ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Multan won the PCB Level-II National Inter-Region Cricket Championship, defeating Islamabad by seven wickets in the four-day final at the Mirpur (AJK) Cricket Stadium on Friday.

After gaining a 107-run first-innings lead, Multan bowled Islamabad out for 137 in their second innings and then reached the required target of 31 for the loss of three wickets on the last day of the final.

Multan’s Ansar Javed finished with 4-31 in the Islamabad second innings while his fellow fast bowlers Mohammad Zahid and Sajjad Hussain captured 3-38 and 2-63 respectively.

Summarised scores:

Multan bt Islamabad by seven wickets. ISLAMABAD 182 (Farrukh Hayat 31, Usman Ali 29; Ahmed Raza 5-24, Ansar Javed 3-54) and 137 (Usman Ali 50 not out; Ansar Javed 4-31, Mohammad Zahid 3-38); MULTAN 289 (Rehan Rafiq 72, Atiq Ahmed 72; Sajid Ali 5-25, Yasir Bari 2-85) and 31-3. —APP