September 07, 2007	Friday	Sha'aban 24, 1428

KARACHI, Sept 6: Skipper Adnan Kaleem and Misbah Khan shared bowling honours as Zone-VI overwhelmed Zone-V by 183 runs in the Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Cricket Championships at the KCCA Stadium on Thursday.

Slow left-armer Adnan returned figures of five for 75 while off-spinner Misbah grabbed five for 56 to bowl out Zone-V for 207 in the 80th over. Opener Mubashir Ahmed, however, stood out for the losers with 108 that included eight fours and three sixes.

By virtue of this win, Zone-VI move to top of the standings with 14 points since their closest rivals Zone-III lost to Zone-IV by five runs at the Pak Star Ground.

Chasing 273, Zone-III finished 267 all out in the 88th over despite former Test opener Shadab Kabir’s 86. Off-spinner Ariz Kamal, the younger brother of Test reject Asim Kamal, claimed five for 90.

Meanwhile, Zone-I pulled off a four-wicket win over Zone-II at the TMC Ground thanks to 99-run stand between skipper Tariq Haroon (62) and Fahim Ahmed (57 not out).

Scores and results of matches on Thursday:

Karachi region:

At KCCA Stadium: Zone-VI beat Zone-V by 183 runs.

ZONE-VI 390-8 in 90 overs (Asad Shafiq 122, Daniyal Ahsan 120); ZONE-V 207 in 79.5 overs (Mubashir Ahmed 108; Misbah Khan 5-56, Adnan Kaleem 5-75).

At TMC Ground: Zone-I beat Zone-II by four wickets.

ZONE-II 186 in 67.1 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 54; Ali Hussain Rizvi 4-27); ZONE-I 187-6 in 39.3 overs (Tariq Haroon 62, Fahim Ahmed 57 not out).

At Pak Star Ground: Zone-IV beat Zone-III by five runs.

ZONE-IV 272-9 in 90 overs (Naveed Talib 61 not out; Mohammad Ali 4-76); ZONE-III 267 in 87.4 overs ((Shadab Kabir 86; Ariz Kamal 5-90).

Hyderabad region:

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Nawabshah beat Shikarpur by 53 runs.

NAWABSHAH 235 in 76.2 overs (Shahzad Hyder 62); SHIKARPUR 182 in 60 overs.

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

DADU 348 in 83.2 overs (Pir Zulfiqar Ali 84, Noor Mohammad 58, Ijaz Ali 53); MIRPURKHAS 324 in 89.5 overs (Mohammad Sohail 69, Mohammad Kamran 58, Aqeel Ahmed Anjum 55, Rehan Nizamani 51; Pir Zulfiqar Ali 4-98, Zahid Mahmood 4-117).

Multan region:

At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala: Bahawalnagar beat Vehari by six wickets.

VEHARI 128 in 64.3 overs; BAHAWALNAGAR 129-6 in 53 overs.

At Multan Cricket Stadium: Match tied.

MULTAN 334 in 82.5 overs (Mohammad Ali Rafi 114, Atmad-ul-Haq 63, Sohaib Maqsood 58; Zubair Khan 5-50); KHANEWAL 334 in 90 overs (Mustansar Ali 169 not out; Rahat Ali 5-71).

At Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan: Rahim Yar Khan beat Muzaffargarh by 272 runs.

RAHIM YAR KHAN 345 in 87.4 overs (Mohammad Yasir 151; Ahmed Jamal 7-72); MUZAFFARGARH 73 in 26 overs (Ahmed Raza 5-3).

At Montgomery Ground, Sahiwal: Okara beat Sahiwal by four wickets.

SAHIWAL 228 in 58.5 overs (Mohammad Shafiq 83, Ramiz Alam 59); OKARA 229-6 in 50.3 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 87; Waqas Sharif 4-69).

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Dir Lower by 205 runs.

PESHAWAR 404 in 76.4 overs (Mahfooz Sabri 116, Sajjad Ahmed 79); DIR LOWER 199 in 38.2 overs (Irfan Sarfraz 78 not out; Bilal Khan 4-47, Mian Khan 4-60).

At Kohat Stadium: Match drawn.

FATA 248 in 65.1 overs (Tariq Afridi 75; Iftikhar Ahmed 4-55); BANNU 191-6 in 44.2 overs (Fawad Khan 59).

Quetta region:

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta: Quetta beat Kalat by 11 runs.

QUETTA 293 in 60 overs (Naseem Khan 65, Jalat Khan 60; Sanaullah 4-56); KALAT 282 in 71.4 overs (Mohammad Aslam 102; Jalat Khan 6-39).

At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman: Loralai beat Killa Abdullah by 197 runs.

LORALAI 461 in 87.3 overs (Mohammad Iqbal 162, Mohammad Akbar 120); KILLA ABDULLAH 264 in 64.1 overs (Sarwar Khan 66, Obaidullah 53, Mohammad Ashraf 50; Mairajuddin 5-39).

Faisalabad region:

At Chenab College Ground, Jhang: Sargodha beat Jhang by five wickets.

JHANG 284 in 71.2 overs (Suleman Afzal 106, Saadat Munir 65); SARGODHA 286-5 in 68 overs (Abdul Mannan 120 not out, Usman Arshad 52).

Rawalpindi region:

At Army Cricket Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Mianwali by nine wickets.

MIANWALI 100 in 41.2 overs; RAWALPINDI 101-1 in 26.1 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim 51 not out).

Sialkot region:

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Match drawn.

GUJRANWALA 370-9 in 83 overs (Bilal Azmat 115, Naeemuddin 110, Bilal Hussain 72); HAFIZABAD 34-2 in 10.1 overs.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Rain played havoc with the two Lahore region matches with just 21 balls possible in the North Zone Whites-East Zone Whites fixture at the Mughalpura Institute Ground.

The other game between North Zone Whites and West Zone Blues at the Cricket Centre Ground saw no play at all.

Lahore region:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: No result.

NORTH ZONE WHITES 125 in 50.3 overs (Mohammad Saeed 5-35, Asif Raza 5-38) v EAST ZONE WHITES.

At Cricket Centre Ground: No result.

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