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LAHORE, Sept 23: Fine batting by Mohammad Umair (85) and Hasnain Abbas (71) helped Multan to earn a narrow three-wicket victoryagainst Rahimyar Khan in the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-II Cricket Championship at Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan Monday, according toamessage received here.

Multan, who gained a 86-run lead on the first innings, were set a target of 238 after Rahimyar Khan had piled up 323 in their second innings thanks to Shaharyar (82) and Mohammad Saleem (55).

Meanwhile, to decide the Pool 'D' champions Faisalabad and Gujranwala will face each other at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala from Thursday.

Owing to large of teams in this pool was divided into two groups. Faisalabad emerged as Group-I champions while Gujranwala topped the other group.

The winners will play Pool 'B' winners Azad Jammu Kashmir in the semifinal.

Summarised scores:

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

Okara beat Kasur by five wickets.

KASUR 231-8 in 80 overs (Shahid Hussain 53, Faisal Ayub 44; Zulfiqar Babar 5-67) and 149 (Zulfiqar Babar 6-35);

OKARA 290 in 78.5 overs (Noman Nasim 105, Jawwad Hafeez 55; Mohammad Aslam 4-118) and 91-5 (Noman Nasim 42 not out; Ahmed Raza 4-24).

*At Mahmood Stadium, Rahimyar Khan:

Multan beat Rahimyar Khan by three wickets.

RAHIMYAR KHAN 169 in 53.3 overs (Adeel Basit 65; Umar Zaman 5-43) and 323 (Shaharyar 82, Mohammad Saleem 55, Fayyaz-ul-Hasan 52, Afrahim Zia 41; Mohammad Umair 6-84).

MULTAN 255 in 67.1 overs (Yasir Arafat 130; Aamir Akram 3-72) and 238-7 (Mohammad Umair 85, Hasnain Abbas 71; Adeel Basit 6-73).

*At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad:

Larkana beat Hyderabad by 22 runs.

LARKANA 116 in 42.4 overs (Farrukh Zaman 4-9, Furqan Azeem 3-30) and 173 (Zafar Ali 46);

HYDERABAD 162 in 68 overs (Salman Hyder 58; Wasim Hussain 5-46) and 140 (Suleman Haider 52; Wasim Hussain 3-35, Ahmed Ali 3-52).

*At D.I. Khan, D.I. Khan:

Haripur beat Dera Ismail Khan by 10 wickets.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 87 in 39.5 overs (Amjad Waqas 6-28) and 275 (Mohammad Imran Baloch 46, Falak Kamran 43, Mohammad Irfan Khan 41; Amjad Waqas 8-89);

HARIPUR 321 in 75.4 overs (Babar Khan 78, Usman Sawati 63, Asghar Khan 54; Kashif Niazi 4-66) and 43-0.

*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:

Match drawn.

BADIN 273 in 79.5 overs (Imran Malik 86, Danish 46; Sharafat Ali 3-66) and 228 (Ahmed Khan 56; Sharafat Ali 6-65);

SHIKARPUR 305-7 in 80 overs (Najeebullah 101, Asif Babar 98; Kamran 3-96) and 169-6 (Ghulam Yasin 84 not out, Najeebullah 62).

© Dawn