KARACHI: Faisalabad chalked up a comprehensive nine-wicket win against Larkana on the second day of their second-round Group ‘C’ match of the PCB Inter-region Under-19 three-day tournament in Faisalabad on Thursday.

After taking a handy lead of 89 on the first innings by extending their overnight score of 208-8 to 253 all out at the Bohranwali Ground, the hosts dismissed Larkana for 191.

Requiring 102, Faisalabad utilized only 18.2 overs to reach 103-1 with opener Zohaib Amanat contributing run-a-ball 5 (seven fours and three sixes) to follow his knock of 83 in the first innings.

Bahawalpur skipper Mohammad Junaid led by example at the Gohati Cricket Ground in Swabi where the slow left-armer grabbed magnificent figures of 8-66 in 28.2 overs to bowl out Peshawar for 159, giving his team a healthy lead of 130 on the first innings.

But Peshawar hit back strongly to leave Bahawalpur in dire straits at 87-6 in the second innings at draw of stumps.

Close of play scores and result on Thursday (day two of three):

Second round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: ABBOTTABAD 404-7 in 83 overs (Mashal Khan 107, Afaq Ahmed 91, Shahbaz Khan 50, Abdullah 39, Aamir Shah 35, Hamza Khan 28 not out, Khayyam Khan 21; Shoaib Khan 4-71); MULTAN 128 in 44.5 overs (Mohammad Basit 57, Mohammad Asif 21; Mohammad Asad 4-41, Abdur Rehman 2-21, Khalid Ali 2-24) and 151-5 in 63 overs (Qamar Riaz 46, Azhar Aslam 46, Mohammad Basit 30 not out; Mohammad Asad 3-54).

At TMC Ground, Karachi: KARACHI BLUES 286 in 81.4 overs (Obaisullah Khan 94, Saif Ali 44, Ahsanullah 40; Akhtar Shah 3-33, Junaid Khan 3-60) and 121-4 in 31 overs (Zaryab Umar 49, Obaisullah Khan 48 not out); QUETTA 193 in 82.3 overs (Latifullah 62, Naseebullah 32, Junaid Khan 26, Hidayatullah 25, Abdul Wahid 20; Tariq Khan 5-84, Nadir Shah 3-63).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: DERA MURAD JAMALI 168 in 51.5 overs (Fahad Hussain 57, Mohammad 31; Said Nazir 6-46, Mohammad Wasim 2-32) and 133-3 in 49 overs (Aqeel Khan 53, Shoaib Ahmed 43 not out); FATA 281 in 82.5 overs (Nasir Faraz 65, Mohammad Ajmal 57, Salman Khan 48, Aftab Alam 35, Zahid Gul 24; Fahad Hussain 3-89, Mohammad Shahid 2-56).

Group ‘B’:

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: SIALKOT 341-7 in 83 overs (Umar Shafiq 140, Mohsin Riaz 107, Anas Amjad 31, Ghulam Mohiuddin 22, Asher Bhatti 21; Haroon Wahid 2-35, Bilal Ahmed 2-59) and 71-0 in 20 overs (Umar Shafiq 38 not out, Asher Bhatti 32 not out); ISLAMABAD 246 in 72.3 overs (Sarim Ashfaq 61, Zahid Iqbal 41, Jawad Ahmed 33, Haroon Wahid 30, Hasan Nawaz 22; Ghulam Mohiuddin 4-77, Farrukh Waqas 3-42).

At National Ground, Islamabad: LAHORE BLUES 303-6 in 83 overs (Ibtisam-ul-Haq 67, Qasim Akram 67, Syed Taqi Bilgrami 51, Attyab Ahmed 50; Hasan Ali 3-87, Nauman Akbar 2-78); HYDERABAD 79 in 40.1 overs (Mohammad Wasim 42; Nasim Shah 5-25, Hamza Tariq 3-15) and 11-1 in 6 overs.

At Gohati Cricket Ground, Swabi: BAHAWALPUR 289-9 in 83 overs (Abdul Hadi 124 not out, Naved Ahmed 94, Abdur Rehman 22, Mohammad Hamza 20; Mohammad Aamir 4-90, Niaz Khan 2-52) and 87-6 in 49 overs (Ali Imran 36; Izhar Ahmed 2-17, Mohammad Aamir 2-18); PESHAWAR 159 in 62.2 overs (Abuzar Tariq 44 Mamoon Ibrahim 34; Mohammad Junaid 8-66, Ali Imran 2-54).

Group ‘C’:

At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Larkana by nine wickets.

LARKANA 164 in 48.3 overs (Javed Ali Khoso 46, Ashfaq Ahmed 39; Ali Raza 7-45, Suleman Shafqat 3-60) and 191 in 69.3 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 85, Javed Ahmed 38; Ahmed Hameed 3-18, Saif Ali 2-20, Mohammad Bilal Javed 2-58); FAISALABAD 253 in 70.4 overs (Zohaib Amanat 83, Daniyal Ali 29, Mohammad Irfan Khan 24, Mishal Khan 24 not out, Suleman Shafqat 23; Aamir Ali 5-79, Mehrab Khan 3-30, Umar Khalid 2-26) and 103-1 in 18.2 overs (Zohaib Amanat 55, Saif Ali 36 not out).

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: RAWALPINDI 374-9 declared in 79 overs (Haider Ali 133, Raza-ul-Mustafa 51 not out, Ziad Khan 37, Mubasir Khan 37, Mohammad Salar Ansari 26, Mohammad Suleman Khushi 26, Munir Riaz 20 not out; Zohaib Bukhari 3-72, Najam Naseer 3-94, Usama Fazil 2-94); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 196-8 in 74 overs (Awais Akram 44, Hasan Azmat 32, Qazi Arbqan 27, Umar Hayat 25 not out; Mohammad Ajmal 2-18, Farhan Shafiq 2-47, Shiraz Khan 2-52) .

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur (AJK): KARACHI WHITES 277 in 64.4 overs (Mohammad Usman 94, Saim Ayub 75, Ammar Iqbal 28, Mubashir Nawaz 26; Adil Sarwar 5-74, Faridoun Mahmood 2-31, Shafay Malik 2-61) and 261-4 declared in 42 overs (Mubashir Nawaz 125, Sufyan Khan 59, Mohammad Usman 49 not out; Mohammad Arsalan 2-53); LAHORE WHITES 196 in 65.4 overs (Hasan Dar 114, Shafay Malik 22; Maaz Bin Salman 7-70) and 23-2 in 18.3 overs.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2018