KARACHI, June 29: Zone-VII pulled off a narrow 12-run victory over Zone-I in a high-scoring match of the PCB Inter-district Karachi region cricket tournament on Thursday.

Chasing 325, Zone-I were bowled out for 312 in the penultimate over of the match. Opener Ainan Arif, son of ex-Test wicket-keeper Taslim Arif, however excelled with a fine 100 off 159 balls.

In another match, Zone-IV defeated Zone-VI by three wickets on the last day of the two-day fixture.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VII beat Zone-I by 12 runs at Student Sports Ground

ZONE-VII 324 in 83.2 overs (Zakir Malik 86, Mohammad Asif 49, Farhan Channa 47, Yasir Hussain 35, Zohaib Ismail 34; Nauman Hussain 5-98, Amjad Manzoor 4-99); ZONE-I 312 in 88.2 overs (Ainan Arif 100, Tabish Nawab 56, Hafiz Asad 39; Yasir Hussain 3-33, Faizan Ali 3-53, Mohammad Junaid 3-89).

Zone-IV beat Zone-VI by three wickets at KCCA stadium.

ZONE-VI 219 in 74.1 overs (Zeeshan Jamil 46, Mohammad Hasan 44, Hasan Javed 31; Shahzab Khan 6-64); ZONE-IV 220-7 in 85.5 overs (Ali Jawwad 61, Jawwad Khan 54, Shahzab Hasan 36, Yasir Munir 30 not out; Zeeshan Jamil 3-58).