Magical spell by spinner Azam for Bahawalnagar
LAHORE, Sept 30: Left-arm spinner Mohammad Azam snared six for 28 to help Bahawalnagar beat Rajanpur by 38 runs in the National Junior (Under-19) One-day Cricket Championship match at Haider Stadium in Bahawalnagar Monday.
Batting first, the home team scored 154 in 48 overs. In reply Rajanpur slumped to 116 all out in 41.3 overs.
In other matches, Sahiwal defeated Dera Ghazi Khan by six wickets at Biscuit Factory, Sahiwal, Hafizabad crushed Khanewal by 98 runs at Chenab College, Jhang, Bhakkar inflicted a nine-wicket defeat on Jhelum at Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad.
RESULTS:
*At Haider Stadium, Bahawalnagar:
Bahawalnagar beat Rajanpur by 38 runs.
BAHAWALNAGAR 154 in 48 overs (Aftab Babar 35; Mohammad Ikram Shah 4-38, Imran Hussain 2-18, Ali Ahmed 2-30);
RAJANPUR 116 in 41.3 overs (Mohammad Arshad 37; Mohammad Azam 6-28, Mahboob Hussain 2-17).
*At Biscuit Factory Ground, Sahiwal:
Sahiwal beat Dera Ghazi Khan by six wickets.
DERA GHAZI KHAN 108 in 39.2 overs (Sajjad Hussain 52; Imran Haider 3-3, Aamir Javed 3-21);
SAHIWAL 109-4 in 24 overs (Adnan Afzal 32; Yasir Yousuf 2-29).
*At Chenab College, Jhang:
Hafizabad beat Khanewal by 98 runs.
HAFIZABAD: 207-9 in 50 overs (Naseer Ahmed 46, Mohammad Sufyan 46, Shahzad Hussain 33; Irfan Bashir 2-32, Abid Khan 2-34);
KHANEWAL 109 in 41.1 overs (Mustansar Hussain 3-25, Kashif Munawwar 2-22, Nadeem Shahzad 2-17, Sajid Ali 2-16).
*At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad:
Bhakkar beat Jehlum by nine wickets.
JHELUM 81 in 33.2 overs (Ibrar Hussain 4-17, Asif Iqbal 3-24);
BHAKKAR 82-1 in 15.3 overs (Javed Iqbal not out 34).
*At Kohat Cricket Stadium, Kohat:
Nowshera beat Mansehra by 26 runs.
NOWSHERA 246-6 in 50 overs (Mansoor Shahzad 110 not out, M. Saqib Hayat 29, Akbar Badshah 25, Ahsan Arshad 23; Ghazi Khan 3-47);
MANSEHRA 220 in 48.2 overs (Babar Saleem 65, Rashid 37, Mohammad Ali 23; Akbar Badshah 4-20, Mohammad Fahim 2-31).
*At PCB Regional Academy Cricket Ground, Karachi:
Khairpur beat Jacobabad by 72 runs.
KHAIRPUR 202 in 50 overs (Zohaib Ahmed 63, Sarfraz Ahmed 29, Babar Ali 25, Rehmatullah 23; Abdul Wahid 3-27, Abdul Rehman 2-33);
JACOBABAD 130 in 36.4 overs (Tariq Ali 41, Ahmed Nawaz 20 not out;
Zohaib Ahmed 6-22).
*At Shola Ground, Quetta:
Naseerabad beat Loralai by seven runs.
NASEERABAD 179 in 41.2 overs (Gul Hasan 39, Talib Hussain 35; Zia-ur-Rehman 5-30, Mohiuddin 2-33);
LORALAI 172 in 43.1 overs (Mohammad Akbar 39, Mohammad Tariq 31;
Talib Hussain 4-21, Zain Ali 2-23, Gul Hasan 2-33).
*At Iftikhar Stadium, Quetta:
Killa Abdullah beat Kalat by 34 runs.
KILLA ABDULLAH 167 in 39.4 overs (Obaidullah 92, Nasibullah 28; Shakeel Ahmed 6-28, Imran Khan 2-45);
KALAT 133 in 39 overs (M. Younis 39, Sohail Ahmed 29; Nasir Butt 2-27, Abdul Qadim 2-30, Noman Khan 2-37).
*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
Abbottabad beat Northern Areas by 100 runs.
ABBOTTABAD 222-8 in 50 overs (Rashid Taj 79, Sameer Abbas Abbasi 31; Ishtiaq Ahmed 2-33);
NORTHERN AREAS 122 in 35.1 overs (Zaheer Hussain 32; Rashid Taj 4-28, Ihsanullah Danish 2-18, Mudassar Ibrahim 2-21).
*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:
Nawabshah beat Thatta by six wickets.
THATTA 204 in 49.4 overs (Abdul Qadeer 45, Aamir Abbas 44, Mohammad Naeem 29, Mohammad Ali 25, Wasim Bari 24; Rizwan-ul-Haq 4-28, Mohammad Ashraf 2-50);
NAWABSHAH 205-4 in 43.4 overs (Aamir Ali 66, Kamran Qureshi 62, Zeeshan Aamir 31 not out; Adnan Ameer 2-24).