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ISLAMABAD, July 15: Captain Usman Saeed struck a flawless century and slow left-armer Khalid Mushtaq captured seven for 60 as Rawalpindi routed Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by an innings and 64 runs on Tuesday in the PCB Under-19 Inter-district Cricket Championship.
Resuming their first innings at the overnight score of 173 for three, Rawalpindi declared at 289 for four in 67.3 overs at Army Cricket Ground. AJK had scored 111 in their first innings on Monday’s opening day.
Usman hammered 12 boundaries in his unbeaten 101 while Mohammad Asif Khan hit 72.
Rawalpindi’s Khalid then completed the demolition of AJK with Mohammad Asif Khan supporting with three for six as the visitors were dismissed for 114. Javed Iqbal was their leading scorer with an unbeaten 45.
The victory gave Rawalpindi a maximum of nine points, their first of the championship, after their last week’s opening match against Islamabad was washed out.
In another match Islamabad outplayed Chakwal by seven wickets at KRL Stadium, thanks to Umar Khattak’s sizzling 129 and a knock of 45 by Danish Hanif.
Islamabad went on to collect 324 off 68 overs after resuming at 93 for two.
After conceding a lead of 105, Chakwal batsmen couldn’t do much in their second innings and were bowled out for only 146, Fayyaz Ahmed doing most of the damage by snaring five wickets. He finished with a match haul of nine for 115.
Islamabad then achieved the victory target of 42 but not before losing three wickets.
Meanwhile, Jhelum scored a three-wicket victory over Attock despite conceding a first innings lead at Islamabad’s Shalimar Cricket Ground.
Summarised scores:
*At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi beat AJK by innings and 64 runs.
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 111 and 114 (Javed Iqbal 45 not out, Sajid Khan 20; Khalid Mushtaq 7-60, Mohammad Asif Khan 3-6);
RAWALPINDI 289-4 dec (Usman Saeed 101 not out, Mohammad Asif Khan 72; Irfan Talib 4-63)
*At KRL Cricket Stadium, Islamabad beat Chakwal by seven wickets.
CHAKWAL 219 and 146 (Mohammad Ibrahim 65; Fayyaz Ahmed 5-41, Asim Aqeel 2-24);
ISLAMABAD 324 (Umar Khattak 129, Danish Hanif 45, Asad Manzoor 38; Mohammad Zubair 4-77) and 42-3 in 8.5 overs.
*At Shalimar Cricket Ground, Jhelum beat Attock by three wicket.
ATTOCK 166 and 108-7 dec (Nusrat Khan 52 not out; Atif Shahzad 5-48, Qasim Maqbool 2-19);
JHELUM 97 (Adnan Ghani 5-12, Nadeem Sikander 2-29) and 178-7 (Mohammad Mubashir 56, Atif Shahzad 51, Qaiser Mahmood 38; Najamul Hasan 2-38).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: West Zone Blues romped to a 10-wicket win against North Zone Whites in the Lahore region match at Model Town Ground.
Needing just 50, West Zone Blues won without losing any wicket.
In other matches of Lahore Region, West Zone Whites survived a scare before their match against East Zone Whites ended in a draw at Mughalpura Institute Ground.
West Zone Whites were reeling at 152 for nine after being set a target of 281.
The third match of the region between North Zone Blues and East Zone Blues also ended in tense draw at LCCA Ground.
East Zone Blues were 135 for six in pursuit of a target of 181.
Summarised scores:
At Model Town Ground, West Zone Blues beat North Zone Whites by 10 wickets.
NORTH ZONE WHITES 88 and 197 (Akbar Rafiq 45, Mohammad Basharat 42, Mohammad Ali 30; Azhar Ali 4-81, Wahab Riaz 2-41, Sohail Ahmed 2-8);
WEST ZONE BLUES 236-7 dec and 50-0 (Abid Ali 28 not out, Sohail Ahmed 22 not out).
*At Mughalpura Institute Ground, match drawn.
EAST ZONE WHITES 175 and 234-1 dec (Shahid Khan 103 not out, Jahangir Mirza 108);
WEST ZONE WHITES 129 (Adnan Raza 53, Ahmed Nasim 22, Khalid Bashir 21 not out; Raheel Abbas 4-32, Usman Malik 2-30) and 152-9 in 30 overs (Yasir Jamshed 37, Zeeshan Siddique 28, Adnan Raza 24, Zulqarnain Haider 28; Usman Malik 4-35, Atif Ijaz 3-47, Raheel Abbas 2-41).
*At LCCA Ground, match drawn.
NORTH ZONE BLUES 177 and 89-9 (Hafiz Asim 22, Mohammad Irfan 23; Mohammad Afzal 6-45);
EAST ZONE BLUES 86 and 135-6 (Qasim Munir 38 not out, Arshad Munir 20; Jamshed Ahmed 3-31).
Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: Ghulam Yaseen staked claim for inclusion in the Pakistan U-19 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka next month with a superb 207 in Shikarpur’s two-day drawn game of the Hyderabad region against Khairpur at Shahi Bagh Stadium in Shikarpur.
According to details available here, Yaseen gave a timely reminder to the national selectors who had watched the youngster in the nets at National Stadium a couple of days. The Shikarpur skipper saved his side from deep trouble by adding 187 for the sixth wicket with Osama Zafar (48). He hit 19 fours and four sixes in his 27ball.
Responding to Khairpur first innings total of 284 for nine wickets declared, Shikarpur made 366. The visitors were 45 for one when the match ended.
Meanwhile, Zone-VII were the only side in the Karachi region to emerge winners, defeating Zone-V by an innings and 101 runs. The remaining two games ended in draws with Khurram Manzoor scoring century in each innings for Zone-IV.
Summarised scores:
*At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur, match drawn.
KHAIRPUR 284-9 dec (Zohaib Ahmed 82, Talib Hussain 73, Zafar Iqbal 58, Sajid Hussain 4-29, Ghulam Yaseen 3-80) and 45-1 (Imtiaz Hussain 31 not out);
SHIKARPUR 366 (Ghulam Yaseen 207, Osama Zafar 48, Zohaib Ahmed 3-45, Faisal Anis 2-27, Muhammad Urs 2-51).
*At TMC Ground, Karachi, match drawn.
ZONE-IV 358 and 171-1 (Khurram Manzoor 101 not out;
ZONE-II 222-8 (Hammad Khan 51 not out, Naved Khan 46; Mohammad Ali Zafar 5-65).
*At Student Ground, Karachi, match drawn.
ZONE-I 210 and 166-3 (Umair Ahmed 64, Shaharyar Ghani 54 not out);
ZONE-III 153 in 55.4 overs (Fahad Iqbal 61; Uzair-ul-Haq 5-56).
*At Asifabad Ground, Karachi, Zone-VII beat Zone-II by innings and 101 runs.
ZONE-VII 322-8;
ZONE-V 139 (Tariq Murad 50; Raheel Waris 5-30) and 82 (Hammad Rafiq 49; Sharif Asadullah 4-24, Aamir Junaid 4-26).
