Sialkot, Peshawar win in U-19 event

Published September 27, 2007

KARACHI, Sept 26: Sialkot thrashed Karachi Urban by 247 runs in their three-day PCB Inter-regional Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Wednesday.

Karachi Urban were shot out for a paltry 69 in their second innings after the visitors declared their second innings at 223 for six to set a challenging target of 317.

Medium-pacer Adil Raza claimed five for 33 while slow left-armer Nayyar Abbas took four for 28 to finish with a match haul of eight for 102.

Karachi Harbour also suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Peshawar who won by 10 wickets at the TMC Ground. The hosts were dismissed for 82 on the final day. Slow left-armers Abdul Raheem (6-40) and Jibran Khan (4-27) shared the wickets. Jibran, in fact, ended up with match figures of 11 for 70.

In other matches, Islamabad beat Abbottabad by five wickets while Rawalpindi trounced Faisalabad by 223 runs.

Results on Wednesday (final day of three):

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi: Sialkot beat Karachi Urban by 247 runs.

SIALKOT 283 in 81.1 overs (Haris Sohail 59, Zaman Jamil 54, Nasir Iqbal 48; Shahzaib Khan 5-93, Mirza Ehsan Jamil 4-69) and 223-6 declared in 54.5 overs (Mohammad Qasim 71, Hafiz Asad Baig 3-33); KARACHI URBAN 190 in 79.1 overs

(Hafiz Asad Baig 67; Raza Hasan 5-71, Nayyar Abbas 4-74) and 69 in 38.2 overs (Hafiz Asad Baig 32; Adil Raza 5-33, Nayyar Abbas 4-28).

At TMC Ground, Karachi: Peshawar beat Karachi Harbour by 10 wickets.

KARACHI HARBOUR 189 in 65.3 overs (Mohammad Waqas 41, Abdul Jabbar 40; Jibran Khan 7-43, Rahatullah 3-50) and 82 in 40.1 overs (Jahangir Shah 36; Abdul Raheem 6-40, Jibran Khan 4-27); PESHAWAR 264 in 82 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 97, Asif Khan 56 not out, Jibran Khan 48; Junaid Naeem 5-67) and 8-0 in 1.1 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Abbottabad by five wickets.

ABBOTTABAD 239 in 79.4 overs (Zeeshan Jadoon 59, Irfan Khan 49; Imad Wasim 5-106) and 239 in 64.2 overs (Zakir Afridi 87, Rehan Afridi 53; Yasir Waheed 5-40, Imad Wasim 3-87); ISLAMABAD 308-9 in 83 overs (Imad Wasim 69, Zahid Iqbal 68; Saleh Mohammad 4-64, Irfan Khan 3-65) and 171-5 in 28 overs (Umair Mir 52).

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

MULTAN 350 in 82.2 overs (Abdul Rehman 115, Adnan Razzaq 87; Tanvir Ahmed 5-67, Mir Ali Khan Talpur 3-64); HYDERABAD 189 in 56.4 overs (Mohammad Javed 4-68) and 170-4 in 52 overs (Sharjeel Khan 61).

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

Rawalpindi beat Faisalabad by 223 runs.

RAWALPINDI 256 in 82.3 overs (Usama Sharoon 58, Samiullah 43; Hasan Mahmood 4-80) and 167-7 declared in 40 overs (Usama Sharoon 68, Fawad Hussain 42; Zahoor Khan 3-54); FAISALABAD 138 in 58.3 overs (Ali Waqas 51; Mohammad Rameez 5-25, Samiullah 5-31) and 62 in 36.3 overs (Hamza Zaheer 39; Faisal Iqbal 5-12, Samiullah 3-22).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Lahore Shalimar had to settle for a draw in the rain-hit fixture against Quetta at the LCCA Ground.

Final scores:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 307-9 in 83 overs (Babar Manzoor 71, Yasir Ajmal 51 not out, Ali Haider 40; Aimal Khan 4-70, Dad Mohammad 3-80) and 182-3 in 40 overs (Babar Manzoor 61 not out); QUETTA 264 in 76.1 overs (Ataullah 58, Aimal Khan 57, Majid Hussain 48; Hafiz Saad 4-70, Naeem-ul-Haq 3-38).

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