October 02, 2007	Tuesday	Ramazan 19, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 1: Babar Manzoor of Lahore Shalimar and Umar Akmal of Lahore Ravi slammed centuries on the opening day of their respective three-day Inter-region U-19 championship matches on Monday.

Babar hit 135 in 215 minutes with 11 boundaries and five sixes as Lahore Shalimar posted 379 all out against Karachi Urban at the LCCA Ground Lahore, according to the information received here.

Meanwhile, at the Country Club Ground Muridke, Umar Akmal smashed 119 in 106 balls with 17 boundaries and four sixes to help steer Lahore Ravi to 309-9 in 83 overs against Islamabad.

Also on Monday, Faisalabad mustered 308 before being bowled out in 81.4 overs against Karachi Harbour at the Landhi Gymkhana ground, Karachi, with Atif Manzoor and Adnan Khan hitting half-centuries.

At the KRL Ground, Rawalpindi, as many as 15 wickets fell on Monday as Rawalpindi and Peshawar almost shared the honours even on the opening day of their three-day match.

Asked to bat first on a green-top pitch, Peshawar were bundled out for a paltry 161 in 56.5 overs but then hit back to reduce Rawalpindi to 74-5 in 26 overs.

Summarised scores:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 379 in 82.2 overs (Babar Manzoor 135, Ali Haider 79, Saadullah Ghouri 37; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 4-105) v KARACHI URBAN.

LAHORE RAVI 309-9 in 83 overs (Umar Akmal 119, Rana Adnan 38, Farhan Khan 33 not out, Mustafa Iqbal 30; Junaid Nadir 5-89) v ISLAMABAD.

FAISALABAD 308 in 81.4 overs (Atif Manzoor 64, Adnan Khan 51, Ali Waqas 33; Junaid Naeem 4-100) v KARACHI HARBOUR.

PESHAWAR 161 in 56.5 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 41, Aftab Khan 37; Nasir Malik 6-59, Samiullah 3-38); RAWALPINDI 74-5 in 26 overs (Samiullah 23 not out; Afaq Ahmed 3-27).—APP