June 28, 2007	Thursday	Jamadi-us-Sani 12, 1428

KARACHI, June 27: The current spell of rain in the city resulted in the first day of the Karachi region matches in the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships being abandoned without any action.

Table leaders Zone-V were slated to face last season’s winners Zone-II, currently languishing in fifth spot, at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground; second-placed Zone-I were scheduled to meet Zone-VI, who are lying fourth in the seven-team standings, at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium. The third fixture pits third-placed Zone-IV against bottom outfit Zone-VII at the PCB Regional Academy Ground. This game was originally planned for Asifabad Sports Ground.

However, there was play in most of the other parts of the country with Dir Upper, Mardan, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sukkur all scoring one-day wins in their respective regions.

Summarised scores on Wednesday:

Abbottabad region:

At Commerce College Ground, Abbottabad: Dir Upper beat Mansehra by 47 runs.

DIR UPPER 230 in 42.5 overs (Fazle Mannan 72, Usman Ghani 54; Nasir Farhad 5-93, Aamir Azam 4-71); MANSEHRA 183 in 41.2 overs (Danish Afzal 59; Jahangir Khan 4-31).

At Company Bagh Ground, Mardan: Mardan beat Haripur by six wickets.

HARIPUR 143 in 42.5 overs (Kamran Ashraf 50; Aamir Shahzad 6-55); MARDAN 147-4 in 26 overs (Salman Khan 61).

At D.I. Khan Stadium: Dera Ismail Khan beat Kohat by seven wickets.

KOHAT 103 in 45.3 overs; DERA ISMAIL KHAN 104-3 in 19.4 overs.

At Kohat Stadium:

FATA 425 in 76.2 overs (Zakir Khan Afridi 92, Saeed Khan 88, Ijaz Ahmed 51); BANNU 62-3 in 14 overs.

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi:

SWABI 242 in 75.1 overs; ABBOTTABAD 37-1 in 12 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Dir Lower by six wickets.

DIR LOWER 97 in 24.1 overs; PESHAWAR 98-4 in 25 overs.

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar:

NOWSHERA 372 in 81.3 overs (Adnan Khan 104, Gohar Ali 73, Waliullah 68); CHARSADDA 45-6 in 14 overs.

Sialkot region:

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Narowal by nine wickets.

NAROWAL 161 in 44.1 overs (Mohammad Abbas 5-41, M. Imran Malik 4-34); SIALKOT 162-1 in 30 overs (Abdul Sattar 84, Shahid Muzaffar 53 not out).

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Mandi Bahauddin beat Sheikhupura by 25 runs.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN 107 in 51.3 overs (Mohammad Jibran 5-25); SHEIKHUPURA 82 in 31.4 overs (M. Aamir Jafri 5-34).

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Gujranwala beat Hafizabad by 85 runs.

GUJRANWALA 141 in 47.5 overs (Atif Bhatti 6-55); HAFIZABAD 56 in 20(Sultan Ahmed 5-13, Khalid Waheed 5-25).

Rawalpindi region:

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

JEHLUM 200 in 55.1 overs (Qadir Usman 51; Fasih Iftikhar 5-42, Aqeel Ulfat 4-84); ATTOCK 85-4 in 34 overs.

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium:

RAWALINDI 263 in 62.4 overs (Jamal Anwar 78); MIANWALI 67-2 in 25 overs.

Quetta region:

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman:

342-9 in 90 overs (Zameer Khan 106, Mir Zahid 60, Nasir Khan 51; Mahmood Khan 4-87) v KILLA ABDULLAH.

Multan region:

At Montgomery Ground, Sahiwal: Sahiwal beat Okara by four wickets.

OKARA 71 in 48 overs; SAHIWAL 73-6 in 25.2 overs (Sajid Naseer 5-19).

At Sports Ground, Multan: Dera Ghazi Khan beat Rajanpur by eight wickets.

RAJANPUR 65 in 33.4 overs (Athar Naveed 4-27); DERA GHAZI KHAN 67-2 in 8.4 overs.

At MCC Ground, Multan:

KHANEWAL 142 in 64.3 overs (Ahsan Baig 4-41); MULTAN 87-4 in 23 overs (Mohammad Naeem 3-9).

At Haider Stadium, Bahawalnagar:

BAHAWALNAGAR 173 in 63.1 overs (Ali Adnan 54; Abid Mahmood 6-60, Mudassar Ali 4-50); VEHARI 73-7 in 24 overs (Mohammad Sabir 4-5).

At Bahawalpur Stadium:

BAHAWALPUR 213 in 69.2 overs (Waleed Iqbal 55); LAYYAH 106-1 in 29 overs (Anjum Hameed 67 not out).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 251 in 83.2 overs (Rashid Khan 61; Samar Abbas 5-53); BHAKKAR 0-1 in 3.3 overs (Zahoor Khan 1-0).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

JHANG 233 in 53.4 overs (Mohammad Ayub 103); SARGODHA 154-2 in 42 overs (Ali Waqas 84 not out).

Hyderabad region:

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

JACOBABAD 95 in 25 overs (Muzammil Hussain 5-14); SUKKUR 96-1 in 18.1 overs.

At Sports Stadium, Nawabshah:

SHIKARPUR 115 in 45.3 overs (Shahnawaz 56; Abdul Rehman 4-1) v NAWABSHAH.

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur:

LARKANA 73-4 in 20 overs v KHAIRPUR.

At Municipal Sports Complex:

MIRPURKHAS 125 in 61.2 overs (Sajid Ali 4-31); DADU 21-2 in 12 overs.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Off-spinner Wasif Butt took four wickets to help North Zone Whites spin out East Zone Whites for 193 in the Lahore region fixture.

By close of play, North Zone Whites were 63-3.

In other matches, North Zone Blues were struggling at 140-8 against West Zone Blues while East Zone Blues reached 221-6 versus West Zone Whites.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground:

EAST ZONE WHITES 193 in 57.1 overs (Ali Haider 66, Asif Khan 50; Wasif Butt 4-53); NORTH ZONE WHITES 63-3 in 29.1 overs.

At Cricket Centre Ground:

NORTH ZONE BLUES 140-8 in 58 overs (Mustafa Iqbal 4-52) v WEST ZONE BLUES.

At Model Town Club Ground:

EAST ZONE BLUES 221-6 in 46 overs (Umar Waheed 58 not out; Asif Ghafoor 4-44) v WEST ZONE WHITES.