KARACHI, Nov 10 The trio of Usman Qadir, Babar Azam and Mohammad Nawaz produced fine performances as National Cricket Academy (NCA) Colts overpowered Abbottabad by four wickets in an Inter-region Under-19 one-day tournament match at the PCB Academy Ground here on Tuesday.

Opting to bat first, Abbottabad posted 193 all out in 49.5 overs with leg-spinner Usman Qadir claiming four wickets for 30 runs in his 9.5 overs.

NCA Colts, in reply, romped home for the loss of six wickets in 38.2 overs. Opener and captain Babar Azam made an enterprising 81 off 90 balls with eight fours and one six. Mohammad Nawaz hit five fours and one six in his 91-ball 63. Babar and Nawaz added 147 runs for the third wicket after NCA Colts lost Sami Aslam (2) and Ahsan Ali (6).

Summarised scores

ABBOTTABAD 193 in 49.5 overs (Sohail Anjum 34, Zia-ur-Rehman 29, Ilyas Khan 28, Fawad Afridi 21; Usman Qadir 4-30, Faraz Ahmed 2-24, Zia-ul-Haq 2-28, Fayyaz Butt 2-40); NCA COLTS 194-6 in 38.2 overs (Babar Azam 81, Mohammad Nawaz 63, Ali Shan 16 not out; Wajid Khan 3-40).—APP