KARACHI, June 14: As many as 38 two-day matches in 11 regions are scheduled to be played in the opening round of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship, which begins from Friday.

Schedule (June 15-16):

Karachi region: Zone-I v Zone-II (TMC Ground); Zone-III v Zone-IV (PCB Academy Ground); Zone-V v Zone-VI (Landhi Gymkhana Ground).

Lahore region: East Zone Whites v East Zone Blues (Mughalpura Institute Ground); West Zone Whites v West Zone Blues (Model Town Club Ground); North Zone Whites v North Blues (Cricket Centre Ground).

Faisalabad region: Sargodha v Bhakkar (Sports Stadium, Sargodha); Jhang v Kasur (Chenab College, Jhang).

Rawalpindi region: Rawalpindi v Jehlum (Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium); Attock v Chakwal (KRL Stadium).

Islamabad region: Islamabad v Azad Jammu Kashmir (Diamond Club Ground); Gujrat v Northern Areas (Zahoor Elahi Stadium).

Hyderabad region: Sukkur v Larkana (PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur); Shikarpur v Jacobabad (Shahi Bagh Ground, Shikarpur); Nawabshah v Khairpur (Nawabshah Stadium); Thatta v Badin (Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta); Mirpurkhas v Hyderabad (Municipal Sports Complex); Dadu v Sanghar (Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro).

Multan region: Rahim Yar Khan v Rajanpur (Mahmood Stadium); Layyah v Muzaffargarh (College Ground, Layyah); Bahawalpur v D.G. Khan (Bahawalpur Stadium); Multan v Bahawalnagar (MCC Ground, Multan); Vehari v Sahiwal (Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala); Okara v Khanewal (Gymkhana Ground, Okara).

Quetta region: Turbat v Killa Abdullah (Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman); Kalat v Loralai (Qasim Stadium, Quetta); Naushki v Pishin (Cricket Ground); Naseerabad v Sibi (Shaheed Ghaffar Sayyal Ground).

Sialkot region: Sialkot v Sheikhupura (Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot); Gujranwala v Narowal (Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala); Hafizabad v Mandi Bahauddin (Sheikhupura Stadium).

Peshawar region: Peshawar v Swat (Arbab Niaz Stadium); Nowshera v Dir Lower (Gymkhana Ground).

Abbottabad region: D.I. Khan v Tank (D.I. Khan Stadium); Kohat v Bannu (Kohat Stadium); Abbottabad v Haripur (University Ground No 1, Peshawar); Swabi v Mansehra (Gohati Cricket Stadium); Mardan v Dir Upper (Company Bagh Ground).

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