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| July 22, 2005 | Friday | Jumadi-us-Sani 14, 1426 |
Talha spins Zone-IV Whites into semis
KARACHI, July 21: Promising off-spinner Talha Azeem produced excellent figures of seven for 11 to help Zone-IV Whites reach the semifinals in the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Cricket Championship with an overwhelming 141-run defeat of Zone-III Greens at Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Wednesday. Batting first, Zone-IV Whites made 192 in 50 overs and then bundled out Zone-III Greens for 51 in the 29th over.
Zone-IV this join Zone-II Whites, Zone-III Whites and Zone-VI Whites in the last-four stage of the competition.
Of-spinner Junaid Ilyas captured five for 16 as Zone-II Whites beat Zone-I Whites by seven wickets at the Students Sports Ground.
At Asifabad Sports Ground, Zone-III Whites outplayed Zone-I Blues also by a margin of seven wickets. Rameez Aziz hit a match-winning 69 with 11 boundaries.
In remaining quarterfinal, Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-VII Whites by 47 runs at the KCCA Stadium.
Summarised scores:
Zone-III Whites beat Zone-I Whites by seven wickets.
ZONE-I WHITES 73 in 34 overs (Talha Khan 20; Junaid Ilyas 5-16, Ahsan Khan 2-18); ZONE-II WHITES 74-3 in 17 overs (Naimullah Amin 22; Zeeshan Nasir 3-27).
Zone-III Whites beat Zone-I Blues by seven wickets.
ZONE-I BLUES 122 in 43.4 overs (Aqeel Karim 38; Sohaib Rajput 3-13); ZONE-III WHITES 123 in 22 overs (Rameez Aziz 69).
Zone-IV Whites beat Zone-III Greens by 141 runs.
ZONE-IV WHITES 192 in 50 overs (Irfan Hasan 44, Mohammad Hasan 42, Shahrukh Pervez 25; Usman Javed 3-11, Ubaid Amin 3-62); ZONE-III GREENS 51 in 28.3 overs (Talha Azeem 7-11).
Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-VII Whites by 47 runs.
Zone-VI WHITES 228 in 49 overs (Abdul Shah 73, Shoaib Nazar 28; Shiraz Ali 4-43) Zone-VII WHITES 175-9 in 50 overs (Usman Shah 44, Salman Tariq 27; Fawad Khan 4-62, Azhar Shah 3-63).—APP
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