KARACHI: Quetta, Peshawar, Fata and Lahore all celebrated victories in the fourth-round matches of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 Tournament on Tuesday.

Quetta cantered to a 105-run success against Hyderabad on the last day of their two-day Pool ‘A’ clash at the SBP Sports Complex here in Karachi. Leg-spinner Latifullah was the star performer with a bag of 11 wickets.

Latifullah first took 7-42 as Hyderabad were dismissed for 116 in reply to Quetta’s first-innings tally of 203. He then hit a quick 42 not out to enable his side close their second innings at 118-6.

Hyderabad, chasing 206, were all out for 100 with slow left-armer grabbing five for 20 and Latifullah 4-23 to end up match figures of 11-65.

Peshawar clinched a nine-wicket victory over Faisalabad in the Pool ‘B’ match at the Bhutto Cricket Ground in Islamabad with all-rounder Saqib Jamil capturing five wickets for 27 runs in Faisalabad’s second innings of 117 all out.

Peshawar, who resumed their overnight first innings at 151-4, collected 253 in response to their rivals’ tally of 230.

Lahore thrashed Azad Jammu Kashmir by 10 wickets in their Pool ‘C’ game at the Aligarh Cricket Ground in Lahore.

Slow left-armer Fariduddin Mahmood wrecked Azad Jammu Kashmir’s hopes by snaring seven wickets for 22 runs in the second innings that ended at 79.

Leg-spinner Hasnain Hussain picked up five for 47 as Fata defeated Dera Murad Jamali by 57 runs at Lahore’s Stags Cricket Ground.

Scores and results on Tuesday (final day of two):

Fourth round:

Pool ‘A’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Match drawn.

MULTAN 168 in 69.1 overs (Saif Mohammad 59, Mohammad Basit 38, Sharjeel Umar 31; Ziad Khan 5-36, Mehran Mumtaz 2-35) and 152 in 53.2 overs (Mohammad Basit 40, Humayun Altaf 40. Qamar Riaz 24; Mehran Raja 5-37, Mehran Mumtaz 4-59); RAWALPINDI 190 in 59.1 overs (Javed Khan 43, Raza-ul-Mustafa 27, Shiraz Khan 25, Ziad Khan 21; Mohammad Huzaifa 5-58) and 117-7 in 15 overs (Ziad Khan 72 not out; Sharjeel Umar 3-25, Mohammad Huzaifa 2-39).

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Quetta beat Hyderabad by 105 runs.

QUETTA 203 in 70 overs (Najeeb Rehman 57, Abdul Wahid 37, Mohammad Ibrahim 24, Mohammad Abrar 19; Mohammad Hasnain 3-6, Mohammad Zeeshan 2-33, Mohammad Aizaz 2-51, Raza Hasan 2-60) and 118-6 declared in 20 overs (Latifullah 42 not out, Mohammad Ibrahim 2-23; Mohammad Aizaz 3-58, Mohammad Hasnain 2-31); HYDERABAD 116 in 41.2 overs (Abdul Rafay 25; Latifullah 7-42) and 100 in 41.5 overs (Mohammad Saud Jafferi 20; Abdul Wahid 5-20, Latifullah 4-23).

Pool ‘B’:

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Peshawar beat Faisalabad by nine wickets.

FAISALABAD 230 in 66.2 overs (Faizan Khadim 96 not out, Ahmed Akkash 42, Ehtesham-ul-Haq 24; Mustafa Mohammad 4-45, Ahmed Khan 4-61) and 117 in 54.4 overs (Rana Asad 44, Ehtesham-ul-Haq 24 not out; Saqib Jamil 5-27, Ahmed Khan 3-34, Daniyal Kayani 2-25); PESHAWAR 253 in 69.2 overs (Nawees Mohammad 52, Saqib Jamil 50, Adnan Abdullah 41, Ahmed Khan 38, Daniyal Kayani 21; Ehtesham-ul-Haq 4-49, Abrar-ul-Haq 3-47, Ali Mustafa 2-41) and 97-1 in 20.2 overs (Adnan Abdullah 39, Ilyas Munir 32 not out, Saqib Jamil 23 not out).

At Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

LARKANA 197 in 63 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 48, Sajid Ali 32, Zarrar Shah 26, Haris Ali 25, Umar Khalid 22, Adil Manzoor 20; Daniyal Ahmed 3-50, Abdur Rehman 2-16, Mohammad Junaid Khan 2-25, Mashal Khan 2-50) and 136 in 60.5 overs (Adil Manzoor 26, Aamir Ali 24; Mashal Khan 3-36, Mohammad Junaid Khan 2-18, Daniyal Ahmed 2-37); ABBOTTABAD 265-7 declared in 66 overs (Danish Sarhadi 107, Mashal Khan 50, Yasin Shah 36; Aamir Ali 4-75) and 57-6 in 7 overs (Mashal Khan 25; Zulfiqar Haider 2-13).

Pool ‘C’:

At Aligarh Cricket Ground, Lahore: Lahore beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 10 wickets.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 156 in 53.5 overs (Najam Naseer 23 not out, Shahid Ahmed 21; Hashim Ibrahim 5-52, Hasnat Abbas 2-17) and 79 in 33.2 overs (Shahid Ahmed 24, Qazi Arbqan 23; Fariduddin Mahmood 7-22, Hashim Ibrahim 2-16); LAHORE 202-8 declared in 54.3 overs (Shafay Malik 75, Hasnat Abbas 51; Zohaib Bukhari 4-21, Moin Pervez 3-32) and 36-0 in 6.1 overs.

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: Fata beat Dera Murad Jamali by 57 runs.

FATA 204 in 64 overs (Tawab Hafeez 83, Mohammad Asfandyar 77; Abdul Rauf 3-22, Inamullah 2-37, Mohammad 2-57) and 114-6 declared in 26 overs (Mohammad Jalal 54; Inamullah 4-29); DERA MURAD JAMALI 141 in 55.2 overs (Zahid Ali 75; Shaheen Shah Afridi 4-20, Kamran Afridi 3-25) and 120 in 36.5 overs (Ayaz Ali 22, Mohammad 21; Hasnain Hussain 5-47, Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-32, Mohammad Jalal 2-17).

At Cricket Centre, Lahore: Match drawn.

BAHAWALPUR 268-8 in 70 overs (Abdul Hadi 61, Shahid Hussain 57, Umar Rehman 40, Adnan Fayyaz 26, Mohammad Junaid 20; Salahuddin 4-47, Shahzaib Bhatti 2-39) and 154-7 in 42 overs (Abdul Hadi 49, Adnan Fayyaz 29; Salahuddin 3-29, Khawar Ali 2-30); SIALKOT 275-6 in 70 overs (Mohsin Riaz 71, Salahuddin 66 not out, Ali Ahmed 48, Mohammad Hurraira 37; Mohammad Junaid 2-83).

Published in Dawn, May 18th, 2016