October 03, 2007	Wednesday	Ramazan 20, 1428

LAHORE, Oct 2: While Lahore Shalimar were eyeing a massive win against Karachi Urban, Lahore Ravi’s match against Islamabad was heading towards a draw on the second day at the Inter-region U-19 cricket championship on Tuesday.

Fine bowling by Lahore Shalimar off-spinner Naeem-ul-Haq (3-20) and leg-spinner Hafiz Saad Nasim (3-45) spun out Karachi Urban in their first innings for 210 on Tuesday, to force them to follow on at the LCCA ground, as the home team had amassed 369 in their first innings on Monday.

Only Zeeshan Rahim (74) and Mohammad Hasan (51) were the key scorers for Karachi Urban. At stumps, the visitors, in their second innings, were tottering at 134-7 as Ali Haider claimed three wickets.

At the Country Club, Muridke, fine knocks by openers Adil Mirza (75) and Noman Masood (57) helped Islamabad score 306 in their first innings, to give a perfect reply to Lahore Ravi’s daunting total of 309.

APP adds: At the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi, off-spinner Abdul Islam Khan produced excellent figures of 8-94 to dismiss Karachi Harbour for 243 in their first innings on the second day of their match against Faisalabad.

Islam’s bowling helped Faisalabad gain a 65-run lead and at stumps they were 47-1 in their second innings.

At the KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi, Peshawar were facing defeat against Rawalpindi thanks to a nine-wicket haul by paceman Nasir Malik.

Nasir took 6 wickets for 59 as Peshawar were bowled out for 161 and crashed to 83 in the second innings with Nasir claiming three for 18. For Rawalpindi, Samiullah smashed an unbeaten 86 to steer his team’s total to 203.

Summarised scores:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 369 (Babar Manzoor 135, Ali Haider 79, Saadullah Ghouri 37; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 4-105); KARACHI URBAN 210 (Zeeshan Rahim 74, Mohammad Hasan 51; Hafiz Saad Nasim 3-45, Naeem-ul-Haq 3-20) and 134-7 (Mohammad Hasan 39; Ali Haider 3-39).FAISALABAD 308 and 47-1 (Wasif Ahmed 23 not out); KARACHI HARBOUR 243 (Mohammad Waqas 54, Abdul Jabbar Khan 50, Ammar Hasan 40; Abdul Islam Khan 8-94).

PESHAWAR 161 (Nasir Malik 6-59) and 83 (Waliullah 26, Khan Bahadur 23, Nasir Malik 3-18; Sadaf Hussain 3-33); RAWALPINDI 203 (Samiullah 86 not out, Nasir Malik 31; Afaq Ahmed 4-71, Fahad Shah 2-22, Waliullah 2-29) at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

LAHORE RAVI 309-9 (Umar Akmal 119, Junaid Nadir 5-89); ISLAMABAD 306 (Adil Mirza 75, Noman Masood 57, Omair Mir 41, Ghulam Murtaza 40; Salman Afzal 5-81, Murtaza Iqbal 3-101).

MULTAN 144 (Adnan Razzaq 58, Sanullah 50; Irfan Ismail 4-24, Ibrahim Shah 4-37) and 322-7 (Sanaullah 87, Adnan Razzaq 74, Abdul Rehman 63, Khawar Ali 46; Irfan Ismail 3-89); QUETTA 160 (Taimur Khan 58 not out, Shah Murid 30; Mohammad Javed 6-43, Farhan Ahmed 3-39).

SIALKOT 443-8 (Nasir Iqbal 130, Mohammad Yaseen 118, Mohammad Qasim 40, Mohammad Sharif 2-109); HYDERABAD 136 (Bilal Irshad 41, Sharjeel Khan 32; Nayyar Abbas 6-72, Raza Hasan 4-42).