ISLAMABAD, June 21: Faizan Riaz belted a blazing unbeaten 168 off only 100 balls as Islamabad posted a record 625-6 against Northern Areas in the National Under-19 Inter-district cricket championship at the Diamond Ground.

The home batsmen were in such cracking form that the rival attack was flogged no end with Immad Wasim (104 not out) and Umair Mir (103) also notching up centuries.

Islamabad’s total is a national junior cricket record and home team’s 625 in 90 overs featured a massive 86 fours and a six.

Faizan’s bludgeoned 24 fours and reached his century in just 62 balls. He was involved in an unbroken seventh wicket partnership of 226 with Immad.

Summarised scores:

ISLAMABAD 625-6 in 90 overs (Faizan Riaz 168 not out, Imad Waseem 104 not out; Umair Mir 103, Nauman Masood Butt 67, Taimur Javed 59, Haq Tahir 42, Usman Mahmood 28, Kamran Hussain 27; Maaz bin Iqbal 3-132) v NORTHERN AREAS.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Opener Ahmed Shahzad struck 117 to help North Zone Whites pile up 418-9 against East Zone Blues in the Lahore region fixture at LCCA Ground.

Ahmed hit 13 boundaries and faced 118 balls.

Medium-pacer Raheel Safdar finished with five for 90.

At Cricket Centre ground, West Zone Blues were in sight of a victory against East Zone Whites.

West Zone Blues scored 226. In reply, East Zone Whites were struggling at 95-6.

The match between West Zone Whites and North Zone Blues was evenly poised at Mughalpura Institute ground.

West Zone Whites made 205 with North Zone Blues reaching 118-4.

Summarised scores:

NORTH ZONE WHITES 418-9 in 90 overs (Ahmed Shahzad 117, Humza Mubeen 64, Rana Adnan 75, Sulman Rana 63; Raheel Safdar 5-90); EAST ZONE BLUES 15-0.

WEST ZONE BLUES 226 in 53.3 overs (Waqas Bashirf 44; Naeemul Haq 5-33); EAST ZONE WHITES 95-6 (Mohammad Asif 43 not out).

WEST ZONE WHITES 205 in 53.4 overs (Yasir Ajmal 55; Imran Shafi 6-45); NORTH ZONE BLUES 118-4.