KARACHI: Karachi Blues scored double victories on Sunday to reach the final of the 1st PCB Inter-district Regional Under-21 Women’s Cricket Tournament at the State Bank Ground.

In the morning fixture, Karachi Blues defeated Karachi Whites by 10 runs in a low-scoring game before completing a convincing six-wicket win against Karachi Greens who have already qualified for title-decider with two victories.

In earlier fixture, skipper Ayesha Zafar 60 and Areeba Hanif batted brilliantly to strike unbeaten half centuries to inspire Karachi Blues to a 46-run win against Karachi Whites.

Batting, Karachi Blues posted 159-0 in their allotted 20 overs. Ayesha slammed 60 that featured six fours and a brace of sixes, while Areeba struck 10 boundaries in her 66.

Karachi Whites, in reply, finished at 113-4 with Sana Urooj scoring 48 that included three fours and one six.

Ayesha completed a good all-round performance by taking two wickets for 16 runs.

Summarised scores:

Karachi Blues beat Karachi Whites by 10 runs.

KARACHI BLUES 74-8 in 20 overs (Areeba Hanif 29, Hafsa Khalid 19; Subhana Tariq 2-15, Zainab Hameed 2-11); KARACHI WHITES 64 in 19.1 overs (Sana Urooj 30; Mehak Amin 2-13, Rida Hussain 2-15).

Karachi Blues beat Karachi Greens by six wickets.

KARACHI GREENS 115-5 in 20 overs (Huraina Sajjad 50 not out, Ramin Shamim 18; Mahnoor Shuja 2-10, Rida Hussain 2-13); KARACHI BLUES 119-4 in 18.4 overs (Alisha Malik 24, Ayesha Zafar 24, Areeba Hanif 21).

Karachi Blues beat Karachi Whites by 46 runs.

KARACHI BLUES 159-0 in 20 overs (Areeba Hanif 66 not out, Ayesha Zafar 60 not out); KARACHI WHITES 113-4 in 20 overs (Sana Urooj 48, Azra Yumna 19; Ayesha Zafar 2-16).

Published in Dawn, November 17th, 2014