August 01, 2007	Wednesday	Rajab 16, 1428

KARACHI, July 31: Zone-I Whites and Zone-VII Whites won their respective matches to qualify for the KCCA Inter-zonal U-17 Championship semi-finals on Monday. Zone-I Whites outclassed Zone-VI Whites, registering an eight-wicket win at the KCCA Stadium.

Batting first, Zone-VI Whites could post 136 before being dismissed. Kamran Ahmed (47) remained the highest scorer. Ahsan Ali and Syed Farooq grabbed three wickets apiece. Zone-I Whites chased the target with ease losing only two wickets.In the other match, Zone-VII Whites recorded a 10-run victory confirming their place in the last-four stage of the tournament, after a thrilling encounter with Zone-IV Blues here at the TMC ground.

Batting first, Zone-VII Whites scored 183-9 in 50 overs with Hasan (34) and Hamid (33) being the chief contributors. Later in the match, Zone-IV Blues' Kamran Khan (43 not out), didn’t find any team-mate to assist him accumulate only 11 runs for victory as Zone-VII Whites bowled Blues’ team out for 173.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-VI WHITES 136 in 45 overs (Kamran Ahmed 47, Qasim Hussain 27; Ahsan Ali 3-26, Syed Farooq 3-30); ZONE-I WHITES 138-2 in 39.4 overs (Waqas Khan 47, Umar Imtiaz 23).

ZONE-VII WHITES 183-9 in 50 overs (Hasan Sajjad 34, Hamid Shahid 33, Shahbaz Khalid 24; Adnan Ahmed 3-31); ZONE-IV BLUES 173 in 48.2 overs (Kamran Khan 43 not out, S.M. Adeel 24; Ahmer Saeed 3-41, Hamid Shahid 2-39).—PPI