KARACHI, Sept 15: Spinners dominated the second and final day of the fourth round Karachi region matches in the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship on Thursday. Off-spinners Mansoor Khan (5-20) and Tahir Khan (3-14) bowled Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone to a crushing 117-run win over North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone. Resuming at 55 for four, North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone folded up for 117 in the 56th over.
Faraz A. Khan and his spinning partner Shahmir Khattak shared nine wickets between as Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone outclassed Landhi-Korangi Zone by 152 runs. Landhi-Korangi Zone mustered just 132 while chasing a target of 285.
Summarised scores:
At TMC Ground: Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone beat Landhi-Korangi Zone by 152 runs. FEDERAL ‘B’ AREA-NEW KARACHI ZONE 284 in 88.4 overs (Atif Ali Zaidi 88, Fawad Alam 48; Atif Maqbool 5-84, Adnan Malik 5-114); LANDHI-KORANGI ZONE 132 in 54.1 overs (Zeeshan Pervez 68; Faraz A. Khan 5-23, Shahmir Khattak 4-31.
At Students Sports Ground: Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone beat North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone by 117 runs. LIAQUATABAD-GULSHAN ZONE 222 in 60.1 overs (Wasim Naeem 101; Irfanuddin 4-55); NORTH NAZIMABAD-ORANGI ZONE 105 in 55.3 overs (Mansoor Khan 5-20, Tahir Khan 3-14).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: All matches in the Lahore region ended in no-result as the second day was washed out without a ball being bowled.
Summarised scores:
Lahore region:
At Railways Stadium, Lahore. No result.
NORTH ZONE WHITES 27-0 v WEST ZONE WHITES.
At Mughalpura Institute Ground: No result.
EAST ZONE WHITES 61-5 v NORTH ZONE BLUES.
At LCCA Ground: No result.
EAST ZONE BLUES 62-3 v WEST ZONE BLUES.
Faisalabad region:
At Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad: Faisalabad beat Jhang by 393 runs.
FAISALABAD 490-6 (Sabir Hussain 148 not out, Hasnain Haider 76, Kamran Naeem 52, Mohammad Zahid 51, Sibtain Badar 67); Jhang 97 (Shahid Ali 4-33).
At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Sargodha beat Kasur by 155 runs.
SARGODHA 240 (Azhar Hussain 61; Arshad Shabbir 4-42); KASUR 85 (Asad Ali 6-26).
Multan region:
At Mahmood Stadium, Rahimyar Khan: Rahimyar Khan beat Layyah by five wickets.
LAYYAH 161 (Ziaur Rahman 5-57); RAHIMYAR KHAN 162-5 (Basit 50 not out).
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Okara: Match drawn.
MULTAN 91-3 v OKARA.
Our Sports Reporter adds from Islamabad: Mianwali completed a convincing 275-run victory over Jhelum in the Rawalpindi region fixture at the ARL Ground.
After Mianwali had posted 520-8 on Wednesday, Jhelum fell for 245 in reply after resuming their innings at the overnight score of 6-2 on the second and last day.
Jhelum were restricted by paceman Masoodur Rahman who took 4-34.
Gibran Azam made 51.
Summarised scores:
MIANWALI 520-8 (Tahir Rauf Khan 205, Osama Sharoom 124, Tanzeelur Rehman 53; Karar Hussain 5-148; JHELUM 245 (Gibran Azam 51, Masoodur Rahman 4- 34).