Zone Five inflicted a comprehensive innings and 25run defeat on Zone Four in the ongoing PCB Regional InterDistrict (Karachi Region) cricket tournament at the National Bank Sports Complex. This decisive victory earned them 10 points.
Zone Four’s first innings struggles continued as they were bowled out for 135 (Arsalan Farzand 36, Afnan Khan 29; Shah Raza 33, Hassan Ali Khan 33). Zone Five then declared their innings at 276 for 9 (Muhammad Hussain 72, Muhammad Ali Butt 43, Muhammad Abis 37, Syed Shah Raza 30; Muhammad Asif 3 wickets, Afnan Khan 3 wickets, Hamza Qureshi 2 wickets).
Zone Four’s second innings mirrored their first, and they were bundled out for 116 (Danish Rafiq 42; Syed Shah Raza 611, Sahil Iqbal 3 wickets). Raza’s match figures of 930, which included a hattrick, sealed Zone Four’s fate.
At the KCCA Stadium, Zone Two ended the second day at 87 for 4 in their second innings (Hasan Jafri 26, Shahid Ali 21, Wahaj Riaz 24 not out). Their first innings yielded 204 (Tariq Bukht 95; Muhammad Usman 3 wickets, RazaulHasan 2 wickets, Zeeshan Zamir 2 wickets). Zone Six declared their innings at 330 for 8 (Muhammad Usman 128 not out, Abdullah Alam 82, Haider Abbas 51; Asad Akhtar 3 wickets, Bashir Shah 2 wickets, Muhammad Anar Aijaz 2 wickets).
Meanwhile, at the UBL Sports Complex, Zone Seven ended the second day at 269 for 6 (Sabah Sadiq 91 not out, Zafar Ali Khan 52 not out). Their first innings total was 98 with Qadeer Khan scoring 30 and HafeezurMunir making 24. Zone Three declared their innings at 395 for 5 (Waqas Akbar 166, Basit Ghori 105 not out, Fahad Ansar 51 not out; NajiburRehman 2 wickets).