KARACHI, July 3: Yasir Hussain and Talib Ali excelled with the bat in the leatest round of matches in the Touchme Trophy KCCA inter-zonal under-17 cricket tournament on Wednesday.

Yasir made a fine 65 with six boundaries in Zone-I Whites’ 88-run victory over Zone-II Blues.

Leg-spinner Shakir Ali claimed five for 56 for the losers.

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Zone-V Whites inflicted a massive 167-run defeat on Zone-IV Blues.

Talib Ali smashed seven boundaries in scoring 74 and Mohammad Khalid contributed an unbeaten 52 in Zone-V Whites total of 253-6 in 50 overs.

Zone-IV Blues, in reply, crashed to 86 all out in 32.3 overs with off-spinner Awais Iqbal capturing four for 23.

Summarised scores:

*Zone-I Whites beat Zone-II Blues by 88 runs at TMC Ground.

ZONE-I WHITES 190 in 47.4 overs (Yasir Hussain 65, Arsalan Anwar 51 not out, Asad Butt 26; Shakir Ali 5-56, Shoaib Lodhi 3-59);

ZONE-II BLUES 102 in 35.2 overs (Faraz Ahmed 25, M. Abdullah 20; Asad Butt 3-13, Fazal M. Khan 2-30).

*Zone-V Whites beat Zone-IV Blues by 167 runs at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

ZONE-V WHITES 253-6 in 50 overs (Talib Ali 74, Mohammad Khalid 52 not out, Wasim Hanif 28, Mohammad Ali 27; Aqeel Azam 3-57);

ZONE-IV BLUES 86 32.3 overs (Awais Iqbal 4-23, Abdul Rasheed 2-30).—APP