahawalpur: 167 (Ahsan Raza 31, Nasir Khan 3-42, Owais Athar 3-55) and 74-0 (Maqsood Akber 21*, Mohammad Rashid 28*)
Karachi Whites: 327 (Maisam Hasnain 116, Fahadullah 85, Rizwan Saeed 36 not out)

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:
PIA: 196 (Kamran Sajid 52, Bazid Khan 45, Mahmood Hamid 32, Jaffar Nazir 5-44) and 1-0 (Kamran Sajid 1*, Ghulam Ali 0*)
KRL: 238 (Saeed Anwer Jnr 93, Intikhab Alam 42, Umer Gul 6-97)
Stumps score on Day-2: KRL 171 (Saeed Anwar Jnr 88*, Yasir Arafat 29*)

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