Adnan shines for Zone-VI

Published September 21, 2006

KARACHI, Sept 20: Slow left-armer Adnan Kaleem took seven for 72 as Zone-VI trounced Zone-I by 182 runs in the PCB Inter-district Seniors Cricket Championship at the KCCA Stadium on Tuesday.

Responding to Zone-VI’s 394 for seven in 90 overs, Zone-I were dismissed for 212.

For the winners, Shahid Ayub slammed 120 with 16 fours and a six and Hasan Raza hit eight fours and three sixes in his 111.

In the other match at TMC Ground, Zone-II defeated Zone-V by 18 runs. Off-spinner Shahmir Khattak took six for 62 in his team's triumph.

Summarised scores:

Zone-II beat Zone-V by 19 runs.

ZONE-II 275 in 84.1 overs (Navedd Khan 85, Akbar Rehman 66, Mohammad Fahim 36; Anis Shaikh 5-98); ZONE-V 257 in 77.4 overs (Mubashir Ahmed 78, Zeeshan Iqbal 64, M. Ali Naqvi 43; Shahmir Khattak 6-62, Khalid Rasheed 4-99).

Zone-VI beat Zone-I by 182 runs.

ZONE-VI 394-7 in 90 overs (Shahid Ayub 120, Hasan Raza 111, Waqas Haroon 65; Umair Ahmed 4-69); ZONE-I 212 in 74.3 overs (Wasim Naeem 60, Tariq Haroon 50, Amin-ur-Rehman 40; Adnan Kaleem 7-72, Misbah Khan 2-33).—APP

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