KARACHI, July 14: Leg-spinner Faizan Hussain captured five for 61 to help Zone-I Blues defeat Zone-IV Blues by 29 runs in the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal cricket tournament at Students Sports Ground on Wednesday.

Adeel Khan hit a fine 59 with five boundaries as Zone-I Blues made 199 in 44.5 overs. Spinners Tauqir Rafiq and Khan Usmanullah took four wickets each.

Zone-IV Blues, in response, were dismissed for 170 in 45 overs.

In another match at the KCCA Stadium, Zone-III Greens beat Zone-VII Blues by five wickets.

The highlight of the match was a superb all-round performance by Ubaid Amin, who took four for 29 and then hit 47 for the winners.

Summarised scores:

Zone-I Blues beat Zone-IV Blues by 29 runs.

ZONE-I BLUES 199 in 44.5 overs (Adeel Khan 59, Arsalan Khan 30, Anas Ali 24, Faizan Hussain 21; Tauqir Rafiq 4-70, Khan Usmanullah 4-55); ZONE-IV BLUES 170 in 44.5 overs (Omair Alam 47, Faizan Jamal 45; Faizan Hussain 5-61, Asad Ali 3-44).

Zone-III Greens beat Zone-VII Blues by five wickets.

ZONE-VII BLUES 110 in 32 overs (Mohammad Zubair 24, Shah M. Khan 21,; Mohiuddin 4-30, Ubaid Amin 4-29); ZONE-III GREENS 112-5 in 19 overs (Ubaid Amin 47, Mohammad Adeel 26; Shaharyar 2-20).—APP