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| September 9, 2005 | Friday | Sha’aban 4, 1426 |
Afsar hits second century
KARACHI, Sept 8: Despite a century by Afsar Nawaz, his second in successive matches, Old Karachi Zone (formerly Zone-III) found themselves in trouble on the first day of the second round match of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Thursday.
Afsar made 103, which included 17 fours and one six, but his team only managed 258 all out against Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone (previously Zone-I). Off-spinner Tahir Khan (5-65) and slow left-armer Arif Mahmood (3-60) shared the bulk of wickets.
By stumps, Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone were sitting pretty at 82 without loss with Haris Ayaz batting on a 54-ball 63.
Leg-spinner Mohammad Ali Zafar grabbed five for 55 as Malir-Shah Faisal Zone (ex-Zone-IV) were dismissed for 201. But Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone (Zone-II) then found themselves in dire straits at 69 for four.
Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone (Zone-VII) scored 273 before Lamdhi-Korangi Zone (Zone-V) made 32 for one in reply.
Summarised scores:
At TMC Ground: MALIR-SHAH FAISAL ZONE 201 in 64.4 overs (Khalid Latif 56; Mohammad Ali Zafar 5-55); FEDERAL ‘B’ AREA-NEW KARACHI ZONE 69-4 in 27.1 overs.
At Students Sports Ground: OLD KARACHI ZONE 258 in 88.3 overs (Afsar Nawaz 103; Tahir Khan 5-65, Arif Mahmood 3-60); LIAQUATABAD-GULSHAN ZONE 82-0 in 14 overs (Haris Ayaz 63 not out).
At Asifabad Sports Ground: NAZIMABAD-ASIFABAD ZONE 273 in 84.4 overs (Farhan Iqbal 68, Matiur Rahman 40; Malik Aftab 4-68, Atif Maqbool 3-90); LANDHI-KORANGI ZONE 32-1 in 5 overs.
Our Sports Reporter adds from Islamabad: Matches in the Islamabad, Rawalpindi regions were all hit by rain.
There was no play on the opening day at the Diamond Ground where Islamabad were to face Gujrat while at the Army Ground the match between Mianwali and Attock also could not begin.
However, only 4.1 overs were possible at the ARL Ground where Chakwal were up against Jhelum. Play started as late as 1.00pm but with action barely having begun rain struck again to prevent any further play. Chakwal had scored eight runs.
The situation at the KRL Ground was only slightly better where 13.1 overs were bowled in which Azad Jammu and Kashmir managed 56 for three against Northern Areas.
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: North Zone Whites beat East Zone Blues by seven wickets in the Lahore region match.
North Zone Blues were in trouble against East Zone Blues for whom Rizwan Ahmed hit 138 in a total of 351. By close of play, North Zone Blues were 33-4.
Summarised scores:
North Zone Whites beat North Zone Blues by seven wickets. NORTH ZONE BLUES 172 in 46.1 overs (Azhar Ali 61; Jamshed Ahmed 4-52); NORTH ZONE WHITES 173-3 in 36.1 overs (Aamir Sajjad 69).
EAST ZONE BLUES 351 in 87.2 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 138, Intikhab Alam 82); NORTH ZONE BLUES 33-4 in 9 overs.
Scores of other regions:
Sialkot region:
GUJRANWALA 63-4 v SIALKOT.
HAFIZABAD 174 (Ali Akbar 73, Sohail 56; Farrukh 4-52); SHEIKHUPURA 27-0.
Multan region:
Rajanpur beat Layyah by two wickets. LAYYAH 72 (Imran Shah 4-25); RAJANPUR 75-8 (Zubair Khan 5-20).
Multan beat Vehari by seven wickets. VEHARI 84 (Naveed Yasin 50; Sajjad Hussain 3-40, Khurram 3-22); MULTAN 85-3.
Rahimyar Khan beat Dera Ghazi Khan by seven wickets. DERA GHAZI KHAN 147 (Aamir Akram 6-38); RAHIMYAR KHAN 150-3 (Adil Basit 53).
SAHIWAL 205-3 (Kashif Naveed 86, Naseem Abbas 50 not out) v KHANEWAL.
Bahawalpur beat Muzaffargarh by 10 wickets. MUZAFARGARH 140 (Tahir Maqsood 5-65, Maqbool Hussain 4-8); BAHAWALPUR 144-0 (Hammad Tariq 101 not out).
Faisalabad region:
KASUR 249-7 (M.K. Bhatti 73, Naved Ahmed 69) v BHAKKAR.
SARGODHA 216 (Abdul Mannan 56, Azhar Hussain 54; Shahid Ali 4-50) v FAISALABAD.
Our Correspondent adds from Hyderabad: Fine batting by Akram Khan (115) and Javed Khan (97) guided Hyderabad to 450 for eight against Badin in the Hyderabad region match.
Khairpur defeated Jacobabad by six wickets in the other fixture.
Summarised scores:
HYDERABAD 450-8 (Akram Khan 115, Javed Khan 97, Shoaib Leghari 82, Faisal Athar 63; Tasawwar 3-56 v BADIN.
Khairpur beat Jacobabad by six wickets thanks to an unbeaten 72 by Nisar Ahmed.
JACOBABAD 158 (Aftab Ahmed 36; Zohaib Ahmed 3-27, Mohammad Urs 3/20); KHAIRPUR 162-4 in 40.2 (Nisar Ahmed 72 not out, Mohammad Urs 47 not out).
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