KARACHI, Nov 13: Zone-II Whites and Zone-VII Whites qualified for the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 cricket tournament semi-finals on Wednesday.

In the first quarter-final played at the TMC Ground, Zone-II Whites outclassed Zone-V Whites by 152 runs.

Slow left-arm spinner Mohammad Salman claimed seven wickets for 50 runs but the grand effort was not enough to save Zone-V Whites from the massive defeat.

Batting first, Zone-II Whites made 201 all out in 42.2 overs as Ali Ahmed top-scored with 50. Zone-V Whites, in reply, crashed to 49 all out in 23.4 overs. Ahsan Jamil captured four wickets for 19.

In the other quarter-final held at the KCCA Stadium, Zone-VII Whites overpowered Zone-I Whites by five wickets.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-II WHITES 201 in 42.2 overs (Ali Ahmed 50, Hamza Naqvi 43, Basit Ahsan 26; Mohammad Salman 7-50, Babar Khanzada 3-33); ZONE-V WHITES 49 in 23.4 overs (Aurangzeb 11, Shahzaib 10; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 4-19, Obaid-ur-Rehman 2-3, Basit Ahsan 2-6).

ZONE-I WHITES 142 in 46.1 overs (Arsalan Hussain 36, Osama Zubair 22, Jahid Shaukat 20; Shahid Hamid 3-28, Moazzam Malik 3-45); ZONE-VII WHITES 143-5 in 39.2 overs (Huzaifa Siraj 28, Hussain Raza 33, Hamid Shahid 22, Jibran Yousuf 4-38).—APP