September 01, 2007	Saturday	Sha’aban 18, 1428

KARACHI, Aug 31: Opener Shakir Afridi smashed a brilliant unbeaten century in Zone-VI Blues’ eight-wicket win against Zone-I Greens in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship match at the Student Ground on Thursday.

Shakir struck 12 boundaries and a six in his knock of 100 not out as Zone-VI Blues reached the modest target of 167 for the loss of two wickets in the 28th over. Earlier, Zone-I Greens, batting first, made 165 before being dismissed in 46 overs. Danyal Faisal (50) was the highest scorer.

Meanwhile, Zone-II Blues trounced Zone-VII Greens by seven wickets in a low-scoring game at the KCCA Stadium.

In another match, played at the Asifabad Ground, Zone-III Blues beat Zone-VII Blues by six wickets, mainly due to off-spinner Zarnab Intizar (4-21) and left-arm spinner Faizullah (3-2) heroic efforts with the leather.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I GREENS 165 in 46 overs (Danyal Faisal 50, Hafiz Tabish 27, Umar Tauseef 20); ZONE-VI BLUES 167-2 in 27.2 overs (Shakir Afridi 100 not out, Nadeem KK 16).

ZONE-VII GREENS 69 in 19.1 overs (Aaqib Rafiq 16; Zarnab Intizar 4-21, Faizullah 3-2, Zain Ali Altaf 2-5); ZONE-II BLUES 70-3 in 15.3 overs (Faizullah 17, Salman Salim 16; Abdul Rehman 3-11).

ZONE-VII BLUES 84 in 27.2 overs (Fazal Mohammad 18, Waqar Ahmed 18; S Shabbir 4-17, Marooz Aziz 3-21); ZONE-III BLUES 87-4 in 29 overs (Abid Sajid 21, Mohammad Aamir 17; Shaharyar Rafi 2-13).—APP