KARACHI: A century opening stand between Abdul Wahid Sr and Latifullah laid the foundation of a fine seven-wicket win for Quetta against Fata on the last day of the fourth-round fixture in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 three-day tournament here on Saturday.

After dismissing Fata for 187 in the second innings with slow left-armer Junaid Khan picking up his second five-for in the Group ‘A’ match, Quetta reached 225-3 to claim six points.

Wahid ended up scoring a painstaking 84 (202 balls, six boundaries) in 251 minutes while Latifullah contributed a brisk 83-ball 72 with 10 fours and one six.

Dera Murad Jamali regained top place in Group ‘A’ when they beat Abbottabad by four wickets at the NBP Sports Complex.

Hosts Azad Jammu Kashmir extended Lahore Whites’ misery with a three-wicket success in the Group ‘C’ tie at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium

Islamabad clinched a crushing innings and 145-run win over the hapless Hyderabad in the Group ‘B’ encounter at the National Ground in the federal capital after the visitors lost the remaining four wickets for just eight runs.

Rawalpindi handed Larkana an innings and 84-run drubbing at the Marghazar Cricket Ground with paceman Shiraz Khan starring with figures of 8-39 in 18.5 overs as Larkana folded up for 143.

Scores and results on Saturday (final day of three):

Fourth round:
Group ‘A’:

At TMC Ground, Karachi: Quetta beat Fata by seven wickets.

FATA 225 in 63.5 overs (Mohammad Ajmal 60, Salman Khan 55, Nasir Faraz 27, Mohammad Wasim 26; Junaid Khan 5-103, Hussain Ahmed 4-63) and 187 in 74.1 overs (Nasir Faraz 62, Mohammad Wasim 44, Mohammad Israr 22; Junaid Khan 5-65, Akhtar Shah 4-32); QUETTA 188 in 60.4 overs (Wahid Bangulzai 69, Rasheed Ahmed 29; Said Nazir 5-54, Hasnain Hussain 4-58) and 225-3 in 60.1 overs (Abdul Wahid Sr 84 not out, Latifullah 72, Rasheed Ahmed 31 not out, Wahid Bangulzai 24).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Dera Murad Jamali beat Abbottabad by 104 runs.

ABBOTTABAD 127 in 52.4 overs (Afaq Ahmed 44, Shahbaz Khan 21; Mohammad 6-56, Fahad Hussain 2-36) and 272 in 122 overs (Danish Sarhadi 77, Afaq Ahmed 67, Hamza Khan 34 not out, Khayyam Khan 27; Fahad Hussain 5-107, Mohammad 4-93); DERA MURAD JAMALI 283 in 74.3 overs (Fahad Hussain 110, Shoaib Ahmed 78, Aqeel Khan 32, Mohammad Shahid 21; Aamir Shah 4-47, Danish Sarhadi 3-61) and 120-6 in 34.3 overs (Ubaidullah 37, Fahad Hussain 21; Mohammad Asad 3-38, Hamza Khan 2-19) .

Group ‘B’:

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Match drawn.

LAHORE BLUES 268-5 in 83 overs (Qasim Akram 107 retired hurt, Uzair Nasir 69, Attyab Ahmed 35, Ibtisam-ul-Haq 33; Ali Imran 3-99) and 147-6 declared in 49 overs (Qasim Akram 36 not out, Fahad Munir 36, Attyab Ahmed 20; Ali Imran 2-41); BAHAWALPUR 169-9 in 83 overs (Umar Rehman 50, Naved Ahmed 31, Noor Khattak 25; Nasim Shah 5-17, Mohammad Bilal Khan 3-77) and 29-2 in 13 overs.

At National Ground: Islamabad: Islamabad beat Hyderabad by an innings and 145 runs.

HYDERABAD 114 in 34.5 overs (Saud Jaffri 54; Sardar Khan 5-19, Ahsan Asghar 3-29) and 121 in 45 overs (Mujahid Ali 28; Sardar Khan 4-36, Haroon Wahid 3-5); ISLAMABAD 380-8 in 83 overs (Haroon Wahid 177, Mohammad Hasan Nawaz 59, Irfan Khan 33, Mohammad Sarim Ashfaq 23, Azan Tariq 22; Tayyab Ali 2-64, Mustafa Nasir 2-96, Mohammad Aizaz 2-116).

Group ‘C’:

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Rawalpindi beat Larkana by an innings and 84 runs.

LARKANA 104 in 46.4 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 31, Umar Khalid 28; Farhan Shafiq 4-44, Mubasir Khan 3-8, Mohammad Shawaiz 3-15) and 143 in 67.5 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 35, Umar Khalid 31; Shiraz Khan 8-39, Mubasir Khan 2-30); RAWALPINDI 331-9 declared in 79 overs (Haider Ali 75, Abdul Fasih 53, Mubasir Khan 46, Raza-ul-Mustafa 45, Awais Abid 42; Javed Ali Khoso 3-58, Mehrab Khan 2-34, Aamir Ali 2-73).

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur (AJK): Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Lahore Whites by three wickets.

LAHORE WHITES 280-4 in 83 overs (Hasan Dar 131, Hashim Ibrahim 67, Umar Mahmood 29 not out, Irfan Abid 21 not out; Najam Naseer 3-71) and 155 in 33.1 overs (Mohammad Arsalan 66, Shafay Malik 42; Usama Fazil 3-31, Najam Naseer 3-36, Zaman Khan 3-51); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 231 in 79.5 overs (Zohaib Bukhari 132, Awais Akram 52; Hashim Ibrahim 5-76, Abdul Qayyum 2-22, Faridoun Mahmood 2-69) and 205-7 in 75.1 overs (Moin Pervez 59, Shahid Ahmed 34, Zaman Khan 23 not out; Abdul Qayyum 2-31, Hashim Ibrahim 2-70).

Published in Dawn, September 16th, 2018