RAWALPINDI, July 24: Rawalpindi emerged the PCB Under-19 Inter-district champions of the Rawalpindi region on Thursday after drawing their match with Chakwal at Army Cricket Stadium with Islam-abad slipping to third behind Jhelum.

The match began at 1.00pm because of rain with Rawalpindi declaring their first innings closed at the overnight total of 130 for seven, a lead of one run.

The home side then dismissed Chakwal for 110, Khalid Mushtaq picking up four for 36 and Usman Saeed taking three for 23.

Chasing 110 to win in 16 overs, Rawalpindi finished on 106 for eight when play ended. Owais Zia was the main wicket-taker with three for 20 while Mohammad Zubair and Shakir Ali shared four wickets.

The three points they earned by virtue of having gained a first innings lead, gave Rawalpindi a total of 15 points. They had one victory and lead points from two games while another two of their matches were washed out.

Islamabad, playing at KRL Stadium against an under-rated Jhelum, conceded a lead of five runs, their innings coming to an end at 269 after they had resumed at 62 for one.

Umar Khattak who scored 88 and Rana Ijaz whose contribution was 40 did well for Islamabad who were restricted by slow left armer Rizwan Sadiq who captured an incredible seven wickets for 62 runs. Atif Shah took three for 87.

With one victory and first innings lead points from one match, Islamabad collected 12 points while Jhelum had as many.

However Jhelum because of superior net run rate took second place.

Meanwhile, there was no play in the match between Azad Jammu Kashmir and Attock at Shalimar Ground in Islamabad.

AJK finished with three points in the championship while Attock had none.

Summarised scores:

*At Army Cricket Ground, match drawn:

CHAKWAL 129 in 52.5 overs (Mohammad Zubair 32 not out, Owais Zia 28; Kamran Baig 4-28, Usman Saeed 2-19, Khalid Mushtaq 2-35) and 110 (Khalid Mushtaq 4-36, Usman Saeed 3-23, Kamran Baig 2-23);

RAWALPINDI 130-7 dec (Waqas Zafar 51; Shahbaz Ayub 3-38, Owais Zia 2-26) and 106-8 (Shoaib Nasir 26, Usman Saeed 23; Owais Zia 3-20, Mohammad Zubair 2-22, Shakir Ali 2-11).

*At KRL Cricket Stadium, match drawn:

JHELUM 274 in 64.3 overs (Majid Ali 82, Qasim Maqbool 66, Qaiser Mahmood 34 not out; Zohaib Ahmed 4-57, Asim Aqeel Rana 2-30);

ISLAMABAD 269 in 67.4 overs (Umar Khattak 88, Fayyaz Ahmed 39, Rana Ijaz 40; Rizwan Sadiq 7-62, Atif Shah 3-87).

*At Shalimar Cricket Ground, match drawn:

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 169 in 71.4 overs (Ehtisham Qadir 41 not out, Raja Shafa 31; Najamul Hasan 4-19, Nusrat Khan 3-31, Sherbaz Khan 2-25);

ATTOCK 35-1 in 14 overs (Nusrat Khan 18; Arslan 1-8).

Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: All three matches of the Karachi region ended in draw with Zone-Vi and Zone-IV taking points on first innings lead against Zone-I and Zone-VII respectively.

In the remaining game Zone-V were 102 for seven against Zone-II when the rain-hit finished after Wednesday’s blank day.

Summarised scores:

*At Asifabad Sports Complex, match drawn:

ZONE-VII 189 in 69.4 overs (Faraz Patel 90, Khurram Ibrahim 45, Raheel Waris 24; Aamir Azam 4-23, Mohammad Nadeem 2-26, Mohammad Ali Zafar 2-60) and 103-6 in 25 overs (Faraz Patel 55 not out;

ZONE-IV 301-4 in 90 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 116 not out, Nasir Aziz 87, Aamir Kalim 41; Aamir Junaid 2-63).

*At Student Sports Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-VI 196 in 73.2 overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 40, Rizwan Khan 33, Abdul Samad 30, Danish Alvi 30, Waqas Haroon 24; Asad Butt 3-43, Noman Hussain 2-28) and 95-3 in 29 overs (Abdul Saad 32 not out, Kamran Ali 22; Noman Hussain 2-18);

ZONE-I 172 in 48.5 overs (Shiraz Ishaq 53, Fazal Mohammad Khan 36; Saeed Khan 5-33, Zia-ul-Hasan 3-5).

*At TMC Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-V 102 in 77.1 overs (Wasim Hanif 25; Shahmir Khattak 3-17, Faraz Ahmed Khan 2-16) v ZONE-II.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: The Lahore region’s three fixtures were also drawn after rains hit the city in mid-afternoon.

Summarised scores:

*At LCCA Ground, match drawn:

WEST ZONE BLUES 305-8 declared in 73.4 overs (Abid Ali  105, Sibtain Raza 100; Ahmed 4-98);

NORTH ZONE BLUES 128 in 55.2 overs (Asim Zakir 28, Jamshed  Ahmed 25; Wahab Riaz 3-39, Azhar Ali 4-29, Yasir Hashmi 2-8) and 28-2 in 10 overs.

*At Model Town Club Ground, match drawn:

EAST ZONE BLUES 95 in 32.2 overs and 13-2 in 4.4 overs;

WEST ZONE WHITES 129 in 36.1 overs (Suleman Akbar 48; Ahmed Butt 5-23, Saifullah 2-27).

*At Mughalpura Institute Ground, match drawn:

EAST ZONE WHITES 260 in 65 overs (Shahzad Siddique 97, Shahid Khan 51; Shakeel Munir 4-51, Ahmed Liaquat 4-70) and 97-3 in 10.3 overs (Shahid Khan 48 not out, Jahangir Mirza 27);

NORTH ZONE WHITES 171 in 64.4 overs (Imtiaz Khurshid 49,  Imran Jan 49, Asad Khan 20; Asif Ijaz 3-27, Raheel Abbas 3-47, Naeem Arshad 2-32, Usman Malik 2-44).

Our Correspondent adds from Hyderabad: Sanghar’s Ibrar Zeeshan and Zubairuddin scored half centuries as the Hyderabad region match against Badin ended in a draw at Niaz Stadium.

Sanghar, however, got three points on the basis of first innings lead.

Badin resumed the day at 32 for three afte the rains disrupted the first day on Wednesday were all out for 139 in 49 overs.

Shahzaib Nawaz scored an unbeaten 31 while Ali Hyder made 23.

Sanghar’s Zubairuddin claimed three for 34, Yasir Rasool two for 42, Afzal Mehmood two for 13 and Naseer Ahmed two for 27.

Sanghar, in reply, reached 163 for four in 36 overs in the remaining time. Ibrar Zeeshan and Zubairuddin remained unbeaten with 61 and 50 respectively while Rana Pervez hit 34.

For Badin Imran Khan claimed three for 37.