KARACHI: Zone-VI, Zone-IV and Zone-III won their respective matches in the KCCA Inter-zonal T20 Colour Kit Ramazan Cricket League here the other day.

Zone-VI defeated Zone-I by 46 runs at the TM Ground with off-spinner Babar Hussain Agha (5-12) playing a significant part in his team’s success after Jaahid Ali (78 off 48 balls, seven fours and three sixes) and Daniyal Aziz (77 off 52, 10 fours and three sixes) had guided the winners to 177-5.

In the remaining two games Zone-IV beat Zone-V by three wickets at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground while Zone-III sealed a two-wicket win over Zone-VII at the KCCA Stadium.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VI bt Zone-I by 46 runs at TMC Ground.

ZONE-VI 177-5 in 20 overs (Jaahid Ali 78, Daniyal Aziz 77; Israr-ul- Haq 2-34); ZONE-I 131 in 16.3 overs (M. Wajihuddin 45, Yasir Hussain 43; Babar Hussain Agha 5-12, Najeebullah 2-0, Nadeem Javed 2-22).

Zone-IV bt Zone-V by three wickets at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

ZONE-V 171-5 in 20 overs (Arsalan Bashir 84, Ashraf Ali 42, Wajid Ali 21; Mohammad Wajahat 2-15, Sohaib Khan 2-26); ZONE-IV 174-7 in19.4 overs (Mohammad Wajahat 59, Yasir Mushtaq 38, Hasan Aftab 24; Mutalib Shah 2-25).

Zone-III bt Zone-VII by two wickets at KCCA Stadium.

ZONE-VII 103 in 18.5 overs (Faraz Patel 45, Shahid Ayub 43; Arsalan Saeed 5-25, Zeeshan Jamil 3-17); ZONE-III 107-8 in 18.5 overs (Haris Ayaz 32 not out; Mansoor Ahmed 2-16, Bilal Javed2-22).

Published in Dawn, July 24th , 2014