September 01, 2007	Saturday	Sha’aban 18, 1428

KARACHI, Aug 31: Zone-I and Zone-VI scored emphatic victories in the Karachi region fixtures of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championships on Friday.

Zone-I defeated Zone-VII by 139 runs at the TMC Ground while Zone-VI trounced Zone-IV by 147 runs at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on the final day of the two-day matches.

Results of matches on Friday:

Karachi region:

At TMC Ground: Zone-I beat Zone-VII by 139 runs.

ZONE-I 310 in 88 overs (Faisal Hussain 88, Sharjeel Ashraf 84, Wasim Naeem 53; Raheel Waris 5-126); ZONE-VII 171 in 58.2 overs (Ali Hussain Rizvi 4-57).

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium: Zone-VI beat Zone-IV by 147 runs.

ZONE-VI 379-9 in 90 overs (Shaharyar Ghani 97, Javed Mansoor 68, Daniyal Ahsan 65, Asad Shafiq 50); ZONE-IV 232 in 74.5 overs (Mohammad Bilal 80, Jawwad Khan 51; Adnan Kaleem 5-67, Faraz Ahmed 4-20).

Hyderabad region:

At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: Mirpurkhas beat Thatta by 144 runs.

MIRPURKHAS 386-8 in 90 overs (Aqeel Ahmed Anjum 121 not out, Rehan Nizamuddin 101, Naveed Buland 94); THATTA 242 in 62.3 overs (Ahmed Ali 114 not out; Mohammad Kamran 4-34).

At Sports Stadium, Nawabshah: Larkana beat Nawabshah by one wicket.

NAWABSHAH 231 in 71.5 overs (Shahzad Hyder 50); LARKANA 232-9 in 90 overs (Zafar Ali 74, Yar Mohammad 53, Abdul Raheem 52; Abid Ali 4-70, Kashif Bhatti 4-77).

At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur: Jacobabad beat Khairpur by one wicket.

KHAIRPUR 199 in 67 overs (Imtiaz Hussain 60, Darya Khan 59; Shahid Baig 7-61); JACOBABAD 200-9 in 72.4 overs (Tasawwar Abbas 4-47).

At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta: Hyderabad beat Sanghar by 336 runs.

HYDERABAD 445-7 in 90 overs (Zahid Khan 165, Yasir Khan 58 not out, Haris Baig 58, Nasir Awais 56 not out, Ashraf Khan 51); SANGHAR 109 in 34.3 overs (Nasir Awais 5-58).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Sukkur by 61 runs.

SHIKARPUR 316 in 74.4 overs (Mohammad Akbar 99, Ghulam Yasin 66); SUKKUR 255 in 80 overs (Aqeel Ahmed 60, Asif Qureshi 52; Imran Ali 6-80).

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Afghanistan by 354 runs.

PESHAWAR 533-5 in 90 overs (Usman Zair 230, Nawaz Ahmed 126 not out); AFGHANISTAN 179 in 49.3 overs (Hidayat Khan 6-44).

At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar: Nowshera beat Swat by 245 runs.

NOWSHERA 405-8 in 90 overs (Naveed Khan 101, Gohar Ali 92, Akbar Badshah 73, Kamran 64; Hazrat Hussain 7-111); SWAT 160 in 57 overs.

Multan region:

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Okara beat Vehari by three wickets.

VEHARI 289 in 88.1 overs (Naved Ahmed 115; Zulfiqar Babar 5-69); OKARA 293-7 in 83.5 overs (Mohammad Sarwar 111 not out; Naved Ahmed 4-67).

At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur: Rahim Yar Khan beat Bahawalpur by 18 runs.

RAHIM YAR KHAN 197 in 82.5 overs (Babar Waqas 54; Rana Kashif 4-37); BAHAWALPUR 179 in 57.1 overs (Babar Waqas 5-25, Ahmed Raza 4-50).

At Haider Stadium, Bahawalnagar: Bahawalnagar beat Khanewal by 153 runs.

BAHAWALNAGAR 286 in 73 overs (Sarfraz Tariq 60; Zohaib Khan 4-43); KHANEWAL 133 in 58 overs (Mohammad Azam 4-28).

At Montgomery Ground, Sahiwal: Multan beat Sahiwal by 12 runs.

MULTAN 210 in 62 overs (Mohammad Arif 105 not out; Waqas Sharif 4-64); SAHIWAL 198 in 64.3 overs (Sohaib Maqsood 4-52).

Sialkot region:

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: No result.

HAFIZABAD 176-9 in 40 overs (Rizwan Sultan 68; Babar Mughal 6-60); NAROWAL 115-3 in 23 overs (Mohammad Ilyas 58 not out).

Rawalpindi region:

At Army Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Attock by 115 runs.

RAWALPINDI 288 in 81 overs (Zahid Mansoor 92, Adnan Mufti 65); ATTOCK 173 in 56.2 overs (Yasim Murtaza 4-40).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Chakwal beat Mianwali by 96 runs.

CHAKWAL 185 in 82 overs; MIANWALI 89 in 37.3 overs (Shah Jahan 5-37).

Abbottabad region:

At University Ground No 2, Peshawar: Haripur beat Mansehra by 172 runs.

HARIPUR 292 in 76.3 overs (Amjad Waqas 55; Waqas Ahmed 4-84); MANSEHRA 120 in 57.5 overs (Amjad Waqas 5-20).

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi: Swabi beat Dir Upper 121 runs.

SWABI 244 in 69.5 overs (Imranullah 4-43); DIR UPPER 123 in 32 overs (M. Junaid Khan 4-57, Fazle Rabi 4-63).

At Kohat Cricket Stadium: Fata beat Tank by six wickets.

TANK 171 in 51 overs (Adnan Shahab 4-28); FATA 175-4 in 36 overs (Almar Afridi 52 not out).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Kasur by 124 runs.

FAISALABAD 264 in 63.4 overs (Kamran Naeem 63, Asad Zarar 59, Maqsood Ahmed 51); KASUR 140 in 52.2 overs (Mohammad Talha 5-43).

Quetta region:

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Quetta beat Killa Abdullah by 113 runs.

QUETTA 247 in 70.4 overs (Jalat Khan 80; Abdul Baseer 4-93); KILLA ABDULLAH 134 in 43 overs (Abdullah Jan 57).

Lahore region:

At Cricket Centre Ground: East Zone Whites beat West Zone Blues by 20 runs.

EAST ZONE WHITES 226 in 89.4 overs (Atif Ijaz 81 not out; Ghulam Mustafa 4-66); WEST ZONE BLUES 206 in 75.4 overs (Shahbaz Butt 58).