KARACHI: Faisalabad Wolves and Rawalpindi Rams sealed comprehensive victories in their third-round matches of the PCB Inter-Region (Three-day) Cricket Tournament on Friday.

The Wolves whipped Fata Cheetahs by 204 runs in the Pool ‘B’ game at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha with Shahabul Khan taking six for 33 runs (match haul 9-103) on the third and final day as the Cheetahs were all out for 117 in their second innings.

The Rams were just too strong for newcomers Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars in sealing an innings and 82 runs win at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Forced to follow on after making 246 in reply to the Rams; 411-5, the Jaguars capitulated for only 83; Mohammad Shahrukh picked up five wickets for 42 runs.

In other matches ending on Friday, Lahore Lions defeated Abbottabad Falcons by four wickets, Peshawar Panthers outgunning Sialkot Stallions by seven wickets and Lahore

Eagles registering a 261-run victory over NCA Colts. The game between Bahawalpur Stags and Karachi Zebras ended in a draw at the Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur with the visitors taking first-innings’ points.

Scores and results on Friday (final day of three):

Pool ‘B’

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Faisalabad Wolves beat Fata Cheetahs by 204 runs.

FAISALABAD WOLVES 260 in 69.3 overs (Atiq-ur-Rehman 97 not out, Shahid Khan 96; Mohammad Farhan 29; Mohammad Ali 6-73, Mohammad Rizwan 2-21) and 272-6 69.5 overs (Shahid Khan 80, Atiq-ur-Rehman 63, Mohammad Asim 58, Samar Gulzar 28, Shadman 2-56); FATA CHEETAHS 211 in 70.5 overs (Mustafa Hanif 42, Basit Ali 38 not out, Mohammad Wasim 27; Zahid Hussain 3-42, Shahabul Khan 3-70, Mudassar Riaz 2-42, Atiq-ur-Rehman 2-25) and 117 in 28.4 overs (Usman Khan 51; Shahabul Khan 6-33, Ahmed Safi 4-35).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: Lahore Lions beat Abbottabad Falcons by four wickets.

ABBOTTABAD FALCONS 181 in 50.3 overs (Ayub Zada 58, Tahir Farooq 24 not out; Wasim Khan 4-40, Fahad Farooq 3-44, Aftab Azwar 2-44) and 275-6 declared in 92 overs (Mohammad Zohaib 84, Qaiser Khan 56, Sultan Mahmood 56, Ayub Zada 29; Aftab Azwar 3-63); LAHORE LIONS 203 in 70.5 overs (Rameez Younis 35, Ali Malik 34, Rizwan Hussain 26, Kamran Shaukat 21; Asim Kamal 5-50, Bilal Ahmed 3-62) and 255-6 in 49.1 overs (Kamran Shaukat 59 not out, Rizwan Hussain 58, Hamza Malik 47, Rameez Younis 37; Umair Khan 2-29).

Pool ‘C’:

At Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur: Match drawn.

KARACHI ZEBRAS 306 in 80.3 overs (Danish Aziz 79, Saad Alam 73, Zohaib Abid 54, Shahzar Hasan 27, Saeed Raza 27; Aaqib Javed 4-18, Salahuddin 3-72) and 235-8 declared in 66 overs (Shahzar Hussain 56, Zohaib Abid 42, Fahaddis Bukhari 39, Saeed

Raza 35; Aaqib Javed 2-37, Rafiq Ahmed 2-44); BAHAWALPUR STAGS 235 in 80.1 overs (Mohammad Naeem 80, Rafay Ahmed 38, Mudassar Alvi 32, Salahuddin 25, Aaqib Hussain 20; Ghulam Hussain 3-78, Hasan Shahab 2-41, Alam Khurshid Shah 2-45, Fahaddis Bukhari 2-46) and 129-4 in 59 overs (Aaqib Javed 64 not out, Rafay Ahmed 32).

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Rams beat Azad Jammu Kashmir Jaguars by an innings and 82 runs.

RAWALPINDI RAMS 411-5 in 83 overs (Zeeshan Malik 110, Aamir Sohail 102, Aaqib Shah 84 not out, Umair Masood 44; Abdul Rahim 2-72, Aamir Aziz 2-105); AZAD

JAMMU KASHMIR JAGUARS 246 in 81.4 overs (Aamir Sohail 82, Usman Maroof 80, Abdul Rahim 28; Awais Iqbal 6-66, Shadab Khan 2-80) and 83 in 42 overs (Mohammad Shahrukh 5-42, Mohammad Ismail 4-30).

Pool ‘D’:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar Panthers beat Sialkot Stallions by seven wickets.

SIALKOT STALLIONS 126 in 48.5 overs (Hafiz Hassam 47, Gul Zaman 42; Salman Shah 5-33, Amjad Khan 2-21) and 294 in 97 overs (Ahsan Hafeez 67, Sajawal Khan 67, Hafiz Hassam 60, Ali Hassan 25, Ali Hasan 25; Umar Islam 4-65, Salman Shah 3-71);

PESHAWAR PANTHERS 243 in 82.5 overs (Shahzada Farhan 114, Mohammad Zawan 30; Sohail Pervez 3-75, Ahsan Hafeez 2-23, Ali Shafiq 2-43) and 178-3 in 37.2 overs (Mohibullah 71, Shiraz Safi 67; Zeeshan Abbas 2-33).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore Eagles beat NCA Colts by 261 runs.

LAHORE EAGLES 266 in 68.5 overs (Gohar Hafeez 59, Abu Bakr Khan 46, Ahsan Tariq 45, Shahbaz Javed 45, Kamran Afzal 25, Nauman Qasim 22; Hassaan Khan 5-60, Mohammad Umair 2-57) and 287-5 declared in 79 overs (Ahsan Tariq 79 not out, Gohar Hafeez 64, Ali Raza 61, Waleed Anjum 41; Hassan Khan 2-67); NCA COLTS 177 in 68.2 overs (Mohammad Umair 43, Rao Irfan 28, Mohammad Ibtesam 26, Najid Raheel 20; Karamat Ali 4-49, Ghulam Murtaza 3-29, Kamran Afzal 2-50) and 115 in 51 overs (Rao Irfan 57 not out; Karamat Ali 4-29, Kamran Afzal 2-30, Ghulam Murtaza 2-24).

Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2014