Second day's play in Faisalabad washed out.

The entire second day of the scheduled four-day final of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament between Faisalabad and Karachi Blues in Faisalabad was washed out in Thursday.

According to details available, the Iqbal Stadium took a heavy beating with the outfield waterlogged as rain which started late on Wednesday night continued through to Thursday.

Wednesday's opening day saw just 45.2 overs of action. After winning and opting to field first, Faisalabad restricted Karachi Blues to 194-7 in their first innings with pace duo of Ehsan Adil (4-51 in 12.2 overs) and left-armer Waqas Maqsood (3-61 in 14 overs) sharing the wickets.

Talented left-hander Saud Shakeel, who is widely tipped to play Test cricket, held the visitors' faltering innings together with a sedate 120-ball...