KARACHI, May 6 Syed Saad Ali and Ahsan Ali smashed centuries as Karachi registered their second win in the PCB-Mobilink Hunt for Heroes Under-16 cricket tournament, outclassing Sialkot by 121 runs at the PCB Academy Ground here on Tuesday.
Saad hammered 19 boundaries and brace of sixes in his 124 off as many balls while Ahsan hit nine fours and a six in his 102 off 118 balls as Karachi, batting first, piled up 290-9 in their allotted 50 overs.
Sialkot, in reply, were restricted to 169-9 in their 50 overs. Slow left-arm spinner Faraz Ahmed grabbed four wickets for 24 off his ten overs.
Meanwhile, in a match played at the National Stadium, Faisalabad beat Hyderabad by four wickets with Salman Zaidi hitting 52 for the losers.
At the RLCA Ground, Quetta shocked Multan with an exciting two-wicket win, thanks to a fine all-round show by Shabbir Ali who took two wickets for 35 besides scoring 34 off 69 balls.
Summarised scores
KARACHI 290-9 in 50 overs (Syed Saad Ali 124, Ahsan Ali 102; Fiaz Butt 2-51, Ahmer Tehseen 2-63); SIALKOT 169-9 in 50 overs (Fiaz Butt 44, Imtnen-ul-Haq 39, Mohammad Hassan 30; Faraz Ahmed 4-24).
HYDERABAD 147 in 44.5 overs (Salman Zaidi 52, Rana Rashid 27, Javed Khan 25; Afzal Hussain 3-26, Ehsan Adil 3-35, Arsalan Khadim 2-22); FAISALABAD 151-6 in 39.5 overs (Ali Shan 43, Wasim Abbas 25; Waqas Ahmed 2-25, Mohsin Khan 2-51).
MULTAN 162 in 47.3 overs (Jalal Umar 36, Mohammad Nadeem 30, Ali Abid 23; Najeeb Khan 3-19, Sharifuddin 3-28, Shabbir Ali 2-35); QUETTA 163-8 in 47.4 overs (Shabbir Ali 34 not out, Abid Ali 32, Bilal Salim 23; Mohammad Ramiz 2-13). —APP
