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KARACHI, Sept 28: Karachi Whites qualified for the final of the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I Cricket Championship with an emphatic 207-run victory over Sheikhupura in the semifinal clash at National Stadium here Saturday.
Sheikhupura capitulated for 190 after being set a massive target of 398 with slow left-armer Faraz Ahmed stealing the honours on the third and final day.
Faraz picked up five for 41 in 14.1 overs. Off-spinner Aftab Ahmed chipped in with two for 47 as opener Salman Ali was the only visiting batsman to make a meaningful contribution.
Salman struck eight fours in scoring 51.
Earlier, Karachi Whites declared their second innings at 306 for seven. Faraz Patel remained unbeaten with 52, which included five hits to the fence.
Karachi Whites now meet Lahore Blues in the four day final at Multan from Tuesday.
KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 301-8 (Khalid Latif 127, Atif Ali Zaidi 54; Nawaz Sardar 3-40).
SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings) 210 (Khalil Ahmed 66, Nadeem Iqbal 42; Mansoor Ali 3-24, Aftab Ahmed 3-49).
KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings, overnight 172-3):
Khalid Latif c Zohaib b Nawaz 66
Mubashir Ahmed c Nasir b Salman 20
Asadullah Sumairi b Nawaz 73
Faraz Ahmed c Nasir b Salman 34
Atif Ali Zaidi lbw b Salman 19
Faraz Patel not out 52
Mansoor Ali b Salman 9
Naeem Ahmed st Zohaib b Ali Aslam 2
Aftab Ahmed not out 16
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-6, NB-1) 15
TOTAL (for seven decl, 95 overs) 306
FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-153, 3-172, 4-199, 5-234, 6-250, 7-263.
BOWLING: Nawaz Sardar 18-2-60-2; Umar Saleem 4-1-19-0; Nasir Malik 8-4-12-0; Javed Hussain 2-0-8-0; Ali Aslam 19-3-69-1; Salman Ali 19-4-53-4; Khalil Ahmed 11-1-45-0; Kashif Imran 14-1-32-0.
SHEIKHUPURA (2nd Innings):
Nadeem Iqbal run out 19
Salman Ali c Atif b F. Ahmed 51
Khalil Ahmed c Khalid b Sharif 0
Javed Hussain c Mansoor b F. Ahmed 26
Kashif Imran b Aftab 17
Shahid c F. Patel b F. Ahmed 44
Ali Aslam run out 13
Nasir Malik c Naeem b Aftab 8
Nawaz Sardar b F. Ahmed 5
Zohaib Mushtaq not out 0
Umar Saleem lbw b F. Ahmed 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-3) 7
TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs) 190
FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-43, 3-75, 4-106, 5-156, 6-174, 7-185, 8-190, 9-190.
BOWLING: Sharif Asadullah 10-1-50-1; Tabish Khan 8-1-27-0; Aftab Ahmed 11-2-47-2; Faraz Ahmed 14.1-6-41-5; Asadullah Sumairi 5-1-23-0.
RESULT: Karachi Whites won by 207 runs.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Iqbal Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.
