Danish shines in U-17 cricket

Published August 7, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 6: Danish Ali Khan slammed an enterprising 71 in Zone-III Blues’ 57-run victory over Zone-I Greens in the KCCA-Darul Adviat Trophy Inter-zonal Under-17 Cricket Championship at UBL Sports Complex Ground Monday.

Danish cracked seven boundaries in his fine knock to clinch the Man-of-the-Match award.

ZONE-III BLUES, batting first, were dismissed for 191 in 471. overs and then bowled out Zone-I Green, for 144 in the 42nd over.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-III BLUES 191 47.1 overs (Danish Ali Khan 71, Waheed 32, Ausaf Rabbani 27; Taimur Rafiq 4-46, Waqas Ahmed 3-40, Adnan Kaleem 2-51);

ZONE-I GREENS 144 in 41.5 overs (Shaan Masood Khan 35, Sandeep Kumar 28: Talha 3-16, Ausaf Rabbani 2-11, Jahangir 2-21).

WEDNESDAY’S FIXTURES:

ZONE-III WHITES v Zone-V Greens at PCB Academy Ground; Zone-I Whites v Zone-VII Blues at UBL Sports Complex ‘B’ Ground.—APP

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