KARACHI, June 10: A superb spell of left arm leg spin by Zone-1 White skipper Iqbal Ahmad who scalped five batsmen for 26 and superb undefeated 60 by Hafiz Asad unbeaten 60 powered KCCA Zone-1 Whites past KCCA Zone-VII Blues by nine wickets in the KCCA Inter-zonal tournament played at Student Sports Ground on Monday.
In another match Zone-V Whites easily beat Zone-VI Blues by 119 runs due to Shahryar Ahmed’s 53 with four fours and deadly bowling by medium pace Zohaib Pasha took three for 11 at TMC ground. Off-spinner Fawad Khan though grabbed five for 31 but could not save his team Zone-VI Blues from defeat.
Summarized scores:
Zone-I(W) bt Zone-VII (B) by nine wickets.
Zone-VII(B) 121 all out in 37 overs (Izharuddin 20, Yawer Khan 18, Shaikh Kamil 17; Ahmed Iqbal Khan 5/26, Tabish Khan 2/15; Zone-1(W) 122/1 in 34.2 overs. Hafiz Asad 60 not out, Owais Karim 25 not out, Ainan Arif 21).
Zone-V(W) bt Zone-VI (B) by 119 runs.
Zone-V(W) 163 all out in 42.5 overs (Shahryar Ahmed 53; Hammad Rafiq 36; Fawad Khan 5/31, Ali hassan 2/25, Ayiazuddin 2/29); Zone-VI(B) 44 in 16.2 overs (Fawad Khan 12; Zohaib Pasha 3/11, Sheerz Rafiq 2/11).