June 22, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 06, 1428

KARACHI, June 21: Opener Ammar Hasan struck a magnificent double century as Zone-II amassed 420 for nine in their allotted 90 overs against Zone-III on the first day of the two-day Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship here on Thursday.

Ammar blasted 223 off 239 balls with the aid of 29 fours and one six after skipper Ahmed Iqbal elected to bat first in the fixture at the TMC Ground. Ahmed also excelled by hitting 95 (11 boundaries) while adding 222 for the third-wicket with Ammar.Meanwhile, Zone-I completed a one-day win by six wickets over Zone-IV. Off-spinner Tabish Nawab grabbed five for 38 for the winners.

Summarised scores on Thursday:

Karachi region:

At Student Cricket Ground: Zone-I beat Zone-IV by six wickets.

ZONE-IV 148 in 43.4 overs (Tabish Nawab 5-38); ZONE-I 154-4 in 41.2 overs.

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium:

ZONE-VI 253 in 78.3 overs (Mohammad Afzal 70, Abdullah Shah 69; Mirza Farhad Baig 4-53); ZONE-VII 42.3 in 12.2 overs.

At TMC Ground:

ZONE-II 420-9 in 90 overs (Ammar Hasan 223, Ahmed Iqbal 95, Irfan Lodhi 50) v ZONE-III.

Abbottabad region:

At Company Bagh Stadium, Mardan: Haripur beat Mansehra by eight wickets.

MANSEHRA 160 in 47 overs (Mohammad Saddique 55); HARIPUR 161-2 in 33.2 overs (Kamran Ashraf 108 not out).

At Kohat Stadium:

FATA 410 in 90 overs (Saeed Afridi 121 not out, Rehan Afridi 102, Ijaz Ahmed 59; Imran Khan 6-59) v TANK.

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi: Swabi Dir Upper by seven wickets.

DIR UPPER 127 in 47.4 overs (Maqsood Ali 4-28); SWABI 128-3 in 20.4 overs (Imtiaz Akram 50).

At Commerce College Ground, Abbottabad:

MARDAN 260 in 50.2 overs (Farman Ali 63; Rameez Ahmed 5-40); ABBOTTABAD 206-5 in 39 overs (Zeeshan Khan Jadoon 103 not out, Rameez Ahmed 72).

At D.I. Khan Stadium:

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 226 in 77.4 overs (Fahim Nawaz Kundi 54, Shamsullah 53; Hamed Khan 4-64); BANNU 55-3 in 18 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

NOWSHERA 264 in 63 overs (Adnan Khan 84, Rashid Ali 50; Afaq Ahmed 7-71); SWAT 82-2 in 25 overs.

Multan region:

At College Ground, Layyah:

LAYYAH 277 in 88.1 overs (Qazi Jamil 67); DERA GHAZI KHAN 11-1 in 5 overs.

At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala:

OKARA 126-6 in 45 overs v VEHARI.

At Sports Ground, Multan:

RAJANPUR 117 in 43.2 overs (Hafiz Naeem 4-31); MUZAFFARGARH 61-3 in 22 overs.

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Kasur by nine wickets.

KASUR 52 in 22.5 overs (Zahoor Khan 5-21); FAISALABAD 54-1 in 9.1 overs.

Islamabad region:

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Islamabad beat Northern Areas by five wickets.

NORTHERN AREAS 175 in 41 overs (Kamran Hussain 5-45); ISLAMABAD 176-5 in 29.2 overs.

At Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Gujrat:

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 254 in 75.5 overs (Ghulam Murtaza 59; Nauman Munir 4-23); GUJRAT 61-4 in 14 overs.

Rawalpindi region:

At KRL Stadium: Chakwal beat Mianwali by six wickets.

MIANWALI 204 in 56 overs (S. Owais Ali 92; Najeebullah Khan 6-38); CHAKWAL 206-4 in 25.1 overs (Osama Sharoon 56).

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium:

RAWALPINDI 239 in 67.4 overs (Samiullah 74; Aqeel Ulfat 5-55); ATTOCK 68-4 in 20 overs.

Sialkot region:

At Sheikhupura Stadium:

GUJRANWALA 145 in 61.2 overs (Bilawal Bhatti 54; Ayaz Tasawwar 4-44); SHEIKHUPURA 79-8 in 32.4 overs.

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot:

SIALKOT 496-4 in 90 overs (Mohammad Yasin 210, Naved Sarwar 141, Mohammad Nasir 52, Mohammad Qasim 50) v MANDI BAHAUDDIN.

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Hafizabad beat Narowal by seven wickets.

NAROWAL 129 in 54.3 overs (Atif Bhatti 4-9); HAFIZABAD 133-3 in 32 overs.

Hyderabad region:

At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur: Khairpur beat Jacobabad by three wickets.

JACOBABAD 109 in 42.2 overs; KHAIRPUR 110-7 in 31.1 overs (Shahid Hussain 5-22).

At Nawabshah Stadium: Larkana beat Nawabshah by three wickets.

NAWABSHAH 69 in 29.3 overs (Sohail Ahmed 5-29, Muzaffar Ali 5-37); LARKANA 70-7 in 19.1 overs (Mohammad Majid 4-17).

At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta:

MIRPURKHAS 330 in 89.5 overs (Mohammad Babar 86, Atif Hameed 81, Mohammad Asif 54; Meezan Rahi 4-67); THATTA 10-0 in 9 overs.

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur:

SUKKUR 161 in 77.1 overs (Mohammad Tahseen 56; Mohammad Sharif 6-51); SHIKARPUR 39-1 in 13 overs.

At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: Hyderabad won by eight wickets.

SANGHAR 135 in 46 overs (Fahim Anjum 56; Mir Ali Talpur 5-33); HYDERABAD 136-2 in 31.5 overs.

Quetta region:

At Qasim Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 278 in 64 overs (Mohammad Ayaz 80, Izzatullah 59; Abdul Malik 6-61); KILLA ABDULLAH 114-5 in 26.5 overs.

At Iftikhar Cricket Stadium, Quetta: Turbat beat Loralai by three wickets.

LORALAI 163 in 60 overs (Humayun Khan 56; Mohammad Asif 4-35, Sabir Essa 4-40); TURBAT 164-7 in 40.2 overs.

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman: Naseerabad beat Pishin by four wickets.

PISHIN 177 in 39.3 overs (Syed Samiullah 63); NASEERABAD 179-6 in 32.5 overs.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground:

EAST ZONE BLUES 239 in 73.2 overs (Tanzeel Altaf 59 not out); NORTH ZONE WHITES 53-0 in 26 overs.

At Cricket Centre Ground:

NORTH ZONE BLUES 439 in 87.3 overs (Hamza Mobin 97, Naeem-ul-Haq 87, Imran Shafi 66, Rana Suleman 54; Salman Afzal 5-131, Asif Ghafoor 4-104); WEST ZONE WHITES 28-0 in 5 overs.

At Model Town Club Ground:

WEST ZONE BLUES 444-5 in 90 overs (Umar Akmal 121, Babar Manzoor 86, Usman Salahuddin 83, Juma Khan 79) v EAST ZONE WHITES.