Northern’s Shoaib scores century on second day of National U19 Three-Day Tournament final

Lahore: An unbeaten 109 from Mohammad Shoaib Khan helped Northern score 377 for five in 83 overs on day two of National U19 Three-Day Tournament final being played at KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

In reply to Sindh’s first innings score of 461, Northern got off to a brilliant start as openers Hassan and Kamran provided a 146-runs stand for the first wicket. Hassan 91 off 124 included 12 fours, while Kamran struck eight fours and three fours in his innings of 73 from 99 balls.

Shoaib coming to bat at number three top-scored with an unbeaten 109 off 147 balls, which included eight boundaries. Other notable performance with the bat came from Abdul Faseeh who contributed 64 off 66 balls, which included five fours. He knitted a 131-runs partnership for the fifth wicket with Shoaib.

For Sindh, Adeel Meo took three for 97, while Abdul Jaleel grabbed two wickets for 86.

Scores in brief:

Northern U19 v Sindh U19, KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi

Sindh U19 461-6, 83 overs (Saim Ayub 108, Ghazi Ghouri 100 not out, Kashif Ali 66, Adeel Meo 64, Rizwan Mehmood 44, Mubashir Nawaz 41; Zaman Khan 3-109, Mehran Mumtaz 2-114)

Northern U19 377-5, 83 overs (Mohammad Shoaib Khan 109 not out, Hassan Abid Kiyani 91, Kamran Riaz 73, Abdul Faseeh 64; Adeel Meo 3-97, Abdul Jabeel 2-86)