KARACHI: After drawing their opening match two days ago, Karachi made a decent start to dominate Hyderabad in their PCB-PEPSI Cricket Stars Under-16 Tournament fixture at the National Stadium here on Sunday.

Opting to bat first in the Pool ‘C’ clash, Hyderabad were restri­cted to 219-6 in the first innings quota of 70 overs. Opener Faisal Hussain (50 off 118 balls, five fours) and Mohammad Suleman (72 off 113, 8 fours and one six) put on 119 for the second wicket.

Karachi recovered from the loss Jahanzeb Sultan for a duck to reach 133-1. Haider Ali was batting with 89 (100 balls, 15 boundaries) in the unbroken second-wicket stand of 129 with Moham­mad Amin (41 off 99, four fours).

Skipper Morail Rasool hit 137 (187 balls, 13 fours and two sixes) as Larkana posted 253-5 after opting to bat first against Dera Jamali Murad at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad. The visitors closed day one of the two-day tie at 35-2.

Shafay Malik scored 72 (90 balls, 14 fours) to help Lahore collect 291 in 65.3 overs after choosing to bat first against Quetta in their Pool ‘A’ encounter at the Shah Faisal Cricket Ground in Lahore.

Leg-spinner Ahmer Jalil then snared three wickets as Quetta struggled to 90-6 in their reply.

Fata reached 126-2 after vindicating their decision to bowl first by dismissing Sialkot for 166 at the Cricket Centre Ground in Lahore.

In the Pool ‘B’ local derby at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, who won the toss, collected 113-2 after Islamabad had been bowled out for 185. Left-arm spin duo of Farhan Shafiq and Mohsin Nisar claimed four wickets apiece.

Peshawar were reeling at 89-6 after restricting Abbottabad to 177 all out at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Azad Jammu Kashmir put up a dismal batting exhibition after Multan inserted them into bat in the Pool ‘D’ game at the Bhutto Cricket Stadium in the federal capital. In 70 overs, they plodded to just 129-9. Left-arm spinner Moham­mad Huzaifa returned extraordinary figures of 5-32 in 25 overs.

By stumps, Multan had progressed to 141-4 in 38 overs.

Mohammad Junaid, another slow left-armer, took 5-56 as Faisalabad mustered 170 in 56.5 overs against Bahawalpur at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi. Bahawalpur also found the going tough as they stumbled to 107-5 in 34 overs.

Close of play scores on Sunday (day one of two):

Second round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Shah Faisal Cricket Ground, Lahore: LAHORE 291 in 65.3 overs (Shafay Malik 72, Taqi Bilgrami 49, Fahad Munir 48, Attyab Ahmed 48; Basit Aslam 4-42, Malik Furqan 3-81, Hussain Ahmed 2-38); QUETTA 90-6 in 32 overs (Waqas Johar 18, Ehtesham Khan 18; Ahmer Jalil 3-14).

At Cricket Centre Ground, Lahore: SIALKOT 166 in 57.3 overs (Fahad Mansha 59, Aqeel Abbas 60, Ansar Irshad 23 not out; Mohammad Mansoor 3-24, Mohammad Bilal 3-29, Mohammad Qasim 3-42); FATA 126-2 in 42 overs (Mohammad Umar 50 not out, Mohammad Ajmal 38).

Pool ‘B’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 185 in 58.1 overs (Muntazar Ali Shah 52, Inayat Ali 27, Alamgir Ahmed 25; Mohsin Nisar 4-51, Farhan Shafiq 4-73); RAWALPINDI 113-2 in 31 overs (Hasnain Ahmed 65 not out).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: ABBOTTABAD 177 in 58.2 overs (Khayyam Khan 87, Adnan Khan 41; Ahmed Khan 5-48, Mohammad Abbas 3-45, Jahangir Khan 2-38); PESHAWAR 89-6 in 34.1 overs (Aamir Zaib 38; Aftab Afzal 3-7).

Pool ‘C’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: HYDERABAD 219-6 in 70 overs (Mohammad Suleman 72, Faisal Hussain 50, Gul Badin 38, Saad Khan 24; Mohammad Zahid 3-77, Mohammad Usman 2-45); KARACHI 133-1 in 34 overs (Haider Ali 89 not out, Mohammad Amin 41 not out).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: LARKANA 253-5 in 70 overs (Morail Rasool 137, Mohammad Hussain 35 not out; Talib Hussain 2-31); DERA MURAD JAMALI 35-2 in 16.1 overs.

Pool ‘D’:

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: FAISALABAD 170 in 56.5 overs (Rana Asad 50, Mohammad Usman 36, Shaur Ahmed 33; Mohammad Junaid 5-56, Ali Imran 2-22, Murad Rauf 2-28); BAHAWALPUR 107-5 in 34 overs (Umar Rehman 31, Ali Imran 26 not out; Saqlain Ashraf 2-21).

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 129-9 in 70 overs (Adil Nazir 32, Ehtesham Ali 20, Mohammad Huzaifa 5-32, Usman Shafiq 2-12); MULTAN 141-4 in 38 overs (Azhar Aslam 53 not out, Mudassar Gillani 51; Najam Naseer 2-32).

Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2015

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