Zeeshan and Waseem set up victory

Published August 12, 2005

KARACHI, Aug 11: A magnificent century (102) by Zeeshan Raheem and match-winning spell of six wickets for 31 runs off-spinner Mohammad Waseem powered Zone-V Whites to an emphatic 101 runs victory over Zone-I Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 tournament played on Wednesday at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

Zeeshan hammered 12 fours in his brilliant knock. He received splendid support from M.Zohaib who remained unbeaten (54) with the aid of four boundaries as the winners scored 230 for four wickets in 50 overs. Zone-I (B) were bowled out for 129 in 43.2 overs with Waseem being the chief destroyer.

Summarized scores:

Zone-V (W) bt Zone-I (B) by 101 runs

Zone-V (W) 230 for four wickets (Zeeshan Raheem 102, M.Zohaib 54 not out, Arsalan Hussain (27); Amir Naqvi 2-37)

Zone-I (B) 129 (N.Iqbal 49; M.Waseem 6-31)

Zone-II (W) bt Zone-IV (B) by seven wickets.

Zone-IV (B) 167 (M.Usman 27, Irfanuddin 27; Ather Hussain 3-23, Junaid Ilyas 3-51)

Zone-II (W) 168 for three in 33.2 overs (Nazish Ghous 37, Hamza Ishtiaq 42, Farhan Rafiq 37 not out, A.Jabbar 20; Mudasar Manzoor 3-38)

Zone-VII (W) bt Zone-VI (B) by 125 runs

Zone-VI (B)206 for eight (Zakir Malik 38, Masood Sabir 35, Sheraz Ali 29; Fawad Khan 4-69)

Zone-VI (B) 81 in 33 overs (Bilal Khan 26; Babar Syed 4-49, M.Junaid 4-13).

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