June 02, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1428

KARACHI, June 1: A brilliant unbeaten knock of 151 by Shahzaib Hasan steered Zone-IV Whites to a well-deserved seven-wicket win against Zone-I Whites in the U-19 Inter-zonal cricket tournament semi-final at the KCCA Stadium on Thursday.

Shahzaib smashed eight fours and as many sixes in his 151, an innings that made the 249-run target very easy for Zone-IV Whites who romped home with almost ten overs to spare while losing three wickets only. Ali Jawad (59) also batted well for the victors.

Earlier, Zone-I Whites, batting first, posted 248-9 off the allotted 50 overs with Annan Arif (64) and Asad Baig (54) shining with the willow. Shahzaib Khan captured five wickets for 29.

Meanwhile, in the other semi-final Zone-II Whites defeated Zone-VI Whites by 61 runs at the TMC Ground. Zone-II Whites’ Ahmed Iqbal (88) was the only player who registered a half-century in the low-scoring encounter.

The final of the tournament will be played on Saturday at the PCB Regional Academy ground.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I WHITES 248-9 in 50 overs (Annan Arif 64, Asad Baig 54, Rameez Aziz 28, Omair Sheikh 27; Shahzaib Khan 5-29); ZONE-IV WHITES 249-3 in 40.3 overs (Shahzaib Hasan 151 not out, Ali Jawad 59; Asad Baig 2-6).

ZONE-II WHITES 187-9 in 50 overs (Ahmed Iqbal 88, Zakir Ali 15, Fahad Mushir 15; Talha Khan 2-11, Shahzaib Ali 2-48); ZONE-VI WHITES 126-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Hasan 40, Hasan Javed 16; Fahad Mushir 3-15, Zohaib Shera 3-32, Athar Hussain 2-30).—PPI