KARACHI, April 5: Being consistent with their fine performance ZTBL won their second match in the 8th National Women’s Cricket Championship Seniors as they thrashed Rawalpindi Region Women by 306 runs on Friday.

In the pool ‘A’ match played at the Ittehad Cricket Ground in Lahore, ZTBL won the toss and elected to bat first. Centuries by Nida Dar and Bismah Maroof and 97 by Rabiya Shah helped them amass 414-4 in the allotted 50 overs.

In reply, Rawalpindi Region could only muster 108 all out off 38.5 overs. ZTBL’s Nida Dar took two wickets while giving away no runs at all. Bismah claimed two for three runs while Zeba Manzoor two for 24.

Bismah was named player of the match.

Meanwhile, Karachi Region beat Faisalabad Region by six wickets in another pool ‘A’ match played at Bagh-i-Jinnah, Lahore.

In pool ‘B’, Peshawar Region outclassed Bahawalpur Region by 116 runs at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke Ground No 1 and Quetta Region routed Hyderabad Region by 123 runs at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke Ground No 2.

Summarised scores:

Pool ‘A’:

ZTBL bt Rawalpindi Region by 306 runs.

ZTBL 414-4 in 50 overs (Nida Dar 100 not out, Bismah Maroof 100, Rabiya Shah 97; Javeria Khan 34); RAWALPINDI REGION 108 in 38.5 overs (Badar-un-Nisa 35, Madiha Rasheed 25, Ayesha Furqan 24; Nida Dar 2-0, Bismah Maroof 2-3, Zeba Manzoor 2-24).

Karachi Region bt Faisalabad Region by six wickets.

FAISALABAD REGION 121 in 39 overs (Waheeda Akhtar 46, Shabana Kausar 12, Iram Shahzadi 10; Sabiha Zulfiqar 3-38, Ramim Shamim 3-13); KARACHI REGION 123-4 in 30.2 overs (Arman Khan 41, Javeria Rauf 39, Marium Bukhari 14, Sana Urooj 11; Uzma Younis 3-43).

Pool ‘B’:

Peshawar Region bt Bahawalpur Region by 116 runs.

PESHAWAR REGION 295-9 in 50 overs (Zainab Khan 106, Hajira Sarwar 53, Nousheen Shah 36; Raquia Iqbal 6-45); BAHAWALPUR REGION 179 in 34.3 overs (Raquia Iqbal 78, Saba Ghafoor 24; Zainab Khan 5-45, Hajira Sarwar 4-38).

Quetta Region bt Hyderabad Region by 123 runs.

QUETTA REGION 232 in 50 overs (Nahida Khan 155, Zubaida Sattar 12 not out; Kashamala Batool 3-16, Sajida Shah 2-28); HYDERABAD REGION 109 in 30 overs (Zaib-un-Nisa 26, Sasjida Shah 14, Zahia Gul 13; Nahida Khan 4-13, Rubina Kausar 3-30).

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