Islamabad Region made a stunning start against Lahore Whites while several other teams endured competitive opening day battles in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold 2026-2027 league stage on Monday.
Sajid Raza claimed 6-48 to dismiss Lahore Whites for just 120 in 28.5 overs in their first innings at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. Zain Bin Farooq top-scored with 36, while Muhammad Faiq contributed 30. Muhammad Musa ably backed Raza with 2-39.
Islamabad reached 113-1 in reply, just seven runs behind, with Raja Hamza Waheed blasting unbeaten 47. And with him at the other end was Azeem Bari on 42.
Meanwhile Peshawar Blues were dismissed for 220 by FATA Region at the National Cricke Gorund in Islamabad with Sajid Khan top-scoring 82 and Najab Khan contributing 65. Afaq Ahmad Afridi led the bowling attack with 5-66 while captain Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2-87.
FATA reached 93-3, in reply, with Salman Khan batting on 45 and with him at the other end was Muhammad Farooq on 34. Muhammad Adnan took two wickets.
At the Shoaib Akhtar Stadium Rawalpindi, Faisalabad Region posted 222 against Sialkot Blues thanks to Faham-ul-Haq's 91 and Atiq-ur-Rehman's 46. Athar Mahmood took 3-59 while Hasan Ali and Shoaib Akhtar Junior claimed two wickets each.
At the Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad Karachi Blues were bowled out for 210 by Multan. Haroon Arshad scored 48 and Test cricketer Abdullah Fazal made 40. Moheer Saeed spearheaded Multan's attack with 3-31. Mohammad Hassan Hafeez and Mohammad Ismail took two wickets each.
Multan made a difficult start to their reply as they were reduced to 2-2 with Muhammad Hamza claiming both wickets for just two runs. Imam-ul-Haq was unbeaten on one while Mohammad Shaan was yet to score at the close of play.
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