KARACHI, Feb 11 Second seed Kamran Razzaq tasted second successive defeat in three days when he went down to Shahzad Naseem in five frames in the 18th Sindh Cup snooker contest at Aly's parlour on Thursday.

Kamran, who lost to Salman Sheikh in his group B match on Wednesday, won two frames to draw level before losing the decisive. Shahzad won the battle 17-65, 61-22, 46-35, 6-79, 62-9.

Meanwhile, Danish Baig notched up a magnificent break of 97 in the first frame which is highest so far in his 3-1 triumph over Rafiq Khan. He scores in favour of Danish were 97-7, 52-35, 41-66, 57-38.

Results

Naseem Paracha bt Kashif Alam 3-2 (19-63, 41-39, 69-41, 14-56, 62-37); S.S. Shahani bt Salman Merchant 3-2 (1-78, 79-14, 21-87, 74-23, 72-39); Mohammad Baqar bt Minhas Malik 3-0 (63-35, 52-44, 64-45); Danish Baig bt Rafiq Khan 3-1 (97-7, 52-35, 41-66, 57-38); Ali Zaidi bt Mukhtar Khan 3-1 (66-27, 43-63, 70-15, 65-9); Waqas Malik bt Mohammad Faizan (walkover); Najam-ur-Rehman bt Arsalan Waseem 3-0 (97-57, 71-32, 73-13); Maisam Zaidi bt Abdul Rehman junior 3-0 (74-6, 62-53, 64-20); Mohammad Kashan bt Yasir Khan 3-1 (55-42, 60-35, 38-50, 73-22); Faisal Kashmiri bt Nazir Arsalan 3-0 (62-52, 57-45, 31-35); Javed Ansari bt Johny Thakur 3-0 (70-6, 58-10, 73-25); Shahzad Naseem bt Kamran Razzaq 3-2 (17-65, 61-22, 46-35, 6-79, 62-9); Umair Alam bt Majid Khan 3-0 (83-27, 71-23, 70-40); Shadab Baig bt Kashif Khan 3-2 (62-35, 37-74, 53-40, 49-66, 50-40); Abdul Sattar bt Mohammad Akhlas 3-0 (80-13, 65-32, 66-26).