ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Islamabad and Rawalpindi emerged winners in the opening round of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Tuesday. Islamabad handed Azad Jammu and Kashmir a 244-run defeat with Raheel Majeed taking five for 40.

The visitors were dismissed for 225 replying to Islamabad’s opening day’s score of 469-7. Fahad Akram struck 89 followed by Irfan Tariq who contributed 49.

Rawalpindi, 84-3 overnight, completed a five-wicket victory over Jhelum who had been bowled out on Monday for only 126.

Sohail Nasir cracked an unbeaten 65 for the hosts who needed almost 52 overs to overhaul Jhelum total.

Summarised scores:

At Diamond Cricket ground: Islamabad beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 244 runs.

ISLAMABAD 469-7 in 90 overs (Ameer Khan 127, Raheel Majeed 75, Mohammad Shahzad 73, Fayyaz Ahmed 69, Bilal Asad 65); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 225 in 54.5 overs (Fahad Akram 89, Irfan Tariq 49; Raheel Majeed 5-40).

At Army Cricket ground: Rawalpindi beat Jhelum by five wickets. JHELUM 126 in 60.5 overs (Sohail Tanvir 4-30, Yasim Murtaza 3-28); RAWALPINDI 127-5 in 51.5 overs (Sohail Nasir 65 not out).

Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: Adnan Malik and Ijaz Ahmed completed good all-round performances to help their respective teams win in the Karachi region matches.

Adnan followed his six-wicket haul on Monday by scoring an unbeaten 41 as Zone-V (renamed on Tuesday as Landhi-Korangi Zone as per PCB instructions) defeated Zone-VI (now to be known as North Nazimabad-Orangi) by four wickets.

Ijaz, who scored a half-century the previous day, captured six for 57 to help Zone-III (Old Karachi Zone) crush Zone-IV (Malir-Shah Faisal Zone) by 168 runs.

In the remaining fixture, Zone-I (Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone) scored a comfortable 134-run victory over Zone-II (Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone).

Summarised scores:

At Pak Star ground: Zone-III beat Zone-IV by 134 runs. ZONE-III 366-7 in 90 overs (Afsar Nawaz 152 not out, Agha Sabir 80, Ijaz Ahmed 55); ZONE-IV 232 in 72.1 overs (Khalid Latif 71, Ariz Kamal 51; Ijaz Ahmed 6-57).

At Students Sports ground: Zone-I beat Zone-II by 168 runs. ZONE-I 362 in 89.3 overs (Tahir Khan 149, Arif Mahmood 68, Faisal Mirza 48; M. Ali Zafar 3-145); ZONE-II 194 in 57.1 overs (Naved Khan 62, Fawad Alam 61; Abdul Qadir 4-23).

At TMC ground: Zone-V beat Zone-VI by four wickets. ZONE-VI 231 in 68.1 overs (Shahid Latif 66, Fahadullah 54, Waqas Haroon 46; Adnan Malik 6-56); ZONE-V 233-6 in 64.2 overs (Wajid Ali 43, Adnan Malik 41 not out).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: East Zone Whites trounced East Zone Blues by 280 runs in the Lahore region.

In the other match, despite a fine knock of 75 by Wahab Riaz, West Zone Blues went down by 36 runs against West Zone Whites.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

East Zone West beat East Zone Blues by 280 runs. EAST ZONE WHITES 484 (Shahnawaz Malik 158, Jahangir Mirza 96, Fahadul Haq 83; Sajjad Aziz 6-168); EAST ZONE BLUES 204 in 39.1 overs.

West Zone Whites beat West Zone Blues by 36 runs. WEST ZONE WHITES 318-7 in 90 overs (Ali Hussain 88); WEST ZONE BLUES 282 in 72.4 overs (Wahab Riaz 75).

Faisalabad region:

Mandi Bahauddin beat Hafizabad by 205 runs. MANDI BAHAUDDIN 289 in 86 overs (Khawaja Bilal 64, Majid Iqbal 54); HAFIZABAD 84 in 47 overs (Adil Raza 5-27).

Kasur beat Jhang by 134 runs. KASUR 341-8 in 90 overs (Naveed Ahmed 109, Shahid 4-59); JHANG 207 (Farrukh Nawaz 105; Imran Khalid 4-29).

Sialkot region:

Sialkot beat Sheikhupura by six wickets. SHEIKHUPURA 273 in 67.3 overs (Nawaz Sardar 62; Adeel Malik 5-115); SIALKOT 275-4 in 70.2 overs (Inamul Haq 79, Shoaib Malik 62 not out).

Multan region:

Okara beat Khanewal by 89 runs. OKARA 285 in 63.5 overs (Mohammad Ramzan 68, Rizwan Haider 59; Arshad Iqbal 5-79); KHANEWAL 196 in 67.1 overs.

Islamabad region:

Gujrat beat Northern Areas by 405 runs. GUJRAT 517-9 in 90 overs (Sohaib Faisal 208, Usman Ashraf 127; Masood Ahmed 5-128); NORTHERN AREAS 112 in 36.3 overs (Asadullah 50).

Our Correspondent adds from Hyderabad: Centuries by Rizwan Ahmed, Farrukh Shaikh and Shoaib Leghari powered Hyderabad to a convincing victory over Sanghar the Hyderabad region Pool ‘B’ match at Niaz Stadium.

Hyderabad amassed 486 in 88.4 overs with Rizwan making 159, Farrukh 115 and Shoaib 107.

Athar Mahmood claimed four for 151.

Sanghar, in reply, mustered 293 in 64.3 overs.

Summarised scores:

Hyderabad beat Sanghar by 193 runs. HYDERABAD 486 in 88.4 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 159, Farrukh Shaikh 115, Shoaib Leghari 107; Athar Mahmood 4-151); SANGHAR 293 in 64.3 overs (Sohail Ahmed 57, Kashif Pervez 50, Athar Mahmood 43; Farhan Khan 3-41).