KARACHI, Aug 18: Sialkot dominated the opening day of their three-day PCB Under-19 Inter-region cricket championship game after bowling out Karachi for 161 at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Monday.

By close of play, the visitors had already taken first innings lead by making 171 for six.

Karachi lost advantage after having elected to bat first, losing eight wickets for 63 runs. Off-spinner Tariq Mahmood caused the collapse with startling figures of six for 30 in 23.2 overs.

Summarised scores:

Karachi v Sialkot at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park (Steel Town):

KARACHI 161 in 59.2 overs (Naveed Khan 35, Faraz Patel 35, Fahad Iqbal 28, Khurram Manzoor 26; Tariq Mahmood 6-30, Ali Aslam 2-31);

SIALKOT 171-6 in 35 overs (Bilal Azmat 51, Arsalan Anwar 43, Nawaz Sardar 32 not out; Aamir Junaid 2-30, Mohammad Ali Zafar 2-48, Sharif Asadullah 2-61).

Rawalpindi v Peshawar at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

PESHAWAR 236-7 in 67 overs (Nawaz Ahmed 74, Shahid Khan 67, Haroon Ahmed 55; Usman Saeed 3-43, Rizwan Akbar 2-42, Umar Khaliq 2-53) v RAWALPINDI.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Leg-spinner Azhar Ali took five for 45 to help Lahore bundle out Faisalabad for  168 in their first innings at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad according to details made available.

At stumps, Lahore were 65 for three.

In another match, Quetta were bowled out for 103 against Multan at the Multan Stadium.

The home team in their first innings were at 200 for eight at stumps.

Summarised scores:

Faisalabad v Lahore at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 168 in 62.2 overs (Shahid Muzaffar 63, Akhtar Rasool 44, Abdul Mannan 26; Azhar Ali 5-45);

LAHORE 65-3 (Abid Ali 20, Shahzad Siddiq 23).

Quetta v Multan at Multan Stadium:

QUETTA 103 in 34.1 overs (Mohammad Akbar 47, Jalat Khan 25; Aamir Javed 3-38, Shahzad Kashif 3-33, Mohsin Sadiq 3-3);

MULTAN 200-8 in 58 overs (Fayyaz-ul-Hasan 66; Zahoor Khan 3-43).

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