July 06, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 20, 1428

KARACHI, July 5: Zone-V stayed on course to clinch the Karachi region title of the PCB Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championship after chalking up a 62-run win over Zone-III at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground here on Thursday.

Zone-III, who resumed at 33 for one, were dismissed for 253 while chasing 316 despite good knocks by opener Jahangir Mirza (54 and Anup Ravi (50).

Spinners Mohammad Zohaib and Osama Basharat claimed three wickets apiece for Zone-V, who now just need to beat Zone-IV in the last round of matches starting on Saturday to take the title.

Zone-I, meanwhile, ended their campaign on a winning note when they defeated Zone-VII by six wickets at the Student Sports Ground.

Ramiz Aziz (64) and Siddique Umar (51) shared an unbroken stand of 98 as Zone-I scored 233 for four.

At the TMC Ground, Zone-IV pulled off a 35-run victory against Zone-VI, who were all out for 159 after starting the day at 39 for one.

Left-armer pacer Asif Abbas and leg-spinner Ali Jawad were Zone-IV’s stars with three wickets each.

Summarised scores:

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground: Zone-V beat Zone-III by 62 runs.

ZONE-V 315 in 72.3 overs (Sohail Khan 79, Osama Basharat 61 not out, Mohammad Waqas 45, Rashid Nawaz 35, Wajidullah 26, Mohammad Zohaib 24; Shoaib Ali 4-79, Jibran Yousuf 2-28, Akhtar Fahim 2-46); ZONE-III 253 in 83.3 overs (Jahangir Mirza 54, Anup Ravi 50, Talha Pervez 31, Osama Shah 30; Mohammad Zohaib 3-37, Osama Basharat 3-90).

At Student Sports Ground: Zone-I beat Zone-VII by six wickets.

ZONE-VII 229 in 66.1 overs (Farhan Channa 50, Hassan Qasim 40, Ali Mudassar 32, Mirza Farhad Baig 21; Amjad Manzoor 6-87, Ehsan Afridi 2-38, Tabish Nawab 2-72); ZONE-I 233-4 in 70.1 overs (Ramiz Aziz 64 not out, M. Siddique Umar 51 not out, Ainan Arif 43, Hamza-ul-Hasan 33, Sajid Khan 29).

At TMC Ground: Zone-IV beat Zone-VI by 35 runs.

ZONE-IV 194-9 in 90 overs (M. Shoaib Shakeel 82, Salman Ahmed 31; Sohaib Khan 4-49, Junaid Ilyas 2-49); ZONE-VI 159 in 69.2 overs (Anas Mahmood 57, Ehteshamuddin Shami 26, Zakir Afridi 22; Ali Jawad 3-36, Asif Abbas 3-45).