KARACHI, June 15: Off-spinner Misbah Khan claimed five for 52 to help Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-III Whites by three wickets in the second semifinal of the KCCA Under-19 Inter-zonal cricket tournament at the KCCA Stadium on Tuesday. Batting first, Zone-III Whites were all out for 169 in the 49th over.

Zone-VI Whites, aided by useful contributions from Sarfraz Ahmed (35, four fours), Hassan Raza (34, three fours) and Saad Surkhail (34, three fours), reached their target of 170 in the 47th over for the loss of seven wickets.

In the final, Zone-VI Whites will face Zone-V Blues.

Meanwhile, the KCCA has directed the following players to report at the KCCA Stadium on Friday at 3.00pm to collect their Man-of-the-Match awards:

Ausaf Rabbani, Arsalan Hussain, Ali Asad, Misbah Khan, Sheeran Khan, Hamzaul Hasan, Abdul Moid, Rameez Raja, Wasim Bari, Aamir Shah, Faraz Feroz, Shakaib Ahmed, Hasnain Rizvi, Farhan Rafiq, Humayun Alamgir, Basit Butt, Zakir Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sunny Bhatti, Tufail Ahmed, Farrukh Rizvi, Tariq Murad and Shahmir Khattak.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-III WHITES 169 in 48.3 overs (Shumail Aziz 26, Behram Khan 22; Misbah Khan 5-52, Azhar Shah 2-19); ZONE-VI WHITES 170-7 in 46.4 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 35, Saad Surkhail 34, Hassan Raza 34; Mohsin Sultan 3-54, Shakaib Ahmed 2-30).

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