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| July 22, 2003 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1424 |
Atif hits century in drawn tie
LAHORE, July 21: All three matches in the PCB Under-19 Inter-district Cricket Tournament of Lahore Region ended in a draw at different grounds on Monday. At LCCA Ground, an unbeaten century by Atif Ijaz enabled East Zone Whites earn a 111-run lead in a drawn game against North Zone Blues by accumulating a first innings total of 246 for seven declared in 70 overs.
Batting first, North Zone Blues scored 135 in the first innings.
Atif faced 206 balls to score 131 with 16 boundaries and a six. Azafar Zaidi (48) and Asif Ijaz (31) were the others main contributors.
North Zone Blues were 12 for two in second innings when the rains started, making the further play impossible.
Fine bowling by pacer Sajjad Khan (four for 57) helped West Zone Whites to end their drawn game against North Zone Whites with an upper hand at the Gaddafi Stadium. Sajjad’s tidy bowling had reduced West Zone Whites to 215 for eight in 58 overs, while chasing North Zone Whites first innings total of 268 before the rains stopped any further proceedings and both the teams shared points.
A magnificent century by Abid Ali and later fine leg spinners by Azhar Ali guided West Zone Blues to force East Zone Blues to follow-on in the match which later ended in draw at the Mughalpura Institute Ground.
West Zone Blues scored 254 for eight declared in 74 overs after resuming at 133 for four. Abid hit 13 fours and one six to score 186-ball 111. Leg-spinner Hamza Naseer took four for 72 while off-spinner Waseem Ashraf snared three for 60.
East Zone Blues made a poor reply when they were shot out for 80 in 34.1 overs. Azhar picked up four for only 18.
After follow-on, East Zone Blues were 67 for one in 26 overs.
Summarised scores:
*At LCCA Ground, match drawn.
NORTH ZONE BLUES 135 in 63.1 overs (Mahroz Khan 44, Asif Yousaf 24; Usman Malik 4-49, Atif Ijaz 3-4).And 12 for two in 6 overs;
EAST ZONE WHITES 246-7 decl in 70 overs (Atif Ijaz 131 not out, Azfar Zaidi 48, Asif Ijaz 31; Jamshed Ahmed 4-65).
*At Gaddafi Stadium, match drawn.
NORTH ZONE WHITES 268 in 88.3 overs (Waqas Tariq 50, Owais Mushal 47, Ahmed Liaqat 25, Fahim Tayyab 27; Salman Akbar 5-65, Ahmed Nasim 3-77);
WEST ZONE WHITES 215-8 in 58 overs (Adnan Raza 56, Yasir Jamshed 55, Zeeshan Sadiq 26, Khalid Bashir 24 not out; Sajjad Khan 4-57, Ahmad Hayat 2-52).
*At Mughalpura Institute, match drawn.
WEST ZONE BLUES 254-8 decl in 74 overs (Abid Ali 111, Sohail Ahmed 33, Wahab Riaz 24, Muhammad Sohail 22; Hamza Naseer 4-72, Waseem Ashraf 3-60);
EAST ZONE BLUES 80 in 34.1 overs (Arshad Munir 26, Ahmed Butt 23; Azhar Ali 4-18, Wahab Riaz 2-11) and 67-1 in 26 overs (Qasim Munir 33 not out, Arshad Munir 28 not out).
Our Correspondent adds from Hyderabad: The match between Hyderabad and Badin ended in a draw at Niaz Stadium.
Hyderabad were all out for 155 in 59 overs with Shoaib Leghari scoring 39. Right arm medium-pacer, Mohammad Danish claimed four for 28.
Badin, who made 90 in the first innings, scored 110 for five in their second innings with Mohammad Danish making 37.
Sufyan Ali captured three for 28.
Our Sports Reporter adds from Rawalpindi: All three matches in the Rawalpindi region were washed out on the second day because of heavy overnight rain that left the grounds unplayable.
Islamabad were playing Attock and Jhelum were pitted against Rawalpindi with Azad Jammu Kashmir taking on Chakwal. But rain meant that all teams earned a nought.
Summarised scores:
At Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: Azad Jammu Kashmir 295-7 in 63.4 overs (Raja Shafa 120, Javed Iqbal 47, Noman Anwar 30, Ehtisham Qadeer 29; Muhammad Zubair 3-28, Muhammad Younis 2- 53);
CHAKWAL 116-5 in 31 overs (Jehanzeb 33, Muhammad IBrahim 27, Abdul Ghafoor 23; Irfan Talib 3-11, Mujtaba Gardezi 2-37)
At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi; JHELUM 218 in 68.5 overs (Muhammad Aqeel 65, Qasim Maqbool 38, Rashid Mahmood 35; Usman Saeed 3-39, Khurrum Shahzad 2-9, Rizwan Akbar 2-32, Khalid Mushtaq 2-80);
RAWALPINDI 101-3 in 30 overs (Waqas Zafar 41, Faisal Butt 31; Qasim Maqbool 2-38)
At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: ISLAMABAD 220 in 61.4 overs (Fayyaz Ahmed 56, Danish Hanif 51, Imran Fazal 31, Rana Ijaz 28; Nusrat Khan 5-31, Najamul Hassan 2-19);
ATTOCK 141-3 in 33 overs (Saqib Shah 40, Raja Naveed 31 not out, Najamul Hasan 21).
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