KARACHI, June 15: A brilliant unbeaten century by talented opener Ali Jawad helped Zone-IV inflict a crushing eight-wicket defeat on Zone-III in the Karachi region fixture of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship on Friday.
Ali struck 16 fours and three sixes in making 104 off 113 balls as Zone-IV made light work of a modest target of 162 in 32.4 overs.
Earlier, Shahzeb Khan, an upcoming leg-spinner, grabbed six for 55 in 23.5 overs to restrict Zone-III.
Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Mirpurkhas, Shikarpur and Loralai were other winners on the opening day of the two-day matches in their respective regions.
Summarised scores and results on Friday:
Karachi region:
AT PCB Regional Academy Ground: Zone-IV beat Zone-III by eight wickets.
ZONE-III 161 in 64.5 overs (Mohammad Bilal 52; Shahzeb Khan 6-55); ZONE-IV 162-2 in 32.4 overs (Ali Jawad 104 not out).
At Landhi Gymkhana Ground:
ZONE-VI 182 in 74.2 overs (Mohammad Afzal 75, Wasim Ali 44; Osama Basharat 5-57); ZONE-V 69-0 in 28 overs.
At TMC Ground:
ZONE-II 149 in 64.4 overs (Abdul Jabbar Khan 47; Amjad Manzoor 4-50); ZONE-I 95-3 in 28 overs.
Rawalpindi region:
At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: Rawalpindi beat Jehlum by nine wickets.
JEHLUM 71 in 22.5 overs (Mohammad Aamir 7-24); RAWALPINDI 74-1 in 16 overs.
At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:
ATTOCK 209 in 74.2 overs (Majid Khan 53; Fahad Hussain 4-36); CHAKWAL 28-0 in 8 overs.
Islamabad region:
At Diamond Club Ground: Islamabad beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by nine wickets.
AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 103 in 25.3 overs (Imad Wasim 5-34, Junaid Nadir 4-54); ISLAMABAD 104-1 in 10.5 overs (Nauman Masood 61 not out).
Hyderabad region:
AT Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: Mirpurkhas beat Hyderabad by 31 runs.
MIRPURKHAS 113 in 48.3 overs; HYDERABAD 82 in 30 overs.
At Makli Cricket Ground, Makli: Thatta beat Badin by 25 runs.
THATTA 156 in 41.2 overs (Adnan Gul 5-55, Abbas Ali 4-16); BADIN 131 in 49.1 overs (Meezan Rahi 4-48)
Quetta region:
At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur:
LARKANA 171 in 60 overs (Zulfiqar Ali 5-41); SUKKUR 110-1 in 31 overs (Ameer Bux 65 not out).
At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro:
DADU 251 in 86.3 overs (Noor Din 57, Waqar Ahmed 51; Rao Sajid Ali 6-91); SANGHAR 11-1 in 7 overs.
At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Nawabshah by four wickets.
NAWABSHAH 77 in 27 overs (Ghulam Ishaque 6-35); SHIKARPUR 79-6 in 24.2 overs.
At Cricket Ground, Naushki:
PISHIN 246 in 82.4 overs (Mir Wais 55, Ibrahim Shah 54; Shah Murid 5-53); NAUSHKI 36-1 in 15 overs.
At Shaheed Ghaffar Sayyal Ground, Naseerabad:
SIBI 291 in 72.5 overs (Farid Baqi 103); NASEERABAD 91-4 in 22 overs (Taimur Khan 3-11).
At Qasim Stadium, Quetta: Loralai beat Kalat by nine wickets.
KALAT 64 in 22.1 overs; LORALAI 66-1 in 11.1 overs.
Peshawar region:
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
NOWSHERA 216 in 70.2 overs (Gohar Ali 72, Mohammad Sikander 58 not out; Mohammad Asif 4-40); PESHAWAR 41-2 in 20 overs.
At University Ground No 1, Peshawar:
CHARSADDA 203 in 74.1 overs (Mohammad Yasin 5-52); SWAT 35-0 in 15 overs.
Abbottabad region:
At Company Bagh Ground, Mardan:
MARDAN 486-7 in 90 overs (Saifullah 169, Nadeem Sultan 104, Khalilullah 68 not out) v DIR UPPER.
At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi:
MANSEHRA 220 in 76.3 overs (Danish Afzal 56; Maqsood Ali 6-60); SWABI 26-4 in 11 overs (Ameer Azam 3-12).
At D.I. Khan Stadium, D.I. Khan:
DERA ISMAIL KHAN 197 in 65.4 overs (Asif Javed 6-54); TANK 83-7 in 40 overs.
Multan region:
At MCC Ground, Multan: Multan beat Bahawalnagar by eight wickets.
BAHAWALNAGAR 149 in 43.1 overs (Rahat Ali 4-35, Ahsan Baig 4-52); MULTAN 150-2 in 23.3 overs (Khawar Ali 61).
At Bahawalpur Stadium:
DERA GHAZI KHAN 280-8 in 90 overs (Ayaz M. Sharif 90, Salman Ilyas 63; Mohammad Rehan 4-43, Mohammad Zahir Siddiqui 4-108) v BAHAWALPUR.
At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:
KHANEWAL 260 in 87.4 overs (Mohammad Ismail Khan 83, Mohammad Javed 83; Sajid Naseer 4-76) v OKARA.
Faisalabad region:
At Chenab College Ground, Jhang:
KASUR 56-5 in 16 overs v JHANG.