KARACHI: Peshawar and Bahawalpur became the first set of teams to qualify for the semi-finals of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars Under-16 Tournament in Islamabad on Sunday.

Bad weather on the second and last day of play saw both quarter-finals being drawn but Peshawar and Bahawalpur moved to the next phase of the competition after taking lead on the first innings against Multan and Abbottabad, respectively.

Peshawar, who were 157-2 in reply to Multan’s 232 on Saturday, collected 241-6 when play was called off due to bad light at the National Ground.

Abbottabad began the day at 70-6 in response to Bahawalpur’s 139 at the Diamond Club Ground in the federal capital, but managed only a paltry tally of 84 as Mohammad Junaid claimed five wickets for 33 runs.

Batting again, Bahawalpur had advanced to 91-6 in their second innings when the game finished.

Meanwhile, the remaining two last-eight fixtures started in Lahore on Sunday.

Karachi made an impressive 296-9 in the stipulated 70 overs at the Ittefaq Cricket Ground before Sialkot responded by reaching 93-2 in 28 overs at draw of stumps.

Dera Murad Jamali were 84-1 after Fahad Hussain had grabbed seven wickets for 69 runs to restrict Lahore to a moderate total of 214 at the Shah Faisal Cricket Ground.

Close of play scores and results on Sunday:

Quarter-finals (final day of two):

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

BAHAWALPUR 139 in 64.4 overs (Faisal Siddique 31, Murad Rauf 29, Ali Imran 26, Sanaullah Khan 4-16, Mohammad Faisal 4-56, Aftab Afzal 2-21) and 91-6 in 32 overs (Murad Rauf 27 not out, Faisal Siddique 21 not out, Mohammad Hamza 3-9, Basit 2-22); ABBOTTABAD 84 in 43 overs (Basit 34; Mohammad Junaid 5-33, Murad Rauf 2-22, Ali Imran 2-8).

At National Ground, Islamabad: Match drawn.

MULTAN 232 in 64.4 overs (Momin Haider 95, Azhar Aslam 56, Uzair Abdullah 36; Jahangir Khan 5-65, Ahmed Khan 3-86); PESHAWAR 241-6 in 63.3 overs (Amir Zaib 121, Salman Khan 67; Uzair Abdullah 3-90, Usman Shafiq 2-23)

Quarter-finals (day one of two):

At Shah Faisal Cricket Ground, Lahore: LAHORE 214 in 69.4 overs (Ibtesam-ul-Haq 39, Fahad Munir 36, Bilal Ahmed 31, Ahmed Zulfiqar 30 not out, Attyab Ahmed 22; Fahad Hussain 7-69, Shoaib Ahmed 2-6); DERA MURAD JAMALI 84-1 in 27 overs (Shoaib Ahmed 61 not out).

At Ittefaq Cricket Ground, Lahore: KARACHI 296-9 in 70 overs (Obaisullah Khan 85 not out, Tariq Bakht 51, Haider Ali 46, Mohammad Usman 39; Mohammad Owais 5-28, Ansar Irshad 2-58); SIALKOT 93-2 in 28 overs (Ashar Bhatti 45 not out, Fahad Mansha 28 not out).

Published in Dawn, May 18th, 2015

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