September 06, 2007	Thursday	Sha'aban 23, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 5: Centuries by Asad Shafiq and Daniyal Ahsan helped Zone-VI amass 390 for eight against Zone-V on the first day of the Karachi region tie in the PCB Inter-district Cricket Championships at the KCCA Stadium on Wednesday. Asad (122) and Daniyal (120) put on 203 for the second wicket after Zone-VI elected to bat first.

Slow left-armer Mohammad Ali took four for 76 as Zone-IV were all out for 272 against Zone-III at the Pak Star Ground. In the other match, Zone-I were 118 for five after bowling out Zone-II for 186 at the TMC Ground. Former Test leg-spinner Ali Hussain Rizvi claimed four for 27.

Scores and results of matches on Wednesday:

Karachi region:

At KCCA Stadium:

ZONE-VI 390-8 in 90 overs (Asad Shafiq 122, Daniyal Ahsan 120); ZONE-V 33-0 in 7 overs.

At TMC Ground:

ZONE-II 186 in 67.1 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 54; Ali Hussain Rizvi 4-27); ZONE-I 118-5 in 26 overs.

At Pak Star Ground:

ZONE-IV 272-9 in 90 overs (Naveed Talib 61 not out; Mohammad Ali 4-76) v ZONE-III.

Hyderabad region:

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro: Hyderabad beat Thatta by 10 wickets.

THATTA 54 in 24.4 overs (Nasir Awais 4-38); HYDERABAD 55-0 in 15.5 overs.

At Nawabshah Stadium: Khairpur beat Larkana by 64 runs.

KHAIRPUR 159 in 58.1 overs (Hyder Raza 55; Wasim Hussain 5-34); LARKANA 95 in 32 overs (Rashid Khan 4-12).

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

JACOBABAD 182 in 47.5 overs (Naveed Ahmed 79; Abid Ali 4-26, Shakeel Khan 4-39); SUKKUR 184-4 in 41.4 overs (Kashif Ali 65, Aqeel Ahmed 60 not out).

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

BADIN 177 in 30.1 overs (Zeeshan Gul 92; Kashif Ajmal 7-83); SANGHAR 178-5 in 26.4 overs (Sohail Ashraf 99).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur:

NAWABSHAH 23308 in 75 overs (Shahzad Hyder 62) v SHIKARPUR.

At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas:

DADU 348 in 83.2 overs (Pir Zulfiqar 84, Noor Mohammad 58, Ijaz Ali 53); MIRPURKHAS 15-0 in 4 overs.

Multan region:

At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur beat Layyah by eight wickets.

LAYYAH 124 in 35.5 overs (Imranullah 4-73); BAHAWALPUR 130-2 in 12.4 overs (Asif Iqbal 53 not out, Imranullah 51 not out).

At Sports Ground, Multan: Dera Ghazi Khan beat Rajanpur by 108 runs.

DERA GHAZI KHAN 222 in 54 overs (Fazal Tariq 56; Wajid Nadeem 4-38); RAJANPUR 114 in 25.4 overs (Altaf Javed 7-54).

At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala:

VEHARI 128 in 64.3 overs; BAHAWALNAGAR 51-1 in 23 overs.

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

MULTAN 334 in 82.5 overs (Mohammad Ali Rafi 114, Atmad-ul-Haq 63, Sohaib Maqsood 58; Zubair Khan 5-50); KHANEWAL 9-1 in 5 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar: Swat beat Afghanistan by six wickets.

AFGHANISTAN 184 in 53.2 overs (Hazrat Hussain 6-46); SWAT 185-4 in 37.3 overs (Jamaluddin 84).

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

PESHAWAR 405 in 76.4 overs (Mahfooz Sabri 116, Sajjad Ahmed 79); DIR LOWER 50-3 in 11 overs.

At Kohat Stadium:

FATA 182-7 in 48 overs (Tariq Afridi 75) v BANNU.

Quetta region:

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

QUETTA 293 in 60 overs (Naseem Khan 65, Jalat Khan 60; Sanaullah 4-56); KALAT 133-2 in 28 overs.

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman:

LORALAI 461 in 87.3 overs (Mohammad Iqbal 162, Mohammad Akbar 120); KILLA ABDULLAH 46-1 in 13 overs.

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Bhakkar by five wickets.

BHAKKAR 150 in 38.4 overs (Yasir Ameer Khan 53; Mohammad Talha 5-35, Shafqat Hussain 5-58); FAISALABAD 152-5 in 31.5 overs (Mohammad Nadeem 4-61).

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang:

JHANG 284 in 71.2 overs (Suleman Afzal 106, Saadat Munir 65); SARGODHA 59-3 in 16 overs.

Abbottabad region:

At University Ground No 2, Peshawar: Haripur beat Mardan by six wickets.

MARDAN 153 in 31.5 overs (Ijaz Ahmed 4-24); HARIPUR 154-4 in 59.5 overs.

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: Abbottabad beat Swabi by six wickets.

SWABI 128 in 34.3 overs (Armghan Elahi 6-58); ABBOTTABAD 132-4 in 36 overs (Ramiz Ahmed 51 not out).

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

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 117 in 30 overs (Ghulam Mohammad 52; Waqar Ali 6-47); KOHAT 119-2 in 19 overs (Usman 53 not out).

Rawalpindi region:

At Army Cricket Stadium:

MIANWALI 95 v RAWALPINDI.

Sialkot region:

At Railways Stadium, Lahore:

GUJRANWALA 370-9 in 83 overs (Bilal Azmat 115, Naeemuddin 110, Bilal Hussain 72) v HAFIZABAD.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Paceman Shahab Basharat captured five for 80 as West Zone Whites defeated East Zone Blues by three wickets in the Lahore region match at the LCCA Ground.

Lahore region:

At LCCA Stadium: West Zone Whites beat East Zone Blues by three wickets.

EAST ZONE BLUES 160 in 37.5 overs (Umar Tanvir 63; Shahab Basharat 5-80); WEST ZONE WHITES 162-7 in 36.4 overs.

At Mughalpura Institute Ground:

NORTH ZONE WHITES 117-7 in 47 overs (Asif Raza 4-31) v EAST ZONE WHITES.

At Cricket Centre Ground:

NORTH ZONE WHITES 223 in 69.5 overs (Afzal Shah 68; Azam Khan 4-38); WEST ZONE BLUES 68-4 in 18 overs .