ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Karachi Blues needed just 2.5 overs Sunday to mop up the Kohat tail for an innings and one-run victory on the final day of their three-day National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I Cricket Championship match at the KRL Stadium.

Kohat, 138 for seven overnight in their second innings, were sent crashing for 150. Leg-spinner Mohammad Ali Zafar claimed all three wickets to fall to finish with a match haul of 11 for 94. He had five victims in the first innings.

The victory, achieved with virtually a full day to spare was worth 12 points for Karachi Blues who now face Islamabad in their next match.

Karachi Whites, meanwhile, suffered defeat by one wicket against Rawalpindi at National Stadium largely because of atrocious fielding with several chances being grassed.

Rawalpindi lost nine wickets in reaching their target of 196.

Lahore Whites fell nine runs short of victory against Quetta at PCB Regional Academy Ground in Karachi. Salman Qadir took six for 76 with his off-spinners in Quetta’s second innings.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore:

Lahore Blues scored a convincing eight-wicket win over Islamabad at Lahore  Country  Club Ground in Muridke.

Peshawar earned an exciting three-wicket victory against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium.

At Sheikhupura Stadium, the home side sealed a 65-run success over Fata.

Summarised scores:

*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

Karachi Blues beat Kohat by an innings and one run.

KOHAT 183 in 65.4 overs (Nadeem Anjum 40; Mohammad Ali Zafar 5-52) and 150 (Nadeem Anjum 61; Mohammad Ali Zafar 6-42);

KARACHI BLUES 334-4 in 80 overs ((Khurram Manzoor 106, Daniyal Ahsan 77 not out, Adnan Baig 42 not out; Waqar Ali Shah 3-108).

*At National Stadium, Karachi:

Rawalpindi beat Karachi Whites by one wicket.

KARACHI WHITES 277 in 73.4 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 77, Faraz Patel 54 not out, Khalid Latif 51; Afzal Javed 4-60, Mazhar Malik 4-70) and 124 (Saad Altaf 5-74, Shahid Mahmood 4-30);

RAWALPINDI 206 in 73 overs (Shoaib Nasir 74 not out; Aftab Ahmed Khan 5-104, Tabish Khan 4-43) and 196-9 (Shoaib Nasir 63, Usman Saeed 62; Tabish Khan 5-55, Sharif Asadullah 4-34).

*At PCB Regional Academy Ground, Karachi:

Match drawn.

QUETTA 245-8 in 80 overs (Asad Iqbal 75, Abdul Hameed 45; Raza Ali Dar 3-50) and 240 (Ehteshamuddin 49, Shoaib Khan 45; Salman Qadir 6-76, Raza Ali Dar 3-63);

LAHORE WHITES 350-8 in 80 overs (Amjad Ali 120, Salman Qadir 56, Arshad Munir 53; Umar Ali 5-106) and 127-7 (Salman Qadir 40; Arun Lal 4-57).

*At Lahore Country Club Ground, Muridke:

Lahore Blues beat Islamabad by eight wickets.

LAHORE BLUES 277 in 74.3 overs (Atif Ijaz 70, Adnan Butt 60, Mohammad Saeed 55; Riaz Afridi 5-67, Shakir Mahmood 3-62) and 36-2;

ISLAMABAD 72 in 34.5 overs (Khurram Irshad 3-20, Wahab Riaz 3-28) and 233 (Shakir Mahmood 68; Zeeshan Safeer 4-45, Wahab Riaz 3-25).

*At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur:

Peshawar beat Bahawalpur by three wickets.

BAHAWALPUR 111 in 70.5 overs (Shehryar Khan 5-36, Abdul Nasir  3-29) and 213 (Farrukh Kamal 85, Shahid Abbasi 45; Aftab Khan 4-52);

PESHAWAR 218 in 68.1 overs (Aamir Nisar 43, Fayyaz Billah 40; Asif Imran Raza 5-41) and 107-7.

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

Sheikhupura beat Fata by 65 runs.

SHEIKHUPURA 264-9 in 80 overs (Kashif Imran 87; Riaz Afridi 3-50) and 119 (Riaz Afridi 4-45, Samar Gul 3-10);

FATA 177 in 61.2 overs (Riaz Afridi 41; Ali Aslam 3-45) and 141 (Yasir Shah 55 not out; Nawaz Sardar 4-46, Ali Aslam 3-37).

Results of National Junior (Under-19) Grade-II Championship matches:

*At KCCA Stadium, Karachi:

Karachi Greens beat Hyderabad by an innings and 76 runs.

KARACHI GREENS 314-9 in 80 overs (Hasan Saud 69, Owais Ahmed 54, Tahir Aziz 45; Shoaib Leghari 4-98, Farrukh Khan 3-58);

HYDERABAD 88 in 38 overs (Asif Hameed 3-22, Wajahat Farooq 3-27) and 150 (Asif Hameed 4-23).

*At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad:

Faisalabad beat Kasur by 10 wickets.

KASUR 138 in 61.4 overs (Ghulam Dastagir 4-19) and 127 (Ghulam Dastagir 4-37);

FAISALABAD 197 in 59.5 overs (Shahid Muzaffar 50; Aslam Shahid 5-37, Shahid Hussain 3-45) and 72-0 (Naveed Haider 42 not out).

*At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala:

Mianwali beat Gujranwala by six wickets.

GUJRANWALA 156 in 66.4 overs (Amjad Iqbal 3-31, Tanvir Kashif 3-46) and 121 (Aqeel Raza 4-30, Tanvir Kashif 3-24);

MIANWALI 130 in 61.1 overs (Yasir Khan 44; Ali Imran 4-30, Rizwan Mustafa 3-27) and 151-4 (Tazeel-ur-Rehman 54, Zaheer Ahmed 41 not out).

*At Police Ground, Larkana:

Mirpurkhas beat Larkana by 277 runs.

MIRPURKHAS 241 in 74.3 overs (Aqil Ahmed 102, Syed Rehan 76; Shiraz 5-64, Wasim Hussain 3-91) and 228 (Aqil Ahmed 75, Fahad Khan 53; Wasim Hussain 5-41, Zafar Ali 5-78);

LARKANA 114 in 52.2 overs (Nabi Mohammad 5-48, Syed Rehan 3-24) and 78 (Nabi Mohammad 4-20, Syed Rehan 4-29).

*At Iftikhar Stadium, Quetta:

Pishin beat Chaghi by three wickets.

CHAGHI 136 in 41 overs (Haider Ali 47; Sanaullah 5-42, Fasihullah 3-20) and 271 (Mohammad Qasim 106, Abdul Malik 70; Mohammad Amin 6-84);

PISHIN 248-9 in 80 overs (Mohammad Amin 65, Sanaullah 43; Naimatullah 7-78) and 160-7 (Abdul Salam 66 not out; Khalil Ahmed 4-43).

*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:

Shikarpur beat Sukkur by seven wickets.

SUKKUR 140 in 52.4 overs (Zahid Hussain 3-32) and 151 (Kashif Ali 54 not out; Sharafat Ali 5-42, Zahid Hussain 4-45);

SHIKARPUR 164 in 57.4 overs (Najeebullah 47; Kashif Ali 7-41) and 130-3 (Asif Babar 105 not out).

*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Haripur by 136 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 284-6 in 80 overs (Sohrab Aslam 108 not out, Afaq Raheem 63, Abdul Shakoor 63; Amjad Waqas 4-96) and 257-8 declared (Irfan Talib 78, Afaq Raheem 60, Abdul Shakoor 47);

HARIPUR 181 in 59.1 overs (Yasir Ali 60; Syed Mujtaba Gardazi 5-40) and 224 (Shahbaz Khan 48, Bilal Khan 43; Abdul Shakoor 6-86).

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

Okara beat Rahimyar Khan by 111 runs.

OKARA 176 in 61.4 overs and 281 (Zahid Ali Khan 85, Mohammad Pervez 51, Wasim Abbas 49 not out; Kashif Rasool 3-82);

RAHIMYAR KHAN 235 in 79.3 overs (Adeel Basit 71, Asif Mumtaz 41; Zulfiqar Babar 6-58) and 91 (Zulfiqar Babar 7-11).

*At Multan Stadium, Multan:

Sargodha beat Multan by 139 runs.

SARGODHA 178 in 62.4 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 45; Farhan Hameed 3-20, Mohammad Umair 3-56) and 288 (Qaiser Iqbal 100, Farrukh Shahzad 75; Ghulam Mustafa Shahzad 4-80);

MULTAN 133 in 38.1 overs (Asad Ali 7-31, Samiullah 3-57) and 194 (Mohammad Umair 5-64).

*At Shola Ground, Quetta:

Sibi beat Turbat by seven wickets.

SIBI 408 in 79.5 overs (Shahbaz Bashir 104, Jalat Khan 66, Nizamuddin 62, Adnan Ghani 51, Mohammad Nasir 40; Javed Raza 4-89) and 107-3 (Adil Farman 60 not out);

TURBAT 213 in 62.5 overs (Mairaj Khaliq 65, Musaddeq Liaquat 60; Mohammad Nasir 5-74, Jalat Khan 3-41) and 299 (Maqsood Ahmed 57, Abdul Ghani 54, Tariq Aziz 53; Humayun Hasan 4-66, Jalat Khan 3-80).

*At Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Gujrat:

Gujrat beat Attock by 16 runs.

GUJRAT 164 in 58.3 overs (Hafiz Zahid 40; Nadeem Sikander 6-44) and 112 (Mirza Zaheer Baig 54; Yasir Ali 4-23, Nadeem Sikander 4-25);

ATTOCK 63 in 39.3 overs (Faraz Ahmed 6-15, Mirza Zaheer Baig 3-15) and 197 (Nusrat Khan 89 not out, Najam-ul-Hasan 44; Ali Taslim 4-52).