KARACHI, Nov 6: Zone-II Whites, Zone-VI Whites and Zone-V Blues reached the KCCA Under-17 Inter-zonal cricket tournament quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Zone-II Whites topped group ‘D’ after winning all their pool matches as they overpowered Zone-VI Whites by 52 runs to qualify for the last-eight stage at the TMC Ground. Mirza Ahsan Jamil starred in his team’s triumph by grabbing six wickets for 44. Zone-VI Whites, being at the second spot in group ‘D’, also made it to the quarters.

In another match played at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, pacer Mohammad Aamir claimed five wickets for 63 to bowl Zone-V Blues to a 50-run victory over Zone-IV Blues.

In the third match of the day, Zone-III Blues crushed Zone-VII Blues by 105 runs at the KCCA Stadium. For Zone-VII Blues, off-spinner Osama Anwar bowled superbly to pick six wickets for 84, but to no avail.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-II WHITES 179-9 in 50 overs (Ahsan Ali 50, Ali Ahmed 25; Faraz Ahmed 4-51, Shahzaib Ali 4-75); ZONE-VI WHITES 127 in 43.1 overs (Abdullah Shah 53, Hasan Azad 42; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 6-44).

ZONE-V BLUES 187 in 26.4 overs (Izhar Hussain 66, Abid Ali 30; Junaid Jamshed 5-50, Sharjeel Razzaq 3-42); ZONE-IV BLUES 137 in 37.2 overs (Zubair Malik 38, Mohammad Tahir 21; Mohammad Aamir 5-63, Adeel Anwar 3-2).

ZONE-III BLUES 233-9 in 50 overs (Majid Khan 50, Aqib Rizvi 38, Kazim Ali 37, Jahanzaib Khan 23; Osama Anwar 6-84, Rabi Babar 2-74); ZONE-VII BLUES 128 in 32.3 overs (Wasiq Ali 29, Adnan Nasim 27, Shahzaib Ahmed 3-16, Saqib Shafiq 2-15).—APP