KARACHI, June 14: Off-spinner Tariq Murad grabbed seven wickets to help Zone-V Blues qualify for the final of the KCCA Under-19 Inter-zonal cricket tournament with a 27-run win over Zone-III Blues at TMC Ground on Monday.

Batting first, Zone-V Blues were all out for 170 in the 43rd over. Adnanur Rahman was the leading run-getter with 68, which included six boundaries.

Off-spinner Zeeshan Jamil captured seven for 38.

Zone-III Blues, in reply, were dismissed for 143 in 44 overs with Zone-V Blues skipper Tariq Murad taking seven for 41. For the losers, Shan Masood made 44 with five hits to the fence.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-V BLUES 170 in 42.5 overs (Adnanur Rahman 68, Zeeshan Rahim 23, Rashid Nawaz 21 not out; Zeeshan Jamil 7-38, Sheeran Khan 2-54); ZONE-III BLUES 143 in 44 overs (Shan Masood 44; Tariq Murad 7-41, Ammad Rafiq 2-19).