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| July 21, 2005 | Thursday | Jumadi-us-Sani 13, 1426 |
Naeem, Issam inspire Zone-II Whites
KARACHI, July 20: Naeemullah slammed an unbeaten 88 and Issam Iqbal grabbed five for 37 to put Zone-II Whites in the quarterfinals of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal cricket championship with an impressive 82-run victory over Zone-VI Blues at Students Sports ground on Tuesday.
Zone-II Whites topped Group ‘A’ with three straight victories. Joining them in the last-eight stage are Zone-IV Whites, who secured first spot in Group ‘B’ and Zone-I Whites who finished runners-up.
Naeem hit nine boundaries in his knock as Zone-II Whites reached 216 for eight in their 50 overs.
Zone-I Blues were bowled out for 134 in 41 overs in reply.
Meanwhile, Zone-IV Whites defeated Zone-I Whites by five wickets at the KCCA Stadium while Zone-VII Greens beat Zone-III Blues by four wickets at the Asifabad Sports ground.
Summarised scores:
Zone-IV Whites beat Zone-I Whites by five wickets.
ZONE-I WHITES 117 in 45 overs (Danish Nawaz 44; Shahzaib 4-41, Ali Hasan 3-22); ZONE-IV WHITES 118-5 in 34 overs (Mohammad Hasan 38 not out, Irfan Hasan 21, Mohammad Javed 20; Majid Rizvi 2-29).
Zone-II Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by 82 runs.
ZONE-II WHITES 216-8 in 50 overs (Naeemullah 88 not out, Ammar Hasan 24, Abdullah Asad 24; Mohammad Nazir 3-19, Shan Masood 2-24); ZONE-VI BLUES 134t in 41 overs (Shan Masood 23; Issam Iqbal 5-37).
Zone-VII Greens beat Zone-III Blues by four wickets.
ZONE-III BLUES 124 in 42 overs (Mohammad Waqar 46, Mohammad Ahmed 26; Babar Said 6-36, Raziuddin 2-27); ZONE-VII GREENS 125-6 in 40 overs (Talha Shafi 46, Shoaib Nasim 22; Taha Mamsa 5-32).—APP
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