KARACHI, Dec 24: Saifullah’s half-century and Israr-ul-Haq’s four-wicket haul steered Zone-I Whites to a massive 162-run win over Zone-VII Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-19 cricket tournament at the Student Ground the other day.

Saif cracked nine fours in his 85 and Osama Arif made 45 with five boundaries as Zone-I Whites, batting first, piled up 300 for nine in the allotted 50 overs.

Israr grabbed four wickets for 28 as Zone-VII Blues crashed to 138 all out in 32.5 overs.

Meanwhile, Zone-III Whites outplayed Zone-VI Blues by seven wickets in a low-scoring match at the TMC Ground.

In another match played at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Zone-V Whites defeated Zone-IV Blues by five wickets.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I WHITES 300-9 in 50 overs (Saifullah 85, Osama Arif 45, Umar Imtiaz 31; Mohammad Yousuf 4-60, Zaheer Khan 2-58); ZONE-VII BLUES 138 in 32.5 overs (Adresh Rana 29, Waqas Hasan 18; Israr-ul-Haq 4-28).

ZONE-VI BLUES 94 in 26.4 overs (Fawad Khan 15, Danish Nawaz

13, Anas Mahmood 13; Maroof Aziz 3-20, Ahmed Iqbal 2-17, Akhtar Kayani 2-17, Taha Mumsa 2-23); ZONE-III WHITES 96-3 in

27.4 overs (Mohammad Abbas

42, Majid Khan 18, Abbas Jafri

16).

ZONE-IV BLUES 71 in 28 overs (Arsalan Haider 22, Wajid Khan 17; Shahab Shaheen 3-18, Mohammad Asghar 3-21, Wajidullah 2-15); ZONE-V WHITES 73-5 in 14.2 overs (Mohammad Shahbaz 25, Owais Ahmed 17; Junaid Jamshed 2-37, Wajid Khan 2-28).—APP