June 29, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 13, 1428

KARACHI, June 28: As expected, all three Karachi region matches in the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships were abandoned without a ball being bowled on Thursday because of uncertain weather.

Meanwhile, Fata, Multan, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Shikarpur, Larkana and Dadu won their matches in their respective regions.

Summarised scores on Wednesday:

Abbottabad region:

At Kohat Stadium: Fata beat Bannu by 213 runs.

FATA 425 in 76.2 overs (Zakir Khan Afridi 92, Saeed Khan 88, Ijaz Ahmed 51); BANNU 212 in 55 overs (Abid Khan 54).

Peshawar region:

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar: Match drawn (no play on second day).

NOWSHERA 372 in 81.3 overs (Adnan Khan 104, Gohar Ali 73, Waliullah 68); CHARSADDA 45-6 in 14 overs (Zahid Khan 4-18).

Rawalpindi region:

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Match drawn (rain).

JEHLUM 200 in 55.1 overs (Qadir Usman 51; Fasih Iftikhar 5-42, Aqeel Ulfat 4-84); ATTOCK 133-6 in 62 overs.

At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Match drawn (rain).

RAWALINDI 263 in 62.4 overs (Jamal Anwar 78); MIANWALI 112-7 in 50 overs (Osama Shahroon 54).

Quetta region:

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman: Match drawn.

342-9 in 90 overs (Zameer Khan 106, Mir Zahid 60, Nasir Khan 51; Mahmood Khan 4-87); KILLA ABDULLAH 1236-9 in 31 overs (Abdul Naeem 4-21, Musa Khan 4-69).

Multan region:

At MCC Ground, Multan: Multan beat Khanewal by four wickets.

KHANEWAL 142 in 64.3 overs (Ahsan Baig 4-41); MULTAN 143-6 in 33.5 overs (Mohammad Naeem 4-29).

At Haider Stadium, Bahawalnagar: Bahawalnagar beat Vehari by 95 runs.

BAHAWALNAGAR 173 in 63.1 overs (Ali Adnan 54; Abid Mahmood 6-60, Mudassar Ali 4-50); VEHARI 78 in 26.1 overs (Mohammad Sabir 4-8, Ali Adnan 4-26).

At Bahawalpur Stadium: Bahawalpur beat Layyah by 48 runs.

BAHAWALPUR 213 in 69.2 overs (Waleed Iqbal 55); LAYYAH 165 in 51.3 overs (Anjum Hameed 72; Farhan Ahmed 4-35).

At Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan: Muzaffargarh beat Rahim Yar Khan by six wickets.

RAHIM YAR KHAN 126 in 53.1 overs (Hafiz Naeem 4-46); MUZAFFARGARH 127-4 in 41.3 overs (Aamir Khan 51).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Bhakkar by 128 runs.

FAISALABAD 251 in 83.2 overs (Rashid Khan 61; Samar Abbas 5-53); BHAKKAR 123 in 52.1 overs (Fiaz Ahmed 54; Zahoor Khan 5-25).

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Sargodha beat Jhang by six wickets.

JHANG 233 in 53.4 overs (Mohammad Ayub 103); SARGODHA 234-2 in 56.2 overs (Ali Waqas 107 not out, Kamran Ali 76).

Hyderabad region:

At Sports Stadium, Nawabshah: Shikarpur beat Nawabshah by 34 runs.

SHIKARPUR 115 in 45.3 overs (Shahnawaz 56; Abdul Rehman 4-1); NAWABSHAH 81 in 33 overs (Mohammad Sharif 5-15).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Larkana beat Khairpur by 100 runs.

LARKANA 172 in 48.1 overs (Muzaffar Ali 71; Sodho Khan 4-43); KHAIRPUR 72 in 34.1 overs (Rehan Albert 4-25).

At Municipal Sports Complex: Dadu beat Mirpurkhas by four wickets.

MIRPURKHAS 125 in 61.2 overs (Sajid Ali 4-31); DADU 126-6 in 43.3 overs (Mudassar Manzoor 4-36).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Two bowling performances stood in the Lahore region fixtures on Thursday.

Leg-spinner Mohammad Naeem grabbed six for 61 to help East Zone Blues score an exciting seven-run victory over West Zone Whites in a high-scoring match.

Umar Waheed hit an unbeaten 105 as East Zone Blues reached 339 after resuming at 221-6. West Zone Whites responded superbly to make 332 with opener Saadullah Ghori striking a 91-ball 101.

Medium-pacer Shoaib Khan claimed 7-72 but still finished on the losing as West Zone Blues defeated North Zone Blues by just one wicket. But despite the setback, North Zone Blues clinched the regional title.

In another close finish, North Zone Whites beat East Zone Whites by two wickets.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: North Zone Whites beat East Zone Whites by two wickets.

EAST ZONE WHITES 193 in 57.1 overs (Ali Haider 66, Asif Khan 50; Wasif Butt 4-53); NORTH ZONE WHITES 196-8 in 69.3 overs.

At Cricket Centre Ground: West Zone Blues beat North Zone Blues by one wicket.

NORTH ZONE BLUES 160 in 69.5 overs (Mustafa Iqbal 4-60); WEST ZONE BLUES 161-9 in 42 overs (Shoaib Iqbal 7-72).

At Model Town Club Ground: East Zone Blues beat West Zone Whites by seven runs.

EAST ZONE BLUES 339 in 66.3 overs (Umar Waheed 105 not out, Owais Butt 66; Asif Ghafoor 5-101, Hashim Khan 4-87); WEST ZONE WHITES 332 in 64.5 overs (Saadullah Ghori 101, Farhan Khan 83, Ali Tahir 64; Mohammad Naeem 6-61).