Cricket: ZTBL amass 414 in women’s championship

KARACHI:

Nida Dar and Bismah Maroof scored centuries as ZTBL thumped Rawalpindi by 306 runs in their 8th National Women Cricket Championship Zone-A match at the Ittefaq Cricket Ground in Lahore.

Batting first, ZTBL amassed 414 for four in 50 overs as Rabiya Shah missed a century on 97. Rawalpindi then got out for 108 in 38.5 overs.

In another match, Nahida Khan hammered 155 as Quetta defeated Hyderabad by 123 runs, while Zainab Khan scored 106 to help Peshawar beat Bahawalpur by 116 runs.

Ramim Shamim and Sabiha Zulfiqar bagged three scalps each as Karachi won by six wickets against Faisalabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6^th, 2013.