KARACHI: Mohammad Junaid hit a century and spinner Abu Hurraira snared a seven-wicket haul as Zone-VI annihilated Zone-IV by 196 runs in the Division-I fixture of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Cricket Tournament here at the other day.

Batting first at the KCCA Stadium, Zone-VI posted 246-7 in their allotted 30 overs. Junaid slammed 16 boundaries in scoring 101 from 98 balls while Taha Riaz made 52 (nine fours and one six).

Zone-IV, in reply, were dismissed for a measly 50 in 12.5 overs as they fell prey to slow left-armer Abu Hurraira who returned brilliant analysis of seven for 13.

Mubashir Nawaz struck a superb 119 (17 boundaries) and Hasan Masood contributed 79 (six fours) to help Zone-I thrashed Zone-III by 166 runs at the Nazir Hussain Young Fighter Ground.

Mubashir later excelled with his off-spin bowling which fetched him four wickets for 10 runs.

Both Zone-VI and Zone-I also emerged victorious in their Division-II matches that were played later in the afternoon.

Zone-VI beat Zone-IV by 72 runs while Zone-I sealed a three-wicket victory against Zone-III.

Summarised scores:

DIVISON-I:

Zone-VI beat Zone-IV by 196 runs at KCCA Stadium.

ZONE-VI 246-7 in 30 overs (Mohammad Junaid 101, Taha Riaz 52, Osama Khan 30; Hussain Ali 3-40, Zubair Ali 2-50); ZONE-IV 50 in 12.5 overs (Rafay Mukhtar 12; Abu Hurraira 7-13).

Zone-I beat Zone-III by 166 runs at Nazir Hussain Young Fighter Ground.

ZONE-I 258-4 in 30 overs (Mubashir Nawaz 119, Hasan Masood 79, Abbas Baraich 24); ZONE-III 92 in 24.2 overs (Mubashir Ahmed 31, Husbak Ibadullah 30; Mubashir Nawaz 4-10, Abbas Baraich 2-13).

DIVISON-II:

Zone-VI beat Zone-IV by 72 runs at KCCA Stadium.

ZONE-VI 176-9 in 30 overs (Mohammad Nafay 40, Suman Ali Khan 30, Fahad Khan 26 not out; Mubashir Amin 3-31, Aashir Ameer 2-24, Shahbaz Shahid 2-30); ZONE-IV 104 in 25.1 overs (Syed Ahsan Ali 32; Roman Ali Javed 4-31, Hamiz Riaz 3-14).

Zone-I beat Zone-III by three wickets at Nazir Hussain Young Fighter Ground.

ZONE-III 145 in 26 overs (Asghar Khan 47, Tahami Kamran 17, Haris bin Tahir 16; Hassan Ahmed 3-14, Ahmer Aslam 3-32); ZONE-I 148-7 in 30 overs (Shahroz Khan 41, Ahmer Hassan 34, Ahmer Aslam 18; Asghar Khan 2-23, Ijaz Ahmed 2-34).

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2015

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