Nawaz, Sajjad slam double tons

Published August 28, 2007

KARACHI, Aug 27: A superb century by Pakistan Under-19 batsman Ali Asad guided Zone-II to 262 against Zone-V in a Karachi region match of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championships at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Monday.

Asad struck 16 boundaries and two sixes in making an unbeaten 156 off 246 balls.

But Peshawar’s Nawaz Ahmed and Sajjad Ahmed stole the first day’s honours with scintillating double centuries against Swat at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar.

Nawaz blasted 36 fours in scoring 218 off 225 balls while skipper Sajjad hit 23 fours and one six in remaining unbeaten with 200 off 201 deliveries as Peshawar piled up a mammoth 555 for three in the stipulated 80 overs. The pair added 357 for the third wicket.

Following are the scores and results on Monday:

Karachi region:

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground:

ZONE-II 262 in 88.5 overs (Ali Asad 156 not out, Khalid Rasheed 62; Malik Aftab 5-53); ZONE-V 19-0 in 3 overs.

At TMC Ground:

ZONE-I 127 in 65.4 overs (Adnan Kaleem 4-33); ZONE-VI 59-3 in 31 overs (Asad Shafiq 46 not out).

At Pak Star Ground:

ZONE-VII 196-9 in 65 overs (Faraz Patel 61) v ZONE-IV.

Hyderabad region:

At PCB Academy Ground, Sukkur:

NAWABSHAH 152 in 63.5 overs (Abid Ali 58; Shakeel Khan 4-49); SUKKUR 64-1 in 29 overs.

At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas:

BADIN 250 in 77 overs (Zeeshan Ali Shah 90; Mohammad Kamran 4-58); MIRPURKHAS 40-0 in 11 overs.

At Sindh University Ground, Jamshoro:

HYDERABAD 318 in 90 overs (Ashraf Khan 82; Zahid Mahmood 5-92); DADU 52-1 in 18 overs.

At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta:

SANGHAR 266 in 75.4 overs (Shaukat Ali 89 not out; Ahmed Ali 6-80); THATTA 25-2.

Faisalabad region:

At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

SARGODHA 169 in 52.4 overs (Mohammad Talha 4-48); FAISALABAD 97-3 in 19 overs (Aamir Siddique 49).

Multan region:

At College Ground, Layyah: Layyah beat Rajanpur by six wickets.

RAJANPUR 211 in 55.1 overs (Wajid Nadeem 84; Rana Naveed Ahmed 4-47); LAYYAH 215-4 in 35 overs (Mohammad Nauman 91, Mohammad Younis 70 not out).

At Multan Cricket Stadium:

MULTAN 431-7 in 90 overs (Amjad-ul-Haq 153 not out, Shoaib Maqsood 91, Ali Rafi 61) v VEHARI.

At Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan:

RAHIM YAR KHAN 309 in 84.4 overs (Babar Waqas 116; Qaiser Abbas 4-64); DERA GHAZI KHAN 0-1 in 3 overs.

At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur:

BAHAWALPUR 362 in 88.3 overs (Hammad Tariq 175, Asif Iqbal 50; Ahmed Jamal 5-115); MUZAFFARGARH 25-4 in 11 overs.

Peshawar region:

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

PESHAWAR 555-3 in 80 overs (Nawaz Ahmed 218, Sajjad Ahmed 200 not out, Fawad Ali 50) v SWAT.

At University Ground No 1, Peshawar:

NOWSHERA 325 in 68.4 overs (Naveed Khan 130, Gohar Ali 113; Mohammad Azam Khan 5-65); DIR LOWER 48-2 in 19 overs.

At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar:

CHARSADDA 195 in 58 overs (Ashfaq Ahmed 52; Samiullah Shinwari 4-49); AFGHANISTAN 74-3 in 22.4 overs.

Sialkot region:

At Sheikhupura Stadium:

SHEIKHUPURA 288 in 80.1 overs (Shahid Siddique 84, Javed Hussain 81); HAFIZABAD 11-1 in 7 overs.

At VIP Ground, Sialkot: SIALKOT 73-4 in 36.5 overs v GUJRANWALA.

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: Narowal beat Mandi Bahauddin by eight wickets.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN 88 in 33.3 overs (Naveed Ahmed 4-22); NAROWAL 89-2 in 19.4 overs (Usman Akram 51 not out).

Abbottabad region:

At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: Abbottabad beat Mansehra by six wickets.

MANSEHRA 145 in 42 overs (Waqas Haroon 75; Saeed Khan 4-42); ABBOTTABAD 146-4 in 30 overs.

At University Ground No 2, Peshawar: Haripur beat Dir Upper by four wickets.

DIR UPPER 131 in 37.3 overs (Amjad Waqas 4-15, Ijaz Ahmed 4-26); HARIPUR 132-6 in 36.4 overs (Sajid Rasheed 77 not out; Mohammad Saeed 4-27).

At D.I. Khan Stadium:

BANNU 258 in 80.2 overs (Fawad Khan 100; Abdul Wahab 4-58) TANK 51-3 in 13 overs.

Quetta region:

At Shaheed Ghafoor Sayyal Stadium: Naseerabad beat Naushki by eight wickets.

NAUSHKI 146 in 56.4 overs; NASEERABAD 149-2 in 22.5 overs (Talib Hussain 49 not out, Saleemullah 41 not out).

Islamabad region:

At Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Gujrat:

NORTHERN AREAS 86-6 in 24 overs v AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR.

At Diamond Club Ground: ISLAMABAD v GUJRAT (no play, rain).

Rawalpindi region:

At Army Ground, Rawalpindi:

ATTOCK 99-6 in 49 overs v MIANWALI.

Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: A fine century by Afzal Shah (104) enabled North Zone Blues to pile up 320 against East Zone Blues in the Lahore region tie at the Cricket Centre Ground.

Lower-order batsman Haseeb Bhatti hit 117 to propel West Zone Blues to 258 against North Zone Whites at the LCCA Ground.

East Zone Whites amassed 368 against West Zone Whites at the Mughalpura Institute Ground.

Lahore region:

At Cricket Centre Ground:

NORTH ZONE BLUES 320 in 84.3 overs (Mohammad Ashfaq 104, Malik Imran 54; Qasim Zia 4-51); EAST ZONE BLUES 5-0.

At LCCA Ground:

WEST ZONE BLUES 258 in 66.5 overs (Haseeb Bhatti 117; Haroon Ali 5-78); NORTH ZONE WHITES 60-4.

At Mughal Institute Ground:

EAST ZONE WHITES 368-9 in 80 overs (Junaid Malik 67, Salman Akbar 61, Asif Raza 64; Tehseen Mirza 5-88) v WEST ZONE WHITES.

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