KARACHI: On a day of upsets, both Lahore outfits suffered embarrassing defeats in their first-round fixtures of the PCB Under-19 Inter-region cricket tournament on Wednesday, while Karachi Blues also lost to the unheralded Abbottabad.

Lahore Whites were in for a shock at the National Ground in Islamabad where Quetta pulled off an 80-run triumph by bowling out their opponents for just 97 with Junaid Khan producing a fine all-round performance. He scored 63 in Quetta’s total of 177 before picking up five wickets for 30 runs.

Highly-rated Saim Ayub slammed an 80-ball 100 with the aid of seven fours and five sixes as Karachi Whites reached 256-8 after their Group ‘A’ fixture against Fata was curtailed to 38 overs per side. Fata, in reply, managed 225-9 to lose by 31 runs.

In the ‘local’ derby at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Islamabad upstaged Rawalpindi by four wickets.

In the Group ‘B’ game at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi, Peshawar beat Lahore Blues by 43 runs, while Abbottabad clinched a notable 89-run win against Karachi Blues at the National Stadium.

The day’s biggest win was achieved by Faisalabad who trounced Azad Jammu Kashmir by 151 runs, while Sialkot sealed a thrilling eight-run win over Multan at the NBP Sports Complex.

Wednesday’s results:

First round:

Group ‘A’:

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: Islamabad beat Rawalpindi by four wickets.

RAWALPINDI 208-6 in 38 overs (Haider Ali 72, Zaid Khan 46, Mohammad Ajmal 23; Mohammad Moosa 2-40); ISLAMABAD 209-6 in 37.4 overs (Hasan Abid Kiani 60, Rohail Nazir 55, Irfan Khan 29, Haroon Wahid 22 not out).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Karachi Whites beat Fata by 31 runs.

KARACHI WHITES 256-8 in 38 overs (Saim Ayub 100, Watan Dost 58, Mohammad Usman 45; Mohammad Wasim 2-45, Hasnain Hussain 2-61); FATA 225-9 in 38 overs (Junaid Ahmed 63, Mohammad Aftab Alam 55, Mohammad Wasim 31 not out; Shoaib Ahmed 3-42, Mohammad Makki 2-47).

At National Ground, Islamabad: Quetta beat Lahore Whites by 80 runs.

QUETTA 177 in 45.3 overs (Junaid Khan 63, Mohammad Ibrahim 26; Hashim Ibrahim 4-33, Syed Faridoun Mahmood 3-23); LAHORE WHITES 97 in 25.5 overs (Hassan Dar 18; Junaid Khan 5-30, Hussain Ahmed 4-30).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Faisalabad beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 151 runs.

FAISALABAD 276-9 in 45 overs (Mohammad Awais Zafar 58, Zohaib Amanat 45, Mohammad Irfan Khan 43, Saif Ali 33; Usama Fazil 3-42, Qazi Arqban 2-18, Aaqib Liaquat 2-58); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 125 in 34.2 overs (Zohaib Bukhari 37; Mohammad Bilal Javed 4-17).

Group ‘B’:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Abbottabad beat Karachi Blues by 89 runs.

ABBOTTABAD 282-8 in 50 overs (Khayyam Khan 89, Afaq Ahmed 75, Danish Sarhadi 41, Mashal Khan 31; Nadir Shah 3-48, Saif Ali 2-35, Ahmed Farooq 2-40); KARACHI BLUES 193 in 43.2 overs (Saif Ali 58, Ali Nasim 41 not out, Ghazi Nasir 23; Nauman Akbar 4-33, Hamza Khan 3-37, Khalid Ali 2-28)

At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi: Peshawar beat Lahore Blues by 43 runs.

PESHAWAR 236-9 in 50 overs (Saqib Jamil 50, Mukhtyar 35 not out, Aamir Azmat 34, Mohammad Haris 31, Saqib Khan 25, Mohammad Amir 22; Nasim Shah 3-43, Mohammad Bilal 2-23, Asad Khan 2-55); LAHORE BLUES 193 in 48.4 overs (Qasim Akram 51, Zain-Bin Farooq 36, Atayab Ahmed 22; Saqib Jamil 3-17, Izhar Ahmed 2-31)

At TMC Ground, Karachi: Larkana beat Bahawalpur by 78 runs.

LARKANA 174 in 47.5 overs (Aamir Ali 33, Majid Ali 25 not out, Javed Ahmed 21; Mohammad Junaid 3-32, Muzammil Khan 2-24, Mohammad Hamza 2-26); BAHAWALPUR 96 in 36.1 overs (Javed Ali Khoso 3-23, Majid Ali 2-14, Amir Ali 2-14).

At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi: Sialkot beat Multan by eight runs.

SIALKOT 195 in 46.1 overs (Haroon Ahmed 75, Mohammad Ali 31, Ghulam Mohiuddin 23; Mohammad Jahangir 4-40, Sharjeel Umar 3-24); MULTAN 187 in 49.2 overs (Mohammad Asif 49, Shoaib Khan 40, Mohammad Uzaifa 20 not out; Ghulam Mohiuddin 3-23, Adnan Haider 3-26, Farrukh Waqas 2-37, Abdullah Nawaz 2-38).

Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2018