January 24, 2008	Thursday	Muharram 14, 1429

LAHORE, Jan 23: Splendid unbeaten centuries by Ameer Hamid and Waqas Tariq and their fourth-wicket stand of 266 runs enabled North Zone Blues to beat North Zone Whites by seven wickets in the regional Inter-district Under-19 cricket tournament at the Cricket Centre ground on Wednesday.

Ameer scored 149 off 191 balls with 27 boundaries, while Waqas made a 181-ball 104 with 13 boundaries as North Zone Blues romped home scoring 311 for 3 in 68.2 overs while replying to their rival’s total of 307.

Fine batting by opener Jumma Khan (87, 16 fours, two sixes) and Najaf Latif (70 not out, 11 fours) at the LCCA ground, guided West Zone Blues to a six-wicket win over West Zone Whites.

Given a target of 216, West Zone were 217-4 in 46.1 overs.

Meanwhile Asmatullah and Ishtiaq-ur-Rehman shared six wickets equally in order to help East Zone Blues beat East Zone Whites by 32 runs at the Model Town Ground.

Summarised scores:

NORTH ZONE BLUES win by seven wickets.

NORTH ZONE WHITES 307. NORTH ZONE BLUES: 311-3 (Ameer Hamid 149 not out, Waqas Tariq 104 not out; Hafiz Salman 3-50).

WEST ZONE BLUES win by six wickets.

WEST ZONE WHITES 215. WEST ZONE BLUES 217-4 (Jumma Khan 87, Najaf Latif 70 not out, Ajmal Khan 33).

EAST ZONE BLUES win by 32 runs.

EAST ZONE BLUES 292. EAST ZONE WHITES 260 (Muzamil Ikram 88, Adnan Yousufi 46, Zeeshan Malik 32, Mohtishim 31; Asmatullah 3-28, Ishtiaq-ur-Rehman 3-62).