May 26, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 09, 1428

KARACHI, May 25: Off-spinner Junaid Ilyas captured six wickets to spin Zone-VI Whites to a comfortable five-wicket win over Zone-V Whites in a KCCA Inter Zonal Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Thursday.

The win lifted Zone-VI Whites to the top of pool ‘A’ and earned them a place in the last-eight round of the competition.

Junaid finished with excellent figures of 6-41 and Mudassar Manzoor got 3-41 to bowl Zone-V Whites out for 134 in the 35 overs.

Zone-VI Whites, in response, reached the target for the loss of five wickets in 33 overs. Waseem Ali top scored with an unbeaten 30.

Meanwhile, Zone-IV Whites thrashed Zone-II Blues by seven wickets at the TMC Ground, thanks to a fine 51 by Shahzad Hasan for the winners.

Also on Thursday, Zone-VI Greens recorded an exciting one-wicket victory against Zone-III Blues at the Asifabad Ground despite a six-wicket haul by Faraz Ahmed.

Batting first, Zone-III Blues were dismissed for 185 in 38 overs. Zone-VI Greens romped home for the loss of nine wickets with four balls to spare. Shahzaib Ali Khan hit 47 for the victors.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-V WHITES 134 in 35 overs (Mohammad Waqas 35, Rashid Nawaz 29, Salman Khalid 21; Junaid Ilyas 6-41, Mudassar Manzoor 3-41); ZONE-VI WHITES 137-5 in 33 overs (Waseem Ali 30 not out, Rehan Azam 29, Abdullah Shah 24 not out; Osama Basharat 2-29).

ZONE-II BLUES 106 in 36.5 overs (Yasir Tanveer 22; Shahzad Ahmed 3-28, Masoom Ali 3-35, Asif Abbas 2-16); ZONE-IV WHITES 107-3 in 17.2 overs (Shahzad Hasan 51, Ali Jawad 35; Saeed Mutabbir 2-23).

ZONE-III BLUES 185 in 38 overs (Abdullah Khan 47, Mujahid Hussain 29, Bilal Munir 26; Arsalan Khadim 3-23, Junaid Khan 2-11, Aurangzeb 2-24); ZONE-VI GREENS 186-9 in 49.2 overs (Shahzaib Ali Khan 47, Junaid Khan 32; Faraz Ahmed 6-52, Maroof Aziz 2-41). —APP