KARACHI, Oct 6: Left-hander Mohammad Ghazan missed out scoring a century by just two runs in the latest round of the PCB Inter-district cricket tournament matches which concluded on Monday.

Ghazan’s 98 which included 11 boundaries, however, helped KCCA Zone-IV gain first innings points over Zone-I in the two-day drawn tie at the Student Cricket Ground. Zone-IV eventually made 330 in 89.5 overs in reponse to Zone-I’s 213.

Zone-I then batted out the remaining time to reach 30 for two in their second innings.

Zone-VI earned a 75-run lead on the first innings over Zone-VII in their game at the Asifabad Sports Ground.

Batting first, Zone-VI amassed 359 for nine in their allotted quota of 90 overs with Imran Javed (92), Rizwan Qureshi (86) and Mansoor Baig (71) being the chief scorers.

Zone-VII, in reply, were bowled out for 284 in 73 overs despite half-centuries by opener Khurram Ibrahim (62) and Iqbal Shaikh (51).

Young Irfanuddin took the bowling honours by picking up four for 83 while fellow off-spinner Aftab Ahmed claimed three for 41.

Zone-VI lost second innings wickets in scoring 35 as the match petered out in a dull draw.

Zone-III were the other side to clinch three points after obtaining a lead of 79 runs against Zone-II at the TMC Ground.

Summarised scores:

*At Student Cricket Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-I 213 in 77.5 overs (Wasim Naeem 62, Tahir Khan 43, Talha Khan 27; Azam Hussain 4-50, Nasir Aziz 2-23, Atif Maqbool 2-93) and 30-2 (Azam Hussain 2-10);

ZONE-IV 330- in 89.5 overs (Mohammad Ghazan 98, Khurram Manzoor 58, Arshad Azam 50, Khalid Latif 26, Hafiz Ahmed 25; Fahim Ahmed Sr 4-87, Nasir Khan 3-85, Tahir Khan 3-99).

*At Asifabad Sports Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-VI 359-9 in 90 overs (Imran Javed 92, Rizwan Qureshi 86, Mansoor Baig 71, Fahad Anjum 35, Faraz Ahmed 34; Mansoor Ahmed 3-79, Sharif Asadullah 3-88, Faraz Patel 2-41) and 35-2.

ZONE-VII 284 in 73 overs (Khurram Ibrahim 62, Iqbal Shaikh 51, Daniyal Ahsan 46, Mansoor Ahmed 31, Saad Wasim 22; Irfanuddin 4-83, Aftab Ahmed 3-41).

*At TMC Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-III 242-9 in 90 overs (Mohammad Imran 54 not out, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 39, Tariq Rasheed 34; Atif Raza 3-71, Imranullah 2-46, Naumanullah 2-54) and 66-1 (Agha Sabir 35 not out, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 23 not out);

ZONE-II 163 in 69.4 overs (Saif Ashraf 44, Naveed Khan 34, Imranullah 20; Abdul Qadir 3-27, Haris Ayaz 3-51).

APP adds from Peshawar: Right-arm fast bowler Riaz Afridi finished with a match bag of nine for 70 as Fata secured an easy 10-wicket victory over Afghanistan at the University Ground.

Riaz bowled with hostility to scuttle the visitors’ first innings for 135 with splendid figures of six for 50 in 18 overs. He then took three for 20 in the second knock as Afghanistan limped to 154 all out after being forced to follow on.

Muhammad Nabi was the only Afghan batsman to show grit and determination in making a rapid 78 off only 81 balls.

Earlier, Fata, who won the toss and elected to bat, piled up 248 in their first innings. Almar Khan hit 13 boundaries and two sixes on his way to 89. Asmatullah was the other main scorer with 59 that contained five hits to the ropes.

Needing a meagre 41 for victory, Fata reached their target easily.

Summarised scores:

Fata beat Afghanistan by 10 wickets:

FATA 248 (Almar Khan 89, Asmatullah Khan 59, Naveed Ahmed 26, Abid Afridi 22, Mohammad Siddique 20; Mohammad Alam 3-87, Muhammad Nabi 2-25, Hasti Gul 2-52) and 42-0;

AFGHANISTAN 135 (Nowroze Mangal 41, Raees Khan 21; Riaz Afridi 6-50, Dilawar Khan 3-37) and 154 (Muhammad Nabi 78; Dilawar Khan 4-29, Riaz Afridi 3-20, Mohammad Shakeel 2-41).