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| September 10, 2005 | Saturday | Sha’aban 5, 1426 |
Hurricane century by Ashraf helps Zone-V to victory
KARACHI, Sept 9: Ashraf Ali blasted a brilliant hurricane century to help Zone V trounce Zone VII by seven wickets in the two-day match of PCB Inter-district Senior cricket tournament (Karachi Region) on Friday at Asifabad Sports ground. Chasing a target of 276 runs, earlier set by Zone VII on day one, the winners achieved it easily losing only three wickets. Ashraf smashed 19 boundaries and four sixes in his match-winning innings of 146.
He got good support from Mohtashim who also played well for his 71. Wajid Ali (19) hit the winning run.
Summarized scores:
At Asifabad Sports Ground Zone V beat Zone III by seven wickets. Zone VII 275 in 84.4 overs (Farhan Iqbal 68, Matiur Rehman 40, Iqbal Sheikh 37, Asad Iqbal 36; Malik Aftab 4-68, Atif Maqbool 3-90, Adnan Malik 2-64) ZONE V 276-3 in 53.2 overs (Ashraf Ali 146, Mohammad Zafar 19, Mohtashim Ali 71, Wajid Ali 17*, Akbar Rehman 11*).
At Students Sports Ground: Zone I beat Zone III by seven wickets ZONE III 258 in 88.3 overs (Afsar Nawaz 103, Agha Sabir Ali 34, Saad Omar 27, Rajesh Ramesh 23; Arif Khan 5-65, Arif Mahmood 3-60) ZONE I 262-3 in 68.5 overs (Salman Khan 56, Haris Ayaz 88, Wasim Naeem 54, Mansoor Khan 17*, Tariq Haroon 36*; Ijaz Ahmed 2-77).
At TMC Ground Zone II beat Zone IV by five wickets ZONE IV 201 in 64.4 overs (Khalid Latif 56, Mohammad Bilal 34, Nasir Aziz 28; Mohammad Ali Zafar 5-55, Asim Zaidi 2-42) ZONE II 202-5 in 47.2 overs (Naveed Khan 77, Fawad Alam 68, Hasan Saud 24, Farman Shah 2-38, Rashid Hanif 2-40).
Our Islamabad Sport Reporter adds: Farrukh Hayat struck an unbeaten 65 on Friday as Islamabad crushed Gujrat by six wickets at the Diamond ground.
With no play possible on the opening day Thursday, Islamabad dismissed Gujrat for 144 in this match reduced to 50-overs-a- side. Abdur Rehman was the top scorer with 49 not out.
Islamabad overhauled the Gujrat total in only 24.5 overs losing four wickets. Besides Farrukh’s fine innings Ameer Khan (37) and Bilal Asad (25 not out) did well with the bat. Ahmed Jahanzeb picked up two wickets.
At the Army Cricket Ground the match between Mianwali and Attock could not get under way after the opening day washout. There was also no play at the ARL Ground where Chakwal were up against Jhelum.
Chakwal had scored eight runs for no loss on Thursday in 4.1 overs.
Summarized scores. Islamabad beat Gujrat by six wickets Gujrat 144 in 49.4 overs (Abdur Rehman 49 not out, Soaib Faisal 28; Asim Aqeel Rana 3-42, Safdar Niazi 3-33; Rauf Akbar 2- 13); Islamabad 146-4 in 24.5 overs (Farrukh Hayat 65 not out, Ameer Khan 37,
Bilal Asad 25 not out; Ahmed Jahanzeb 2-42).
At Army Cricket Ground Rawalpindi: Mianwali v Attock (no play)
At ARL Ground Rawalpindi: Chakwal 8-0 in 4.1 overs v Jhelum. (no play on second day).
Summarized scores:
District Swat 180 in 59.2 overs ( Shujaat Ali 51, Jamiluddin 49, Amjad Ali 21; Haseebullah 3-40, Abdul Rehman 3-38)
Charsadda 181 for six wickets in 36.1 overs (Faisal Kamal 55, Salam Khan 78).
APP Adds from Peshawar: Junior World Cup allrounder Jan Nisar ripped through Nowshera batting to bowl Peshawar to a convincing eight-wicket victory in the two-day PCB Senior Inter-district Cricket championship played at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium onFriday.
Young Jan Nisar claimed five wickets for 19 runs in his five overs spell and restricted Nowshera to 87.
Summarized scores:
Peshawar bt Nowshera by eight wickets
Nowshera 87 in 25.5 overs (Akrar Badshah 17, Salim Elahi 13; Jan Nisar 5-19, Kamran Ali 2-16)
Peshawar 88 for two wickets in 18 overs (Fayyaz smashed 58 not out, Riffatulllah 28; Rizwanullah 2-23).
Fata beat Dera Ismail Khan by three wickets.
Dera Ismail Khan 158 in 40.5 (Ghulam Muhammad 50, Muhammad 21; Dilawar Khan 7-33)
Fata 159 for seven wickets in 48.4 overs (Riaz Khail 33, Nasim Ashraf 25, 19, Hussain 16 not out; Hafiz Rehman 3-53, Anwar Khan 3-28).
Our Hyderabad Bureau Reports: Hyderabad beat Badin by 358.
HYDERABAD 450-8 (Akram Khan 115, Javed Khan 97, Shoaib Leghari 82, Faisal Athar 63, Haneef Malik 37; Tasawur 3-56, Salman 2-98)
BADIN 92 (Asif Iqbal 57, Abdullah Ansari 21; Sufiyan Ali 4-23, Noman Ali 3-0, Shoaib Leghari 2-9).
Our Lahore Correspondent adds:
Summarized scores:
East Zone Whites beat West Zone Whites by seven wickets.
WEST ZONE WHITES 190 in 66.1 overs (Anwar Hafeez 100). EAST ZONE WHITES 192 for three, 40.1 overs (Imran Qadir 62, Kashif Nizami 49).
East Zone Blues vs North Zone Blues, drawn.
EAST ZONE BLUES 351 in 87.2 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 138). NORTH ZONE BLUES 178 for nine (Sajid Aziz 6-34).
Sheikhupura beat Hafizabad by nine wickets, Sheikhupura Stadium. HAFIZABAD 174 in 70 overs (Ali Akbar 73, Sohail Chatha 56; Farrukh 4-52). SHEIKHUPURA 176 for one, 47.1 overs (Qamar Shahzad 82 not out, Hamid Hayat 52 not out).
Bahawalnagar vs Okara, draw, Gymkhana Ground, Okara. BAHAWALNAGAR 241 in 72.4 overs (Sharafat Ali 61, Majid Majeed 55). OKARA 124 for one (Nazir Ahmed 58).
Kasur vs Bhakhar, draw, at Jhang. KASUR 249 for seven (Munawar Khan Bhatti 73, Naved Ahmed 69).
Sargodha vs Faisalabad, draw, Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad. SARGODHA 216 in 66.3 overs (Abdul Manan 56, Azhar Hussain 54; Shahid Ali 4-50).
FAISALABAD 196 for seven wickets in 47 overs (Sadiq Hussain 65).
Sialkot vs Gujranwala , draw, Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot.
GUJRANWALA 173 for eight in 49 overs (Kamran Younis 62; Zaman Haider 4-39).
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