February 1, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 28, 1423

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KARACHI, Jan 31: As expected Karachi Greens cruised to an easy innings and three-run victory over Nawabshah in the Cornelius Trophy match at Nawabshah Stadium on Friday.

Even a late recovery by home side on the final day of the three-day proved futile. Having resumed the day at a hopeless 96 for five, Nawabshah did well to reach 223 in their second innings due to a fighting knock of 59 by Waqar Ahmed.

Our Sports Reporter adds from Rawalpindi: Rain denied Islamabad what was a good opportunity for them to beat Lahore Greens in their match which ended in a draw at the KRL Stadium.

Islamabad were in a dominating position having gained a 114- run lead in the match on Wednesday’s opening day of the three-day match. However rain prevented play on Thursday and Friday.

Summarised scores:

*At Nawabshah Stadium, Nawabshah:

Karachi Greens beat Nawabshah by an innings and three runs.

NAWABSHAH 142 (Nasir Khan 28, Shahid Hussain 21, Abid Ali 20; Ariz Kamal 3-28, Zeeshan Essa 3-28, Faraz Ahmed 2-14, Adeel Malik 2-29) and 223 (Waqar Ahmed 59, Shahid Hussain 31, Kamran Qureshi 27, Farooq Ahmed 24, Nasir Khan 23; Ariz Kamal 3-38, Adeel Malik 2-44, Adnan Kalim 2-58);

KARACHI GREENS 368 (Ariz Kamal 93, Rashid Ali 73, Mir Rashid 60, Adnan Kalim 41, Nasir Aziz 41, Azmat Ali 35; Farooq Ahmed 5-71, Hafeez Ahmed 2-76)).

*At PCB Regional Academy Ground, Karachi:

Match drawn, no play on final day.

QUETTA 331-8 innings closed (Javed Iqbal 123, Naseem Khan 110, Abdul Rehman 25, Abdul Wali 20 not out; Mohtashim Ali 3-73, Shahbaz Bashir 2-49);

SIBI 112 (Afzal Shah 30, Khuda Bukhsh 28; Arun Lal 7-56, Abdul Rehman 3-32) and 200-5 (Afzal Shah 59, Haroon Ishaq 29, Mian Nafees 28 not out, Mohammad Naveed 26, Maqbool Ahmed 20 not out, Shahbaz Bashir 20; Naseer Khan 4-64).

*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

Match drawn, no play on last two days.

LAHORE GREENS 132 (Imran Qadir 29; Stephen John 7-54; Mohammad Altaf 2-28);

ISLAMABAD 246-1 (Ashar Zaidi 112 not out, Hammad-ul-Haq 96 not out).

*At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad:

Match drawn.

SUKKUR 193 (Aqeel Ahmed 119; Sharjeel Ali 5-53, Anwar Ali 3-45) and 261-8 (Mohammad Azam 119, Muzaffar Ali 44, Nadeem Samejo 35; Anwar Ali 3-63, Ramiz Abro 2-63, Haider Raza 2-69);

HYDERABAD 305-8 declared (Shamim Bashir 90, Kashif Jilani 64, Javed Shaikh 47, Hanif Malik 41 not out, Taj Wali 24; Khalid Sohail 4-112).

*At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Karachi:

Match drawn.

NASEERABAD 145 (Salman Khan 35, Talib Hussain 24; Nisar Niazi 4-48, Mohammad Amin 3-28, Kashif Habib 3-29) and 187-5 (Khurshid Malik 68, Meher Ali 36, Salman Khan 32; Mohammad Amin 2-30);

PISHIN 264 (Samiullah 117, Nisar Niazi 58, Salman Khan 28, Nasrullah 21; Wajihuddin 6-80, Jurial Jamali 2-62).

*At Shahi Bagh Ground, Shikarpur:

Larkana beat Thatta by 208 runs.

LARKANA 250 (Abdul Raheem 61 not out, Mohammad Hanif 53, Mohammad Siddique 42, Ali Nawaz 26; Mansoor 4-29, Naeem Qazi 3-51, Wussat Hussain 2-87) and 192-9 declared (Abdul Raheem 63, Zafar Ali 28, Ali Nawaz 24; Zulfiqar Ali 3-42, Mansoor 3-49, Wussat Hussain 2-43);

THATTA 147 (Faisal Athar 64, Adnan Ameer 38; Abdul Sattar 4-55, Abdul Raheem 3-46) and 87 (Wussat Hussain 32, Adnan Ameer 22; Mohammad Siddique 6-37, Abdul Raheem 3-17).