KARACHI: Karachi Blues and Karachi Whites continued their upward surged in the PCB Under-19 Inter-region National Cricket Championship by chalking up comfortable two-day victories on Tuesday.

After their thrilling five-run triumph against Peshawar last Saturday, Karachi Blues romped to an innings and 85-run win against Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) in their fourth-round Group ‘A’ match at the SBP Sports Complex.

Leg-spinning all-rounder Ashar Qureshi snared a rich haul of 11 wickets, including figures of 5-64 on Tuesday’s second day, after having grabbed six for 31 on Monday to send AJK reeling to 77 all out.

Haider Ali dominated Karachi Blues’ total of 336-7 with an undefeated knock of 105, while Anas Ilyas contributed 88.

After being held by bad weather in the opening two rounds, Karachi Whites cantered to a second successive 10-wicket success with Multan being their hapless victims this time.

After bowling out Multan for a measly first-innings tally of just 84 on Monday with paceman Mohammad Makki claiming 7-50 in 16 overs at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Karachi Whites rode on Syed Amin’s second straight century (110 off 112 balls, 17 fours and one six) to collect 263 all out in only 46.5 overs.

Multan then subsided to 191 all out in their second innings. The damage, on this occasion, was caused by fast bowler Mohammad Ali Khan who returned brilliant analysis of 7-37 in 15 overs.

Close of play scores and results on Tuesday (day two of three):

Fourth round:

Group ‘A’:

At SBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by an innings and 85 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 77 in 42.1 overs (Noman Ijaz 21; Ashar Qureshi 6-31, Izhar Gul 2-6, Ahmed Farooq 2-20 and 174 in 71.1 overs (Zohaib Bukhari 94 not out; Ashar Qureshi 5-66, Kahaf Patel 2-19); KARACHI BLUES 336-7 in 83 overs (Haider Ali 105 not out, Anas Ilyas 88, Daniyal Naveed 39 not out, Imran Shah 32; Najam Naseer 2-73, Mohsin Iqbal 2-76, Hammad Islam 2-108).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: RAWALPINDI 143 in 46 overs (Arshad Iqbal 3-14, Zeeshan Ahmed 3-42, Mohammad Ilyas 2-34) and 154-5 in 48 overs (Ziad Khan 87; Mohammad Ilyas 4-38); PESHAWAR 328-7 in 83 overs (Mukhtiyar Ahmed 87 not out, Saqib Jamil 72, Mohsin Khan 64, Waqar Ahmed 38; Mohammad Shahab 3-43, Farhan Shafiq 2-56).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: HYDERABAD 291-6 in 83 overs (Mohammad Suleman 116, Saad Khan 110; Umar Shah 3-90) and 36-5 in 20 overs (Shahenshah Afridi 3-23); FATA 258 in 76.1 overs (Abbas Afridi 75 not out, Naik Afridi 44, Hamza Khan 39, Abdul Rahim 31; Mohammad Aizaz 4-52, Noman Akbar 3-58, Saad Khan 2-45).

Group ‘B’:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: FAISALABAD 120 in 54.2 overs (Usama Javed 40; Nadir Ali 6-45, Aamir Ali 4-48) and 207 in 84.3 overs (Mohammad Wais 95 not out, Talha Umar 41; Aamir Ali 3-66, Ghulam Mohammad 2-53, Nadir Ali 2-63); LARKANA 85 in 33.4 overs (Sajjad Ali 24; Salman Shafqat 7-31, Abdullah Manzoor 2-37) and 65-5 in 17 overs (Sajjad Ali 36 not out; Salman Shafqat 3-29, Usama Javed 2-5).

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: LAHORE BLUES 318 in 81.5 overs (Zaid Alam 87, Zohaib Amanat 64, Ibtisam-ul-Haq 59, Mohammad Saleem 45, Qasim Akram 41; Mohammad Junaid 8-87); BAHAWALPUR 157 in 61.2 overs (Abdul Hadi 57, Ali Imran 38; Ameer Hamza 5-35, Mohammad Bilal 2-27, Nasim Shah 2-55) and 83-6 in 42 overs (Ameer Ali 2-14, Abdullah Tahir 2-19).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad: QUETTA 199 in 50.4 overs (Mohammad Junaid 76, Abdul Wahid 34, Abdul Wahid Bangizar 31; Arshad Iqbal 5-71, Hamza Khan 2-65) and 192-4 in 66 overs (Abdul Wahid Bangizar 50 not out, Arsalan Shah 43, Abdul Wahid 34; Abrar Ahmed 2-27); ABBOTTABAD 233 in 67.1 overs (Mohammad Arif 59, Basit Afridi 41, Khayyam Khan 39; Mohammad Junaid 5-60, Mohammad Dawood 4-64).

Group ‘C’:

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: ISLAMABAD 202 in 76.4 overs (Haroon Wahid 59, Hammad Khan 50, Rohail Nazir 43; Farrukh Waqas 3-41, Adnan Haider 2-30, Abdullah Nawaz 2-32) and 200 in 62.1 overs (Rohail Nazir 55, Hammad Khan 48, Inayat Ali 35, Haroon Wahid 35; Momin Waqar 4-4, Asad Ali 4-60); SIALKOT 109 in 33 overs (Abu Hurraira 3-19, Musa Khan 3-29, Haroon Wahid 2-16) and 15-1 in 5 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: DERA MURAD JAMALI 267 in 80.4 overs (Shahzada Khan 80, Mohammad Shahid 72, Mohammad 58; Danish Butt 6-51, Mohsin Ali 2-37) and 28-4 in 13.1 overs (Mohsin Ali 3-6); LAHORE WHITES 268 in 83 overs (Ramis Mustafa 56, Faisal Ali 55, Fahad Munir 51, Hashim Ibrahim 45, Saad Ali Rafai 30 not out; Saeed Ahmed 3-48, Ahmer Aziz 3-73, Mohammad 2-71).

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur: Karachi Whites beat Multan by 10 wickets.

MULTAN 84 in 37.1 overs (Mohammad Makki 7-50, Mohammad Ali Khan 3-17) and 191 in 60 overs (Usman Shafiq 60, Ahmed Jamal 50, Mohammad Alamgir 42; Mohammad Ali Khan 7-37, Arish Ali Khan 2-28); KARACHI WHITES 263 in 46.5 overs (Syed Amin 110, Sufyan Khan 53, Zaryab Khan 36, Mohammad Taha 32; Mohammad Jahangir 5-66, Shoaib Khan 3-36) and 13-0 in 2.1 overs.

Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2017