KARACHI, July 13: Mohammad Waqas smashed a brilliant hundred to power Zone-I Whites to a massive 234-run victory over Zone-VII Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 cricket tournament at Student Sports Ground on Wednesday.
Waqas cracked 14 fours and two sixes as Zone-II Whites raced to 281 for nine in 50 overs.
Medium-pacer Raheel took seven for 79.
Zone-VII Blues, in reply, were bundled out for just 47 in 38.1 overs with spinners Ayazuddin and Daniyal Mansoor picking up seven wickets between them.
Defending champions Zone-II Whites, meanwhile, defeated Zone-VI Blues by 97 runs at TMC Ground with paceman Tabish Anwar taking six for 17.
In the third game, Zone-V Blues beat Zone-IV Blues by 81 runs at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.
Summarised scores:
Zone-II Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by 97 runs.
ZONE-II WHITES 170-9 in 50 overs (Kamran Ahmed 42, Zainullah 22, Ali Ahmed 20; Rafay Iqbal 2-35, Hayat Khan 2-28, Arsalan Khizer 2-45);
ZONE-VI BLUES 73 in 31.3 overs (Tabish Anwar 6-17).
Zone-I Whites beat Zone-VII Blues by 234 runs.
Zone-I WHITES 281-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Waqas 127, Umar Imtiaz 38, Umar Arshad 31; Raheel Rabab 7-79, Shaoib Rabbani 2-42).
ZONE-VII BLUES 47 in 38 overs (Ayazuddin 4-14, Daniyal Mansoor 3-19).
Zone-V Blues beat Zone-IV by 81 runs.
ZONE-V BLUES 151 in 46.3 overs (Rehan Khan 51, Jibran-ur-Rehman 44; Fahad Hussain 2-42, Shahzad Mehdi 2-23);
ZONE-IV BLUES 70 in 29.3 overs (Ali Nawaz 2-6, Babar 2-12).—APP