East Zones Whites win

Published August 23, 2006

LAHORE, Aug 22: Seven wickets shared by medium-pacer Mohammad Saeed and Javed Butt steered East Zone Whites to a big 196-run triumph over North Zone Blues in the PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship at Railways Stadium on Tuesday.

Saeed picked up four wickets for 40 runs while Javed claimed three for only 15 runs as North Zone Blues were all out for 127 in 54.5 overs while chasing a hard winning target of 323.

Summarized scores:

EAST ZONE WHITES 323-9, 76 overs (Ahmed Butt 158, Jahangir Mirza 124; Mohammad Kashif 4-19).

NORTH ZONE BLUES 127, 54.5 overs (Asim Khurshid 37; Mohammad Saeed 4-40, Javed Butt 3-15).

WEST ZONE BLUES 371, 89.1 overs (Haroon Rasheed 150, Farrukh 80, Wahab Riaz 60; Sajid Aziz 4-117).

EAST ZONE BLUES 183, 57.1 overs (Asim Ijaz 102; Mohammad Zahid 5-54).

WEST ZONE WHITES 212, 77 overs (Kashif Hassan 86; Mohammad Shehzad 4-50, Salman Khan 3-36).

NORTH ZONE WHITES 321-3, 53.2 overs (Farhan Asghar 84 not out, Waqar Malik 39).

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