Usman excels as Sargodha win
KARACHI, Aug 26: A brilliant all-round performance by Usman Arshad inspired Sargodha to an emphatic 170-run victory over Bhakkar in a Faisalabad region fixture of the PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championships on Saturday.
Usman scored 70 and then claimed eight for 28 in 17.3 overs with his leg-spinners as Bhakkar were dismissed for 135.
Following are the results of matches played on Friday and Saturday:
Karachi region:
At TMC Ground: No result (no play on second day).
ZONE-II 121-6 in 46 overs (Imranullah 54 not out) v ZONE-VI.
At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium: No result.
ZONE-VII 151-4 in 38 overs v ZONE-III.
Hyderabad region:
At Makli Cricket Ground, Thatta: Badin beat Thatta by 76 runs.
BADIN 235 in 60.3 overs (Niaz Ahmed 56 not out; Ahmed Ali 4-63, Junaid Ahmed 4-69); THATTA 159 in 46 overs.
At Shahi Bagh Stadium, Shikarpur: Shikarpur beat Jacobabad by 136 runs.
SHIKARPUR 278 in 70.1 overs (Nasim Ahmed 64, Zaheer Abbas 52); JACOBABAD 142 in 58.1 overs (Ghulam Yasin 5-43).
At Municipal Sports Complex, Mirpurkhas: Hyderabad beat Mirpurkhas by 111 runs.
HYDERABAD 223 in 59.5 overs; MIRPURKHAS 112 in 34.3 overs (Nasir Awais 5-34).
At Nawabshah Stadium: Nawabshah beat Khairpur by 97 runs.
NAWABSHAH 219 in 50.4 overs (Kashif Bhatti 65; KHAIRPUR 122 in 32.3 overs (Kashif Bhatti 4-25).
Abbottabad region:
At Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi: Swabi beat Mansehra by one wicket.
MANSEHRA 211 in 59.1 overs (Yousuf Khan 51); SWABI 213-9 in 55 overs (Khalid Usman 58 not out; Rashid Nawaz 4-68).
At Kohat Stadium: Bannu beat Kohat by 38 runs.
BANNU 232 in 63.4 overs; KOHAT 194 in 54 overs (Usman 94; Iftikhar Mahmood 4-49).
At Peshawar University Ground No 2: Mardan beat Dir Upper by three wickets.
DIR UPPER 166 in 57.3 overs (Ehteshamuddin 86; Noor-ul-Amin 5-72, Nabiullah 4-45); MARDAN 168-7 in 61.5 overs (Gohar Ali 53).
At Abbottabad Cricket Stadium: No result.
ABBOTTABAD 239-4 in 58 overs (Zafar
Jadoon 125, Tanzeel-ur-Rehman 69) v HARIPUR.
At D.I. Khan Stadium: Dera Ismail Khan beat Tank by 45 runs.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN 300 in 67.5 overs (Mohammad Naeem 97, Mohammad Irfan 57, Ghulam Mohammad 57; Asif Ali 9-129); TANK 255 in 82 overs (Asif Ali 71, Hikmatullah 55 not out; M. Shakeel 4-51).
Quetta region:
At Sadiq Cricket Ground, Chaman: Turbat beat Killa Abdullah by 38 runs.
TURBAT 219 in 49.1 overs (Hammad Murad 68; Abdul Jabbar 4-68); KILLA ABDULLAH 181 in 48.1 overs (Abdul Wahab 53).
At Cricket Ground, Naushki: Pishin beat Naushki by nine wickets.
NAUSHKI 56 in 25.3 overs (Nazar Hussain 6-30); PISHIN 58-1 in 15 overs.
At Qasim Stadium, Quetta: Kalat beat Loralai by seven wickets.
LORALAI 377 in 89.5 overs (Qadeer Khan 134, Wasim Qutab 89, Mohammad Iqbal 56; Abdul Waheed 6-157, Abdul Hameed 4-122); KALAT 378-3 in 63.1 overs (Shahzad Tareen 194, Maqbool Ahmed 122).
Rawalpindi region:
At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi beat Jehlum by 195 runs.
RAWALPINDI 270-5 in 59 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim 132); JEHLUM 75 in 33.1 overs.
Islamabad region:
At Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Gujrat: Gujrat beat Northern Areas by 406 runs.
GUJRAT 461-7 in 90 overs (Zeeshan Mushtaq 119, Fakhar Hussain 98 not out); NORTHERN AREAS 55 in 18 overs (Mohammad Imran 5-12).
At Diamond Club Ground: Islamabad v Azad Jammu Kashmir –match washed out.
Faisalabad region:
At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Sargodha beat Bhakkar by 170 runs.
SARGODHA 305 in 81.2 overs (Abdul Mannan 91, Usman Arshad 70; Wasim Abbas 5-90); BHAKKAR 135 in 2.3 overs (Javed Iqbal 55; Usman Arshad 8-28).
At Chenab College Ground, Jhang: Jhang beat Kasur by six wickets.
KASUR 171 in 66 overs (Shahid Sadiq 76; Saadat Munir Ahmed 4-60); JHANG 172-4 in 42.3 overs (M. Kashif Jalil 70 not out).
Multan region:
At Multan Cricket Stadium: Multan beat Bahawalnagar by four wickets.
BAHAWALNAGAR 268 in 77.4 overs (Shahid Akram 64, Sharafat Ali 61; Sohaib Maqsood 4-43); MULTAN 269-6 in 77.1 overs (Shahid Nasim 69, Sohaib Maqsood 60 not out).
At Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Burewala:
Vehari beat Sahiwal by one wicket.
SAHIWAL 179 in 56 overs (Mohammad Shafiq 53); VEHARI 180-9 in 76.2 overs (Taimur Dogar 67).
At Mahmood Stadium, Rahim Yar Khan:
Rahim Yar Khan beat Rajanpur by 425 runs.
RAHIM YAR KHAN 552-9 in 90 overs (Shahid Akram 183, Fahad Kazim 86, Shabbir Ahmed 63 not out, Aamir Shahzad 62, Ifrahim Zia 54, Babar Waqas 52); RAJANPUR 127 in 41 overs (Azam Hussain 6-58, Ahmed Raza 4-33).
At Islamia University Ground, Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur beat Dera Ghazi Khan by 116 runs.
BAHAWALPUR 251 in 63.3 overs (Hammad Tariq 71, Asif Ali Bhutta 61; Kalim Rasool 7-48); DERA GHAZI KHAN 135 in 45.2 overs (Maqbool Hussain 4-48).
At Gymkhana Ground, Okara: Okara beat Khanewal by two wickets.
KHANEWAL 267 in 86.3 overs (Mohammad Ali Ghauri 80, Najam Abbas 61; Zulfiqar Babar 6-71); OKARA 269-8 in 69.2 overs (Tariq Nadeem 90).
Peshawar region:
At Gymkhana Ground, Peshawar: Afghanistan beat Dir Lower by 91 runs.
AFGHANISTAN 262 in 59.1 overs (Nawroz Mangal 59); DIR LOWER 171 in 35.2 overs (Israrullah 96 not out).
At University Ground No 1, Peshawar: Charsadda beat Swat by seven wickets.
SWAT 182 in 64.3 overs (Shahid Iqbal 50; Inamullah 4-71); CHARSADDA 183-3 in 55.4 overs (Mohammad Idrees 98).
At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar: Peshawar beat Nowshera by five wickets.
NOWSHERA 132 in 38.2 overs; PESHAWAR 134-5 in 41.4 overs.
Sialkot region:
At Sheikhupura Stadium: Hafizabad beat Mandi Bahauddin by 192 runs.
HAFIZABAD 338 in 75.4 overs (Rizwan Sultan 97, Mohammad Ashraf 63; M. Aamir Jafri 7-109); MANDI BAHAUDDIN 146 in 53 overs.
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: West Zones Blues, East Zone Whites and North Zone Blues won their respective matches in the Lahore region segment.
At Cricket Centre Ground: West Zone Blues beat West Zone Whites by six wickets.
WEST ZONE WHITES 269 in 74.1 overs (M. Afzaal 74; Nazir Ahmed 4-73); WEST ZONE BLUES 273-4 in 50.3 overs (Shahbaz Butt 110, Haroon Rasheed 69, Haseeb Bhatti 67).
At Mughalpura Institute Ground: East Zone Whites beat East Zone Blues by 157 runs.
EAST ZONE WHITES 275 in 48.3 overs (Shahnawaz Malik 106, Junaid Malik 53, Mohammad Saeed 60; Imran Haider 5-109); EAST ZONE BLUES 118 in 25.1 overs (Usman Malik 5-55).
At LCCA Ground: North Zone Blues beat North Zone Whites by two wickets.
NORTH ZONE WHITES 145 in 52.5 overs; NORTH ZONE BLUES 146-8 in 32.3 overs.