October 13, 2003	Monday	Sha'aban 16, 1424

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KARACHI, Oct 12: Ashraf Ali scored a defiant century as the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Tournament match between Zone-V and Zone-II ended in a predictable draw on Sunday.

Ashraf hit 14 boundaries in scoring 102 as Zone-V made 264 in response to Zone-II’s first innings total of 330 on the second and final day of the game at the TMC Ground.

Off-spinner Shahmir Khattak captured five for 58 in 30.2 overs.

The remaining two matches of the Karachi region in this meaningless tournament were also drawn.

Summarised scores:

*At TMC Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-II 330-8 (Saeed bin Nasir 211, Atif Ali Zaidi 67; Rizwan Saeed 4-61, Zeeshan Aziz 2-101);

ZONE-V 264 in 89.2 overs (Ashraf Ali 102, Saqib Zia 45, Rizwan Saeed 34, Mubashir Ahmed 23; Shahmir Khattak 5-58, Atif Raza 2-65).

*At Student Cricket Ground, match drawn:

ZONE-I 344-9 (Salman 74, Amin-ur-Rehman 64, Wasim Naeem 62, Rashid Ali 44, Fahim Ahmed 44, Faisal Mirza 20 not out; Mansoor Baig 3-26, Irfanuddin 3-89, Ijaz Ahmed 2-74);

ZONE-VI 258-8 in 90 overs (Ashfaq Shafi 85, Tariq Haroon 30, Faraz Ahmed Khan 29, Naeem Ahmed Khan 20; Tahir Khan 4-75, Fahim Ahmed 3-100).

*At Asifabad Sports Ground, match drawn;

ZONE-VII 264 (Iqbal Shaikh 74, Hasan Raza 41, Daniyal Ahsan 41, Faraz Patel 40; Fawwad Alam 5-20, Khurram Manzoor 2-13, Azam Hussain 2-101) and 113-1 (Hasan Raza 55 not out, Daniyal Ahsan 38);

ZONE-IV 308 in 77.3 overs (Khalid Latif 56, Aaley Haider 56, Fawwad Alam 37 not out, Rehan Hasan 36, Saad Siddique 30, Nasir Aziz 29, Khurram Manzoor 23, Azam Hussain 20; Raheel Waris 4-77, Mansoor Ahmed 4-122).