KARACHI, Dec 11: Khurram Manzoor and Irfanuddin excelled in the latest round of matches in the KCCA Inter-zonal Cricket Championship Tuesday.

At Pakistan Steel Township Ground, Zone-IV beat Zone-V by two wickets on the penultimate ball of the match.

Khurram Manzoor fell eight short of scoring a century as Zone-IV made 276 for eight in 49.5 overs in reply to Zone-V’s 275 for seven in 50 overs.

Khurram’s innings contained six boundaries as he shared a second wicket stand of 97 with Khalid Latif, who made 52 with the aid of six hits the ropes.

Earlier, Saqib Zia, a former Pakistan under-19 opener, top-scored 68 with eight fours and Ashraf Ali smashed a sparkling 76 with 12 hits to the fence and two sixes.

Saqib and Ashraf gave their team flying start sharing 140 runs for the first wicket.

Left-arm slow bowler Rashid Hanif was pick of Zone-IV bowling attack, finishing with five for 65 in 16 overs.

Meanwhile, another Pakistan under-19 off-break bowler Irfanuddin took seven wickets for 81 runs in 20 overs to bowl Zone-VI to 37 win over Zone-VII at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

Summarised scores:

Zone-IV bt Zone-V by two wickets.

ZONE-V 275-7 in 50 overs (Saqib Zia 69, Ashraf Ali 76, Sajid Qureshi 30 not out, Nadeem Babar 29; Rashid Hanif 5-65);

ZONE-IV 276-8 in 49.5 overs (Khurram Manzoor 92, Khalid Latif 52, Ariz Kamal 40, Arshad Azam 25, Farman Ali 24; Anis Shaikh 2-64, Muzaffar Hussain 2-69).

Zone-VI bt Zone-VIII by 37 runs.

ZONE-VI 257-7 in 50 overs (Kamran Hussain 55, Tariq Haroon 51, Mohammad Masroor 44, S.M.Babar 40 not out, Zahid Ghauri 35; Mansoor Ahmed 3-80);

Zone-VII 220 in 49 overs (Danial Ahsan 57, Mansoor Ahmed 50, Faraz Patel 26; Irfanuddin 7-81, Kaleemuddin 2-61).—APP