KARACHI: A defiant knock of 65 by Uzair Jaffri helped Hyderabad draw their opening-round PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 tournament match against Karachi at the NBP Sports Complex here on Sunday.

Hyderabad, who were chasing a stiff target of 258, reached 189-5 in their second innings when the Pool ‘C’ game finished.

Earlier, Karachi posted 216 after resuming the second and final day of play at 33-2. Hammad Alam struck 78.

Quetta recorded an easy eight-wicket victory in the other Pool ‘C’ fixture with Larkana being their hapless victims at the UBL Sports Complex.

Lahore romped to an innings and three-run triumph against Sialkot in the Pool ‘A’ tie at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Ali Zaryab shone with a fine innings of 108 as the hosts collected 282-8 in their stipulated 70 overs after having resumed their first innings at 175-8.

Mohammad Umar then sent Sialkot crashing to 111 all out in the second innings with a rich haul of eight wickets for 40 runs.

Multan also chalked up a big win as they annihilated Faisalabad by innings and 29 runs at Lahore’s Ittefaq Ground.

Scores and results on Sunday:

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Match drawn.

KARACHI 179 in 32.5 overs (Azam Khan 106, Asad Ali 38, Syed Aresh Jaffri 5-33) and 216 in 44.2 overs (Hammad Alam 78, S.M. Tahami 25, Ahsan Qureshi 25; Syed Aresh Jaffri 5-81); HYDERABAD 138 in 58.5 overs (Waqas Qadir 34, Shaharyar Khalid 4-46) and 189-5 in 63 overs (Uzair Jaffri 65, Shaharyar Khalid 30; Hassan Khan 3-59).

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Quetta beat Larkana by eight wickets.

LARKANA 73 in 43.2 overs (Ahsan Sultan 26) and 143 in 55.1 (Nasir Ali 54, Morial Rasool 37, Yasir Ali 25; Dadu Khan 5-34, Imran Khan 4-62); QUETTA 101 in 57.5 overs (Mohammad Ashraf 26, Abdul Nasir 39; Ali Haider 3-22) and 116-2 in 19.3 overs.

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: Lahore beat Sialkot by an innings and three runs.

SIALKOT 168 in 41 overs (Najid Raheel 53, Abdullah Shafiq 26; Mohammad Umar 4-53) and 111 in 52.2 overs (Malik Nabeel 21; Mohammad Umar 8-40); LAHORE 282-8 in 70 overs (Ali Zaryab 108, Ahmed Hasan 45, Faisal Ali 43, Mohammad Awais 4-77).

At Ittefaq Ground, Lahore: Multan beat Faisalabad by an innings and 29 runs.

FAISALABAD 162 in 61 overs (Mohammad Naeem 41, Abdul Samad 32, Mohammad Saleem 32; Uzair Abdullah 4-29, Faraz Khan 3-43) and 92 in 46.1 overs (Abdul Samad 21; Faraz Khan 3-32); MULTAN 282 in 70 overs (Ahmed Sultan 78, Umair Sadiq 67; Adeel Zafar 7-106).

At Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

PESHAWAR 140 in 45.3 overs (Alam Zeb 39, Waqas Ahmed 23, Arbab Khan 21; Ikramullah 4-17, Sarmad Khattak 3-37); ISLAMABAD 213-9 in 55 overs (Muzammil Shah 69, Shaharyar Afaqi 42, Umar Nawaz 31; Mohammad Ilyas 4-33).

At National Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

DERA MURAD JAMALI 154 in 46 overs (Osama Razzaq 96); BAHAWALPUR 158 in 41.2 overs (Wasi-ul-Hasan 68; Abid Ali 5-35, Mohammad Asif 3-38).

At Bhutto Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn (no play on Sunday).

FATA 179 in 58.3 overs (Mohammad Umar 46); ABBOTTABAD 10-0 in 8 overs.