KARACHI: Zone-VI continued their winning run in the two-day City Cricket Association (Sindh region) Senior Tournament when they downed Zone-II by nine wickets at the KCCA Stadium here on Sunday.

Off-spinner Junaid Ilyas starred with a match bag of 9-54 as Zone-V trounced Zone-IV by eight wickets at the UBL Sports Complex, while the game between Zone-I and Zone-III was drawn at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

Scores in brief:

At KCCA Stadium: Zone-VI beat Zone-II by nine wickets.

ZONE-II 159 in 53.5 overs (Rao Waqar 53, Ali Shah 45 not out; Arish Ali Khan 4-39) and 149 in 63.5 overs (Hasan Jafri 42; Arish Ali Khan 3-34, Mohammad Tariq Khan 3-57); ZONE-VI 230-9 declared in 63 overs (Usman Khan 80, Hasan Mohsin 44; Nadir Shah 4-27) and 79-1 in 11 overs (Usman Khan 58 not out).

At UBL Sports Complex: Zone-V beat Zone-V by eight wickets.

ZONE-IV 182 in 63.3 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 57; Junaid Ilyas 5-20, Bilal Manzoor 3-28) and 122 in 54.4 overs (Arsalan Farzand 48; Junaid Ilyas 4-34, Bilal Manzoor 3-41); ZONE-V 227 in 65.2 overs (Arsalan Bashir 109; Mohammad Farooq 3-47) and 79-2 in 13.2 overs (Mohammad Waqas 47 not out).

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground: Match drawn.

ZONE-III 152 in 40.1 overs (Samiullah Afridi 44; Faraz Hussain Khan 4-31) and 290-5 declared in 71 overs (Ubaisullah Khan 106 not out, Amit Ravi 85); ZONE-I 303 in 72.2 overs (Shaharyar Ghani 143, Ahmed Iqbal 42; Sadiqullah Karrar 3-58, Israr Ahmed 3-74) and 47-0 in 7 overs.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2021