KARACHI, June 5: Left arm spinner Jahanzeb Lodhi produced a mesmerizing spell to help Zone-III Whites to an overwhelming 131 victory over Zone-I Blues in KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 cricket championship played at Students Sports Ground on Wednesday.

Jahanzeb snared six batsmen for 32 runs as Zone-I Blues were shot out for 115 in 35 overs while chasing Zone-III Whites imposing 246 all out in 49.1 overs. Abrar-ul-Haq stroked a superb 94 containing eight boundaries and was unlucky to miss the coveted three figures.

Zohaib Pasha took five wickets for 20 runs to bowl Zone- V Whites to register nine wicket win over Zone-IV Green at Landhi Gymkhana Ground in a low scoring match.

At TMC Ground Zone-II Blues inflicted 106 runs defeat on Zone-VI Blues thanks to fine spell of four wickets for 16 runs by slow left arm bowler Aamir Naqvi.

Summarised scores:

Zone-III (W) bt Zone-I (B) by 131 runs. Zone-III (W) 246 allout in 49.1 overs (Abrarul-Haq 94, Waheed Khan 59, Burhan Riaz 23; Fahad Ahmed 5/59); Zone-I (B) 115 all out in 35.4 overs (Waqas Abbasi 22, Tariq Anwar 16; Jahanzeb Lodhi 6/32). Zone-V (W) bt Zone-IV (G) by nine wickets. Zone-IV (G) 46 all out in 20.5 overs (Waseem Razaq 23; Zohaib Pasha 5/20, Ammad Rafiq 2/1); Zone-V (W) 47/1 in 7.2 overs (Zeeshan Raheem 22 not out, Shahryar Ahmed 10). Zone-II (B) Zone VI (B) by 106 runs. Zone-II (B) 173 all out in 49.2 overs (Hamza Ishtiaq 47, Ahmedullah 30, Umer Waseem 19; Fawad Khan 3/49, Naseem Hassan 2/35, Salman Bhatti 2/31); Zone VI (B) 67 allout in 18 overs; Aamir Naqvi 4/16, Umer Waseem 3/25, Hasnain Iqbal 2/7).—APP

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