September 18, 2003	Thursday	Rajab 20, 1424

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KARACHI, Sept 17: Karachi regained their national one-day under-19 (junior) title after scoring a crushing 151-run victory over Rawalpindi in the inter-regional final at the KRL Stadium on Tuesday.

According to details available here on Wednesday, the match was reduced to 47 overs per side when bad light stopped with Karachi reaching 60 for one after their skipper Naeem Ahmed Khan won the toss and chose to bat first.

After a stoppage of 30 minutes, the umpires Siddique Khan and Iftikhar Malik decided to apply the Duckworth/ Lewis method.

Karachi finally made 241 for eight in their restricted innings. The notable scorers were Daniyal Ahsan (50 off 80 balls, three fours), Faraz Patel (43 off 55 balls, one four), Fahad Iqbal (40 off 49 balls, eight fours) and Fawwad Alam (35 off 28 balls, three fours).

Slow left-armer Asif Khan claimed three for 31 in five overs while medium-pacer Rizwan Akbar took two for 33 in nine overs.

Rawalpindi, in reply, were bundled out for 96 in 33.4 overs after being asked to chase a target of 248 with only Usman Saeed (23) and Asif Khan (15) managing to enter double figures.

Faraz Patel, later adjudged Man-of-the-Match, excelled with his off-spinners to capture three for 16 in 10 overs.

Former Test stalwart Fazal Mahmood presented a cash award of Rs 100,000 and the winners trophy to Karachi captain. Karachi also swept the individual prizes of Rs10,000 each with Naeem being adjudged best wicket-keeper, Faraz Patel the best bowler and Khurram Manzoor the best batsman.

Summarised scores:

Karachi beat Rawalpindi by 151 runs (D/L method)

KARACHI 247-8 in 47 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 50, Faraz Patel 43, Fahad Iqbal 40, Fawwad Alam 35; Asif Khan 3-31, Rizwan Akbar 2-33);

RAWALPINDi 96 in 33.4 overs (Usman Saeed 23; Faraz Patel 3-16, Adeel Malik 3-33, Tabish Khan 2-22).