Farhan and Osama devastate rival teams in U-19 cricket
By Our Sports Reporter
KARACHI, June 24: Slow left-armer Osama Basharat captured eight for 55 as Zone-V scored a five-wicket victory over Zone-I in the Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships on Sunday.
Osama’s brilliant bowling curtailed Zone-I to 195 all out. Zone-V raced to victory in the 36th over.
Meanwhile, another southpaw bettered Osama’s performance in the Multan region game between Bahawalpur and Rajanpur. Farhan Ahmed, the Bahawalpur spinner, returned amazing analysis of six overs, four maidens, five runs and eight wickets as Rajanpur were bundled out for 51 to lose by 178 runs.
Summarised scores on Sunday:
Karachi region:
At Landhi Gymkhana Ground: Zone-V beat Zone-I by five wickets.
ZONE-I 195 in 51.2 overs (Osama Basharat 8-55); ZONE-V 196-5 in 35.5 overs (Amjad Manzoor 4-58).
At PCB Academy Ground:
ZONE-III 104-4 in 43 overs v ZONE-VI.
Peshawar region:
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
PESHAWAR 441-4 in 90 overs (Zar Mohammad 134 not out, Mohammad Rizwan 112 not out, Umar Ishaq 78, Asif Khan 65); CHARSADDA 8-0 in 5 overs.
Faisalabad region:
At Chenab College Ground, Jhang:
JHANG 208 in 75 overs (Yasir Sajid 60, Atif Manzoor 53; Abdul Islam 5-67); FAISALABAD 37-1 in 16 overs.
At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:
SARGODHA 427 in 89.1 overs (Wasif Ahmed 137, Ali Waqas 126, Mohammad Zubair 61; Mohammad Saeed 5-74) v KASUR.
Sialkot region:
At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala:
MANDI BAHAUDDIN 157 in 72.2 overs (Zahidullah 80; Sultan Ahmed 4-36); GUJRANWALA 63-3 in 15 overs.
At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot:
SIALKOT 460-5 in 86 overs (Mohammad Yasin 130, Khurram Shahzad 111, Mohammad Nasir 100 not out, Mohammad Qasim 51) v HAFIZABAD.
Abbottabad region:
At Company Bagh Ground, Mardan: Mardan beat Mansehra by eight wickets.
MANSEHRA 98 in 31.3 overs (Fawad Malook 4-7, Aamir Shahzad 4-24); MARDAN 99-2 in 15 overs (Farmanullah 62 not out).
At Commerce College Ground, Abbottabad: Dir Upper beat Abbottabad by two wickets.
ABBOTTABAD 126 in 36.4 overs (Malik Waqas 52 not out; Farhan Bashir 4-40); DIR UPPER 127-8 in 32 overs.
At D.I. Khan Stadium: Fata beat Dera Ismail Khan by eight wickets.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN 144 in 57.4 overs; FATA 145-2 in 39.2 overs.
At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi: Swabi beat Haripur by seven wickets.
HARIPUR 108 in 41 overs (Fazle Mannan 5-34, Faisal Fawad 4-51); SWABI 111-3 in 28.1 overs.
At Kohat Stadium:
KOHAT 178 in 43.1 overs (Changez Khan 50; Abdul Wahab 6-53, Asif Javed 4-48); TANK 152-8 in 56 overs.
Multan region:
At Bahawalpur Stadium: Bahawalpur beat Rajanpur by 178 runs.
BAHAWALPUR 229 in 60.1 overs (Mohammad Irfan 109; Rashid Hussain 5-47, Tariq Shah 4-60); RAJANPUR 51 in 19.3 overs (Farhan Ahmed 8-5).
At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Multan beat Okara by six wickets.
OKARA 147 in 46.5 overs (Farhan Bashir 5-33, Rahat Ali 4-40); MULTAN 148-4 in 32.2 overs.
At Sports Ground, Multan:
MUZAFFARGARH 151 in 58 overs; DERA GHAZI KHAN 86-7 in 38 overs (Naeem Baig 4-17).
Hyderabad region:
At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur: Sukkur beat Khairpur by six wickets.
KHAIRPUR 147 in 44.1 overs (Muzammil Hussain 4-26); SUKKUR 148-4 in 50.2 overs.
At Malki Cricket Ground, Thatta: Dadu beat Thatta by 10 wickets.
THATTA 87 in 33.3 overs (Sajid Ali 4-18); DADU 88-0 in 12.1 overs.
At Mir Ground, Tando Fazal (Hyderabad):
HYDERABAD 255 in 75.5 overs (Shabih Haider 103, Sharjeel Khan 60; Ayaz Ali Zaur 4-51, Adnan Gul 4-84); BADIN 50-5 in 21.1 overs.
At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur:
SHIKARPUR 210 in 78 overs (Fida Hussain 63 not out; Muzaffar Ali 5-53, Muzammil Ali 4-44); LARKANA 38-1 in 12 overs.
At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas:
MIRPURKHAS 217 in 88.4 overs (Atif Hameed 60); SANGHAR 17-0 in 9 overs.
Rawalpindi region:
At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Chakwal by 227 runs.
RAWALPINDI 260 in 60.4 overs (Jamal Anwar 58; Sadaf Hussain 6-56); CHAKWAL 33 in 11.4 overs (Mohammad Aamir 5-7, Mohammad Ramiz 4-24).
Quetta region:
At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Quetta beat Turbat by two runs.
QUETTA 93 in 36.4 overs (Mohammad Asif 4-23); TURBAT 91 in 25.4 overs (Rahimullah 4-36).
At Sadia Shaheed Stadium, Chaman: Killa Abdullah beat Kalat by six wickets.
KALAT 149 in 43 overs (Ghulam Abbas 51; Shamsullah 4-29; KILLA ABDULLAH 150-4 in 22 overs (Mohibullah 56).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: A fine spell of six for 49 by leg-spinner Naeem Akram enabled North Zone Blues restrict East Zone Whites to 204 in the Lahore region fixture.
West Zone Whites were 176 for five against North Zone Whites at Model Town Club where only 47 overs could be bowled due to Saturday's rain.
Summarised scores:
Lahore region:
At Cricket Centre Ground: EAST ZONE WHITES 204 in 76.2 overs (Ali Haider 52; Naeem Akram 6-49); NORTH ZONE BLUES 65-1 in 19 overs.
At Model Town Club Ground:
WEST ZONE WHITES 176-5 in 47 overs (Saadullah Ghouri 50, Waqas Bashir 51; Wasif Butt 4-62).