KARACHI, Sept 3: Shahzeb Hasan struck a belligerent 77 off just 26 balls as Karachi Blues inflicted a six-wicket defeat on Faisalabad in the National Under-19 Inter-regional one-day cricket tournament on Wednesday.

Opener Shahzeb hammered seven sixes and six fours as Karachi Blues reached a modest target of 105 in only nine overs at the PCB Academy Ground.

The day’s run-getters were Hyderabad, who amassed 333 for seven against Lahore Shalimar with opening batsman Noor Din making 149 off 135 deliveries. His unbeaten knock was embellished with 11 fours and four sixes.Wicket-keeper/batsman Mohammad Awais was, however, chiefly responsible for taking Hyderabad past the 300-run mark with a blazing 71 that came off only 33 balls and included nine boundaries and three sixes.

Lahore Shalimar made a spirited chase for the daunting target but fell 45 runs short despite good contributions from Imran Ali (71 off 53 balls, four fours and two sixes), Mohammad Saad (60 off 77 balls, seven boundaries) and Hafiz Aamir (59 off 52 balls, four fours and two sixes).

In other matches, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Lahore Ravi all scored identical victories by six wickets each, while Sialkot beat Multan by five wickets.

Summarised scores:

At PCB Academy Ground, Karachi: Karachi Blues beat Faisalabad by six wickets.

FAISALABAD 104 in 24 overs (Hamza Zaheer 25; Zohaib Shera 4-59, Latif Junrjo 3-25); KARACHI BLUES 105-4 in 9 overs (Shahzeb Hasan 77; Bilal Butt 2-14).

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Hyderabad beat Lahore Shalimar by 45 runs.

HYDERABAD 333-7 in 50 overs (Noor Din 149 not out, Mohammad Awais 71, Mohammad Saim 31, Mohammad Shehroz 26; Najaf Latif 2-37); LAHORE SHALIMAR 288 in 46.4 overs (Imran Ali 71, Mohammad

Saad 60, Hafiz Aamir 59, Farooq Saleem 31; Mudassar Manzoor 5-36m Mohammad Shehroz 2-45).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Multan by five wickets.

MULTAN 167 in 49 overs (Waleed Iqbal 55Junaid Iqbal 45, Zain Abbas 30; Bilawal Bhatti 6-36, Raza-ul-Hasan 2-32); SIALKOT 169-5 in 47.5 overs (Ayaz Tasawwar 60 not out, Mohammad Qasim 41, Yasir Ali 27).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Karachi Whites by six wickets.

KARACHI WHITES 169 in 47.1 overs (Zakir Afridi 59; Umar Farooq 3-38, Jibran Khan 2-18, Abdur Raheem 2-25, Fahad Shah 2-29); PESHAWAR 171-5 in 44.5 overs (Abdullah Amin 62 retired hurt, Mohammad Rizwan 46 not out).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Lahore Ravi beat Islamabad by six wickets.

ISLAMABAD 208-8 in 50 overs (Babar Nazir 46, Sarmad Bhatti 40 not out; Jumma Khan 3-22); LAHORE RAVI 209-4 in 31.2 overs (Jumma Khan 66, Hamza Mubeen 59, Saghir Ahmed 27 not out, Irfan Zaman 26 not out; Sarmad Bhatti 2-75).

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Rawalpindi beat Quetta by six wickets.

QUETTA 100 in 29.3 overs (Farhan Khan 27, Kaleem Sana 4-31, Abdul Ulfat 2-22); RAWALPINDI 103-4 in 28.1 overs (Jamal Anwar 26, Hammad Azam 25; Imran Khan 3-24).