September 04, 2007	Tuesday	Sha'aban 21, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 3: Zone-III stormed to the top of the Karachi region standings in the PCB Inter-district Senior Championships after defeating leaders Zone-VI by 90 runs at the KCCA Stadium here on Monday.

Mohammad Ali grabbed five for 17 as Zone-VI were bundled out for 85. The slow left-armer bowled 26 overs with a remarkable 18 overs being maiden. With this win, Zone-III now have 10 points in three matches. Zone-VI and Zone-V, who beat Zone-I by 65 runs, also have the same number of points but both these sides have played four games each.

Following are the results on Monday:

Karachi region:

At KCCA Stadium: Zone-III beat Zone-VI by 90 runs.

ZONE-III 175 in 84 overs (Mansoor Baig 91; Zaheer Abbas 5-57); ZONE-VI 85 in 56.2 overs (Mohammad Ali 5-17).

At TMC Ground: Zone-II beat Zone-VII by 141 runs.

ZONE-II 340-7 in 83 overs (Naveed Khan 113, Ali Asad 72 not out, Atif Ali Zaidi 56, Shahid Aslam 53); ZONE-VII 199 in 57.4 overs (Ijaz Ahmed 63; Khalid Rasheed 4-64).

At Landhi Gymkhana: Zone-V beat Zone-I by 65 runs.

ZONE-V 258 in 82.3 overs (Umair Ahmed 58, Sajid Hanif 51; Wasim Naeem 5-58); ZONE-I 193 in 57.2 overs (Faisal Hussain 68; Malik Aftab 4-37).

Hyderabad region:

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro: Hyderabad beat Badin by 132 runs.

HYDERABAD 351-8 in 90 overs (M. Yasir Ali 83, Ashraf Khan 76, Hanif Malik 62); BADIN 219 in 58.3 overs (Zeeshan Ali Shah 73; Nasir Awais 5-66).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Larkana by 26 runs.

SHIKARPUR 221 in 56.1 overs (Zahid Mir 58, Munibullah 58; Abdul Rahim 6-70); LARKANA 195 in 77.2 overs (Wasim Hussain 54; Imran Ali 5-63).

At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur: Sukkur beat Khairpur by 248 runs.

SUKKUR 413-9 in 90 overs (Jamshed Baig 159, Asif Qureshi 72, Aqeel Ahmed 68; Rehmatullah 4-78); KHAIRPUR 165 in 47.3 overs (Mansoor Ali 63; Muzammil Hussain 7-51).

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Charsadda by 52 runs.

PESHAWAR 324 in 87 overs (Shahid Khan 80, Sajjad Ahmed 68, Nawaz Ahmed 63; Inamullah 5-63); CHARSADDA 272 in 74.1 overs (Faisal Kamal 94, Mohammad Farooq 55; Bilal Khan 6-64).

At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar: Nowshera beat Afghanistan by five wickets.

AFGHANISTAN 200 in 64.1 overs (Akbar Badshah 4-51); NOWSHERA 201-5 in 46.5 overs (Akbar Badshah 59).

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar: Swat beat Dir Lower by 179 runs.

SWAT 290 in 66.3 overs (Shahid Iqbal 66, Jamaluddin 59, Shujaat Ali 57); DIR LOWER 111 in 35.4 overs (Hazrat Hussain 4-28).

Multan region:

At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Okara beat Multan by 14 runs.

OKARA 244 in 69.2 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 64; Mohammad Ali Niazi 5-58); MULTAN 230 in 62 overs (Sohaib Maqsood 127).

At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur beat Rajanpur by 432 runs.

BAHAWALPUR 546-8 in 90 overs (Mahmood Lodhi 200, Faisal Elahi 79, Asif Iqbal 71, Moinuddin 60); RAJANPUR 114 in 21.3 overs (Wajid Nadeem 51; Rana Kashif 6-38, Imranullah 4-25).

At Sports Ground, Multan: Muzaffargarh beat Dera Ghazi Khan by 13 runs.

MUZAFFARGARH 284 in 69.4 overs (Ali Nasir Shirazi 76 not out, Aamir Saeed 57; Altaf Javed 4-76); DERA GHAZI KHAN 271 in 69 overs (Aamir Ata 134; Rehan Sarwar 4-51).

At Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan: Rahim Yar Khan beat Layyah by 358 runs.

RAHIM YAR KHAN 526-5 in 90 overs (Babar Waqas 214 not out, Zeeshan-ul-Haq 162, Shahid Akram 60); LAYYAH 168 in 42.4 overs (Noman Khan 60; Ahmed Raza 6-32).

At Haider Stadium, Bahawalnagar: Bahawalnagar beat Sahiwal by 74 runs.

BAHAWALNAGAR 212 in 76.1 overs (Sajid Mahmood 50; Zeeshan Maqsood 5-29); SAHIWAL 138 in 41.2 overs (Ramiz Alam 58 not out; Ansar Javed 7-58).

At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala: Vehari beat Khanewal by 132 runs.

VEHARI 232 in 5 overs (Arshad Iqbal 4-57); KHANEWAL 100 in 41.2 overs (Amjad Gujjar 5-47).

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Sargodha beat Kasur by seven wickets.

KASUR 222 in 82.4 overs (Shahid Siddiqui 91); SARGODHA 223-3 in 49.5 overs (Farrukh Shahzad 76, Abdul Mannan 73).

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang: Faisalabad beat Jhang by four wickets.

JHANG 210 in 50.4 overs (Mohammad Ali Rafique 80, Kashif Jalil 60; Asad Zarar 5-55); FAISALABAD 211-6 in 46.5 overs (Mohammad Sami 81, Hasan Mahmood 60; Saadat Munir 4-70).

Quetta region:

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Quetta beat Turbat by two wickets.

TURBAT 233 in 54 overs (Hammal Murad 62); QUETTA 236-8 in 60.4 overs (Sabir Khosa 60, Yasir Majeed 50 not out).

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman: Kalat beat Killa Abdullah by six wickets.

KILLA ABDULLAH 174 in 40 overs (Sanaullah 4-49, Amjad Khan 4-66); KALAT 175-4 in 37.5 overs (Jahanzeb 66 not out).

Rawalpindi region:

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi beat Chakwal by eight wickets.

CHAKWAL 126 in 41.2 overs (Zafar Malik 60; Yasim Murtaza 5-21); RAWALPINDI 127-2 in 28 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim 57, Usman Ashraf 50).

At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi: Mianwali beat Jehlum by five wickets.

JEHLUM 104 in 29.2 overs (Mohammad Ijaz 4-28, Yasir Ameer 4-41); MIANWALI 105-5 in 35.4 overs.

Sialkot region:

At Lahore Country Club, Muridke: Sheikhupura beat Narowal by 194 runs.

SHEIKHUPURA 420-5 in 90 overs (Mudassar Ehsan 108, Shahid Siddique 104 not out, Mohammad Ayub 81, Javed Hussain 59 not out); NAROWAL 226 in 62.2 overs (Salman Ali 4-75).

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Gujranwala beat Mandi Bahauddin by 109 runs.

GUJRANWALA 256 in 61.4 overs (Bilal Azmat 88, Kamran Younis 61; Adil Raza 4-46); MANDI BAHAUDDIN 147 in 50.1 overs (Mohammad Wasim 5-50).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: West Zone Whites and West Zone Blues emerged winners in the latest round of matches in the Lahore region.

But North Zone Blues had to settle for a draw after East Zone Whites battled through 86 overs to reach 255 for seven while chasing 358.

Lahore region:

At LCCA Ground: West Zone Whites beat North Zone Whites by 83 runs.

WEST ZONE WHITES 304 in 84.5 overs (Imran Nazir Jr 59, Kashif Ali Raja 51; M. Shahid Mahmood 4-72); NORTH ZONE WHITES 221 in 68.4 overs (Rizwan Aamir Khan 4-57).

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: West Zone Blues beat East Zone Blues by 36 runs.

WEST ZONE BLUES 234 in 64.5 overs (Shahbaz Butt 87, Mohammad Sohail 78; Imran Haider 5-87); EAST ZONE BLUES 198 in 53.5 overs (Waqas Satti 60).

At Cricket Centre Ground: Match drawn.

NORTH ZONE BLUES 357 in 89.5 overs (Suleman Khan 99, Mohammad Kashif 77, Imran Yousuf 61; Mohammad Saeed 4-65); EAST ZONE WHITES 255-7 in 86 overs (Ahmed Butt 68 not out).