Peshawar Go Top as Sialkot Stay Unbeaten After Round Four of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Overview

• Peshawar lead the standings after four matches at 3-0-1, with Sialkot the other unbeaten side at 2-0-2, according to Wisden’s updated table.
• Sialkot crushed Islamabad by 311 runs, wrapping up the innings in 11 overs on day four as Athar Mehmood finished with nine wickets for the match and Mohammad Ali claimed 4-29.
• Peshawar beat Abbottabad by 247 runs, with Mohammad Irfan and Niaz Khan sharing six wickets after opener Waqar Ahmed had earlier completed a century to set a 462 target.
• Faisalabad rose to fifth by thrashing FATA by an innings and 213 runs, driven by pacers Asad Raza, Jahandad Khan and Afaq Afridi combining for 17 wickets.
• The drawn fixtures featured Saad Baig’s century for Karachi Blues and Lahore Whites’ Mohammad Abbas recording his 50th first-class five-wicket haul, while Multan versus Bahawalpur also ended level.