HAIDER Ali

KARACHI: Opener Haider Ali smashed a towering 249 as Karachi drew their second-round PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 Tournament fixture against Hyderabad here at the National Stadium on Monday.

Karachi, replying to Hyderabad’s 219, collected 376-4 in the allotted 70-over quota for the first innings after resuming the last day of the two-day game at 133-1. The second-wicket partnership between Haider and Mohammad Amin produced 303 runs in 252 minutes.

Haider stole the show by hammering 28 boundaries and 11 sixes during his 214-ball knock, while Amin contributed a sedate 101 from 185 balls with the aid of only nine fours.

Mohammad Suleman then completed his second half century of the match. He made 90 (120 balls, 18 fours and one six) as the visitors collected 178-4 in the second innings.

Lahore and Multan maintained their winning run following victories in the first round, while the remaining five other fixtures also were drawn.

Lahore annihilated Quetta by innings and 20 runs in their Pool ‘A’ tie at the Shah Faisal Cricket Ground in Lahore.

Quetta folded up for 140 in their first innings while responding to Lahore’s 291. Forced to follow on, they were sent packing for 131 with leg-spinner Ahmer Jalil grabbing 6-24 in 18.5 overs to finish with match haul of 9-57.

Multan were too good for Azad Jammu Kashmir, winning their Pool ‘D’ encounter at the Bhutto Cricket Ground in Islamabad by seven wickets. Slow left-armer Mohammad Huzaifa claimed five wickets in each innings to return match figures of 10-63 in 47.1 overs.

The third round of fixtures will begin from Wednesday.

Scores and results on Monday (final day of two):

Second round:

Pool ‘A’:

At Shah Faisal Cricket Ground, Lahore: Lahore bt Quetta by an innings and 20 runs.

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 140 in 47.3 overs (Malik Furqan 25; Bilal Khan 3-15, Hashim Ibrahim 2-16, Ameer Hamza 2-28, Ahmer Jalil 2-33) and 131 in 46.5 overs (Waqar Johar 42, Ehtesham Khan 33, Abdul Wahid 22; Ahmer Jalil 6-24, Hashim Ibrahim 3-24).

At Cricket Centre Ground, Lahore: Match drawn.

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) and 194-7 in 61 overs (Mohsin Riaz 106 not out; Mohammad Qasim 3-42, Shahenshah Afridi 2-34); FATA 218 in 68.3 overs (Mohammad Israr 51, Mohammad Umar 50, Mohammad Ajmal 38; Zakirullah 5-65, Mohammad Awais 3-59)

Pool ‘B’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

ISLAMABAD 185 in 58.1 overs (Muntazar Ali Shah 52, Inayat Ali 27, Alamgir Ahmed 25; Mohsin Nisar 4-51, Farhan Shafiq 4-73) and 134-5 in 38 overs (Inayat Ali 53, Mohammad Hammad 42; Adil Khan 4-39); RAWALPINDI 259 in 69.5 overs (Irfan Amjad 72, Hasnain Ahmed 67, Farhan Shafiq 44, Abrar Zamin 37; Alamgir Khan 6-83).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

ABBOTTABAD 177 in 58.2 overs (Khayyam Khan 87, Adnan Khan 41; Ahmed Khan 5-48, Mohammad Abbas 3-45, Jahangir Khan 2-38) and 171-7 in 59 overs (Adnan Khan 45, Aftab Afzal 37, Zahid Gul 33; Ahmed Khan 3-39); PESHAWAR 164 in 56.1 overs (Aamir Zaib 38, Abdul Rasheed 34; Aftab Afzal 5-31, Mohammad Faisal 2-38).

Pool ‘C’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Match drawn.

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) and 178-4 in 47 overs (Mohammad Suleman 90, Saad Khan 40, Abdul Rafay 25; KARACHI 376-4 in 70 overs (Haider Ali 249 not out, Mohammad Amin 101).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Match drawn.

LARKANA 253-5 in 70 overs (Morail Rasool 137, Mohammad Hussain 35 not out; Talib Hussain 2-31) and 52-2 in 29 overs (Mushahid Hussain 20 not out); DERA MURAD JAMALI 314 in 16.1 overs (Mohammad Shahid 116, Aaqib Junaid 70, Fahad Hussain 57; Aamir Ali 4-91, Morail Rasool 2-20).

Pool ‘D’:

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn.

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) and 120 in 47.1 overs (Abdullah Zubair 38, Mohammad Awais 31, Mohammad Usman 22; Ali Imran 4-11, Mohammad Junaid 4-33); BAHAWALPUR 156 in 49.3 overs (Ali Imran 44, Umar Rehman 31, Murad Rauf 22; Saqlain Ashraf 4-30, Mohammad Azeem 2-37, Aun Raza 2-47) and 73-5 in 24 overs (Mohammad Hamza 22; Aun Raza 3-29).

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Multan bt Azad Jammu Kashmir by seven wickets.

AZAD JAMMU & KASHMIR 129-9 in 70 overs (Adil Nazir 32, Ehtesham Ali 20, Mohammad Huzaifa 5-32, Usman Shafiq 2-12) and 137 in 83.1 overs (Zain Ahmed 68, Uzair Abdullah 5-40, Mohammad Huzaifa 5-31); MULTAN 193 in 49.2 overs (Azhar Aslam 71, Mudassar Gillani 51; Qamar Farooq 4-39, Najam Naseer 4-42) and 74-3 in 11.1 overs.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2015

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