KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) trounced Omar Associates by an innings and 54 runs here on Monday to stay in contention for the semi-finals of the Patron`s Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament.

SBP secured their third victory achieved inside two days at the UBL Sports Complex -in Pool `A` to take their tally of points to 25 with one round top go in the league phase of the competition, when the bankers take on K-Electric from Thursday.

Umaid Asif followed up his Sunday`s haul of 5-41 with fourwickets for 51 runs as the 33-year-old paceman finished with match figures of 9-92.

Navy are in pole position to top the standings from this group if they defeat Haideri Traders in their fourth-round fixture at the NBP Sports Complex on Tuesday`s third and final day. In case of outright win, Navy will have 27 points andthe addedadvantageofhaving to play the struggling Omar Associates in the last round of matches.

Currently, the sailors have dominated the proceedings.

Resuming at 79-2, Navy were all out for 297 to earn a handy lead of 59 runs before Haideri Traders collected 166-5 in theirsecond innings.

Debutants Sabir`s Poultry celebrates their maiden success as they drubbed Higher Education Commission (HEC) by an innings and 55 runs in their Pool `D` match at the Railways Stadiumin Lahore After rain wiped out play on day one in all three Pool `C` matches scheduled for the Rawalpindi and Islamabad, both ZTBL and CDA took control of their respective fixtures, against Pak Saudi and OGDCL.

ZTBL declared their first innings at 259-1 at the Diamond Club Ground with the 39-yearold former Pakistan international Shakeel Ansar striking an undefeated 123 (105 balls, 11fours and two sixes).

Pak Saudi, in reply, were reeling at 53-4.

OGDCL reached 72-4 after CDA posted 285 all out at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi with Faizan Riaz contributing 96 (111 balls, 11 fours and one six).

Close of play scores and results on Monday (day two of three): Fourthround: Pool `A` AtSBPSportsComplex, Karachi: CAA 252-9 in 83 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 100 not out, Mohammad Afzal 29, Mohammad Arif 27; Hassaan Khan 3-68, Asad Raza 2-57, Sajjad Hussain 2-59) and 33-1 in 11 overs(Haris Khanzada 23 not out); K-E L ECT RIC 336-7 in 83 overs(Saeed Bin Nasir 154. Umair Masood 118 not out. Arsalan Bashir 20; Shahid Nadeem 4-81, M. Usman Usmani 2-119).AtUBLSportsComplex, Karachi:State Bank beatOmar Associatesbyaninningsand54runs.

OMAR ASSOCIATES 113 in 41 overs (Danish Aziz34. Usman Khan 26not out Zeeshan Malik 21; Umaid Asif 5-41, Israrullah 3-0, Nazar Hussain 2-20) and 103 in 29.3 overs (Usman Khan 77; Taj Wali 4-18, Umaid Asif 4-51, Nazar Hussain 2-5); STATE BANK 270 in 79.2 overs(Israrullah 106, Daniyal Rajput 39, Rizwan Hussain 27, Umar Waheed 25; Danish Aziz 3-45, Zainullah 3-65, Mohammad Ismail Khan 2-56).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: HAIDERI T RADE RS 238 in 82.l overs (Mohibu11ah 54, Mir Wise Khan 43, Momin Waqar 34, Asim Ali 34, Mohammad Rahim 23; Raza-ul-Hasan 5-82, Fawad Khan 3-37) and 166-5 in 52 overs(Momin Waqar 66, Bila1Shah 34, Asim Ali 33, Nasir Khan 20; Moazzam Malik 2-47, Raza-ul-Hasan 2-48); NAVY 297 in 80 overs (Hafiz Asad Baig 81, Wasim Ahmed 74. Owais Ahmed Rehmani 61. Hamza Ghanchi 20; Jalat Khan 4-120, Daud Khan 2-68).

Pool `B` At Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Academy, Sheikhupura· AHMED GLASS 100 in 44.3 overs (Osama Javed 27 not out, Ramiz Younis 20; Khurram Manzoor 5-24. Azam Hussain 2-1. MohammadAtUBLSportsComplex, Karachi:State Bank beatOmar Associatesbyaninningsand54runs.

OMAR ASSOCIATES 113 in 41 overs (Danish Aziz34. Usman Khan 26not out Zeeshan Malik 21; Umaid Asif 5-41, Israrullah 3-0, Nazar Hussain 2-20) and 103 in 29.3 overs (Usman Khan 77; Taj Wali 4-18, Umaid Asif 4-51, Nazar Hussain 2-5); STATE BANK 270 in 79.2 overs(Israrullah 106, Daniyal Rajput 39, Rizwan Hussain 27, Umar Waheed 25; Danish Aziz 3-45, Zainullah 3-65, Mohammad Ismail Khan 2-56).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: HAIDERI T RADE RS 238 in 82.l overs (Mohibu11ah 54, Mir Wise Khan 43, Momin Waqar 34, Asim Ali 34, Mohammad Rahim 23; Raza-ul-Hasan 5-82, Fawad Khan 3-37) and 166-5 in 52 overs(Momin Waqar 66, Bila1Shah 34, Asim Ali 33, Nasir Khan 20; Moazzam Malik 2-47, Raza-ul-Hasan 2-48); NAVY 297 in 80 overs (Hafiz Asad Baig 81, Wasim Ahmed 74. Owais Ahmed Rehmani 61. Hamza Ghanchi 20; Jalat Khan 4-120, Daud Khan 2-68).

Pool `B` At Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Academy, Sheikhupura· AHMED GLASS 100 in 44.3 overs (Osama Javed 27 not out, Ramiz Younis 20; Khurram Manzoor 5-24. Azam Hussain 2-1. MohammadTalha 2-25) and 201-6in 63.2 overs (Waqas Ali S9 not out. Ramiz Younis 35. Zohaib Amanat 33.

Hafiz Waqas 27; Arsalan Khan 2-15, Khurram Manzoor 2-24); PORT QASIM 208 in 56.2 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 83, Azarn Hussain 30; Asadullah 5-66, Naveed Babar 2-33, Faizan Butt 2-67).

AtSheikhupuraStadium, Sheikhupura: CANDY LAND 195 in 67.l overs (Bilal Mirza90, Asad Shoaib 49, Adil Akram 20; Naseer Ahmed 5-52, Awais Iqbal 4-27) and 156-5 in 41 overs(Fahad Babar 76 not out, Bilal Mirza 21; Naseer Ahmed 2-18, Mohammad Amir 2-29); PAF 143 in 44.2 overs(Danish Ali 28 not out, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 28, Hayat Khan 20; Sanaullah 5-52, Abdullah 3-35, Shoaib Khan 2-42).

Pool `C` At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: CDA 285 in 59.4 overs(Faizan Riaz 96, Naved Malik 43, Naseerullah41; MohammadArham4-89,Shehzad Azam Rana 3-60); OGDCL 72-4 in 17 overs (Zohaib Ahmed 31 not out, Sarmad Bhatti 22 not out; Kashif Ali3-24)-noplay onSunday due torain.

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PIA 134-0 in 39 overs(Shahzar Mohammad 73 not out, Tahir Abbas 55 not out) vs ARMY -no play on Sunday due to rain.At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad· ZTBL 259-1 declaredin 35 overs (Shakeel Ansar 123not out. Saadullah Ghauri 62. Mohammad Amir 60 not out); PAK SAUDI 53-4 in 11 over (Imtiaz Aslam 33; Mohammad Ali 2-23) no play on Sunday due to rain.

Pool `D` At LCCA Ground, Lahore: BRIGHTO PAINTS 336in 78.2 overs (AghaSalman 97, Ashfaq Ahmed 57, Abdul Wahab Dar 39, Naseer Akram 39, Mohammad Ramiz 30. Ali Shan 21; Ali Usman 7-105) and 74-1 in 18 overs(Ashfaq Ahmed 36not out, Abdu1=Wahab Dar 28); GH ANI GLASS 219 in 75.4 overs(Zeeshan Ashraf 62, Tayyab Tahir 51, Hasnain Bukhari 43; Waqas Ahmed 5-47, Hasan Mahmood4-41).

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Sabir`s Poultry beat HECbyaninningsand55runs.

HEC 127 in 36 overs (Maaz Tamia 34, Saad Dar 32, Ali Zaib 27; Nisar Ahmed 4-31, Ali Raza 3-77, Ahmed Shafiq 2-11) and 127 in 27.2 overs(Aaqib Usman 31, UsmanShafiq 25, MohammadShahzaib 22; Nasir Ahmed 6-45, Naeem Liaquat 3-57); SABIR`S POULTRY 309-5 in 83 overs (Attyab Ahmed 84, Mohammad 11yas 80, Hasan Dar 51, Jamil Khan 40not out; Aaqib Usman 2-64)