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Asif on the comeback trailPlaying his second first-class match since being banned for match-fixing, Mohammad Asif took 4 for 33 as Water and Power Development Authority beat Peshawar by six wickets. He dismissed three of the top four batsmen and made sure his team - despite giving up a first-innings lead - came out on top. He seemed to retain the accuracy he was known for and there were those hooping inswingers as well, which dismantled the stumps of Jamaluddin in the first innings and Ashfaq Ahmed in the second.Peshawar had been put in to bat, and they made 273 before bowling WAPDA out for 180 with the help of left-arm seamer Taj Wali, who had become the first bowler in 20 years to take four wickets in four balls last year, and Sajid Khan, who picked up a five-wicket haul on debut.But Asif, and left-arm seamer Waqas Maqsood, took eight wickets between them to restrict WAPDAs target to 223 in the final innings. They were 62 for 4 after the third-days play but lost no wickets on the fourth as a brilliant counterattack from Kamran Akmal at No. 6 - 116 off 163 balls with 14 fours - gave them the game.Theres life in the graveyardDennis Lillee, the former Australia fast bowler, had said the Faisalabad pitch was a bowlers graveyard after playing in a match that saw 999 runs being scored for the loss of only 12 wickets. That was in 1980. Things seemed to have changed in 2016 with 18 wickets falling in a single day in the match between Lahore Blues and Habib Bank Limited.The spree began with Umar Gul taking 5 for 39 and bowling Lahore Blues out for 119 in their first innings and continued with seamer Shahid Nawaz picking up 4 for 30 to limit Habib Bank to 116 in their second innings. That left Lahore Blues with a target of 168 which was achieved with their captain Saad Nasim at the crease on an unbeaten 53 off 37.A thriller in KarachiTwenty-one wickets fell on the opening day of the match between Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Karachi Whites, played on another pitch that is traditionally helpful to the batsmen at United Bank Limited Sports Complex.SNGPL, the defending champions, were put in and bowled out for 128 in 41.5 overs. They still gained a first-innings lead though with seven of the Karachi batsmen falling for single-digits. Opener and captain Shahzaib Hasan top-scored with 61 off 33 balls, with 12 fours and a six. Seamer Azizullah picked up 5 for 42.For Karachi