July 29, 2007	Sunday	Rajab 13, 1428

KARACHI, July 28: Spinners Mirza Ahsan Jamil and Arsalan Saleem bowled their respective teams to victories in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 Cricket Championship on Friday.

Off-spinner Ahsan Jamil captured four for 43 to spin Zone-II Whites to a 28-run victory over Zone-III Whites at the TMC Ground.

Irfan Lodhi slammed 75 with eight boundaries and Sami Arshad hit 68 with six fours as Zone-II Whites collected 198-9 in 50 overs. Left-arm spinner Faraz Ahmed claimed four for 43.

Zone-II Whites, in reply, were restricted to 170-9 in 50 overs.

At the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Zone-IV Whites defeated Zone-V Whites by 22 runs.

Despite a fine 57 from Yasir Munir, who struck eight fours, Zone-IV Whites were dismissed for 159 in 43rd over.

Zone-V Whites, however, were bowled out for 137 in the 30th over with leg- spinner Arsalan Saleem picking up four for 13 and Yasir Munir three for 29.

Summarised scores:

Zone-II Whites beat Zone-III Whites by 28 runs.

ZONE-II WHITES 198-9 in 50 overs (Irfan Lodhi 75, Sami Arshad 68; Faraz Ahmed 4-41, Maroof Aziz 2-46); ZONE-III WHITES 170-9 in 50 overs (Tanvir-ul-Haq 49, Junaid Gill 31; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 4-43, Faisal Tahir 2-34).

Zone-IV Whites beat Zone-V Whites by 22 runs.

ZONE-IV WHITES 159 in 42.4 overs (Yasir Munir 57, M. Wasay 35, M. Wasim 35, Junaid Taimuri 2-26, Ghulam Yasin

2-34); ZONE-V WHITES 137 in 29.4

overs (Ghulam Yasin 24, Fahad Younis

23; Arsalan Saleem 4-13, Yasir Munir

3-29).—APP