KARACHI, Aug 30: Zone-III whipped Zone-V by eight wickets in the latest round of matches in the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championships on Thursday.
Chasing a modest 116 in the Karachi region fixture at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Zone-II romped home in just 25.5 overs with opener Behram Khan hitting an unbeaten 58.
Following are the scores and results on first day:
Karachi region:
At Landhi Gymkhana Ground: Zone-III beat Zone-V by eight wickets.
ZONE-V 115 in 47.1 overs; ZONE-III 116-2 in 25.5 overs (Behram Khan 58 not out).
At TMC Ground:
ZONE-I 310 in 88 overs (Faisal Hussain 88, Sharjeel Ashraf 84, Wasim Naeem 53; Raheel Waris 5-126); ZONE-VII 8-0 in 1 over.
At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium:
ZONE-VI 379-9 in 88 overs (Shaharyar Ghani 97, Javed Mansoor 68, Daniyal Ahsan 65, Asad Shafiq 50) v ZONE-IV.
Multan region:
At Sports Ground, Multan: Rajanpur beat Muzaffargarh by two wickets.
MUZAFFARGARH 169 in 48.2 overs (Izhar-ul-Haq 5-31); RAJANPUR 174-8 in 47.2 overs (Tahir Mustafa 64).
Sialkot region:
At Sheikhupura Stadium: Gujranwala beat Sheikhupura by eight wickets.
SHEIKHUPURA 112 in 47.2 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 4-38, Mohammad Wasim 4-44); GUJRANWALA 114-2 in 22.1 overs (Kamran Younis 56 not out).
Islamabad region:
At Diamond Club Ground: Islamabad beat Northern Areas by four wickets.
NORTHERN AREAS 126 in 35.2 overs (Wahid Hussain 56; Sajid Ali 6-37); ISLAMABAD 127-6 in 12 overs.
Quetta region:
At Shaheed Ghafoor Sayyal Ground, Naseerabad: Pishin beat Naseerabad by seven wickets.
NASEERABAD 96 in 27.5 overs (Sanaullah 4-26); PISHIN 97-3 in 20.2 overs (S. Samiullah Agha 61 not out).
Hyderabad region:
At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro: Dadu beat Badin by two wickets.
BADIN 127 in 39.1 overs (Wasim Burfat 4-28); DADU 128-8 in 45.3 overs (Pir Zulfiqar 74; Kamran Nizamani 4-23).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Medium-pacer Aamir Hayat claimed seven for 39 to help West Zone Blues rout North Zone Whites by seven wickets in the Lahore region match at the LCCA Ground.
Lahore region:
At LCCA Ground: West Zone Whites beat North Zone Blues by four wickets.
NORTH ZONE BLUES 147 in 43.3 overs (Aamir Hayat 7-39); WEST ZONE WHITES 148-6 in 37.1 overs (Salman Rahat 4-61).
At Cricket Centre Ground:
EAST ZONE WHITES 184-5 in 79 overs (Atif Ijaz 57 not out) v WEST ZONE BLUES.