KARACHI, Sept 17: A superb unbeaten century by Daniyal Ahsan increased Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone’s hopes of winning the Karachi region title of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Saturday.

Daniyal hammered 107 as the second-placed side piled up 340 for nine in their allotted 90 overs against Old Karachi Zone. The youngster’s 159-ball innings contained four fours and one six. Opener Naveed Khan also batted well to hit six fours and two sixes in making 73 off 113 balls.

Meanwhile, Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone, currently on top of the standings, suffered a huge reversal to their title hopes as they limped to 140 for seven in chasing a target of 206 against Malir-Shah Faisal Zone. Slow left-armer Azam Hussain caused the damage by grabbing four for 44.

Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone were on their way to victory after reaching 121 for two in response to 193 made by North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone. Leg-spinner Raheel Waris excelled with figures of four for 48.

Summarised scores:

At TMC Ground: FEDERAL ‘B’ AREA-NEW KARACHI ZONE 340-9 in 90 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 107, Naveed Khan 73, Fawad Alam 44) v OLD KARACHI ZONE.

At Students Sports Ground: MALIR-SHAH FAISAL ZONE 205 in 66.1 overs (Mohammad Farrukh 54); LIAQUATABAD-GULSHAN ZONE 140-7 in 33.3 overs (Azam Hussain 4-44).

At Asifabad Sports Ground: NORTH NAZIMABAD-ORANGI ZONE 193 in 55.4 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 40; Raheel Waris 4-48, Asad Butt 3-41); NAZIMABAD-ASIFABAD ZONE 121-2 in 34 overs.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Former Test paceman Irfan Fazil took four for 26 as North Zone Whites carved out a six-wicket win over East Zone Whites in the Lahore region fixture.

A fine opening stand of 103 between Kashif Rasheed (96, 12 fours) and Adnan Butt (54) helped North Zone Blues score 296 against West Zone Blues. Leg-spinner Azhar Ali finished with five for 76.

By close of play West Zone Blues were 15 for one.

East Zone Blues collected 275 against West Zone Whites.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

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

EAST ZONE WHITES 134 in 32.5 overs (Humayun Farhat 65; Irfan Fazil 4-26); NORTH ZONE WHITES 137-4 in 16.2 overs (Aamir Sajjad 45).

At Railways Stadium: NORTH ZONE BLUES 296 in 64.5 overs (Kashif Rasheed 96, Adnan Butt 54, Khalid Hussain 53; Azhar Ali 5-76); EAST ZONE BLUES 65-1.

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: WEST ZONE BLUES 275 in 84.5 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 56, S. Alam 62); WEST ZONE WHITES 7-0.

Multan region:

At Mahmood Stadium, Rahimyar Khan: Rahimyar Khan beat Muzaffargarh by 10 wickets.

MUZAFFARGARH 117 in 25.5 overs (Mohammad Yasir 4-14); RAHIMYAR KHAN 118-0 (Fiazul Hasan 56 not out, Mohammad Yasir 55 not out).

At Bahawalpur Stadium: Bahawalpur beat Layyah by 10 wickets.

LAYYAH 120 in 28.1 overs (Jawwad Nasir 50; Imranullah 4-35); BAHAWALPUR 121-0 (Hammad Tariq 58 not out, Asif Iqbal 55 not out).

At Gymkhana Ground, Sahiwal: OKARA 271 in 78.3 overs (Mohiuddin 52, Naeem Ahmed Butt 55); SAHIWAL 65-2.

At Multan Cricket Stadium: KHANEWAL 273 in 84.4 overs (Maqsood Ahmed 56; Khurram Butt 5-69); MULTAN 12-0.

Sialkot region:

At Sheikhupura Stadium: MANDI BAHAUDDIN 125 in 44.5 overs (Suleman Ali 4-15); SHEIKHUPURA 116-7 in 52 overs .

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Gujranwala beat Hafizabad by 179 runs.

GUJRANWALA 247 in 55.1 overs (Tariq Mahmood 77; Asim Butt 4-79); HAFIZABAD 58 in 22 overs (Tariq Mahmood 6-16).

Faisalabad region:

At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: FAISALABAD 386-9 in 90 overs (Mohammad Zahid 202) v BHAKKAR.