July 25, 2006	Tuesday	Jumadi-ul-Sani 28, 1427

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KARACHI, July 24: Leg spinner Aamir Khan captured a tournament best return of eight for 20 as Zone-II Blues thrashed Zone-V Greens by seven wickets in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 cricket championship at the TMC Ground on Sunday.

Aamir’s 15.3-over spell proved unplayable as Zone-V Greens crashed to 95 all out in the 42nd over.

Zone-II Blues, in reply, reached their target for the loss of three wickets in 19.3 overs.

At KCCA Stadium, Zone-VI Whites sailed into the last four round when they beat Zone-VII Whites by eight wickets thanks to unbeaten half centuries by Talha Khan and Abdullah Shah.

Talha hit eight boundaries in his 80 and Abdullah Shah got 77 not out laced with six fours. The pair added 172 for the third wicket.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-VII Whites by eight wickets.

ZONE-VII WHITES 176-8 in 50 overs (Hamid Shah 45, Hasan Anis 41, Babar Saeed 23; Fawwad Khan 4-63); ZONE-VI WHITES 179-2 in 37.2 overs (Talha Khan 80 not out, Abdullah Shah 77 not out).

Zone-II Blues beat Zone-V Greens by seven wickets.

ZONE-V GREENS 95 in 41.3 overs (Mohammad Mudassar 23, Shiraz Khalil 14; Aamir Khan 8-20, Faraz Hussain 2-40); ZONE-II BLUES 97-3 in 19.3 overs (Mohammad Zarnab 32; Faizan Ahmed 3-13).—APP