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LAHORE, July 12: An unbeaten 158 by Mohammad Sohail enabled West Zone Blues earned a 101-run lead over West Zone Whites in the drawn match of the Lahore region in the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship at LCCA Ground.
Sohail smashed 19 fours as the Blues declared their first innings at 277 for eight in 71 overs in reply to Whites 176.
West Zones Whites reached 125 for five in their second innings when two-day match ended.
Meanwhile, a laborious knock of 92 by Mohammad Irfan failed to get North Zone Blues first innings lead by six runs against North Zone Whites at Model Town Ground.
Irfan hit 13 fours as his side was bowled out for 271 in 78.3 overs in reply to North Zone Whites’ 276.
The Whites were 42 for two in 19 overs in their second innings when the umpires decided to call off the match.
Summarised scores:
West Zone Whites v West Zone Blues at LCCA Ground:
WEST ZONE WHITES 176 in 64.3 overs (Khalid Bashir 78, Sakhawat Salamat 43; Yasir Hashmi 3-63, Musa Haider 2-25, Syed Kashif Ali 2-25) and 125-5 in 37 overs (Yasir Jamshed 52, Umar Rafiq 24, Ahmed Nasim 22 not out; Yasir Hashmi 3-58);
WEST ZONE BLUES 277-8 in 71 overs (Mohammad Sohail 158, Musa Haider 35 not out, Hafiz Zohaib 21; Sakhawat Salamat 3-61).
North Zone Whites v North Zone Blues at Model Town Ground:
NORTH ZONE WHITES 276-9 in 90 overs (Akbar Rafiq 85, Owais Mughal 40; Irfan 5-29, Shahbaz Khan 2-3) and 42-2;
NORTH ZONE BLUES 271 in 78.3 overs (Mohammad Irfan 92, Asim Zakir 46, Zeeshan Mustafa 40; Owais Mughal 3-6, Ahmed Liaquat 3-74).
APP adds from Karachi: A captain’s knock of 101 not out by Aamir Kaleem helped Zone-VI gain first innings points in the drawn game of the Karachi region against Zone-III at Asifabad Sports Complex.
Aamir’s 101 not out off 159 balls with 11 hits to the fence guided Zone-VI to 213 for eight declared in reponse to Zone-III’s 146.
Faraz Ahmed, meanwhile, produced a good all-round performance as the match between Zone-I and Zone-II at TMC Ground also ended in a stalemate. Faraz took four for 10 in the second to finish with a match haul of six for 57 and also scored 33.
At Student Ground, Zone-V were unable to gain first inninhs lead against Zone-VI.
Waqas Haroon missed a century by only five runs. He hit seven fours in his 95 after having taken three wickets with his leg spin on Friday.
Summarised scores:
Zone-III v Zone-VI at Asifabad Sports Complex:
ZONE-III 143 in 55.5 overs (Zeeshan Jamil 78; Azeem Ashraf 3-32, Amir Azam 3-35) and 193-4 in 59 overs (Fahad Iqbal 43, Behram Khan 42, Ramiz Raja 38, Zeeshan Jamil 28, Tabish-ur-Rehman 27; Aamir Azam 2-28);
ZONE-VI 213-8 declared in 63 overs (Aamir Kaleem 101 not out, Mohammad Nadeem 39, Azeem Ashraf 26, Mohsin Akhtar 4-68, Imran Bashir 2-37).
Zone-I v Zone-II at TMC Ground:
ZONE-I 170 in 47.5 overs (Shiraz Ishaq 47, Asad Shafiq 44, Ahmed Iqbal 24; Amanullah 4-30, Sher Ali 3-43, Shahmir Khattak 3-30) and 158-7 in 56 overs (Asad Butt 30, Shiraz Ishaq 29 not out, Irfan Ansari 27 not out, Arsalan Anwar 23, Omair Najam 21; Faraz Ahmed 4-10, Amanullah 3-36);
ZONE-II 229 in 89.3 overs (Ali Asad 54, S.M. Raheel 43, Faraz Ahmed 33, Sarfraz Ahmed 31; Farrukh Zia 20, Asad Butt 5-74, Arsalan Anwar 2-26).
Zone-V v Zone-VI at Student Sports Ground:
ZONE-V 308-7 (Mansoor Ali 111 not out, Mohammad Khalid 46, Mohammad Ali 32, Adnan Ahmed 30, Talib Ali 27; Waqas Haroon 3-50, Saeed Khan 3-76) and 90-4 (Talib Ali 36, Tariq Murad 30; Israr Ahmed 2-30);
ZONE-VI 203 in 60.3 overs (Waqas Haroon 95, Rizwan Khan 61, Owais Rehmani 21, Mohammad Ali 2-28, Owais Iqbal 2-44).
Our Sports Reporter adds from Islamabad: Heavy monsoon rains washed out all three matches in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday, the last day of the two-day games.
At the KRL Ground where Rawalpindi and Islamabad were involved, umpires called off play as late as 4.00pm.
There was also no play at the Rawalpindi Stadium where Jhelum were facing Azad Jammu Kashmir.
Similarly not a ball could be bowled in the match between Attock and Chakwal at Islamabad’s Shalimar Ground.
Summarised scores:
Islamabad v Rawalpindi at KRL Stadium:
ISLAMABAD 124 in 67.3 overs (Mohammad Umer Farooq 28; Rizwan Akbar 3-22, Haseeb Amjad 2-21, Khalid Mushtaq 2-33, Usman Saeed 2-22);
RAWALPINDI 78-3 in 20 overs (Usman Saeed 35 not out).
Jhelum v Azad Jammu Kashmir at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium:
JHELUM 210 in 86 overs (Nadeem Iqbal 47, Rashid Mahmood 35 not out, Mubashir Janjua 32; Arslan Latif 3-61, Afaq Rahim 3-22, Javed Iqbal 2-36);
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 23-1 in eight overs.
Attock v Chakwal at Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad:
ATTOCK 268 (Nusrat Khan 65, Nadeem Sikander 48, Asim Nawaz 29; Owais Zia 5-74, Mohammad Zubair 2-60);
CHAKWAL 54-3 (Mohammad Ibrahim 15).
