KARACHI: Sialkot’s Abdullah Shafiq and Hasan Mohsin of Karachi Blues shared the opening day’s honours in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 Cricket Tournament with sparkling unbeaten centuries while guiding their teams to crushing victories.

Opening the innings, Abdullah hammered 109 from 147 deliveries with the aid of 16 boundaries and one six as Sialkot collected 179-1 in the 37th over to seal a nine-wicket win in their Group ‘B’ fixture against Abbottabad at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.

Opener Hasan smashed 103 off only 86 balls with 11 hits to the fence as Karachi Blues amassed 336-6 in the allotted 50 overs before restricting their Group ‘C’ rivals Peshawar to 158-9 at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in Islamabad.

In the Group ‘A’ game here at the UBL Sports Complex, Karachi Whites defeated Quetta by 34 runs with Alam Khurshid Shah producing a good all-round performance.

After scoring a handy 30 not out, the slow left-armer grabbed two wickets as Quetta were dismissed for 193 while chasing 228.

In other first-round matches, Hyderabad beat Larkana by 16 runs, Bahawalpur winning by 29 runs over Lahore Blues, Multan defeating Dera Murad Jamali by six wickets, Rawalpindi crushing Lahore Whites by 109 runs, Islamabad thrashing Faisalabad by eight wickets and Fata handing Azad Jammu Kashmir a demoralising 123-run defeat.

The next round of matches is scheduled for Thursday.

Tuesday’s results:

First round:

Group ‘A’:

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Whites beat Quetta by 34 runs.

KARACHI WHITES 227-7 in 50 overs (Osama Ali 56, Saeed Raza 36, Aashir Ahmed 44, Alam Khurshid Shah 30 not out; Abdullah 3-40, Imran Khan 2-37); QUETTA 193 in 49.2 overs (Israr Ahmed 39 not out, Ghulam Haider 28, Abdul Nafay 24; Mohammad Asad 3-37, Hasan Shahab 3-43, Alam Khurshid Shah 2-29).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Hyderabad beat Larkana by 16 runs.

HYDERABAD 190-9 in 50 overs (Kamran Rehmani 58, Uzair Jaffri 22; Ahsan Ali 4-39, Taimur Ali 3-33); LARKANA 174 in 48.5 overs (Israr-ul-Haq 32, Nasir Ali 26; Ibtesam Sheikh 3-22, Mukhtar Ali 2-36).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Bahawalpur beat Lahore Blues by 29 runs.

BAHAWALPUR 263-8 in 50 overs(Hamza Khan 50, Mohammad Shaharyar 42, Mustafa Kamal 41, Mohammad Imran 35; Zaid Alam 2-41, Mirwais Khan 2-63, Umar Farooq 2-63); LAHORE BLUES 234 in 48.5 overs(Umar Farooq 74, Safeer Azam 59, Asif Gondal 37; Kaleemullah 3-43, Sharjeel Ahmed 2-52).

Group ‘B’:

At Lahore Country Club Ground, Muridke: Multan beat Dera Murad Jamali by six wickets.

DERA MURAD JAMALI 127 in 40.5 overs (Abdur Rasheed 46, Usama Razzaq 20; Saeed Akhtar 2-21, Faraz Khan 2-24); MULTAN 128-4 in 28.1 overs (Ahmed Sultan 51, Shahbaz Wahlan 42 not out).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Rawalpindi beat Lahore Whites by 109 runs.

RAWALPINDI 229-9 in 50 overs (Umar Masood 58, Shadab Khan 56, Aamir Sohail 21; Ghulam Murtaza 3-45, Ahmed Shafiq 2-36); LAHORE WHITES 120 in 34.2 overs (Ali Zaryab 52, Ali Raza 23; Aamir Sohail 3-8, Mohammad Shahrukh 2-27).

At Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala: Sialkot beat Abbottabad by nine wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 176 in 48.2 overs (Mohammad Arif 44, Mohammad Junaid 26; Saqib Ali 3-29); SIALKOT 179-1 in 36.5 overs (Abdullah Shafiq 109 not out, Abdur Rehman 34 not out).

Group ‘C’:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Faisalabad by eight wickets.

FAISALABAD 120 in 40.5 overs(Ahmed Safi 38, Mohammad Umair 27; Najam Khan 4-18, Syed Khizer Shah 3-20, Asjad Nawaz 2-12); ISLAMABAD 122-2 in 32.5 overs(Sajawal Riaz 69 not out, Ali Imran 28 not out).

At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Karachi Blues beat Peshawar by 178 runs.

KARACHI BLUES 336-6 in 50 overs (Hasan Mohsin 103 not out, Azizuddin 49, Mohammad Hassaan Khan 37 not out, Zeeshan Haider 28; Haseeb-ur-Rehman 2-42); PESHAWAR 158-9 in 46.1 overs (Shaharyar Zaib 32, Salman Shah 29; Rabish Ahmed 2-17, Asher Qureshi 2-33).

At National Ground, Islamabad: FATA beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 123 runs.

FATA 274 in 49.1 overs(Azam Khan 77, Abdullah 41, Mohammad Umair 24, Hidayatullah 23; Amir Aziz 5-57); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 151-9 in 50 overs (Usman Tariq 28, Amir Aziz 25; Najeebullah 2-18, Hidayatullah 2-23, Ahmed Asfandyar 2-46).

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2015

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