Cricket: Hyderabad on top in U-23 event

LAHORE: Hyderabad bundled out Quetta for 99 on the opening day of the Three-Day Inter-Region under-23 tournament. The team then reached 114 for the loss of one wicket at stumps to compound Quetta’s misery. In other Pool A matches, Multan bowled out Sialkot for 221 before putting up 44 for the loss of two wickets, while Karachi put up 308 for nine against Faisalabad, courtesy Fakhar Zaman’s 128. In Pool B, Peshawar were bowled out for 305 against Abbottabad with Asif Khan scoring 96, while Rawalpindi put up 351 against Islamabad courtesy Shoaib Ahmed’s 157-run knock.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 22^nd, 2011.