June 16, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1428

KARACHI, June 15: A brilliant unbeaten century by talented opener Ali Jawad helped Zone-IV inflict a crushing eight-wicket defeat on Zone-III in the Karachi region fixture of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship on Friday.

Ali struck 16 fours and three sixes in making 104 off 113 balls as Zone-IV made light work of a modest target of 162 in 32.4 overs.

Earlier, Shahzeb Khan, an upcoming leg-spinner, grabbed six for 55 in 23.5 overs to restrict Zone-III.

Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Mirpurkhas, Shikarpur and Loralai were other winners on the opening day of the two-day matches in their respective regions.

Summarised scores and results on Friday:

Karachi region:

AT PCB Regional Academy Ground: Zone-IV beat Zone-III by eight wickets.

ZONE-III 161 in 64.5 overs (Mohammad Bilal 52; Shahzeb Khan 6-55); ZONE-IV 162-2 in 32.4 overs (Ali Jawad 104 not out).

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground:

ZONE-VI 182 in 74.2 overs (Mohammad Afzal 75, Wasim Ali 44; Osama Basharat 5-57); ZONE-V 69-0 in 28 overs.

At TMC Ground:

ZONE-II 149 in 64.4 overs (Abdul Jabbar Khan 47; Amjad Manzoor 4-50); ZONE-I 95-3 in 28 overs.

Rawalpindi region:

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Jehlum by nine wickets.

JEHLUM 71 in 22.5 overs (Mohammad Aamir 7-24); RAWALPINDI 74-1 in 16 overs.

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

ATTOCK 209 in 74.2 overs (Majid Khan 53; Fahad Hussain 4-36); CHAKWAL 28-0 in 8 overs.

Islamabad region:

At Diamond Club Ground: Islamabad beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by nine wickets.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 103 in 25.3 overs (Imad Wasim 5-34, Junaid Nadir 4-54); ISLAMABAD 104-1 in 10.5 overs (Nauman Masood 61 not out).

Hyderabad region:

AT Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: Mirpurkhas beat Hyderabad by 31 runs.

MIRPURKHAS 113 in 48.3 overs; HYDERABAD 82 in 30 overs.

At Makli Cricket Ground, Makli: Thatta beat Badin by 25 runs.

THATTA 156 in 41.2 overs (Adnan Gul 5-55, Abbas Ali 4-16); BADIN 131 in 49.1 overs (Meezan Rahi 4-48)

Quetta region:

At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur:

LARKANA 171 in 60 overs (Zulfiqar Ali 5-41); SUKKUR 110-1 in 31 overs (Ameer Bux 65 not out).

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro:

DADU 251 in 86.3 overs (Noor Din 57, Waqar Ahmed 51; Rao Sajid Ali 6-91); SANGHAR 11-1 in 7 overs.

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Nawabshah by four wickets.

NAWABSHAH 77 in 27 overs (Ghulam Ishaque 6-35); SHIKARPUR 79-6 in 24.2 overs.

At Cricket Ground, Naushki:

PISHIN 246 in 82.4 overs (Mir Wais 55, Ibrahim Shah 54; Shah Murid 5-53); NAUSHKI 36-1 in 15 overs.

At Shaheed Ghaffar Sayyal Ground, Naseerabad:

SIBI 291 in 72.5 overs (Farid Baqi 103); NASEERABAD 91-4 in 22 overs (Taimur Khan 3-11).

At Qasim Stadium, Quetta: Loralai beat Kalat by nine wickets.

KALAT 64 in 22.1 overs; LORALAI 66-1 in 11.1 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

NOWSHERA 216 in 70.2 overs (Gohar Ali 72, Mohammad Sikander 58 not out; Mohammad Asif 4-40); PESHAWAR 41-2 in 20 overs.

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar:

CHARSADDA 203 in 74.1 overs (Mohammad Yasin 5-52); SWAT 35-0 in 15 overs.

Abbottabad region:

At Company Bagh Ground, Mardan:

MARDAN 486-7 in 90 overs (Saifullah 169, Nadeem Sultan 104, Khalilullah 68 not out) v DIR UPPER.

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi:

MANSEHRA 220 in 76.3 overs (Danish Afzal 56; Maqsood Ali 6-60); SWABI 26-4 in 11 overs (Ameer Azam 3-12).

At D.I. Khan Stadium, D.I. Khan:

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 197 in 65.4 overs (Asif Javed 6-54); TANK 83-7 in 40 overs.

Multan region:

At MCC Ground, Multan: Multan beat Bahawalnagar by eight wickets.

BAHAWALNAGAR 149 in 43.1 overs (Rahat Ali 4-35, Ahsan Baig 4-52); MULTAN 150-2 in 23.3 overs (Khawar Ali 61).

At Bahawalpur Stadium:

DERA GHAZI KHAN 280-8 in 90 overs (Ayaz M. Sharif 90, Salman Ilyas 63; Mohammad Rehan 4-43, Mohammad Zahir Siddiqui 4-108) v BAHAWALPUR.

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

KHANEWAL 260 in 87.4 overs (Mohammad Ismail Khan 83, Mohammad Javed 83; Sajid Naseer 4-76) v OKARA.

Faisalabad region:

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang:

KASUR 56-5 in 16 overs v JHANG.