ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Paceman Najaf Shah wrecked Attock with an impressive haul of 5-23 as Rawalpindi completed a 173-run victory in the PCB Inter-district senior cricket championship match at the Army ground on Monday.

Attock, who were 65-5 when play began on the second and final day could not cope with Najaf who ran through their batting with some accurate bowling as they crashed to 93 all out in 36.5 overs replying to Rawalpindi’s 266. Sohail Tanvir also did well with the ball taking 3-31.

At the Diamond Cricket ground, the rain-hit match between Islamabad and Northern Areas ended in a draw.

The home side hit up 518 with Bilal Asad cracking a fine 204 in which he struck 24 fours and two sixes. Ameer Khan contributed 87 and Rao Iftikhar scored 50 runs. Shah Laeeq finished with 7-144.

Northern Areas were 57 for three when rain stopped play, all three wickets being picked up by Rao Iftikhar.

Summarised scores:

At Diamond Cricket ground: Match drawn.

ISLAMABAD 518 in 81.5 overs (Bilal Asad 204 Fayyaz Ahmed 95, Ameer Khan 87, Iftikhar Rao 50; Shah Laeeq 7-144); NORTHERN AREAS 57-3 in 22 overs (Asadullah 43; Rao Iftikhar 3-10)..

At Army Cricket ground: Rawalpindi beat Attock by 173 runs.

RAWALPINDI 266 in 69.3 overs (Sohail Nasir 54, Yasim Murtaza 43, Mohammad Wasim 39; Jameel Mahmood 8-69); ATTOCK 93 in 36.5 overs (Najaf Shah 5-23, Sohail Tanvir 3-31).

At ARL ground: Match drawn.

MIANWALI 203-6 in 53 overs (Tamzeelur Rehman 90 not out, Masoodur Rahman 50; Shahjahan 4-51) v CHAKWAL.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Left-arm medium-pacer Jamshed Ahmed captured five for 55 to help North Zone Whites defeat East Zone Blues by 211 runs in the Lahore region fixture.

Chasing a formidable target of 407, East Zone Blues were all out for 195 despite good batting by opener Umar Javed (86) and Intikhab Alam (61).

North Zone Blues defeated West Zone Whites by four wickets. Set to score 250, North Zone Blues romped home by scoring 253 for six in 63.4 overs.

In a low-scoring match West Zone Blues defeated East Zone Whites by six wickets. Requiring 191, West Zone Blues surpassed it in the 60th over.

Summarised scores:

Lahore region:

At LCCA ground: North Zone Whites beat East Zone Blues by 211 runs.

NORTH ZONE WHITES 406-7 in 90 overs (Shahbaz Bashir 102 not out, Ashfaq Ahmed 80); EAST ZONE BLUES 195 in 66 overs (Umar Javed 86, Intikhab Alam 61; Jamshed Ahmed 5-55).

At Mughalpura Institute ground: North Zone Blues beat West Zone Whites by four wickets.

WEST ZONE WHITES 244 in 59.1 overs (Adnan Raza 99; Khalid Hussain 4-54); NORTH ZONE BLUES 253-6 in 63.4 overs (Adnan Butt 91, Mujahid Ali 51).

At Railways Stadium: West Zone Blues beat East Zone Whites by six wickets.

EAST ZONE WHITES 190 in 51 overs (Arif Hussain 4-41); WEST ZONE BLUES 192-4 in 59.3 overs.

Multan region:

At Multan Cricket Stadium: Multan beat Sahiwal by 159 runs.

MULTAN 276 in 79 overs (Rizwan Sattar 142); SAHIWAL 117 in 32.5 overs.

At College ground, Burewala: Okara beat Vehari by 60 runs.

OKARA 152 in 48.2 overs (Naveed Yasin 5-21); VEHARI 92 in 59.3 overs (Zulfiqar Babar 7-33).

Sialkot Region:

At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Gujranwala beat Sheikhupura by four wickets.

SHEIKHUPURA 142 in 47.1 overs (Tariq Mahmood 4-36); GUJRANWALA 148-6 in 43 overs (Nadeem Javed 4-60).

At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: Sialkot beat Mandi Bahauddin by four wickets.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN 222 in 55.1 overs (Khawaja Bilal 61, Abdul Raza 57; Zaman Haider 4-43); SIALKOT 223-6 in 51.2 overs.

Faisalabad region:

At Chenab College, Jhang: Bhakkar beat Jhang by three wickets.

JHANG 168 in 66.2 overs (Ghulam Murtaza 5-72); BHAKKAR 169-7 in 51.1 overs (Ahmed Farooq 60; Asad Hasan 4-40).

Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: Heavy rain in the city at the weekend played havoc with the third round matches in the Karachi region.

Just one innings was possible in the three scheduled ties. Nazimabad-Asifabad Zone, who resumed at 17 for no wicket, made 283 for nine in 60 overs against Federal ‘B’ Area-New Karachi Zone at Asifabad Sports ground.

The matches between Old Karachi Zone and North Nazimabad-Orangi Zone at Students Sports ground and Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone versus Landhi-Korangi Zone at the Landhi Gymkhana ground were abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Summarised scores:

At Asifabad Sports ground: Match drawn.

NAZIMABAD-ASIFABAD ZONE 283-9 in 60 overs (Iqbal Shaikh 89, Asad Iqbal 51, Tariq Rasheed 49, Mohammad Gul 44; Fawad Alam 6-83, Shahmir Khattak 3-43) v FEDERAL ‘B’ AREA-NEW KARACHI ZONE.

Our Correspondent adds from Hyderabad: Off-spinner Shoaib Leghari grabbed five for 19 as Hyderabad beat Thatta by eight wickets in the Hyderabad region match at Makli Cricket Stadium in Thatta.

Summarised scores:

THATTA 60 in 24.4 overs (Shoaib Leghari 5-19); HYDERABAD 61-2 in 9.2 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Dir Lower by 231 runs.

PESHAWAR 271 in 56.1 overs (Aftab Hayat 67, Zohair Khan 58 not out; Fazle Elahi 4-52, Mohammad Imran 3-73); DIR LOWER 40 in 13.5 overs (Nauman Habib 5-12, Kamran Ali 5-22).

Abbottabad region:

At Abbottabad Stadium: Abbottabad beat Mardan by six wickets.

MARDAN 189 in 52.3 overs (Kaleemur Rahman 55; Mudassar Ibrahim 5-35); ABBOTTABAD 190-4 in 39.1 overs (Zafar Jadoon 59; Ehsan Elahi 3-82).