Fazal, Ramiz share 303-run stand

Published May 20, 2010

KARACHI, May 19 Openers Fazal Subhan and Ramiz Raja smashed unbeaten centuries and shared a quickfire 303-run stand as defending champions Zone-VI secured three points for the first-innings lead after their two-day PCB Karachi Region Seniors Inter-district cricket championship match against Zone-IV ended in a draw at the RLCA Ground Korangi on Tuesday.

Fazal hit 15 boundaries and three sixes in his 152 and Ramiz's 133 was spiced with 19 boundaries and brace of sixes.

Earlier, resuming at 86-6, Zone-IV fought well to score 225 all out mainly because of fighting 86 by Mohammad Bilal with seven fours and two sixes. Mohammad Waqas contributed an attacking 66 with 11 boundaries and one six.

At the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, the match between Zone-III and Zone-V ended in a draw.

Meanwhile, left-arm pacer Nasir Khan claimed six wickets for 76 runs in 17.4 overs to help Zone-I secure a slender eleven-run lead and three points against Zone-VII at the TMC Ground.

Summarised scores

ZONE-VI 338-8 in 70 overs (Javed Mansoor 78, Saad Surkhail 64, Fazal Subhan 61, Ramiz Raja 51, Rizwan Khan 27; Atif Maqbool 4-130) and 303-0 in 45 overs (Fazal Subhan 152 not out, Ramiz Raja 133 not out); ZONE-IV 225 in 61.1 overs (Mohammad Bilal 86 not out, Mohammad Waqas 66; Misbah Khan 5-81, Adnan Kaleem 4-79).

ZONE-III 262 (Babar Rehman 86, Babar Agha 75; Majid Khan 5-43) and 104-2 in 31 overs (Omer Sheikh 32 not out; Zeeshan Aziz 2-41); ZONE-V 288 in 69.5 overs (Ashraf Ali 57, Mohammad Zohaib 54 not out, Ijaz Khan 37; Babar Rehman 3-78).

ZONE-I 262 (Haris Ayaz 90, Wajihuddin 55, Hafiz Asad 45; Raza-ul-Hasan 4-74, Junaid Naeem 3-95) and 127-8 in 54 overs (Behram Khan 23, Wajihuddin 23, Raza-ul-Hasan 3-19); ZONE-VII 251 in 59.4 overs (Matin-ur-Rehman 71, Zakir Malik 38, Nadeem Babar 26; Nasir Khan 5-76, Haris Ayaz 2-50).—APP