KARACHI, July 20: Off-spinner Misbah Khan completed a one-man demolition of Zone-I by claming a match haul of 13 wickets that inspired Zone-VI to a crushing victory by 253 runs in the three-day A.K. Majeed memorial cricket championship match at the TMC ground on Wednesday.

Misbah, who captured eight for 37 in 28.4 overs to spin out Zone-I for 179 in the first innings, was again the tormentor as he helped himself to sensational figures of five for eight in six overs as Zone-I crashed to 58 all out in the second innings while chasing a mammoth target of 312 on a last day pitch heavily favouring the slow bowlers.

Misbah eventually ended up with match figures of 13 for 45 in 34.4 overs. Pacer Anwar Ali was the other major wicket-taker with three for 28 in the second innings.

The other highlight of the day was an unbeaten century by Zone-VI skipper Waqas Haroon. Resuming at 30 in his team’s second innings tally of 144 for three, Waqas struck 12 fours and a brace of sixes in reaching 101 off 149 deliveries that enabled him to declare at 259 for five.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VI beat Zone-I by 253 runs.

ZONE-VI 231 in 72.1 overs (Owais Rahmani 89, Sarfraz Ahmed 26, Hassan Raza 26, Dolat Khan 20; Noman Hussain 4-72, Tabish Nawab 3-63, Saad Azeem 2-36) and 259-5 declared in 62 overs (Waqas Haroon 101 not out, Sarfraz Ahmed 56, Hassan Raza 41, Hasnain Rizvi 32; Noman Hussain 2-46, Saad Azeem 2-51); ZONE-I 179 in 74.4 overs (Imran Ahmed 42 not out, Hafiz Asad 33, Umar Butt 25; Misbah Khan 8-37) and 58 in 22.3 overs (Misbah Khan 5-6, Anwar Ali 3-28).