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Khurrum Manzoor struck an unbeaten century Friday as Karachi Blues gained control on the first day of their National Junior Grade-I Championship match against Kohat at the KRL Stadium.

He hammered 16 fours and two big sixes in his 102 to help his side reach 152 for one by the close, 31 behind Kohat's first innings score of 183.

Kohat were dismissed cheaply, thanks to good bowling by leg spinner Mohammad Ali Zafar, who finished with a haul of five wickets for which he conceded 52 runs. Adeel Malik picked up two for 37.

When Karachi batted, they lost Nasir Aziz who had scored an unconquered 147 not out against FATA in their opening match of the championship, for just 27. But then Khurrum and S.M Raheel (19) batted carefully and put on 89 for the unbroken second wicket partnership.

At the National Stadium in Karachi, half centuries by Atif Ali Zaidi, Faraz Patel and Khalid Latif propelled Karachi Whites to 277 against Rawalpindi.

Atif slammed an 88-ball 77 studded with six four and two sixes, Faraz hit an unbeaten 80-ball 54 with two boundaries and skipper Khalid stroked 51 off 116 balls with seven fours.

But despite a solid performance by the top order, the home team failed to capitalise the solid foundation as they lost their last seven wickets for 43 runs.

Rawalpindi's spin duo of Afzal Javed and Mazhar Malik wrecked the Karachi middle-order by equally sharing eight wickets between them. Left-armer Afzal bagged four for 60 while wrist spinner Mazhar grabbed four for 73.

When stumps were drawn for the day, Rawalpindi had reached 33 for no wicket from 14 overs.

At the Regional Academy ground in Karachi, Asad Iqbal top scored with 75 for Quetta who were restricted to 245 for eight from the allotted 80 overs by Lahore Whites who in turn had reached 42 for no loss at stumps.

At the KCCA Stadium, Karachi Greens batsmen put Hyderabad bowlers to the sword when they collected 314 for nine from their 80 overs. At stumps, the visitors had reached 15 for one.

Hasan Saud top scored for the home team by hitting 69 while Owais Ahmad struck 54. Tahir Aziz (45), Shahriyar Farrukh (39), Aamir Kaleem (23) were the other run-getters.

Shoaib Laghari picked four for 98 while Mohammad Farrukh Khan picked up three for 58.

At Lahore Country Club, half centuries by Atif Ijaz (70), Adnan Butt (61) and Mohammad Saeed (55) helped Lahore Blues score 277 against Islamabad. By close of play, Islamabad were in deep trouble as they had lost three batsmen with only nine runs on the board.

At Sheikhupura, the home team posted 264 for nine against Fata who had reached 34 for two when curtains fell on the day's play.

Kashif Imran with 87 was the only batsman to offer any resistence against Fata bowling that was spearheaded by Riaz Afridi (three for 50)

Summarized scores:

At National Stadium, Karachi: Karachi Whites - 277 in 73.4 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 77, Faraz Patel 54 not out, Khalid Latif 51, Afzal Javed 4-60, Mazhar Malik 4-60); Rawalpindi - 33-0 in 14 overs (Zahid Mahmood 17 not out, Mohammad Sheraz 13 not out)

At Regional Academy ground, Karachi: Quetta - 245-8 in 80 overs (Asad Iqbal 75, Abdul Hameed 45, Shuja Khan 30, Raza Ali Dar 3-50, Shahid Iqbal 2-35, Sohail Ahmad 2-44); Lahore Whites - 42-0 in 8 overs (Jahangir Mirza 18 not out, Amjad Ali 8 not out).

At the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi: Kohat - 183 in 65.4 overs (Nadeem Anjum 40, Umair Khan 37, Usman 20, Amjad Sharif 26, Mohammad Ali Zafar 5-52, Adeel Malik 2-37); Karachi Blues - 152-1 (Khurram Manzoor 102 not out, Nasir Aziz 27, S.M Raheel 19 not out)

At the KCCA Stadium: KCCA Greens 314-9 in 80 overs (Hasan Saud 69, Owais Ahmad 54, Tahir Aziz 45, Shahriyar Farrukh 39, Aamir Kaleem 23, Shoaib Laghari 4-98, Mohammad Farrukh 3-58)

At Muridke: Lahore Blues - 277 in 74.3 overs (Atif Ijaz 70, Fahadul Haq 61, Muhammad Saeed 55, Riaz Afridi 5/67, Shakir Mehmood 3/62); Islamabad - 33-3 in 15 overs.

At Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur - 111 in 70.5 overs (Shehryar Khan 5/36, Abdul Nasir 3/29); Peshawar - 62-3 in 20 overs (Aamir Nisar 30 not out, Muhammad Adnan 2/22).

At Sheikhupura: Sheikhupura - 264-9 in 80 overs (Kashif Imran 87; Riaz Afridi 3/50); Fata - 34-2 in 15 overs

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