September 7, 2002	Saturday	Jamadi-us-Saani28,1423

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KARACHI, Sept 6: Batsmen dominated the opening day of the three-day National Juniors Cup Grade-II match when four centuries were recorded at various centres of the country Friday.

Shahbaz Basheer scored less than run-a-ball 104 for Sibi who put up a colossal 408 against Turbat at Quetta, Sohrab Aslam hit an unbeaten 108 for Azad Jammu and Kashmir who posted 284 against Haripur at Peshawar, opener Aqil Ahmad slammed 102 from 111 balls in Mirpurkhas’s 241 against Larkana and Azaz Khan rescued Bannu with a gutsy 109.

Azaz, who faced 120 balls, lifted Bannu to 298 after D.I Khan had left them reeling at 123 for six. Azaz added 142 runs for the seventh wicket with Aamir Khan (52).

Summarized scores:

At Faisalabad: Kasur - 138 in 61.4 overs (Shahid Hussain 37 not out, Jahanzaib 22, Ghulam Dastagir 4-19. Javed Iqbal 2-19, Mudassar Hussain 2-30, Mohammad Sajid 2-38); Faisalabad - 82-3 (Akhtar Rasool 35, Zahid Hussain 28, M.Aslam Shahid 2-17)

At D.I Khan: Bannu - 298-9 in 80 overs (Azaz Khan 109, Aamir Khan 52, Raheem Raz 30, Nasib Niaz 22, Adeel Haider 3-49, Mohammad Waheed 2-46, Asif Ali Khan 2-42); D.I Khan - 8-1 in 8 overs.

At Okara: Okara - 176 in 61.1 overs (Nauman Naseem 62, Zahid Ali Khan 24, Waseem Abbas 21, Waseem Shahzad 3-27, Kashif Rasool 3-49); Rahimyar Khan - 95-3 in 33 overs (Asif Mumtaz 41 not out, Zeeshan Hussain 22, Waseem Abbas 2-23)

At Quetta: Sibi - 408 in 79.5 overs (Shahbaz Basheer 104, Jalat Khan 66, Nizamuddin 62, Mohammad Nasir 40, Adnan Ghani 51, Kamran Ahmad 26 not out, Javed Raza 4-89); Turbat 41-2

At Nawabshah: Sukkur 140 in 52.4 overs (Kashif Ali 27, Amjad Pervez 24, Jamsheed Baig 27, S.Zahid Hussain 3-32, Imran Ali 2-16, Ghulam Jaseem 2-31); Shikarpur - 118-3 (Najeeb Elahi 40, Asif Babar 38, Ghulam Yaseen 26, Kashif Ali 2-27)

At Peshawar: Azad Jammu and Kashmir - 284-6 in 80 overs (Sohrab Khan 108 not out, Afaq Raheem 53, Abdul Shakoor 63 not out, Amjad Waqas 4-96); Haripur - 56-2 (Yasir Ali 20 not out)

At Larkana: Mirpurkhas - 241 in 74.3 overs (Aqil Ahmad 102, S.Rehan 76, Sheeraz 5-64, Waseem Hussain 3-91, Ahmad Ali 2-25); Larkana - 34-0 in 19 overs.