June 23, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-us-Sani 07, 1428

KARACHI, June 22: A superb spell of seven for 15 by leg-spinner Sohaib Khan led Zone-VI to a crushing 168-run victory against Zone-VII in Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship here on Friday.

Zone-VII were bowled for a paltry 90 while chasing 254.

Meanwhile, the match between Zone-II and Zone-III was abandoned as a draw because of wet conditions at the TMC Ground following Thursday’s showers in the city.

Summarised scores on Friday:

Karachi region:

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium: Zone-VI beat Zone-VII by 168 runs.

ZONE-VI 253 in 78.3 overs (Mohammad Afzal 70, Abdullah Shah 69; Mirza Farhad Baig 4-53); ZONE-VII 90 in 35.1 overs (Sohaib Khan 7-15).

At TMC Ground: Match drawn (no play on second day).

ZONE-II 420-9 in 90 overs (Ammar Hasan 223, Ahmed Iqbal 95, Irfan Lodhi 50) v ZONE-III.

Abbottabad region:

At Kohat Stadium: Fata beat Tank by 230 runs.

FATA 410 in 90 overs (Saeed Afridi 121 not out, Rehan Afridi 102, Ijaz Ahmed 59; Imran Khan 6-59); TANK 180 in 40.2 overs (Nasibullah 57; Saleh Mohammad 5-30).

At Commerce College Ground, Abbottabad: Mardan beat Abbottabad by seven runs.

MARDAN 260 in 50.2 overs (Farman Ali 63; Rameez Ahmed 5-40); ABBOTTABAD 253 in 54 overs (Zeeshan Khan Jadoon 122, Rameez Ahmed 72; Fawad Malok 6-54).

At D.I. Khan Stadium: Dera Ismail Khan beat Bannu by 87 runs.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN 226 in 77.4 overs (Fahim Nawaz Kundi 54, Shamsullah 53; Hamed Khan 4-64); BANNU 139 in 72.4 overs (Hamed Khan 53; Maqbool Hussain 5-37).

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Nowshera beat Swat by 79 runs.

NOWSHERA 264 in 63 overs (Adnan Khan 84, Rashid Ali 50; Afaq Ahmed 7-71); SWAT 185 in 69.2 overs (Jawad Hussain 6-55).

Multan region:

At College Ground, Layyah: Layyah Dera Ghazi Khan by 159 runs.

LAYYAH 277 in 88.1 overs (Qazi Jamil 67); DERA GHAZI KHAN 118 in 51.2 overs (Salman Ilyas 56; Mujahid Bilal 7-11).

At Montgomery Ground, Sahiwal: Sahiwal beat Multan by nine wickets.

MULTAN 116 in 55.1 overs (Mohammad Ramiz 6-22); SAHIWAL 119-1 in 58 overs (Mohammad Waqas 68 not out).

Islamabad region:

At Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Gujrat: Azad Jammu Kashmir beat Gujrat by 83 runs.

AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 254 in 75.5 overs (Ghulam Murtaza 59; Nauman Munir 4-23); GUJRAT 171 in 45 overs (Ahmed Dar 6-66).

Sialkot region:

At Sheikhupura Stadium: Gujranwala beat Sheikhupura by 60 runs.

GUJRANWALA 145 in 61.2 overs (Bilawal Bhatti 54; Ayaz Tasawwar 4-44); SHEIKHUPURA 85 in 34.4 overs (Adil Raza 4-8).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Mandi Bahauddin by 185 runs.

SIALKOT 496-4 in 90 overs (Mohammad Yasin 210, Naved Sarwar 141, Mohammad Nasir 52, Mohammad Qasim 50); MANDI BAHAUDDIN 311 in 86.5 overs (Mohammad Arsalan 142, Zahidullah 71; Raza Hasan 6-91).

Hyderabad region:

At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta: Mirpurkhas beat Thatta by 228 runs.

MIRPURKHAS 330 in 89.5 overs (Mohammad Babar 86, Atif Hameed 81, Mohammad Asif 54; Meezan Rahi 4-67); THATTA 102 in 44.2 overs (Mudassar Manzoor 4-26).

At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Sukkur by two wickets.

SUKKUR 161 in 77.1 overs (Mohammad Tahseen 56; Mohammad Sharif 6-51); SHIKARPUR 163-8 in 55.3 overs (Ghulam Ishaq 69 not out).

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro: Dadu beat Badin by 284 runs.

DADU 353 in 85.4 overs (Raheel 107, Waqar Ahmed 65, Noor Din 52; Adnan Gul 5-90); BADIN 69 in 28.5 overs (Tanvir Ahmed 6-27).

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Slow left-armer Mustafa Iqbal claimed four for 23 as West Zone Blues outclassed East Zone Whites by 314 runs in the Lahore region fixture on Friday.

Chasing a huge target of 445, East Zone Whites were bundled for 130 in 38.1 overs.

Leg-spinner Ahmed Shahzad (5-66) and off-spinner Naeem-ul-Haq (4-124) starred in North Zone Blues’ impressive 104-run win over West Zone Whites while leg-spinner Tanzeel Altaf took five for 71 to help East Zone Blues defeat North Zone Whites by 33 runs.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

At Mughalpura Institute Ground: East Zone Blues beat North Zone Whites by 33 runs.

EAST ZONE BLUES 239 in 73.2 overs (Tanzeel Altaf 59 not out); NORTH ZONE WHITES 206 in 86.5 overs (Tanzeel Altaf 5-71).

At Cricket Centre Ground: North Zone Blues beat West Zone Whites by 104 runs.

NORTH ZONE BLUES 439 in 87.3 overs (Hamza Mobin 97, Naeem-ul-Haq 87, Imran Shafi 66, Rana Suleman 54; Salman Afzal 5-131, Asif Ghafoor 4-104); WEST ZONE WHITES 335 in 72.3 overs (Zaeem Ghazanfar 100, Asadullah Ghori 74, Asif Ghafoor 53; Ahmed Shahzad 5-66, Naeem-ul-Haq 4-124).

At Model Town Club Ground: West Zone Blues beat East Zone Whites by 314 runs.

WEST ZONE BLUES 444-5 in 90 overs (Umar Akmal 121, Babar Manzoor 86, Usman Salahuddin 83, Juma Khan 79); EAST ZONE WHITES 130 in 38.1 overs (Mustafa Iqbal 4-23).