KARACHI: The talented trio of Shahram Changezi, Mohammad Sajjad and Sharjeel Mehmood excelled by hammering a century break apiece on the penultimate day of the group matches in the sixth National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship at the bank’s sports complex on Saturday.

Islamabad-based Shahram, who recently represented the country in the Asian Team Event at home, mustered an elegant break of 128 — the second highest in the event so far after 134 piled up by local player Sohail Shehzad. His break came in the fourth frame in his 4-2 triumph over Sindh’s Mohammad Ishtaiq. The former won the duel 61-42, 61-41, 27-54, 128-4, 39-47, 93-12.

Former Asian No 2 Sajjad came up with a break of 101 against Sharjeel in the second frame who replied with 103 in the fourth but to no avail. Sajjad won 88-11, 101-38, 48-83, 0-126, 69-42 and 61-24.

Meanwhile, quartet comprising bearded Abdul Sattar, defending champion Asjad Iqbal, Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Majid Ali have confirmed their places in the knockout round of 16.

Results:

Friday’s remaining results:

Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-3 (38-80, 71-13, 15-62, 27-70, 63-26, 67-12, 57-52); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Mohammad Haris Nadeem (Sindh) 4-0 (68-50, 85-57, 67-29, 65-32).

Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aneel Emanuel (Sindh) 4-1 (80-62, 63-15, 44-68, 89-6, 76-18); Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt Abdul Raheem (Punjab) 4-0 (62-15, 94-26, 90-51, 57-27); Mohammad Haris Nadeem (Sindh) bt Nauman Awan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-3 (67-29, 78-33, 57-61, 17-55, 71-65, 37-75, 84-30); Fawad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mujtahid Ali Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (67-31, 64-6, 56-77, 60-42, 53-65, 68-31); Mohammad Faheem (Punjab) bt Mohsin Amin (Punjab) 4-3 (78-7, 63-15, 72-34, 6-60, 24-69, 28-68, 68-29); Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) bt Mohammad Ishtaiq (Sindh) 4-2

(61-42, 61-41, 27-54, 128-4, 47-59, 93-12); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (88-11, 101-38, 48-83, 0-126, 69-42, 61-24); Zulfiqar A.Qadir (Sindh) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-0 (97-20, 68-32, 67-0, 52-1); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Babar Masih (Punjab) 4-2 (87-10, 34-82, 50-64, 39-13, 70-26, 67-34); Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khizar Aziz (Sindh) 4-2 (14-93, 69-16, 61-27, 47-73, 78-43, 64-30); Yasir Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shahid Aftab (Punjab) 4-3 (67-46, 60-71, 68-7, 39-54, 8-61, 66-50, 66-35); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Farhan Noor (Punjab) 4-0 (67-61, 60-40, 76-41, 55-43); Mohammad Yousuf (Punjab) bt Amir Tariq (Punjab) 4-1 (67-6, 87-32, 7-63, 66-9, 87-8).

Sunday’s fixtures:

At 10am: Farhan Noor (Punjab) v Fawad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Mohammad Yousuf (Punjab) v Mohammad Faheem (Punjab), Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) v Aneel Emanuel (Sindh), Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Mohammad Faiq Malik (Punjab).

At 12noon: Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) v Abdul Raheem (Punjab), Babar Masih (Punjab) v Nauman Awan (Khyber Paktunkhwa), Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) v Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Hamza Akbar (Punjab) v Shahid Aftab (Punjab).

At 2pm: Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) v Abu Saim (Punjab), Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) v Amir Tariq (Punjab), Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) v Shahram Changezi (Islamabad), Abdul Sattar (Sindh) v Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab).

At 4pm: Mohammad Asif (Punjab) v Sultan Mohammad (Sindh), Imran Shehzad (Punjab) v Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab).

Published in Dawn, September 14th , 2014