September 24, 2006	Sunday	Sha'aban 30, 1427

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LAHORE, Sept 23: Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Junaid Khan claimed a match haul of 15 for 152 to help Abbottabad beat Lahore Ravi by four wickets in the three-day PCB Inter-region Under-19 fixture at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Junaid, who took seven for 86 in the first innings, devastated Lahore Ravi for the second time in the match by picking up eight for 66 as the hosts were dismissed for 155.

Chasing 101, Abbottabad lost six wickets before accomplishing their victory.

Summarised scores:

LAHORE RAVI 227 in 70.2 overs (Babar Manzoor 114; Mohammad Junaid Khan 7-86) and 155 in 52.3 overs (Yasir Ajmal 33, Hafiz Saad Nasim 31; Mohammad Junaid Khan 8-66); ABBOTABAD 282 in 79.1 overs (Wajid Khan Junior 126, Saleh Mohammad 34; Naeem-ul-Haq 4-58, Hafiz Saad Nasim 3-76) and 105-6 in 27.3 overs (Wajid Khan Senior 30 not out, Saleh Mohammad 27).

APP adds from Karachi: Shan Masood struck a half century to help Karachi Urban to salvage an honourable draw against Lahore Shalimar at the PCB Academy Ground.

Left handed Shan hammered ten fours and a six in scoring 73. Karachi Urban finished at 124 for three in their second innings after being set 207 to win in 33 overs.

Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 4-0, Lahore Shalimar declared their second innings at 128 for five 70 minute after lunch.

Karachi Urban had conceded a 131-run lead on the first innings after being restricted to 228 for eight in the stipulated 83 overs in reply to Lahore Shalimar’s total of 359 for nine.

Lahore Shalimar collected three more points for the first innings lead to raise their tally to 15 in three games while Karachi Urban have six points after the same number of matches. Summarised scores:

At PCB Academy Ground (Karachi), match drawn.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 359-9 in 83 overs (Ali Abbas Zaidi 139, Ahmed Shahzad 80) and 128-5 declared in 52 overs (Shafiq Ahmed 33; Tauqir Khalid 3-21); KARACHI URBAN 228-8 in 83 overs (Hasan Javed 47; Mohammad Mustafa 6-54) and 124-3 in 26 overs (Shan Masood 73).

At Iqbal Stadium (Faisalabad), match drawn.

FAISALABAD 253 in 81.2 overs (Ali Waqas 62, Adnan Munir 61, Hamza Zaheer 52; Sher Hussain 4-63) and 63-2 in 27 overs (Ali Waqas 38 not out); QUETTA 165 in 58.2 overs (Taimur Ali 53, Aimal Khan 35; Waqas Maqsood 5-57, Dabeer Ali 4-At Diamond Ground (Islamabad), match drawn.

KARACHI HARBOUR 314-7 in 83 overs (Hafiz Asad 124, Ali Jawwad 74, Yasir Hussain 38; Imran Rafiq 3-79); ISLAMABAD 153 in 70.2 overs (Adil Mirza 37, Imran Rafiq 38; Mohammad Junaid 3-34).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium (Peshawar), Peshawar won by 183 runs.

PESHAWAR 196 in 59 overs (Israrullah 60, Gohar Ali 35; Prince Abbas 5-68, Mustafa Kamran 3-40) and 169 in 83 overs (Adil Amin 31; Nayyar Abbas 6-43, Aamir Jafri 3-29); SIALKOT 121 in 48.3 overs (Mohammad Yasin 34; Rahatullah 5-47, Nasir Ahmed 3-41) and 61 in 29.2 overs (Mian Khan 4-16, Nasir Ahmed 3-15).