May 22, 2007	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 05, 1428

KARACHI, May 21: Ehtesham Shami produced a splendid all-round show in Zone VI Blues’ 68-run victory over Zone IV Greens in the KCCA Inter Zonal Under-19 Cricket Championship at the Asifabad Ground on Sunday.

Ehtesham scored an unbeaten 30, with his team-mate Bilal Khan smashing 60, as Zone VI Blues scored 220 all out in 45.5 overs. Zone IV Greens’ leg-spinner Ahmed Saleem grabbed 6-71. Ehtesham then captured 6-38 with his off-breaks as Zone IV Greens were dismissed for 152 off 46.3 overs.

Meanwhile, at the TMC Ground, slow left-arm spinner Faraz finished with figures of 6-59 but that was not enough to prevent Zone III Blues from a 41-run defeat at the hands of Zone IV Whites.

Zone IV Whites posted 238 before being dismissed in 49.4 overs. Shahzaib made 92 with four boundaries. Zone III Blues, in reply, were restricted to 197-7 in 50 overs. After a fine batting display Shahzaib got four wickets for 39 with his off-spin.

In another match at the Student Ground, off-spinner Farhad Mirza picked six wickets to bowl Zone VII Whites to a 88-run win over Zone V Blues.

Summarised scores:

ZONE VI BLUES 220 in 45.5 overs (Bilal Khan 60, Ehtesham Shami 30 not out, Shoaib Nazar 24, Imran Taj 24; Ahmed Saleem 6-71, Ahsan Malik 3-50); ZONE IV GREENS 152 in 46.3 overs (Khalil-ur-Rehman 42, Wajahat Mutaqi 35, Ashraf Ali 32; Ehtesham Shami 6-38, Shoaib Khan 3-31).

ZONE IV WHITES 238 in 49.4 overs (Shahzaib Hasan 92, Asif Abbas 27; Faraz 6-59, Ali Hasan 2-69); ZONE III BLUES 197-7 in 50 overs (Talha Pervez 59, Mujahid Hussain 44; Shahzaib Hasan 4-39, Masoom Ali 2-39).

ZONE VII WHITES 254-7 in 50 overs (M Saeed 59, Noor Butt 43, Hasan Sajjad 40; Kamran Ali 3-78); ZONE V BLUES 166 in 43.3 overs (Sohail Khan 42, M.Arif 34; Farhad Mirza 6-28). —APP