KARACHI: Multan, Bahawalpur and Lahore emerged as only winners as the remaining five fixtures in the opening round of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars Under-19 Tournament were draw on Friday.

Lahore inflicted a seven-wicket defeat on Sialkot in their Pool ‘A’ match at the Shah Faisal Cricket Ground in the Punjab metropolis with Ahmer Jalil claiming four wickets in each innings.

In Pool ‘D’, both Multan and Bahawalpur secured crushing victories by innings against Faisalabad and Azad Jammu Kashmir, respectively.

Multan trounced Faisalabad by innings and 90 runs at the Bhutto Cricket Ground in Islamabad. Uzair Abdullah and Mohammad Huzaifa starred with nine wickets apiece, while Usman Shafiq contributed 106.

At the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi: Bahawalpur outclassed Azad Jammu Kashmir by innings and 102 runs. Mohammad Junaid grabbed seven wickets for 30 runs in Azad Jammu Kashmir’s second innings.

Scores and results on Friday (final day one two):

First round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Shah Faisal Cricket Ground, Lahore: Lahore beat Sialkot by seven wickets.

LAHORE 235 in 68.4 overs (Attyab Ahmed 49, Hashim Ibrahim 43, Ibtesam-ul-Haq 41; Ansar Irshad 4-73, Mohammad Awais 4-87) and 41-3 in 18.4 overs (Mohammad Awais 3-18); SIALKOT 123 in 51.5 overs (Ansar Arshad 31, Ashar Bhatti 28; Ahmer Jalil 4-32, Ameer Hamza 3-19) and 152 in 55.4 overs (Ansar Irshad 44 not out, Zeeshan Ramzan 24; Attyab Ahmed 4-25, Ahmer Jalil 4-59).

At Ittefaq Cricket Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

QUETTA 230-8 in 70 overs (Ehtesham Khan 65, Israr Ahmed 36, Malik Furqan 32 not out, Wahid Bangash 28, Abdul Wahid 26, Mohammad Khayyam 2-14, Shanshah Afridi 2-26) and 163-9 declared in 56 overs (Ehtesham Khan 89; Fazal Rehman 6-46); FATA 139 in 42.2 overs (Abdul Rahim 30; Hussain Ahmed 3-38, Malik Furqan 3-41) and 88-3 in 16 overs.

Pool ‘B’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

ISLAMABAD 194 in 57.5 overs (Inayat Ali 39, Mohammad Umar 24, Syed Mohammad Shoaib 22; Ahmed Khan 6-48, Jahangir Khan 2-46, Mohammad Abbas Afridi 2-46) and 146-2 in 44 overs (Mohammad Shoaib 64, Inayat Ali 56 not out; Jahangir Khan 2-35); PESHAWAR 216 in 69.4 overs (Salman Khan 71, Ijaz Khan 30; Yousuf Bashir 4-26, Alamgir Khan 3-80).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

RAWALPINDI 138 in 46.1 overs (Wahidullah 28; Sanaullah 3-43, Mohammad Faisal 2-30, Aftab Afzal 2-45) and 160 in 56.3 overs (Hasnain Ahmed 54; Aftab Afzal 3-27); ABBOTTABAD 215 in 64.3 overs (Basit Khan 85, Adnan Khan 36,Khayyam Khan 30; Farhan Shafiq 6-66, Abrar Zaman 3-47) and 51-2 in 16 overs.

Pool ‘C’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Match drawn.

KARACHI 285 in 69.4 overs (Jahanzeb Sultan 80, Mohammad Usman 39, Asadullah 38, Obaidullah Khan 36, Abdul Haq 3-60, Abdul Waheed 3-73, Talib Hussain 2-47) and 141-7 declared in 33.3 overs (Jahanzeb Sultan 40, Asadullah 33; Talib Hussain 3-46, Abdul Waheed 2-32, Mohammad Arsalan 2-18); DERA MURAD JAMALI 193 in 55.3 overs (Shoaib Ahmed 98, Fida Hussain 50; Mohammad Zahid 5-44, Aarish Qaimkhani 5-62) and 88-6 in 37 overs (Aarish Qaimkhani 4-19).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Match drawn.

LARKANA 195 in 60.3 overs (Uzair Ata 106, Mir Mohammad 26; Mohammad Hasnain 3-27, Mohammad Masood 3-53, Arish Jafri 2-24, Shams Qureshi 2-26) and 40-2 in 8 overs; HYDERABAD 82 in 42.1 overs (Aamir Ali 6-17, Imran Khan 2-9) and 235 in 72.1 overs (Mohammad Suleman 127, Gul Badin 35; Aamir Ali 5-87, Imran Khan 3-58)

Pool ‘D’:

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Multan beat Faisalabad by an innings and 90 runs.

FAISALABAD 120 in 45 overs (Awais Zafar 30, Mohammad Awais 26 not out; Mohammad Huzaifa 4-26, Uzair Abdullah 4-38) and 70 in 25 overs (Shaur Ahmed 24; Mohammad Huzaifa 5-17, Uzair Abdullah 5-30); MULTAN 285 in 69.4 overs (Usman Shafiq 106, Ali Raza 82, Noman Haider 21; Asif Zafar 2-48, Saqlain Ashraf 2-67)

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Bahawalpur beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by an innings and 102 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 81 in 31.2 overs (Ehtesham Ali 30, Zain Ahmed 25; Murad Rauf 4-17, Ghulam Mohammad 3-20) and 95 in 36.1 overs (Bilal Waheed 24; Mohammad Junaid 7-30); BAHAWALPUR 278 in 69.4 overs (Ali Imran 76, Aun Abbas 58, Faisal Siddiqui 56; Haris Abbasi 4-69).

Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2015

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