KARACHI: Karachi put up another poor batting performance as Rawalpindi earned a first-innings lead of 42 runs in their second round fixture of the PCB-Pepsi Under-16 Cricket Stars Tournament at the SBP Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

After being sent into bat, Karachi were bowled out for 112 in 37.4 overs with Mohammad Taha contributing 35 and Mohammad Usman 25.

Slow left-armer Mehran Mumtaz claimed four wickets for 37 runs while paceman Shiraz Khan took 3-32.

Rawalpindi, who lead Pool ‘A’ standings after defeating Hyderabad by innings last Sunday, recovered from 58-6 to collect 154 all out. Awais Abid led the way by scoring an unbeaten 62 (78 balls, nine fours and one six).

Karachi captain Aarish Ali Khan bowled brilliantly to take six wickets for 28 in 17.1 overs with his left-arm spin.

Karachi faced just one over in the second innings before stumps on day one of the two-day tie to make 6-0.

Multan posted 230 all out after opting to bat first in the other Pool ‘A’ match against Hyderabad at the National Stadium.

Elsewhere, Islamabad rode on a magnificent opening partnership of 210 between Rohail Nazir (156 off 178 balls, 17 fours and one six) and Asad Ali Abbasi (88 off 155, seven fours and two sixes) to pile up 339-2 in their first innings after winning the toss in the Pool ‘B’ encounter against Larkana at the Bhutto Cricket Ground in Islamabad.

Larkana made a fitting response by reaching 101-1 at draw of stumps.

Leg-spinner Hasnat Abbas destroyed Bahawalpur batting with seven wickets for 32 runs in 16 overs as Lahore bundled out the visitors for 144 after opting to bowl first in their Pool ‘C’ clash at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Qasim Akram then struck an undefeated 83 (105 balls, 12 boundaries and one six) as Lahore closed the day at 168-2 in 40 overs.

Close of play scores on Tuesday (day one of two):

Second round:

Pool ‘A’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: MULTAN 230 in 69.1 overs (Sharjeel Khan 57, Mohammad Asif 33, Hamza Basharat Javed 33, Mohammad Basit 32, Haris Javed 26; Mohammad Zeeshan 4-51, Mohammad Hasnain 3-38, Raza Hasan 2-67); HYDERABAD 64-3 in 19 overs (Abdul Rafay 39 not out, Mohammad Saud Jafferi 19 not out; Zaheer Islam 2-10).

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: KARACHI 112 in 37 overs (Mohammad Taha 35, S.M. Usman 25, Aashir Ansari 14, Jahanzeb Sultan 14; Mehran Mumtaz 4-27, Shiraz Khan 3-32) and 6-0; RAWALPINDI 154 in 46 overs (Owais Abid 62, Haider Ali 25; Aarish Ali Khan 6-28, Mohammad Taha 2-44).

Pool ‘B’:

At Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: ABBOTTABAD 152 in 43.5 overs (Hazrat Bilal 65, Danish Sarhadi 46, Mashal Khan 26; Ahmed Khan 4-44, Saqib Jamil 2-10, Izhar Ahmed 2-22); PESHAWAR 186-7 in 50 overs (Saqib Jamil 66, Dilbar Khan 32, Ilyas Munir 27; Khalid Ali 3-22, Daniyal Ahmed 2-45).

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 339-2 in 70 overs (Rohail Nazir 156, Asad Ali Abbasi 88, Mohammad Sarim Ashfaq 50 not out, Shujaat Ali 25 not out); LARKANA 101-1 in 24 overs (Javed Ali 69 not out, Sajid Ali 26 not out).

Pool ‘C’:

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: BAHAWALPUR 144 in 52.5 overs (Zulqarnain Munir 37, Abdul Wahab 32, Abdul Hadi 32, Shahid Hussain 21; Hasnat Abbas 7-32); LAHORE 168-2 in 40 overs (Qasim Akram 83 not out, Roshan Naveed 33, Hasnat Abbas 25 not out, Wali Rizwan 24).

At Aligarh Cricket Ground, Lahore: AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 114 in 49.4 overs (Arbaz Waheed 34, Umar Hayat 22; Hasnain Hussain 4-31, Kamran Afridi 2-13); FATA 151-3 in 45 overs (Tawab Hafeez 53 not out, Shaheen Shah 40 not out, Ahsan Ali 24, Mohammad Jalal 22; Moin Pervez 2-24).

At Stags Cricket Ground, Lahore: SIALKOT 272 in 67.3 overs (Subhan Zia 67, Salahuddin 52, Mohammad Hurraira 45, Mohsin Riaz 44; Pervez Ahmed 3-16, Mohammad 3-47, Abdul Rauf 2-69); DERA MURAD JAMALI 93-4 in 33 overs (Mohammad 31, Zahid Ali 31; Adnan Haider 2-10, Shahzaib Bhatti 2-19).

Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2016