KARACHI, June 23: Zone-I Whites lifted the KCCA Inter-zonal under-15 cricket title with an impressive six-wicket victory over Zone-V Whites in the final at TMC Ground on Sunday.

Zone-V Whites, batting first, were restricted to 179 for nine in 50 overs with Ammad Rafiq top-scoring with 49, which included six boundaries.

Leg-spinner Ahmed Iqbal bowled splendidly to capture five for 37 in 17 overs. Off-spinner Tabish Nawab captured three for 61 in 20 overs.

Zone-I Whites, in reply, reached their target for the loss of four wickets, scoring 180 in 43.1 overs.

Raheel-ur-Rehman led the way with a polished 62, spiced with three boundaries and a six. Junaid Ahmed finished with unbeaten 25.

KCCA president Munir Hussain, who was the chief guest, presented the winners trophy to Ahmed iqbal while Shaharyar Ahmed collected the runners-up trophy.

Ammad Rafiq was declared the man of the tournament while Abrar-ul-Haq (best batsman) and Jahanzeb Lodhi (best bowler) were also given special awards.

The Inter-zonal under-17 tournament will now commence from Sunday.

Summarised scores:

Zone-I Whites beat Zone-V Whites by five wickets.

ZONE-V WHITES 179-9 in 50 overs (Ammad Rafiq 49, Shaharyar Ahmed 29, Zeeshan Rahim 25; Ahmed Iqbal Khan 5-37, Tabish Nawab 3-61);

ZONE-I WHITES 180-4 in 43.1 overs (Raheel-ur-Rehman 62 not out, Hafiz Asad 26, Junaid Ahmed 25 not out,Ahmed Iqbal 20; Shiraz Rafiq 2-35, Waqar Ahmed 2-42).—APP