September 03, 2007	Monday	Sha'aban 20, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 2: Opener Naveed Khan scored 113 to help Zone-II reach 340 for seven against Zone-VII on the opening day of the Karachi region fixture in the PCB Inter-district Senior Championships on Sunday.

Mansoor Baig missed scoring a century by 91 runs as Zone-III were bowled for 175 against Zone-VI in another match. In the third Karachi region tie, Zone-VI managed 258 against Zone-I.

Following are the results and scores on Sunday:

Karachi region:

At KCCA Stadium:

ZONE-III 175 in 84 overs (Mansoor Baig 91; Zaheer Abbas 5-57); ZONE-VI 26-2 in 16 overs.

At TMC Ground:

ZONE-II 340-7 in 83 overs (Naveed Khan 113, Ali Asad 72 not out, Atif Ali Zaidi 56, Shahid Aslam 53) v ZONE-VII.

At Landhi Gymkhana: ZONE-V 258 in 82.3 overs (Umair Ahmed 58, Sajid Hanif 51; Wasim Naeem 5-58); ZONE-I 50-2 in 16 overs.

Hyderabad region:

At Nawabshah Stadium: Nawabshah beat Jacobabad by four wickets.

JACOBABAD 176 in 46 overs (Shahid Ali 75; Kashif Bhatti 6-33); NAWABSHAH 179-6 in 52.3 overs (Azad Kerio 49 not out; Shahid Baig 4-74).

At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: Mirpurkhas beat Sanghar by 10 wickets.

SANGHAR 159 in 37.4 overs; MIRPURKHAS 160-0 in 25.5 overs (Taj Mohammad 105 not out, Aqeel Ahmed Anjum 51 not out).

At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta: Dadu beat Thatta by five wickets.

THATTA 172 in 45.5 overs (Junaid Ahmed 77; Pir Zulfiqar 4-55); DADU 173-5 in 31.5 overs (Noor Mohammad 77; Ahmed Ali 4-77).

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro:

HYDERABAD 351-8 in 90 overs (M. Yasir Ali 83, Ashraf Khan 76, Hanif Malik 62); BADIN 12-0 in 6 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

PESHAWAR 324 in 87 overs (Shahid Khan 80, Sajjad Ahmed 68, Nawaz Ahmed 63; Inamullah 5-63); CHARSADDA 15-1 in 6 overs.

At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar:

AFGHANISTAN 200 in 64.1 overs (Akbar Badshah 4-51); NOWSHERA 95-2 in 26 overs.

Multan region:

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

OKARA 244 in 69.2 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 64; Mohammad Ali Niazi 5-58); MULTAN 80-3 in 18 overs.

At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur:

BAHAWALPUR 546-8 in 90 overs (Mahmood Lodhi 200, Faisal Elahi 79, Asif Iqbal 71, Moinuddin 60) v RAJANPUR.

At Sports Ground, Multan:

MUZAFFARGARH 284 in 69.4 overs (Ali Nasir Shirazi 76 not out, Aamir Saeed 57; Altaf Javed 4-76); DERA GHAZI KHAN 76-3 in 18 overs.

Abbottabad region:

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

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 99 in 24.1 overs (Asif Afridi 4-31); FATA 102-3 in

21.4 overs (Tariq Afridi 50).

At University Ground No 2, Peshawar: Mardan beat Mansehra by 10 wickets.

MANSEHRA 136 in 42.4 overs (Waqas Haroon 69; Noor-ul-Amin 5-49, Nabiullah 4-47); MARDAN 137-0 in 18.5 overs (Sajjad Ali 77 not out, Gohar Ali 50 not out).

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: Abbottabad beat Dir Upper by 10 wickets.

DIR UPPER 171 in 45 overs (Ehteshamuddin 66; Armghan Elahi 4-54); ABBOTTABAD 174-0 in 37.5 overs (Wajid Ali 102 not out, Waqar Orakzai 58 not out).

At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi: Swabi beat Haripur by five wickets.

HARIPUR 148 in 46.5 overs (Samiullah Khan 76); SWABI 149-5 in 42.2 overs (Habib Shah 56 not out).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

KASUR 222 in 82.4 overs (Shahid Siddiqui 91) v 14-0 in 5 overs.

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang:

JHANG 210 in 50.4 overs (Mohammad Ali Rafique 80, Kashif Jalil 60; Asad Zarar 5-55); FAISALABAD 161-6 in 36.5 overs (Mohammad Sami 81, Hasan Mahmood 60; Saadat Munir 4-45).

Quetta region:

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

TURBAT 233 in 54 overs (Hammal Murad 62); QUETTA 151-6 in 36 overs (Sabir Khosa 60).

Sialkot region:

At VIP Cricket Ground, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Hafizabad by 10 wickets.

HAFIZABAD 56 in 17.4 overs (Mohammad Imran 5-20); SIALKOT 57-0 in 13.2 overs.

At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

SHEIKHUPURA 420-5 in 90 overs (Mudassar 108, Shahid Siddique 104 not out, Mohammad Ayub 81, Javed Hussain 59 not oit); NAROWAL 28-0 in 7 overs.

At Railways Stadium, Lahore:

GUJRANWALA 256 in 61.4 overs (Bilal Azmat 88, Kamran Younis 61; Adil Raza 4-46); MANDI BAHAUDDIN 56-4 in 23 overs.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: A fine 99 by Salman Khan helped North Zone Blues reach 357 against East Zone Whites in the Lahore region match at the Cricket Centre Ground.

East Zone Blues, meanwhile, were heading for defeat against West Zone Blues after closing the day at 43 for four in pursuit of a target of 235.

West Zone Whites were also well placed against North Zone Whites, who were nine for two after the former made 304.

Lahore region:

At LCCA Ground:

WEST ZONE WHITES 304 in 84.5 overs (Imran Nazir Jr 59, Kashif Ali Raja 51; M. Shahid Mahmood 4-72); NORTH ZONE WHITES 9-2 in 4 overs.

At Mughalpura Institute Ground:

WEST ZONE BLUES 234 in 64.5 overs (Shahbaz Butt 87, Mohammad Sohail 78; Imran Haider 5-87); EAST ZONE BLUES 73-4 in 29 overs.

At Cricket Centre Ground:

NORTH ZONE BLUES 357 in 89.5 overs (Salman Khan 99, Mohammad Kashif 77, Imran Yousuf 61; Mohammad Saeed 4-65); EAST ZONE WHITES 9-0 in 1 over.