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| September 15, 2005 | Thursday | Sha’aban 10, 1426 |
Khalid blasts century in district event
KARACHI, Sept 14: A blistering century by former Pakistan under-19 captain Khalid Latif inspired Malir-Shah Faisal Zone to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone on the first day of the fourth round Karachi region matches in the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Wednesday.
Khalid smacked 11 sixes and seven fours in scoring 117 off just 80 balls as Malir-Shah Faisal Zone overhauled Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone’s total of 235 in only 30.2 overs.
Wasim Naeem also reached three-figure when he made 101 (15 fours ands one six) to help Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone score 222 against North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone, who were struggling at 55 for four.
Off-spinner Atif Maqbool and slow left-armer Adnan Malik picked up five wickets each as Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone accumulated 284 against Landhi-Korangi Zone.
Summarised scores:
At Asifabad Sports Ground: Malir-Shah Faisal Zone beat Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone by seven wickets.
NAZIMABAD-ASIFABAD ZONE 235 in 62.1 overs (Mohammad Gul 88, Asad Iqbal 49 not out, Iqbal Shaikh 44; Sajid Younis 3-50, Azam Hussain 3-64); MALIR-SHAH FAISAL ZONE 236-3 in 30.2 overs (Khalid Latif 117, Khurram Manzoor 59, Nasir Aziz 49; Asad Butt 3-52).
At TMC Ground: FEDERAL ‘B’ AREA-NEW KARACHI ZONE 284 in 88.4 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 88, Fawad Alam 48; Atif Maqbool 5-84, Adnan Malik 5-114); LANDHI-KORANGI ZONE 3-1 in 3.1 overs.
At Students Sports Ground: LIAQUATABAD-GULSHAN ZONE 222 in 60.1 overs (Wasim Naeem 101; Irfanuddin 4-55); NORTH NAZIMABAD-ORANGI ZONE 55-4 in 27 overs (Tahir Khan 3-9).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Play was curtailed in all three fourth round matches of the Lahore region because of rain.
Only 10 overs could be bowled in the match between North Zone Whites and West Zone Whites at the Railways Stadium Lahore in which the former were 27 for no loss.
East Zone Whites were 61 for five against North Zone Blues at the Mughalpura Institute Ground, Lahore when the rains stopped the play.
East Zone Blues had collected 62 for three against West Zone Blues at the LCCA ground before the stoppage.
Summarised scores:
Lahore region:
At Railways Stadium: NORTH ZONE WHITES 27-0 v WEST ZONE WHITES.
At Mughalpura Institute Ground: EAST ZONE WHITES 61-5 v NORTH ZONE BLUES.
At LCCA Ground: EAST ZONE BLUES 62-3 in 28 overs v WEST ZONE BLUES.
Sialkot region:
At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot beat Hafizabad by five wickets.
HAFIZABAD 142 (Kashif Dawood 5-42); SIALKOT 143-5 (Inamul Haq 53; Imran Abbas 3-36).
Faisalabad region:
At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: FAISALABAD 490-6 (Sabir Hussain 148 not out, Hasnain Haider 76, Kamran Naeem 52, Mohammad Zahid 51, Sibtain Badar 67) v JHANG.
Multan region:
At Mahmood Stadium, Rahimyar Khan: LAYYAH 161 (Ziaur Rehman 5-57); RAHIMYAR KHAN 40-2.
At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: MULTAN 91-3 v OKARA.
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