KARACHI, June 18: Azhar Ali produced a fine all-round show to steer Zone-VI Whites into the semifinal of KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship with a thrilling two-wicket win over Zone-II Whites at TMC Ground on Tuesday.

Azhar took three for 63 with his leg-spinners as Zone-II Whites were dismissed for 186 in the last over. Sameer Haider claimed three for 61.

Zone-VI Whites, in reply, reached their target in 46.3 overs. Wasim Ali hit 40 while Azhar Ali contributed 31.

Meanwhile, at Students Ground Zone-I Blues overwhelmed Zone-IV Blues by 105 runs thanks to 67 by Tanvir Qureshi, who slammed 10 boundaries, and slow left-armer Imran Ahmed’s six for 25.

In another match played at Asifabad Sports Ground, left-arm spinner Rehan Shaikh grabbed six for 11 to help Zone-VII Blues defeat Zone-III Blues by 54 runs.

Summarised scores:

*Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-II Whites by two wickets at TMC Ground.

ZONE-II WHITES 186 in 49.3 overs (Abdul Jabbar Khan 41, Arsalan Fazal 33, Junaid Ahmed Qari 29, Mohammad Masood 22; Sameer Haider 3-61, Azhar Ali 3-63);

ZONE-VI WHITES 187-8 in 46.3 overs (Wasim Ali 40, Azhar Ali 31, Rasheed-ul Hasan 23; Sami Arshad 2-28).

*Zone-I Blues beat Zone-VI Blues by 105 runs at Students Ground.

ZONE-I BLUES 216 in 49.1 overs (Tanvir Qureshi 67, Tariq Noor 38, Imran Ahmed 35, Rizwan Hasan 23; Umair Alam 3-23, Osama Khan 3-57, Siddique Javed 2-41);

ZONE-IV BLUES 111 in 43.3 overs (Osama Khan 30, Tanvir Yasin 25; Imran Ahmed 6-25, Fahad Shah 2-25).

*Zone-VII Blues beat Zone-III Blues by 54 runs at Asifabad Sports Ground.

ZONE-VII BLUES 135 in 30.4 overs (Yawar Khan 42, Wasim Akram 24, Saleem Butt 24; Zeeshan Kirmani 4-29, Javed 2-23);

ZONE-III BLUES 81 in 41.3 overs (Jahangir Khan 27; Rehan Shaikh 6-11, Kamil Shaikh 3-18).—APP