June 15, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1426

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ISLAMABAD, June 14: Promising Hammad Kiyani’s unbeaten century spurred Islamabad to a five-wicket victory against Jhelum in the PCB National Under-19 Championship on Tuesday at the Diamond Cricket Ground. Hammad, who had also cracked a century in the previous game against Attock, hit 118 off 132 balls with 18 boundaries.

Islamabad, 77-3 at the start of the day, owed victory to Hammad who along with Naeem Anjum (76) shared a fifth wicket stand that yielded 142 runs.

Atif Shahzad was the top Jhelum wicket-taker with three for 80.

Rawalpindi flogged Chakwal by 423 runs at the Rawalpindi Stadium, right arm paceman Mohammad Farrukh being the wrecker-in-chief with six for 46.

Replying to Rawalpindi’s mammoth 545, Chakwal were bundled out for only 122 in 35.5 overs with Mohammad Jamshed making 44.

Summarised scores:

At Diamond Cricket Ground: Islamabad beat Jhelum by five wickets.

JHELUM 276 in 73.5 overs (Shahid Imran 82 not out, Gibran Azam 77; Imad Waseem 4-74, Sudheer Khan 3-45); ISLAMABAD 277-5 in 65.5 overs (Hammad Kiyani 118 not not, Naeem Anjum 76, Imran Fazil 39; Atif Shahzad 3-80)

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Chakwal by 423 runs.

RAWALPINDI 545 in 83.4 overs (Nauman Ali 172, Mohammad Ibrahim 122, Asif Khan 54; Mohammad Yasir 4-98); CHAKWAL 122 in 35.5 overs (Mohammad Jamshed 44; Mohammad Farrukh 6-46, Mohammad Ramiz 3-40).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Ali Abbas scored an unbeaten century to propel West Zone Whites to a seven-wicket win against East Zone Blues.

Opener Abbas struck a 182-ball 106 with 18 fours and one six. He added 158 for the unbroken fourth-wicket stand with Shahab Basharat, who made 86 with 11 fours and two sixes as West Zone Whites reached 299 for three in 52 overs, after resuming the innings at 25-0.

Skipper Nasir Jamshed blasted 120 to guide West Zone Blues to an eight-wicket victory over North Zone Blues.

Nasir, who slammed 14 boundaries in his 142-ball knock, shared an unfinished third-wicket partnership of 130 with Usman Salahuddin (58).

Half-centuries by Waqas Ahmed, Abid Ali and Ahmed Butt steered East Zone Whites to a six-wicket win over North Zone Whites in a high-scoring match.

Waqas remained top-scorer with 84 (12 fours, one six), Abid scored 80 (nine fours) and Ahmed Butt an unbeaten 73 (10 fours), as East Zone Whites overhauled a challenging winning total of 338 for the loss of four wickets in 76 overs, after resuming at 14 for no loss.

Summarised scores:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: East Zone Whites beat North Zone Whites by six wickets.

NORTH ZONE WHITES 337-9 in 90 overs (Mehroz Khan 117, Sunny Irshad 62, Umar Munawwar 51; Usman Malik 5-97); EAST ZONE WHITES 338-4 in 76 overs (Waqas Ahmad 84, Abid Ali 80, Ahmed Butt 73 not out).

At Model Town Greens Ground: West Zone Blues beat North Zone Blues by eight wickets.

NORTH ZONE BLUES 229 in 62.5 overs (Irfan Pathan 59; Ghulam Mustafa 5-81); WEST ZONE BLUES 232-2 in 50 overs (Nasir Jamshed 120 not out, Usman Salahuddin 56 not out).

At Model Town Club Ground: West Zone Whites beat East Zone Blues by seven wickets.

EAST ZONE BLUES 298 in 81.2 overs (Mohammad Shafiq 65; Awais Asif 5-68); WEST ZONE WHITES 299-3 in 62 overs (Ali Abbas 106, Shahab Basharat 86).

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