KARACHI: Hyderabad’s miserable run in the ongoing PCB Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Championship continued on Thursday when Bahawalpur rode on an Ali Imran century to pull off a six-wicket victory in Rawalpindi.

Opener Ali hit 116 off 138 balls with the aid of 13 boundaries while putting on 155 for the second wicket with Ali-ul-Hasan (62) as Bahawalpur chased down 261 in 14 deliveries to spare to record their third win in the Group ‘A’ game at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. Paceman Mohammad Hasnain took all four wickets to fall for 40 runs in 10 overs.

Earlier, Hyderabad — who have now lost all four fixtures they have played — reached 260-6 thanks to a third-wicket partnership of 124 between Mohammad Suleman (76 off 99 balls, six fours and one six) and Saad Khan, who struck an unbeaten 97 from 98 balls with seven fours and one six.

Dera Murad Jamali and Azad Jammu Kashmir both suffered their straight losses in the same pool. Islamabad surged to the top spot of the group standings by handing Dera Murad Jamali an eight-wicket drubbing at the Diamond Club Ground where Hammad Khan shone with three wickets and an unbeaten knock of 76.

Lahore Whites paceman Hannan Zahid grabbed 5-30 to help side whip Azad Jammu Kashmir by seven wickets at the National Ground.

Karachi Whites bounced back from their defeat to Sialkot on Tuesday to crush Faisalabad by 169 runs at the Marghazar Cricket Ground. The highlights being fine batting from opener Jahanzeb Sultan (run-a-ball 95, 12 fours and one six) and captain Ram Ravi (88 off 83, 12 fours and one six) as the two added 141 for the third wicket.

Chasing 317, Faisalabad were sent packing for 147 with off-spinner Adil Ijaz claiming 4-41.

In Group B’ action here in Karachi, the most exciting finish saw Karachi Blues edge Rawalpindi by seven runs at the NBP Sports Complex after visitors were restricted to 252-9 while chasing 260.

Lahore Blues held onto their top berth with a five-wicket defeat of Multan at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground where leg-spinner Ahmed Jalil snared four wickets for 18 runs in 9.2 overs.

Fata ended Quetta’s two-match unbeaten streak with a four-wicket win at the National with left-arm paceman and skipper Shahenshah Afridi (4-30 in nine overs) and Mohammad Ishaq (87 off 106 balls0 playing key roles for the winners.

Peshawar celebrated their second success in four outings by defeating Larkana b 57 runs at the UBL Sports Complex. Seamer Mohammad Ilyas captured four wickets for 21 runs.

Thursday’s results:

Fourth round:

Group ‘A’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Bahawalpur beat Hyderabad by six wickets.

HYDERABAD 260-6 in 50 overs (Saad Khan 97 not out, Mohammad Suleman 76, Uzair Jafri 24; Mohammad Junaid 3-33); BAHAWALPUR 261-4 in 47.4 overs (Ali Imran 116, Ali-ul-Hasan 62, Abdul Hadi 28; Mohammad Hasnain 4-40).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Dera Murad Jamali by eight wickets.

DERA MURAD JAMALI 172 in 46.4 overs (Fida Hussain 58, Saeed Ahmed 24; Musa Khan 4-33, Hammad Khan 3-31, Abu Hurraira 2-36); ISLAMABAD 174-2 in 36.2 overs (Hammad Khan 76 not out, Inayat Ali 39 not out, Rohail Nazir 30).

At National Ground, Islamabad: Lahore Whites beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by seven wickets.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 163 in 42.2 overs (Islam Hayat 28 not out, Arbaz Waheed 26, Adil Nazir 26, Zohaib Bukhari 24; Hannan Zahid 5-30, Mohammad Umar Jr 3-18); LAHORE WHITES 165-3 in 31.1 overs (Fahad Munir 81, Aresh Khan 34, Hashim Ibrahim 20).

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Karachi Whites beat Faisalabad by 169 runs.

KARACHI WHITES 316-9 in 50 overs (Jahanzeb Sultan 95, Ram Ravi 88, Haider Abbas 61 not out; Mohammad Ibtisam 4-64, Mohammad Zeeshan 2-50, Usama Javed 2-66); FAISALABAD 147 in 38.2 overs (Awais Zafar 55; Adil Ijaz 4-41, Mohammad Ali Khan 3-36, Mohammad Taha 2-15).

Group ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Fata beat Quetta by four wickets.

QUETTA 169 in 49 overs (Rasheed Ahmed 54 not out, Abdul Nasir 48; Shahenshah Afridi 4-30); FATA 170-6 in 36.1 overs (Mohammad Ishaq 87, Hamza Khan 22; Ehsanullah 3-22, Hussain 2-44).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Peshawar beat Larkana by 57 runs.

PESHAWAR 187 in 47.1 overs (Azam Khan 34, Waqar Ahmed 33, Aamir Azmat 30, Abdullah Dilshad 22; Javed Ali 3-31, Nadir Ali 3-37, Nehal Ahmed 2-36); LARKANA 130 in 40.3 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 47, Uzair Ata 32; Mohammad Ilyas 4-21, Suleman Khan 2-19, Azam Khan 2-33).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Rawalpindi by seven runs.

KARACHI BLUES 259 in 50 overs (Mohammad Zubair 87, Haider Ali 68, Imran Shah 55; Wahidullah Khan 4-51, Ibrar Zaman 2028); RAWALPINDI 252-9 in 50 overs (Ziad Khan 83, Mohammad Jagir 59, Nasir Nawaz 57; Ashar Qureshi 2-41, Izhar Gul 2-53, Mohammad Zahid 2-59).

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi: Lahore Blues beat Multan by five wickets.

MULTAN 110 in 42.2 overs (Usman Shafiq 17; Ahmer Jalil 4-18, Zaid Alam 2-24); LAHORE BLUES 115-5 in 34.1 overs (Zaid Alam 44, Mohammad Saleem 32 not out; Mohammad Jahangir 4-20).

Published in Dawn, May 5th, 2017