Imad spins Chakwal to defeat

Published June 6, 2005

ISLAMABAD, June 5: Islamabad gave Chakwal a cricketing lesson on Sunday as they completed a 300-run victory in the PCB National Under-19 Championship at the Diamond Cricket Ground. After having posted a mammoth 422 for nine on the first day of the match, Islamabad bowled out Chakwal for a meagre 122 in 33.2 overs, slow left-arm bowler Imad Wasim claiming an impressive seven for 29.

Rawalpindi too scored a big victory crushing Azad Jammu and Kashmir by 261 runs at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The AJK side were sent packing for only 173 as they attempted to overhaul Rawalpindi’s huge total of 434-8. Haseeb Amjad with five for 45 was the chief wicket-taker.

Summarised scores:

Islamabad beat Chakwal by 300 runs.

ISLAMABAD 422-9 in 90 overs (Arslan Shahzad 70, Imad Wasim 60, Imran Fazal 55, Usman Mahmood 41, Naeem Anjum 41, Taimur Javed 38; Mohammad Zubair 3-104); CHAKWAL 122 in 33.2 overs (Owais Zia 32; Imad Wasim 7-29).

Rawalpindi beat Azad Jammu and Kashmir by 261 runs.

RAWALPINDI 434-8 in 90 overs (Ali Sarfraz 114, Zahid Mansoor 71, Nauman Ali 71 not out, Usman Ashraf 47, Mohammad Ibrahim 28; Mahmood Azam 4-1132-67); AJK 173 in 62.3 overs (Imran Khurshid 30, Iftikhar Ahmed 29 not out, Yasir Mahmood 28, Rizwan Ahmed 24; Haseeb Amjad 5-45).

Jhelum beat Attock by 38 runs.

JHELUM 237 in 65.2 overs (Atif Shahzad 48, Yasin Jamshed 30, Shahid Imran 38; Wasim Akhtar 7-73); ATTOCK 199 in 41 overs (Najamul Hasan 115; Atif Shahzad 4-67).

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