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KARACHI, Oct 9: Saad Wasim struck a sparkling century that enabled KCCA Zone-VII claim three invaluable points in the drawn fixture of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Tournament on Thursday.
Saad stroked 22 fours and two sixes on his way to 149 as Zone-VII reached 362 for seven in their 90 overs of the innings in reply to Zone-II’s 293 at the Asifabad Sports Ground.
Young batting prodigy Faraz Patel, on the other hand, was unfortunate not to emulate Saad as he fell eight short of the three-figure mark. Faraz’s 92 contained a dozen boundaries and his fifth-wicket stand with Saad yielded 167 runs.
Zone-I also bagged three points after taking a first innings lead of 176 against Zone-V, who made 144 at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground. Off-spinner Asad Butt was the wrecker-in-chief for Zone-I with five for 19 in 13.4 overs.
Zone-III also secured first innings points after obtaining a 62-run lead over Zone-VI at the TMC Ground thanks to veteran slow left-armer Jaffar Qureshi who grabbed five wickets for 89 runs.
Summarised scores:
*At Asifabad Sports Ground, match drawn:
ZONE-II 293 (Atif Raza 69 not out, Naumanullah 66, Naveed Khan 43, Shahid Aslam 42, Imranullah 33; Mansoor Ahmed 6-100, Sharif Asadullah 3-68) and 19-1;
ZONE-VII 362-7 in 90 overs (Saad Wasim 149, Faraz Patel 92. Shairiyar Farrukh 23; Saeed bin Nasir 2-46, Wajahat Farooqui 2-50).
*At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, match drawn:
ZONE-I 320-8 (Rashid Ali 69 not out, Talha Khan 67, Wasim Naeem 63, Shahid Dawood 53; Anis Shaikh 2-88) and 69-1;
ZONE-V 144 in 58.4 overs (Zeeshan Pervez 66, Gohar Ali 22, Mansoor Ali 22; Asad Butt 5-19, Faisal Mirza 2-28, Fahim Ahmed 2-41).
*At TMC Ground, match drawn:
ZONE-III 275 (Zahid Ghauri 109, Agha Sabir 77, Tariq Rasheed 34; Irfanuddin 5-75, Imran Javed 2-46) and 49-2;
ZONE-VI 213 in 79.1 overs (Imran Javed 74, Waqar Kundi 45; Jaffar Qureshi 5-89, Wajihuddin 3-42, Fahad Khan 2-17).
Our Sports Reporter adds from Islamabad: Rain disrupted the match between Islamabad and Attock which ended in a draw as only 36.4 overs could be bowled on the final day.
Resuming the innings at the Shalimar Cricket Ground, Attock who were 27 for three, reached 123 for seven when play ended.
At the Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi and Jhelum also drew their match which began at 2.30pm.
Summarised scores:
*At Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad:
ISLAMABAD 219;
ATTOCK 123-7 (Nusrat Khan 63; Rao Iftikhar 4-33, Rauf Akbar 2- 23). Match drawn.
*At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi:
JHELUM 252;
RAWALPINDI 131-2 in 39 overs (Naveed Qureshi 51 not out, Sohail Nasir 47). Match drawn.
*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:
CHAKWAL 213 and 133-6 (Sultan Mahmood 52 not out, Abdul Shakoor 2-29, Hammad Ali 2-44);
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 342 (Zia Naqvi 89, Afaq Raheem 74, Nayyar Abbasi 74 not out; Sultan Mahmood 4-67, Falak Sher 3-86, Akhtar Abbas 2-89). Match drawn.
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: All three matches of the Lahore region ended without producing conclusive results.
Summarised scores:
*At Model Town Club Ground, match drawn:
WEST ZONE WHITES 344-7 decl in 60 overs and 220-3 (Adnan Raza 101 not out, Khurram Siddique 77 not out);
NORTH ZONE WHITES 187 in 47.5 overs (Raza Ali 86, Mohammad Siddique 60; Azam Khan 3-56, Nazir Ahmed 3-70, Khurram Siddique 3-44).
*At LCCA Ground, match drawn:
NORTH ZONE BLUES 413-7 in 90 overs (Taufiq Umar 79, Ashfaq Ahmed 67, Kamran Sajid 64, Shahid Rauf 55 not out, Rana Aun Ashraf 52, Adnan Usman 26; Irfan Sohail 4-71, Mohammad Saeed 2-89);
EAST ZONE WHITES 262-9 in 78 overs (Atif Ijaz 114, Faisal Mahmood 23, Zaheer Maqsood 34 not out; Irfan Fazil 3-76).
*At Mughulpura Institute Ground, match drawn:
WEST ZONE BLUES 128 and 239-1 (Rashid Riaz 123, Ashraf Ali 101);
EAST ZONE BLUES 154 and 114-0 (Masood Alam 53 not out, Kashif Nizami 52 not out).
Our Correspondent adds from Abbottabad: Swat gained first innings points after their Pool ‘C’ match against Abbottabad ended in a tame draw at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.
Summarised scores:
ABBOTTABAD 212 (Rashid Taj 59, Waqar Aurakzai 37, Nasir Iqbal 27; Jalaluddin 4-25, Mohammad Ikram 3-29);
SWAT 311 (Jalaluddin 93, Mohammad Ikram 87, Shujaat Ali Khan 38; Nasir Jalil 5-129).
