Lahore, 26 October 2021: Central Punjab U19 Blues defeated Balochistan U19 Blues by five wickets in a Pool B match of the third-round of the National U19 Championship at the Shalimar Cricket Ground in Islamabad. The star performer for Central Punjab U19 Blues was Ali Asfand who took five for 20 in the second innings and ended-up with match figures of seven for 39.
Central Punjab U19 Blues chased down the 62-run target for the loss of five wickets in the ninth over.
In a Pool A fixture being played at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala, after a close contest Southern Punjab U19 Whites played out a drawn game against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites.
Chasing 220 to win the match, Southern Punjab U19 Whites were 204 for eight when stumps were drawn. Mohammad Shahzad top-scored with 51, while Mohammad Ammar contributed 49 runs.
In another Pool A fixture being staged at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha, Balochistan U19 Whites were leading by 31 runs with seven second innings wickets in hand against Central Punjab U19 Whites.
Central Punjab U19 Whites were dismissed for 264 in their first innings with Azan Awais and Usman Nadeem scoring half-centuries. For Balochistan U19 Whites, Mohammad Uzair took four wickets for 53.
In the third fixture of the Pool A being played at the Lahore Country Club Muridke, Sindh U19 Whites and Northern U19 played out a drawn game.
Northern in reply to Sindh U19 Whites first innings of 241 were bowled out for 127 in the 52nd over. Sindh declared their second innings for 177 for five in the 37th over with Northern requiring 292 runs to win the match.
At stumps, Northern U19 Whites were 131 for eight in 58 overs. Sindh’s Addel Meo took five wickets for 34 with his slow left-arm.
In a Pool B fixture at the National Cricket in Islamabad, Northern U19 Blues and Sindh U19 Blues played out a drawn game.
Sindh in reply to Northern U19 Blues 166, declared their first innings on 188 for nine in the 61st over. Aseer Mughal and Zain Ali Sajid from Northern picked four wickets apiece. Northern were 24 for one in 11 overs in their second innings when stumps were drawn.
In another Pool B fixture being played at the Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues and Southern Punjab U19 Blues played out a drawn game.
Mohammad Danish top-scored for Southern Punjab U19 Blues in their first innings with 93 runs as they were dismissed for 206 in reply to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 342.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues declared their second innings on 129 for five with Southern Punjab U19 Blues requiring 266 runs to win the match. In reply, Southern Punjab were 87 for five in 50 overs when stumps were drawn.
Scores in Brief –Pool A:
Match ends in a draw between Northern U19 Whites and Sindh U19 Whites at Lahore Country Club, Muridke
Sindh U19 Whites 241 all out, 67.2 overs (Habibullah 66, Ghazi Ghori 40; Jahandad Khan 2-58, Faizan Saleem 2-50, Ali Hunain Sabir 2-40, Abdul Basit 2-21) and 177-5 (decl), 36.4 overs (Wahaj Riaz 54 not out)
Northern U19 Whites 127 all out, 51.4 overs (Abdul Rehman 3-25, Kashif Ali 2-10) and 131-8, 58 overs (Abdul Jabbar 39; Adeel Meo 5-34)
Match ends in a draw between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites and Southern Punjab U19 Whites at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites 217 all out, 67.5 overs (Abbas Ali 74; Arafat Ahmed Minhas 5-28, Muhammad Ismail 2-43, Faisal Akram 2-54) and 140 all out, 41 overs (Mohammad Ismail 3-20, Faisal Akram 3-35, Mohammad Aqib 2-3, Arafat Ahmed Minhas 2-33)
Southern Punjab U19 Whites 138 all out, 63 overs (Uzair Mumtaz 39, Mohammad Ammar 31; Mohammad Ayaz 4-25, Khalid Shah 4-30) and 204-8, 49.1 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 51, Mohammad Ammar 49, Arafat Ahmed 45; Mohammad Umar 3-40)
Balochistan U19 Whites v Central Punjab U19 Whites – Sports Stadium, Sargodha
Balochistan U19 Whites 294 all out, 80 overs (Haseebullah 133, Duniya Khan 65; Hunain Shah 3-39, Muhammad Awais 3-50) and 61-3, 18 overs
Central Punjab U19 Whites 264 all out, 76.3 overs (Azan Awais 66, Usman Nadeem 51, Hassan Hameed 44; Mohammad Uzair 4-53, Arbaz Khan 2-47)
Scores in Brief –Pool B:
Central Punjab U19 Blues beat Balochistan U19 Blues by five wickets at Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Balochistan U19 Blues 180 all out, 62.3 overs (Basit Ali 51, Yasir Khan 47; Awais Ali 4-23, Ali Asfand 2-19) and 79 all out, 39.4 overs (Ali Asfand 5-20, Arham Nawab 3-19)
Central Punjab U19 Blues 198 all out, 58 overs (Mohammad Waqas 36, Usama Zahid 33; Aurangzeb 4-56, Kabir Raj 3-33) and 62-5, 8.3 overs (Mohammad Waqas 26 not out; Sajjad Ali 4-26)
Match ends in a draw between Northern U19 Blues v Sindh U19 Blues at National Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Northern U19 Blues 166 all out, 63.2 overs (Haseeb Imran 35; Asif Ali 5-38, Khawaja Mohammad Hafeez 3-32) and 24-1, 11 overs
Sindh U19 Blues 188-9 (decl), 60.2 overs (Nawaz Sharif 38 not out, Ali Ishaq 38, Rizwan Mahmood 36; Aseer Mughal 4-46, Zain Ali Sajid 4-48)
Match ends in a draw between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues and Southern Punjab U19 Blues at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Blues 342-8 (decl), 65.2 overs (Maaz Sadaqat 113, Roohullah 62, Chaudhry Shuja 43; Huzaifa Shafiq 3-78) and 129-5 (decl), 14 overs (Arafat Khan 34, Maaz Sadaqat 33)
Southern Punjab U19 Blues 206 all out, 67 overs (Mohammad Danish 93, Zarrar Shakeel 31; Mohammad Yasin Khan 2-51, Naqeebullah 2-35, Ahmed Khan 2-33) and 87-5, 50 overs (Usama Aqeel 25, Moheer Saeed 25; Mohammad Yasin Khan 2-13, Najam Khan 2-18)
