June 20, 2007	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1428

KARACHI, June 19: A brilliant century by opener Mohammad Shoaib Shakeel inspired Zone-IV to a remarkable one-wicket win over Zone-II in the Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship on Tuesday.

Shoaib struck 117 with the aid of 13 fours and four sixes as Zone-IV reached their target by scoring 327 for nine in response to Zone-II’s 321 for eight. Ishtiaq-ur-Rehman also excelled by making 75 during a fourth-wicket stand of 150 with Shoaib.

Summarised scores and results on Tuesday:

Karachi region:

At TMC Ground: Zone-IV beat Zone-II by one wicket.

ZONE-II 321-9 in 90 overs (Ammar Hasan 111, Irfan Lodhi 81, Ahmed Iqbal 61 not out); ZONE-IV 327-9 in 88.4 overs (M. Shoaib Shakeel 117, Ishtiaq-ur-Rehman 75).

Hyderabad region:

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Dadu beat Hyderabad by 29 runs.

DADU 152 in 57.3 overs (Tanvir Ahmed 68; Mir Ali Talpur 5-38); HYDERABAD 123 in 59.1 overs (Sajid Ali 8-34).

At Nawabshah Stadium: Larkana beat Jacobabad by 127 runs.

LARKANA 220 in 65.2 overs (Rehan Albert 78, Asif Ali 57; Abdul Sami 6-47); JACOBABAD 93 in 37.1 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Swat by 425 runs.

PESHAWAR 485 in 88.2 overs (Umar Ishaq 183, Mohammad Rizwan 97; Mohammad Yasin 4-142); SWAT 60 in 21.4 overs (Fahad Shah 5-16).

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar: Dir Lower beat Nowshera by 11 runs.

DIR LOWER 199 in 68.2 overs (Tawab Khan 93; Mohammad Adnan Khan 4-46); NOWSHERA 188 in 65.4 overs (Mohammad Adnan Khan 70).

Multan region:

At Bahawalpur Stadium: Bahawalpur beat Muzaffargarh 147 runs.

BAHAWALPUR 239 in 77.5 overs (Mohammad Irfan 56, Zafar Siddiqui 51; Hafiz Naeem 4-76); MUZAFFARGARH 92 in 36.5 overs (Mohammad Rehan 6-22).

At MCC Ground, Multan: Multan beat Vehari by 86 runs.

MULTAN 247 in 71.5 overs (Khawar Ali 53; Abid Mahmood 4-79); VEHARI 161 in 47.4 overs (Tasawwar Hussain 59).

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Match drawn (rain).

BAHAWALNAGAR 158-6 in 43 overs v OKARA.

At College Ground, Layyah: Layyah beat Rajanpur by 6 runs.

LAYYAH 157 in 44.5 overs (Aamir Nadeem 4-41); RAJANPUR 151 in 52 overs (Rashid Hussain 53; Adnan Razzaq 4-54).

Rawalpindi region:

AT KRL Stadium: Jehlum beat Chakwal by 70 runs

JEHLUM 237 in 70.1 overs (Rakhmat Shah 72); CHAKWAL 167 in 38.5 overs (Rehman Qaiser 74 not out; M. Arsalan Dar 4-64).

Sialkot region:

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Gujranwala by two wickets.

GUJRANWALA 196 in 65.1 overs (Bilawal Bhatti 72; Raza Hasan 6-37); SIALKOT 197-8 in 64.3 overs (Khurram Shahzad 89 not out; Adil Raza 4-60).

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Sheikhupura beat Hafizabad by 19 runs.

SHEIKHUPURA 167 in 49.3 overs (Adnan Dogar 4-47); HAFIZABAD 148 in 47 overs (Rizwan Sultan 69; Nayyar Abbas 4-52).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Mandi Bahauddin beat Narowal by 55 runs.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN 299-9 in 90 overs (Mohammad Arsalan 115, Imran Aziz 82; Farhan Malik 6-62); NAROWAL 244 in 72 overs (Yasir Aziz 67 not out; Mohammad Aamir Jafri 4-74).

Abbottabad region:

At D.I. Khan Stadium: Tank beat Bannu by 40 runs.

TANK 233 in 87.3 overs (Mohammad Asad Nawaz Khan 4-31); BANNU 193 in 65.4 overs (Mohammad Kamran 4-35).

At Commerce Cricket Ground, Abbottabad: Mansehra beat Abbottabad by 94 runs.

MANSEHRA 370 in 89.5 overs (Mir Mudassar Iqbal 98, Saqib 57; Mohammad Arif Abbasi 6-101); ABBOTTABAD 276 in 58 overs (Jawad Akhtar 60).

At Kohat Stadium: Fata beat Kohat by three wickets.

KOHAT 206 in 69.1 overs (Sohail Anjum 57; Saleh Mohammad 5-47); FATA 209-7 in 48.2 overs (Zakir Khan Afridi 99 not out).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Sargodha beat Faisalabad by 20 runs.

SARGODHA 173 in 74.3 overs (Adnan Khan 51; Rashid Khan 6-55); FAISALABAD 153 in 72.4 overs (Hamza Zaheer 57; Hasan Masood 4-36, Mian Afzal 4-39).

Quetta region:

At Iftikhar Cricket Stadium, Quetta: Quetta beat Loralai by 144 runs.

QUETTA 328 in 88.2 overs (Aimal Khan 87, Izzatullah 64); LORALAI 184 in 52.3 overs.

Islamabad region:

At Mirpur Cricket Stadium: Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Northern Areas by eight wickets.

NORTHERN AREAS 217 in 68 overs (Imran Mir 77, Tauseef Hussain 62; Mohammad Usman 5-36); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 219-2 in 54.2 overs (Adil Mirza 117 not out, Ghulam Murtaza 48 not out).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: North Zone Blues beat East Zone Blues by 139 runs in the Lahore region match at Cricket Centre Ground.

Summarised scores:

At Cricket Centre Ground: North Zone Blues beat East Zone Blues by 139 runs.

NORTH ZONE BLUES 245-8 in 66 overs (Ahmed Shahzad 50, Imran Shafi 54 not out; Tanzeel 5-87); EAST ZONE BLUES 106 in 44 overs (Tajammal 47 not out).

At Model Town Ground, match drawn.

NORTH ZONE WHITES 88 in 43 overs (Mustafa Iqbal 6-13); WEST ZONE BLUES 67-4 in 9 overs.

At Mughalpura Institute Ground, match drawn.

WEST ZONE WHITES 173-6 in 38 overs (Saadullah Ghauri 77, Mubashir 59; Tehzeeb Raza 4-36) v EAST ZONE WHITES.