KARACHI, April 11: Karachi Region Women beat Rawalpindi Region Women by 128 runs in the 8th National Women Cricket Championship at Bagh-i-Jinnah Ground in Lahore on Thursday.

Winning the toss, Karachi Women elected to bat first and were able to make 232 runs in 48 overs before getting all out. Javeria Rauf made 55 runs off 94 balls which included seven fours while Arman Khan remained not out on 44. Rawalpindi Women, too, displayed fine bowling. Saba Adalat took 4 for 40, Faiza Khalid took four for 37 while Naila Zafar bagged two for 31.

On their turn to bat, Rawalpindi Women could only make 104 runs before getting all out in the 30.1 overs. Ramim Shamim and Aiman Anwar picked up three wickets each while giving away 21 and 19 runs, respectively. Javeria Rauf of Karachi was declared the Player of the Match.

Meanwhile, at the Ittefaq Cricket Ground, also in Lahore and in Pool ‘A’, Multan Region Women beat Faisalabad Region Women by five wickets. In the Pool ‘B’ matches played in Lahore Country Club, Muridke, PK Board Women beat Peshawar Region Women also by five wickets while Quetta Region Women beat Abbottabad Region Women by 192 runs.

Following are the summarised scores.

POOL ‘A’

Result: Karachi Region women beat Rawalpindi Region Women by 128 runs at Bagh-i-Jinnah Ground, Lahore.

Karachi Region: 232 in 48 overs (Javeria Rauf 55, 7x4s, 94 balls, Arman Khan 44*, 5x4s, 38 balls, Omaima Sohail 38, 3x4s, 60 balls, Ayesha Zafar 27, 2x4s, 2x6s, 16 balls, Sana Urooj 20, 36 balls, Saba Adalat 4-40, Faiza Khaud 4-37, Naila Zafar 2-31).

Rawalpindi Region: 104 in 30.1 overs (Madiha Rasheed 34, 6x4s, 60 balls, Nadia Begum 14, 3x4s, 20 balls, Ramim Shamim 3-21, Aiman Anwar 3-19, Kanwal Naz 2-14).

Multan Region women beat Faisalabad Region women by five wickets at Ittefaq Cricket Ground, Lahore.

Faisalabad Region Women: 90 in 32.3 overs (Uzma Younas 21, 3x4s, 30 balls, Maria Ashraf 16, 3x4s, 25 balls, Sana Gulzar 4-26, Razia Kalsoom 2-16, Nadia Hussain 2-15).

Multan Region Women: 91-5 in 38.2 overs (Sana Gulzar 34, 5x4s, 84 balls, Najma Zafar 18, 2x4s, 82 balls, Maria Ashraf 2-25).

POOL ‘B’

PK Board women beat Peshawar Region women by five wickets at Lahore Country Club, Muridke Ground No 1.

Peshawar Region: 57 in 28.4 overs (Kainat Hafeez 3-19, Natalia Pervaiz 3-4).

PK Board: 58-5 in 21.1 overs (Natalia Pervaiz 20, 2x4s, 54 balls, Zara Iqbal 2x4s, 14 balls, Hajra Sarwar 2-25).

Quetta Region women beat Abbottabad Region women by 192 wickets at Lahore Country Club, Muridke Ground No 2.

Quetta Region Women: 279-2 in 50 overs (Nahida Khan 150*, 23x4s, 147 balls, Ayesha Saddiqa 68, 7x4s, 97 balls, Kanza Malik 1-47).

Abbottabad Region Women: 87 in 38 overs (Soniya Shabbir 13*, Rubab Akhtar 13, Nahida Khan 5-15, Rubina Kausar 2-19).