KARACHI, April 18: Lal Kumar and Fahad Iqbal smashed centuries to enable their respective teams to win their games in the Karachi Region PCB National Inter Club Cricket Championship here on Wednesday.

Lal made a superb unbeaten 115 off 114 balls with six fours and two sixes as Ravi Gymkhana beat Hamdam Cricket Club by 88 runs at the PCB Academy ground. Batting first, Ravi Gymkhana scored 223-6 in 40 overs. Hamdam CC, in response, were bundled out for 135 with Mohammad Ilyas and Imran Ali taking three wickets each.

Meanwhile, Rafiq Sherazi Memorial Cricket Club thrashed Malir Cantonment at the TMC Ground by 104 runs despite a six-wicket haul from Malir Cantonment’s Kashan Raheel. Nadir Ansari hit a match-winning 88 with nine fours.

In another match, Fahad Iqbal hammered a 123-ball 115 with six boundaries and three sixes in Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club's seven-wicket win against Dawood Sports at the KCCA Stadium.

In the meantime, Sohail Khan claimed five wickets and Mansoor Ali hit a sparkling 92 off 96 balls with 11 boundaries and Sajid Qureshi made 77 with 12 boundaries as Korangi Friends routed Punjab Cricket Club by seven wickets at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

Summarised scores:

RAVI GYMKHANA 223-6 in 40 overs (Lal Kumar 115 not out, Mohammad Naved 44; Salman Khursheed 4-40); HAMDAM CC 135 in 32.5 overs (Salman Khan 41; Mohammad Ilyas 3-29, Imran Ali 3-25).

RAFIQ SHERAZI CC 286 in 45.4 overs (Nadir Ansari 88, M Salman 44, Wasim Naeem 24, Iftikhar Ahmed 27, Omar Imtiaz 38; Kashan Raheel 6-57); MALIR CANTONMENT 182 in 39.1 overs (Ahmed Ali 48, Saad Ali 46; Yasir Murtaza 3-27, Fahim Khan 2-48, Mohammad Salman 2-28).

DAWOOD SPORTS 271 in 49.2 overs (Irfan Mushtaq 71, Atif Zaidi 76; Mohammad Ali 4-49); MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN CC 275-3 in 42.2 overs (Fahad Iqbal 115, Aamir Iqbal 63, Ramiz Raja 63 not out).

PUNJAB CC 183 in 49.2 overs (Asif Khan 60, Taslim Baloch 48; Sohail Khan 5-40, Mohammad Amir 2-19); KORANGI FRIENDS CC 185-3 in 35.2 overs (Mansoor Ali 92, Sajid Qureshi 77). –APP