LAHO RE The Pakistan Under-19s took lead over New Zealand Under-19s when they beat the hosts by three wickets. Pakistan after losing the opening match, won two back-to-back games against their counter parts to take 2-1 lead at the Horton Park, Blenheim. Kaleem Raza and Sana Hassan shared three wickets each to allow New Zealand 232 runs for nine in 50 overs. In reply, Pakistan reached the target losing seven wickets in the 48.5 overs. Ahmed Shehzad 76, Azeem Ghumman 31 and Mohammad Naeem 46 played the match winning innings. SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND UNDER-19s innings (50 overs maximum) TWM Latham c Raza Hasan b Kaleem Sana 2 Bracewell c Azeem Ghumman b Usman Qadir 27 JDS Neesham b Kaleem Sana 0 HKP Boam c Ahmed Shehzad b Kaleem Sana 5 Anderson c Naeem b Raza Hasan 46 C Cachopa b Sarmad Bhatti 70 Hickey b Usman Qadir 4 Beek c Hammad Azam b Raza Hasan 34 DAJ Bracewell not out 22 D Cleaver c Naeem b Raza Hasan 8 TG Johnston not out 2 EXTRAS: (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 2) 12 TOTAL: (9 wickets; 50 overs) 232 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Latham, 3.6 ov), 2-5 (Neesham, 5.2 ov), 3-11 (Boam, 7.5 ov), 4-66 (MG Bracewell, 20.1 ov), 5-107 (Anderson, 27.3 ov), 6-116 (Hickey, 30.1 ov), 7-193 (Cachopa, 45.4 ov), 8-201 (van Beek, 46.4 ov), 9-224 (Cleaver, 48.6 ov) Bowling Fayyaz Butt 10-3-30-0 Kaleem Sana 7-2-21-3 Hammad Azam 5-0-31-0 Usman Qadir 10-1-34-2 Raza Hasan 10-0-45-3 Ahmed Shehzad 4-0-22-0 Sarmad Bhatti 4-0-41-1 PAKISTAN UNDER-19 Ahmed Shehzad lbw b Boam 76 Babar Azam c Anderson b van Beek 5 Ahsan Ali run out (Wheeler) 1 Azeem run out (MG Bracewell/Johnston) 31 Mohammad Naeem c Cachopa b van Beek 46 Hammad Azam c Cachopa b Neesham 27 Sarmad Bhatti c Neesham b Johnston 1 Usman Qadir not out 22 Anop Santosh not out 5 EXTRAS: (lb 7, w 11, nb 1) 19 TOTAL: (7 wickets; 48.5 overs) 233 Did not bat: Raza Hasan, Fayyaz Butt, Kaleem Sana Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Babar Azam, 3.3 ov), 2-36 (Ahsan Ali, 6.3 ov), 3-110 (Ahmed Shehzad, 22.4 ov), 4-133 (Azeem Ghumman, 29.2 ov), 5-199 (Hammad Azam, 43.2 ov), 6-203 (Sarmad Bhatti, 45.3 ov), 7-205 (Mohammad Naeem, 46.2 ov) Bowling BM Wheeler 10-0-35-0 LV van Beek 8.5-0-43-2 DAJ Bracewe ll-6-0-38-0 JDS Neesham 8-1-48-1 HKP Boam 7-1-28-1 TG Johnston 9-1-34-1