Sindh ranking junior squash in quarter-final stage

KARACHI: Interesting matches were witnessed as all the winners of boys’ under-13, under-15 and under-19 categories qualified for the quarter-finals in the JS Bank Sindh ranking junior squash championship which got into action at the PSF Jahangir Khan Squash Academy, PSB Coaching Centre the other day.

Organisers said a healthy trend was observed as over 100 entries of boys and girls were received for the event.

Meanwhile, Sonia Salman, Hareem, Maheen and Alina Zehra have made it to the last four in the girls under-15 event.

Results:

Boys U-13: Zahid bt Mustafa 13-11, 11-7, 11-5; A Zaman bt M Ahad 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; M Zaman bt Ali Ahmad 11-1, 11-4, 11-1; A Basit bt Hassan Paracha 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Zohab bt Umar 11-1, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5; M Jawad bt Ahmad Noman 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Huzaifa bt A Ahad 11-7, 11-3, 3-11, 11-8; Labib Butt bt Ibrahim 11-5, 11-6, 11-5.

Boys U-19: Naveed Rehman bt A Yaqoob 11-3, 11-2, 11-3; Bilal Islam bt Rohan 11-4, 11-5, 11-0; Rafi Khan bt Anis Ali 11-3, 11-2, 11-3; Rauf Khan bt Arib Imran 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 11-5; Shafay Yar Khan bt Sharoon 11-6, 11-4, 11-7; Ubaid Allah bt Fawas Asim 11-8, 11-6, 11-8; Shahzaib Shams bt Tabish 13-11, 11-9, 11-8; Fawaz Butt bt Aqib Saleem 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5.

Boys U-15: Hurraira Zafar bt Junaid 13-11, 11-5, 11-7; M Ali bt Affan Shaikh 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Anas bt Azam Abdin 11-1, 11-5, 11-1; Owais Mastoor bt Usman 11-2, 11-2, 11-4; Aziyan bt Abdullah 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Abdul Muqeet bt Shayan Adnan 11-7, 11-6, 7-11 11-5; Talha Saeed bt Ayyan Dorani 11-4, 11-7, 11-2.

Girls U-15: Sonia Salman bt Rameen Naqvi 11-6, 11-7, 11-9; Hareem bt Amna Sadiq 11-1, 11-3, 11-5; Maheen bt Maheen Mudasir (walkover); Alina Zahra bt Aliza 11-2, 11-5, 11-5.

Friday’s fixtures:

Matches start at 4pm.—Sports Reporter

Karachi women basketball team named

KARACHI: Karachi women basketball team was named here on Thursday for participation in the National Women Basketball Championship which will be held in Islamabad from Sept 30 to Oct 4 at the PCB Sports Complex, Islamabad. Rija Safdar of Neighbourhood Club, district South, will captain the 12-member squad while Hurraina Sajjad is her deputy.

The team was announced by KBBA president Ghulam Muhammad in consultation with the selection committee headed by Muhammad Yaqoob.

Other Members of the squad are Naziha Hasnain, Aisha Ijlal, Mira Saadul Hasan, Laiba Tabrez, Rafiq Khalid, Ameena Raza, Hareem Binte Faisal, Palwasheh Qureshi, Rosetta Turner, and Sameeha Saeeed.

Ex-international player Zahid Malik is the team manager while Zaeema Tariq is the coach. The team will depart for Islamabad on Friday.

Meanwhile, National Bank SVP Tariq bin Hanif distributed playing kits among the members of Karachi girls team and assured of NBP’s continued support for all sports in the country. He asked the team to observe discipline at all cost and display top skills during the national championship.

The KBBA officials later thanked ex-Test player Iqbal Qasim, the head of NBP sports division, for his and bank’s patronage for basketball and other sports.—Agencies

Lahore Blues take early honours

KARACHI: Inspired by solid contributions from Uzair Nasir, Ibtisam-ul-Haq and Zain Bin Farooq, Lahore Blues had the better of the first day play against Karachi Blues in the second game of triangular stage of the PCB Inter-region three-day tournament in Mirpur on Thursday.

After being asked to bat first at the Mirpur Cricket Stadium in Azad Jammu Kashmir, Lahore Blues posted 270-7 in the stipulated first-innings quota of 83 overs. Opener Ibtisam hit up a painstaking 53 off 148 balls before Uzair and Zain consolidate their team by putting on 97 for the seventh wicket.

Uzair remained unbeaten with a 123-ball 79 while Zain scored 56 off 54 balls. Slow left-armer Nadir Shah grabbed six wickets for 85 in 34 overs. By stumps Karachi Blues had collected 32-1 in 10 overs.

Close of play scores on Thursday (day one of three):

Triangular stage, round two: At Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur (AJK): LAHORE BLUES 270-7 in 83 overs (Uzair Nasir 79 not out, Zain Bin Farooq 56, Ibtisam-ul-Haq 53, Fahad Munir 29; Nadir Shah 6-85); KARACHI BLUES 32-1 in 10 overs.—Sports Reporter

Contrasting wins

LAHORE: Wahdat Eaglets and City Gymkhana both progressed to the next round of the 16th M. Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament after sealing contrasting victories on Wednesday.

Summarised scores:

Walhadat Eaglets beat Tauseef Club by 10 wickets.

AL-BILAL CLUB 138 in 34.5 overs (Rana Ikram 23, Ali Sikander 22, Ali Raza 20; Usman 3-31,Shehroze Khan 3-28, Saad 2-12, Jahangir Mirza 2-34); CITY GYMKHANA 140-6 in 27.4 overs (Asmatullah 54, Saad 23; Sajid Harraj 2-31, Shahzad Khan 2-21, Rao Khayyam 2-37).

TAUSEEF CLUB 115 in 22 overs (Mphammad Usman 22, Mohammad Sohail Khan 21; Kamran 3-8, Mahinder Pal Singh 2-20); WAHDAT EAGLETS 116-0 in 13.5 overs (Mohammad Zahid 81 not out, Abdul Tawab 20 not out).

City Gymkhana beat Al-Bilal Club by four wickets.

Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2018