KARACHI: Rawalpindi, Lahore Blues and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) emerged winners as the remaining three fixtures in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 Cricket Tournament were drawn on Monday.

On the third and final day of the fourth-round action, Lahore Blues scored the remaining five runs to defeat Larkana by nine wickets at the NBP Sports Complex.

Rawalpindi trounced Peshawar by eight wickets at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar.

After bowling out the hosts for 209 in the second innings, Rawalpindi knocked off the required runs without any hassle.

At the Mirpur Cricket Stadium, AJK clinched a 142-run success against Fata. After declaring their second innings at 221-8, AJK bowlers bowl out Fata for 189.

Karachi Whites had to settle for three points in the drawn game against Abbottabad at the latter’s home ground.

Bahawalpur, meanwhile, made a great comeback to force a draw against Islamabad at the Diamond Club Ground.

Resuming at 50-4, Bahawalpur reached 233 before taking eight Islamabad wickets for 78 runs in the team’s second innings.

Sialkot also took three points after drawing with Multan.

In the matches ending in two days on Sunday, Karachi Blues beat Quetta by an innings and 94 runs, Faisalabad decimated Hyderabad by an innings and 109 runs while Dera Murad Jamal shocked Lahore Whites by just two runs.

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

Fourth round:

Group ‘A’:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Lahore Blues beat Larkana by nine wickets.

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) and 10-1 in 2.4 overs.

Group ‘B’

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Rawalpindi beat Peshawar by eight wickets.

RAWALPINDI 328-9 in 83 overs (Usman Haider 84, Umair Masood 69,Hasnain Ahmed 69; Rashid Iqbal 4-79) and 53-2 in 14.2 overs; PESHAWAR 167 in 48.1 overs (Waqas Ahmed 30; Ibrar 4-47, Mohammad Haroon 3-31) and 209 in 71.5 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 60).

At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan: Match drawn.

SIALKOT 333 in 83 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 151, Hammad Arshad 42, Ahmed Iqbal 41; Rashid Hussain 3-106) and 260-8 declared in 67.4 overs (Ahmed Iqbal 106, Zeeshan Ramzan 59, Abdullah Shafiq 56; Rashid Hussain 3-74, Arsalan Haider 3-107); MULTAN 315 in 81.2 overs (Umar Sadiq 101, Rao Irfan 82; Athar Mahmood 5-97) and 151-6 in 40 overs (Saif-ur-Rehman 44, Rao Irfan 38).

Group ‘C’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

BAHAWALPUR 227 in 82.3 overs (Ali Imran 54, Mohammad Umar 44; Shayan Sheikh 4-55, Alamgir Khan 4-57) and 233 in 111.1 overs (Sajjad Ali Babar 69, Sharjeel Ahmed 64, Umar Abbasi 42, Mohammad Shaharyar 31; Abu Hurraira 3-44, Shayan Sheikh 3-81); ISLAMABAD 357 in 81.5 overs (Sajawal Riaz 120, Muzammil Shah 118, Umar Nawaz 47; Sheram Hussain 5-120, Sheron Siraj 3-50) and 78-8 in 13 overs (Sehram Hussain 4-22).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: Match drawn.

ABBOTTABAD 172 in 64.4 overs (Khayyam Khan 45; Hasan Mohsin 5-47) and 186-8 in 65 overs (Mohammad Arif 44, Khayyam Khan 35; Nihal Rasheed 5-43); KARACHI WHITES 251 in 65.5 overs (Ammad Alam 66, Hasan Mohsin 33; Arshad Iqbal 4-53, Bilal Shah 3-63).

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur: Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Fata by 142 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 182 in 73.2 overs (Hannan Ahmed 51; Umar Khan 4-52, Mohammad Tariq 4-52) and 221-8 declared in 95.2 overs (Mohammad Aamir 54, Zohaib Bukhari 46, Syed Faizan Tahir 33); FATA 72 in 31.2 overs (Syed Faizan Tahir 6-22) and 189 in 53.2 overs (Mohammad Ishaq 67, Farmanullah 38, Mohammad Khayyam 30; Syed Faizan Tahir 3-54, Usama 3-76).

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2016