LAHORE: Umer Barki hit a brilliant century and M. Shaharyar scored half century to help Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U-19 beat Balochistan U-19 by five wickets in an opening match of the Pentangular Cup at Model Town Greens Club Ground here on Friday.

Meanwhile, Golden Eagles beat Textile Tigers by eight wickets in a pool match of the third Aftab Qarshi Veteran Cricket Tournament at Cricket Centre Ground here on Friday.

Summarised scores:

BALUCHISTAN U-19 199-8 in 40 overs (M. Amir 89, Imran Rafiq 45; Nabi Gul 2-2, Saqib Ali 2-36); KP U-19 202-5 37.5 overs (Umer Barki 109 not out, M. Shaharyar 51; Ahmed Asfandyar 2-32, Sultan Mahmood 2-40).

TEXTILE TIGERS 134 for all, 26 overs (M. Nawaz 29, Rizwan Nisar 25; Javed Hayat 4-29, Shahid Anwer 2-27); GOLDEN EAGLES 138-2 in 19.2 overs (Bilal Khilji 47 not out, Shahid Anwer 46).

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2015

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