September 09, 2007	Sunday	Sha'aban 26, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 8: Promising Shan Masood produced an outstanding all-round performance to lead Karachi Urban to a crushing seven-wicket victory over Multan in the opening round of the PCB Regional Under-19 One-day Cricket Championship on Saturday.

The Karachi Urban skipper, who was vice-captain of the Pakistan Under-19 squad that visited England recently, returned fine figures of four for 38 in 10 overs with his off-spinners as Multan were bowled out for 188 in 49 overs after electing to bat first.

Shan then shone with the bat with a brilliant unbeaten 105 to help his side achieve victory with 12 overs to spare. The right-handed opener stroked 12 fours and a brace of sixes in his 124-ball innings.

Islamabad, Hyderabad, Lahore Ravi and Sialkot also won their matches while the game between Peshawar and Abbottabad ended in no result because of rain in the NWFP capital.

The three-day matches between these teams will start from Monday at the same venues.

Results:

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi: Karachi Urban beat Multan by seven wickets.

MULTAN 188 in 49 overs (Junaid Iqbal 56, Mohammad Irfan 40; Shan Masood 4-38, Shahzad Khan 2-35); KARACHI URBAN 189-3 in 38 overs (Shan Masood 105 not out, Hafiz Asad Baig 51).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Rawalpindi by seven wickets.

RAWALPINDI 160 in 49.5 overs (Nasir Malik 4-20, Mujahid Amin 2-17, Mohammad Ramiz 2-35); RAWALPINDI 161-3 in 37.1 overs (Umar Amin 55; Imad Wasim 2-51).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Hyderabad beat Quetta by seven wickets.

QUETTA 167-7 in 50 overs (Shahroz Khan 41 not out; Mohammad Sharif 3-17); HYDERABAD 171-7 in 43.3 overs (Irfan Ismail Sr 2-44).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Lahore Ravi beat Faisalabad by 161 runs.

LAHORE RAVI 257 in 49.3 overs (Ahmed Shahzad 130; Zulqarnain 4-40); FAISALABAD 96 in 41.5 overs (Hamza Zaheer 40; Salman Afzal 3-13, Mohammad Naveed 2-17, Azhar Attari 2-30).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Sialkot beat Lahore Shalimar by eight wickets.

LAHORE SHALIMAR 52 in 22 overs (Bilawal Bhatti 4-16, Mohammad Yasin 3-7, Adil Raza 2-10); SIALKOT 53-2 in 15.3 overs.

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: No result (rain).

PESHAWAR 175 in 47.1 overs (Jibran Khan 49; Fawad Malook 3-16, Fazle Mannan 2-33, Saleh Mohammad 2-39); ABBOTTABAD 38-2 in 12 overs.