KARACHI: Asad Raza completed the rare feat of capturing all 10 wickets in an innings as Faisalabad outclassed Hyderabad inside two days of their PCB Inter-region Under-19 Cricket Tournament fixture in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Replying to Faisalabad’s first-innings tally of 346 at the Niaz Stadium, the hosts were dismissed for 81 after resuming day two of the fourth-round’s three-day Pool ‘A’ clash at 8-3. Asad grabbed 10 for 31 runs.

Following on, Hyderabad capitulated for 156 in their second knock to lose by an innings and 109 runs.

Karachi Blues also clinched an early victory when they annihilated Quetta by an innings and 94 runs here at the UBL Sports Complex.

Ashar Qureshi excelled with a fine all-round performance. After top-scoring with 90 on Saturday, he ended up grabbing nine wickets for 63 in the match, including 6-40 in Quetta’s second innings.

In the Pool ‘B’ fixture at the LCCA Ground in Lahore, Dera Murad Jamali stunned Lahore Whites with a thrilling two-run victory to earn six points.

Trailing by 33 runs on the first innings, Dera Murad Jamali mustered only 149 in their second turn at the crease before bowling out the home side for 114.

Scores and results on Sunday (day two of three):

Fourth round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Quetta by an innings 94 runs.

KARACHI BLUES 320-6 in 83 overs (Ashar Qureshi 90, Osama Ali 79, Azizuddin 59, Osama Butt 51 not out; Imran Khan 3-93, Abdullah Bilal 2-71); QUETTA 131 in 46.5 overs (Abdul Nasir 26; Ashar Qureshi 3-23, Ali Khan 3-49, Mohammad Zahid 2-14) and 95 in 42 overs (Hazrat Wali 33; Ashar Qureshi 6-40, Mohammad Zahid 2-24).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: LARKANA 157 in 61.1 overs (Ahsan Sultan 44, Ayaz Ali 36, Ali Haider 35; Ahmed Shafiq 6-43) and 110 in 57 overs (Jahangir Mir 40; Ahmed Shafiq 4-31, Mohammad Irfan 3-13); LAHORE BLUES 258 in 80.3 overs (Zaid Alam 117, Fahad Munir 76; Uzair Ata 4-37, Kamran Ali 3-42, Nadir Ali 3-58).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Faisalabad beat Hyderabad by an innings and 109 runs.

FAISALABAD 346 in 82.3 overs (Mohammad Shahid 104, Abdul Samad 101, Ali Raza 31; Asad Malik 7-101); HYDERABAD 81 in 30.1 overs (Asad Malik 32; Asad Raza 10-31) and 156 in 45 overs (Uzair Jaffri 44, Saad Khan 44, Mohammad Suleman 31; Asad Raza 4-28, Mohammad Shahid 3-32).

Group ‘B’:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: RAWALPINDI 328-9 in 83 overs (Usman Haider 84, Umair Masood 69,Hasnain Ahmed 69; Rashid Iqbal 4-79); PESHAWAR 167 in 48.1 overs (Waqas Ahmed 30; Ibrar 4-47, Mohammad Haroon 3-31) and 135-6 in 45 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 60).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: D M Jamali beat Lahore Whites by two runs.

DERA MURAD JAMALI 95 in 26.4 overs (Mir Waiz Khan 8-31) and 149 in 51.5 overs (Usama Razzaq 52; Waqas Ali 6-41); LAHORE WHITES 128 in 56 overs (Ramis Mustafa 35, Saeed Ahmed 5-26, Fahad Hussain 4-32) and 114 in 50.4 overs (Attyab Ahmed 37; Rasool Bakhsh 4-45, Fahad Hussain 3-28).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: SIALKOT 333 in 83 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 151, Hammad Arshad 42, Ahmed Iqbal 41; Rashid Hussain 3-106) and 39-0 in 13 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 29 not out); MULTAN 315 in 81.2 overs (Umar Sadiq 101, Rao Irfan 82; Athar Mahmood 5-97).

Group ‘C’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: BAHAWALPUR 227 in 82.3 overs (Ali Imran 54, Mohammad Umar 44; Shayan Sheikh 4-55, Alamgir Khan 4-57) and 50-4 in 22 overs (Mohammad Shaharyar 31 not out); ISLAMABAD 357 in 81.5 overs (Sajawal Riaz 120, Muzammil Shah 118, Umar Nawaz 47; Sheram Hussain 5-120, Sheron Siraj 3-50).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: ABBOTTABAD 172 in 64.4 overs (Khayyam Khan 45; Hasan Mohsin 5-47); KARACHI WHITES 177-5 in 52 overs (Ammad Khan 59 not out, Hasan Mohsin 33).

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur: AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 182 in 73.2 overs (Hannan Ahmed 51; Umar Khan 4-52, Mohammad Tariq 4-52) and 146-5 in 72 overs (Mohammad Aamir 54); FATA 72 in 31.2 overs (Syed Faizan Tahir 6-22).

Published in Dawn September 26th, 2016