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Khurram Manzoor hammered 112 as Karachi Whites scored a crushing 158-run victory over Karachi Blues in the first round of the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I One-day Cricket Tournament Monday.

Karachi Blues, last season's champions, were restricted to 134 for eight in their allotted 50 overs after being a daunting 293 for victory.

Karachi Whites piled up 292 for six after skipper Khalid Latif won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first.

Khurram, who ironically played for the Blues in the just concluded National Championship three-day fixtures, led the onslaught. He put on 85 for the third wicket with Shiraz Ishaq (40 off 47 balls, five fours)

Khurram's 116-ball knock included as many as seven sixes and three fours and added 124 for the fourth wicket with Faraz Patel, who finished on an unbeaten 82 off 74 deliveries with three hits to the fence.

Bahawalpur, meanwhile, scored a nail-biting victory by one wicket with just one delivery to spare against Quetta at National Stadium.

Needing three in the final over, bowled by medium-pacer Arun Lal, Bahawalpur lost two wickets but scampered home in the end.

Earlier, Quetta made 188 for seven in their 50 overs with skipper Abdul Hameed scoring 45.

Our Sports Reporter adds from Rawalpindi:

Rawalpindi made a Grand Prix start to the tournament by scoring a straightforward five-wicket victory over Peshawar.

Put into bat first at Rawalpindi Stadium, Peshawar could manage just 161 in 40.5 overs, falling to the leg spin of Mazhar Malik and slow left-armer Afzal Javed, both of whom picked up three wickets each.

Opener Abdul Nasir was the chief scorer for Peshawar cracking a 34-ball 41, a knock that had five fours and two sixes.

Although the target appeared easy, Rawalpindi suffered early hiccups that saw them three wickets down for 26.

But then Usman Saeed batted patiently, hitting an unbeaten 57 with six hits to the ropes. Usama Shabbir also played cautiously in scoring 33 not out as the home side achieved the target with more than seven overs to spare.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore:

A fine all-round performance by Mohammad Saeed (51 and 3-21) enabled Lahore Blues defeat Lahore Whites by seven wickets at Gaddafi Stadium Monday.

Chasing a moderate target, Lahore Blues scored 183 for three with 2.1 overs to spare. Saeed blasted 51 off 53 balls with the aid of seven fours and one six.

Asim Ijaz slammed an unbeaten 54 off 97 balls, hitting two fours and a six.

Earlier, Umar Javed scored undefeated 49 off 84 balls without any boundary as Lahore Whites managed 180 in 46.4overs.

At Sheikhupura Stadium, the home side defeated Islamabad by seven wickets.

Summarised scores:

*At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi:

Rawalpindi beat Peshawar by five wickets.

PESHAWAR 161 in 40.5 overs (Abdul Nasir 41; Afzal Javed 3-21, Mazhar Malik 3-21);

RAWALPINDI 166-5 in 42.3 overs (Usman Saeed 57 not out, Usama Shabbir 33 not out; Gulraiz 2-32, Zohaib Khan 2-24).

*At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:

Lahore Blues beat Lahore Whites by seven wickets.

LAHORE WHITES 180 in 46.4 overs (Umar Javed 49 not out, Raza Ali Dar 37, Salman Qadir 21; Mohammad Saeed 3-21, Azhar Ali 2-21, Asim Ijaz 2-27, Khurram Irshad 2-47);

LAHORE BLUES 183-3 in 47.5 overs (Asim Ijaz 54 not out, Mohammad Saeed 51, Adnan Raza 39, Fahad-ul-Haq 27 not out).

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

Sheikhupura beat Islamabad by three wickets.

ISLAMABAD 162 in 44.1 overs (Shakir Mahmood 41, Wasim Abbas 34, Mohammad Fiaz 24, Usman Nabi 22; Khalil Ahmed 2-15, Salman Ali 2-22, Nawaz Sardar 2-31);

SHEIKHUPURA 163-7 in 37.5 overs (Khalil Ahmed 48, Kashif Imran 32; Mohammad Altaf 4-45, Saif-ur-Rehman 2-43).

*At KCCA Stadium, Karachi:

Karachi Whites beat Karachi Blues by 158 runs.

KARACHI WHITES 292-6 in 50 overs (Khurram Manzoor 112, Faraz Patel 82 not out, Shiraz Ishaq 40; Mohammad Saleem 2-26, Fawwad Alam 2-49);

KARACHI BLUES 134-8 in 50 overs (Ibrahim Akhtar 30, Khurram Ibrahim 24; Aftab Ahmed 2-25).

*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

Fata beat Kohat by 36 runs.

FATA 247-8 in 50 overs (Johar Hussain 69, Altaf Ali 26, Mumtaz Khan Afridi 26; Majid Sharif 4-38, Fawwad Shah 2-30);

KOHAT 211 in 44.3 overs (Usman 117, Fawwad Shah 20; Riaz Afridi 3-38, Hussain Akbar 3-56).

*At National Stadium, Karachi:

Bahawalpur beat Quetta by one wicket.

QUETTA 188-7 in 50 overs (Abdul Hameed 45, Arun Lal 32, Shaukat Ali 28; Mohammad Asif 3-28, Asif Imran Raza 2-32);

BAHAWALPUR 189-9 in 49.5 overs (Asif Iqbal 37, Fahad-ur-Rehman 35, Muneeb Mubashir 27, Mohammad Atiq 22 not out; Arun Lal 3-33, M. Qasim Khan 2-32).

© Dawn