LAHORE, Sept 14: Wapda are insight of taking a big first-innings lead against Lahore Ravi on the second day of the three-day National Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the LCCA Ground on Wednesday.

Replying to Wapda’s total of 268, Lahore Ravi were struggling at 65 for five in 31 overs on a day that was badly curtailed by heavy showers.

Meanwhile, fine bowling by Imran Dad Khan and Tayyab Abbas helped National Bank of Pakistan force Karachi Whites follow on at the Country Club Ground in Muridke. The Whites were dismissed for 175.

Faisalabad were struggling at 162-6 in reply to Sialkot’s first-inning tally of 246 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Summarised scores: At LCCA Ground, Lahore: WAPDA 268 in 82.5 overs (Mohammad Mohsin 152 not out; Usman Khan 4-88); LAHORE RAVI 67-5 in 31 overs (Imran Butt 39).

At Country Club Ground, Muridke: NATIONAL BANK 346-6 83 overs (Sohail Ahmed 123 not out, Sami Aslam 116; Mohammad Salman 3-96; KARACHI WHITES 175 in 74.4 overs (Daniyal Mansoor 38; Imran Dad Khan 3-15, Usman Qadir 3-61) and 6-0 in 3 overs.

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: SIALKOT 246 in 76 overs (Imtinan-ul-Haq 75, Luqman Butt 41; Ashqani Aitzaz 4-47); FAISALABAD 162-6 in 59 overs (Munir Ahmed 54, Azam-ul-Haq 41).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: ABBOTTABAD 347 in 82 overs (Nisar Afridi 80, Kamran Ghulam 74, Khalid Kail 62 not out, Rana Wasim 54; Asfand Mehran 7-101); LAHORE SHALIMAR 181 in 68 overs (Mudassar Anwar 77; Kamran Ghulam 5-21, Fawad Anjum 3-59) and 21-0 in 13 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: ISLAMABAD 130 in 61 overs (Mohammad Irfan 45; Imran Javed 4-38, Hazrat Shah 3-15, Khurshid Alam 3-37) and 88-1 in 28 overs; PESHAWAR 204 in 76.5 overs (Mahmood Khan 48, Aimal Khan 46; Mohammad Irfan 4-24, Munir-ul-Rehman 3-28).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: KRL 123 in 49 overs (Mohammad Naqqash 35; Zafar Gohar 4-33, Rohail Ali 3-29, Mohammad Kamil 3-32) and 72-6 in 26.2 overs (Azizullah 3-19); ZTBL 212 in 75.2 overs: (Haseeb-ur-Rehman 61, Mobin Hamid 50; Usman Meer 3-36).

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