Karachi Port Trust (KPT) fought back from the brink to beat Higher Education Commission (HEC) by 94 runs as six more matches were decided at the end of the third round in the Inter-Department Qualifying Tournament.

Wisden CricInfo staff06-Nov-2003Karachi Port Trust (KPT) fought back from the brink to beat Higher Education Commission (HEC) by 94 runs as six more matches were decided at the end of the third round in the Inter-Department Qualifying Tournament.It was touch and go for KPT who started at 16 for four after a first innings lead of 78 and were dismissed for 102 only setting a 181-run victory target for the students. An inspired bowling performance by Fahad Khan (6-27) and Adeel Malik (4-51) earned the debutant team an unlikely victory. Fahad finished the match with figures of 8-68 while Adeel ended with 7-94.Defence Housing Authority (DHA) also scraped up a 36-run win over Dewan Farooq Motors Limited (DFML). Nasir Khan hauled in 5-55 to end with 7-100 in the match as DFML, chasing 213 for victory only managed 177. DFML’s last eight wickets went down for 59.Allied Bank Limited (ABL) continued their fine form when they eased to an innings win against Leo International in the first session. Leo, starting-off at 97-6 and needing 167 to make ABL bat again were bowled out for 124 with pacer Abdur Rauf scooping 6 wickets for a match haul of 11-110.Kabir Khan also hauled-in 10 wickets to guide Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to an innings and 28 run victory over Saga. Kabir, a former left-arm Test pacer, followed up his first innings 4-67 with 6-31 as Saga, starting the day at 52-1, were bundled out for 171.Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) earned maximum points when they defeated Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) by seven wickets. Saad Altaf took 5-91 in POF’s second innings to provide his batters a chance of getting the required 77 runs for the win which they achieved in 16.1 overs.In this round, seven matches ended in a result While the remaining three ended in draws. Wapda secured a first-innings lead for points against PTCL as did National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) against Service Industries and Customs against Pak PWD.Scores in brief (day 3 of 3):Pool A
At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium</B<, Pakistan Customs 245 in 79.4 overs (Aamer Bashir 75 [7×4, 146b], Azhar Shafiq 68 [9×4, 113b], Riaz Sheikh 6-68) and 217 (Bilal Khiljee 48, Rawat Khan 38, Tabish Khan 4-41) vs Pak PWD 232 in 81.5 overs (Faisal Athar 85, Saad Wasim 37, Shahid Mahmood 4-109, Junaid Zia 3-33, Imran Ali 3-62) and 83-3 (Faisal Athar 40). Match drawn.
At UBL Sports Complex, DHA 251 (Saqib Zia 68, Wajid Ali 66, Aamer Yousuf 4-47, Rizwan Fareed 3-55) and 123 (Azam Hussain 46, Aamer Yousuf 6-33, Rana Aqeel 3-39) vs DFML 135 (Javed Qadeer 42, Rizwan Saeed 3-25, Azam Hussain 3-28) and 177 (Zeeshan Khan 58, Agha Sabir 32, Mohammad Masroor 27, Nasir Khan 5-55, Umair Khan 3-38). DHA won by 36 runs.Pool B
At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Wapda 275 in 82.4 overs (Hasan Adnan 73, Tariq Aziz 63, Mohammad Zaman 33*, Rizwan Malik 30, Mohammad Khalil 5-86, Mohammad Hussain 4-84) and 291 (Sarfraz Ahmed 66, Farooq Iqbal 58,Mohammad Khalil 3-59) vs PTCL 223 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 69, Naved Latif 47, Aqeel Ahmed 3-42). Match drawn.
At KRL Stadium, POF 139 in 46.1 overs (Imran Ali 41, Rizwan Akbar 5-58, Alamgir Khan 3-18) 227 (Ahsan Maqsood 75, Saad Altaf 5-91, Alamgir Khan 3-28) vs ARL 290 in 82.2 overs (Asim Butt 78 not out, Alamgir Khan 42, Nauman Aman 35, Rashid Latif 5-100, Nadeem Ahmed 3-17) and 77-3 (Afaq Raheem 34, Farrukh Sultan 31 not out). ARL won by seven wickets.Pool C
At LCCA Ground, KPT 263 in 80 overs (Maisam Hasnain 81, Rashid Hanif 43, Farhan Iqbal 32*, Sajid Aziz 5-52, Shoaib Maqsood 3-83) and 102 (Rashid Hanif 30, Sohaib Maqsood 3-25) vs HEC 185 (Sohaib Maqsood 79, Atif Ijaz 49*, Adeel Malik 3-43) and 86 (Fahad Khan 6-27, Adeel Malik 4-51). KPT won by 94 runs.
At Gymkhana Ground Okara, Service Industries 230 in 80.1 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 55, Masood Asim 55, Farhan Asghar 30, Qaiser Abbas 4-25, Shabbir Ahmed 3-54) and 281-6 (Asif Iqbal 113*, Mohammad Asif 76, Kashif Nizami 34, Qaiser Abbas 4-60) vs NBP 255 (Kamran Akmal 87, Hanif-ur-Rehman 61, Asim Butt 4-82, Jamshed Ahmed 3-58). Match drawn.Pool D
At Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala, LEO International 172 in 72.5 overs (Shoaib Nasir 63, Faisal Ashraf 51, Abdur Rauf 5-51, Arshad Khan 3-31) and 124 (Faisal Ashraf 55, Abdur Rauf 6-59) vs Allied Bank 339-5 in 55.4 overs declared (Manzoor Akhtar 94, Wajahatullah Wasti 65, Usman Tariq 61, Alay Haider 36*, Ijaz Ahmed 30). ABL won by an innings and 43 runs.
At Saga Ground Sialkot, Habib Bank 426-5 in 80 overs (Younis Khan 191 [32×4, 2×6, 217b], Hasan Raza 103 [13×4, 90b], Saleem Elahi 80 [8×4, 135b]) vs Saga 233 (Shaiman Anwar 72, Ashraf Ali 50 not out, Kabir Khan 4-67, Abdul Rehman 4-72) and 171 (Haroon Iftikhar 72, Tauqeer Hussain 38, Kabir Khan 6-31, Abdul Rehman 3-45). Habib Bank won by an innings and 28 runs.