August 02, 2007	Thursday	Rajab 17, 1428

KARACHI, Aug 1: Sami Arshad and Yasir Munir scored contrasting half-centuries to put Zone-II Whites and Zone-IV Whites respectively in the last-four stage of the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 Championship on Tuesday.

Sami slammed an enterprising 84 laced with 12 boundaries and a six while his bowling team-mate off-spinner Arsalan Aslam grabbed four wickets for 25 to help Zone-II Whites to a three-wicket victory over Zone-V Whites at the TMC Ground.

Batting first, Zone-V Whites were bowled out for 184 in 48 overs. Zone-II Whites reached the target in the 46.4 overs. Besides Sami’s 84, Zakir Ali scored an unbeaten 30. Leg-spinner Junaid Taimuri claimed four wickets for 47.

Meanwhile, Zone-IV Whites defeated Zone-III Whites by 34 runs at Pak Star Ground thanks to Yasir Munir who scored a patient 79 while his team-mate Arsalan Ahmed picked up 3-36.

In Thursday’s semi-finals, Zone-I Whites take on Zone-IV Whites at the KCCA Stadium while Zone-II Whites face Zone-VII Whites at the TMC Ground.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-V WHITES 184 in 48 overs (Fahad Shakoor 33, Mohammad Waheed 33, Lalzada 25; Arsalan Aslam 4-25, Usman Aamir 2-38, Latif Junejo 2-59); ZONE-II WHITES 187-7 in 46.4 overs (Sami Arshad 84, Zakir Ali 30 not out, Ali Ahmed 24; Junaid Taimuri 4-47, Mohammad Wasim 2-55).

ZONE-IV WHITES 176-8 in 50 overs (Yasir Munir 79, Kaleemullah 27; Taha Mamsa 3-58, Maroof Aziz 2-51); ZONE-III WHITES 142 in 37.3 overs (Tauseef Khan 45, Taha Iftikhar 19, Junaid Gill 16; Arsalan Ahmed 3-36, Irfan-uz-Zaman 2-18).—APP