KARACHI, July 24: Arsalan Salim and Yasir Munir emerged as bowling and batting stars for Zone-IV Whites who recorded an exciting one-wicket win on the final ball against Zone-VI Blues in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 Championship match at Pak Star Ground on Tuesday.
Off-spinner Arsalan grabbed five wickets for mere four runs to help dismiss Zone-IV Blues for 177 in the 48th over with Saqib Khan and Danish Nawaz making 36 and 32 runs respectively.
Zone-IV Whites reached the winning target on the last ball for the loss of nine wickets.
Meanwhile, Zone-V Whites defeated Zone-II Greens by 36 runs at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground. In the meantime, Zone-VII Whites beat Zone-III Blues by 39 runs at Asifabad Ground.
Summarised scores:
ZONE-VI BLUES 177 in 47.2 overs (Saqib Khan 36, Danish Nawaz 32; Arsalan Salim 5-4); ZONE-IV WHITES 179-9 in 50 overs (Yasir Munir 85 not out, Danish Nawaz 32; Umair Arif 2-30, Hayat Khan 2-31).
ZONE-V WHITES 210 in 50 overs (Mohammad Waleed 56, Fahad Younus 31; Faraz Hussain 4-45, Mansoor Ali 3-50); ZONE-II GREENS 174 in 33.4 overs (Talha Haider 56, Zainullah 48; Mohammad Wasim 4-17).
ZONE-VII WHITES 164 in 37.5 overs (Hamid Shahid 46, Ali Imran 35; Sharjeel Khan 5-55); ZONE-III BLUES 125 in
46.2 overs (Sharjeel Khan 25, Husban Javed 23, S Shabbir 22; Hamid Shahid 3-39, Rahat Jaffar 2-15, Ahmer Sohail