August 22, 2007	Wednesday	Sha’aban 8, 1428

KARACHI, Aug 21: Osama Arif slammed an unbeaten century as Zone-I Whites outplayed Zone-II Blues by 82 runs in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship match at the Student Ground on Monday.

Osama struck ten boundaries in his 102 not out as Zone-I Whites, batting first, posted 232-7 in their 50 overs. Zone-II Blues, in reply, were bowled out for 150 in the 44th over. Zarnab Intizar made 37.

Meanwhile, Zone-IV Blues crushed Zone-V Blues by 165 runs with half-centuries from winning team’s Ibrahim Ali and Waqas Ali.

Batting first, Zone-IV Blues piled up 245-8 in the allotted 50 overs. Zone-V Blues, in response, crashed to 80 all out in the 27th over with the total carrying 31 extras. Atiq-ur-Rehman claimed three wickets for six runs.

In another match played at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Zone-VII Blues defeated District Lasbela by ten runs. Off-spinner Osama Anwar captured 4-45 for the winners.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I WHITES 232-7 in 50 overs (Osama Arif 102 not out, Arsalan Hussain 37, Jaahid 28; S.M. Ahmer 2-21, Haris Khan 2-37, Abbas Irshad 2-75); ZONE-II BLUES 150 in 43.3 overs (Zarnab Intizar 37, Abbas Irshad 30; Mohammad Arsalan 3-11, Jaahid Ali 2-18, Zeeshan Nasir 2-20, Arsalan Hussain 2-42).

ZONE-IV BLUES 245-8 in 50 overs (Ibrahim Ali 61, Waqas Ali 53, M Ismail 33; Ramiz Rafiq 3-120, Shumail Naqvi 2-21); ZONE-V BLUES 80 in 26.4 overs (extras 31, Zeeshan Ahmed 19; Atiq-ur-Rehman 3-6, Rehan Majeed 2-1, Wajihuddin 2-20).

ZONE-VII BLUES 173 in 47.4 overs (Haider Ali 40, Waqar Ahmed 29; Abdullah 2-22, Ghulam Rasool 2-22, Danesh Kumar 2-38, Habib Palari 3-72); LASBELA 163 in 42 overs (Mohammad Akhtar 27, Mohammad Asghar 17, Mohammad Naseem 14, Habib Palari 14; Osama Anwar 4-45, Mohammad Hussain 2-36).—APP