LAHORE, Nov 19: Fine half-centuries by Qasim Khan and Umar Aziz helped Faisalabad inflict a four-wicket defeat on Lahore Shalimar in the National Inter-region under-19 cricket tournament at the Bohranwali Ground on Saturday.

Faisalabad, who had conceded 62-run lead on first innings, were set to score 269 for win after bowling out Lahore Shalimar in the second innings for 206.

Qasim scored 80 with 10 fours while Umar struck 50 as Faisalabad made 271 for six in 72.3 overs.

Multan, meanwhile, had a close shave before scoring a three-wicket win against defiant Peshawar at the Gymkhana Ground, Okara.

Peshawar, who were forced to follow-on, made a gallant fightback with both ball and the bat. Peshawar made 298 in the second innings with useful contribution made by Shahid Iqbal (83, eight fours).

Multan, chasing 95, lost seven wickets in the process. Slow bowler Inamullah claimed five for 10.

Summarised scores:

At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Lahore Shalimar by four wickets.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 226 (Ali Raza 4-86, Mohammad Laeeq 3-50) and 206 (Nasir Jamshed 54); FAISALABAD 164 (Salman Afzal 7-48) and 271-6 (Wasim Saqib 80, Umar Aziz 50, Adnan Munir 49).

At Gymkhana Club Ground, Okara: Multan beat Peshawar by three wickets.

MULTAN 329-4 (Farhan Pervez 82, Naveed Ahmed 68, Aqeel Anwar 71) and 96-7 (Inamullah 5-10); PESHAWAR 125 (Qaiser Shahzad 5-22) and 298 (Shahid Iqbal 83 not out).

Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: Zeeshan Jamil struck a fine century as Karachi Harbour gained first innings points against Lahore Ravi in the drawn match at the KCCA Stadium.

Zeeshan hammered 118 off 171 balls with eight fours and two sixes as Harbour reached 250 for six in the second innings.

Lahore Ravi finished at 154 for seven after asked to chase a target of 277.

Slow left-armer Imran Rafiq took a match haul of 10 for 129 as Islamabad pulled off a nail-biting two-run victory over Abbottabad at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium.

Summarised scores:

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Match drawn.

HYDERABAD 299 (Lal Kumar 76; Abdul Jabbar 5-99) and 178-6 declared (Adnan Shah 68, Lal Kumar 61); QUETTA 164 (Shafqat Ali 6-54) and 203-5 (Mohammad Aslam 100 not out).

At KCCA Stadium, Karachi: Match drawn.

KARACHI HARBOUR 215 (Ainan Arif 64; Asif Ghafoor 5-41) and 250-6 declared (Zeeshan Jamil 118, Hasan Javed 52); LAHORE RAVI 189 (Mohammad Asim 84 not out) and 154-7 (S. Kashif Ali 52).

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium: Islamabad beat Abbottabad by two runs.

ISLAMABAD 157 (Mudassar Ibrahim 5-35) and 169 (Mohammad Shakeel 4-37); ABBOTTABAD 147 (Imran Rafiq 6-61) and 177 (Imran Rafiq 4-68).