July 21, 2007	Saturday	Rajab 05, 1428

KARACHI, July 20: Spinners Ramiz Rafiq and Sajjad Rafiq shared nine wickets between them but failed to prevent Zone-V Blues from a 24-run defeat at the hands of Zone-II Blues in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 championship match on Thursday.

Left-arm spinner Ramiz finished with figures of 5-35 while off-spinner Sajjad got 4-28 as Zone-II Blues, batting first, were bowled out for 196 in 47 overs. Hamza Naqvi top scored with 55.

Zone-V Blues, in response, could only touch 172 before being dismissed in 41.4 overs. Habib-ur-Rehman and Imran Javed took three wickets apiece for the winners.

Meanwhile, Kamran Ahmed cracked an unbeaten 51 as Zone-VI Whites defeated Zone-III Blues by five wickets. Left-arm spinner Shahzaib Ali grabbed four wickets for 37 to play key role in his team’s victory.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-II BLUES 196 in 47 overs (Hamza Naqvi 55; Ramiz Rafiq 5-35, Sajjad Rafiq 4-28); ZONE-V BLUES 172 in 41.4 overs (Jibran-ur-Rehman 31, Athar Khan 23, M Irfan 21; Habib-ur-Rehman 3-35, Imran Javed 3-38, Abbas Irshad 2-14, Fawad Ali 2-20).

ZONE-III BLUES 121 in 39.2 overs (Sharjeel Khan 32, Jahanzeb Khan 15; Shahzaib Ali 4-37, Fawad Khan 2-4, Akram Shoaib 2-25). ZONE-VI WHITES 122-5 in 40.4 overs (Kamran Ahmed 51 not out, Hasan Mahmood 24, Talha Khan 18 not out; Husban Javed 3-31).—APP