Karachi (Staff Reporter) Karachi Omar Associates whipped Karachi Haseen Habib by nine wickets in the 18th National Seniors Cup Cricket Tournament 2016-17 here at theNaya Nazimabad Lawai Stadium the other day.In the other three Southern Zone matches of the tournament held over the weekend at the same venue, Karachi A APakwan overwhelmed Karachi Blues by seven wickets, Karachi Fact Date Engineering defeated Karachi RashidLatif Academy (RLCA) also be seven wickets while Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) overpowered Karachi Development Authority (KDA) by four wickets.A record number of 111 teams from all parts of the country are contesting the tournament, being organized by the Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA) for the eighteenth year running.The Karachi Omar Associates skipper,Jaffer Qureshi, claimed three wickets for 19 runs with his left-arm spin to strict Karachi Haseen Habib to 125 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs.Unbeaten half centuries from NadeemShaikh (62 off 42 balls) and Imran Jawed (56 off 32 balls) 117 for their unbroken second wicket stand to enable Karachi Omar Associates to win the match comfortably by nine wickets with almost six overs to spare.The Karachi A A Pakwan trio of SajidAnsari (3-27), Irfanullah (2-10) and Kamran Umar (2-18) sent Karachi Blues crashing to 114 all out in 17.3 overs despite opener Raees Ahmed’s 37 off 21 balls. Karachi A A Pakwan reached the target of 115 in 13.5 overs with openerWasim Shafaat (38 off 26 balls) being the top scorer.Karachi RLCA could score only 121 for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs against Karachi Fact Date Engineering who reached the target in 17.1 overs, thanks to the unbroken 71-run fourth wicket partnership between Mohammad Javed (54 off 40 balls) and Faisal Waqar (28 off seven balls).Opener Raees Ahmed’s 74 off 52 balls helped KDA post a competitive total of 149 for seven off 20 overs against CAA who chased down the target successfully with just a couple of deliveries remaining. Noor-ul-Wahabplayed the match-winning knock, returning undefeated on 42 off 31 balls, receiving support from MohammadAslam and Shad Hussain.