LAHORE, Aug 26: Belligerent batting by Jahangir Mirza and Rehman Qadir helped East Zone Whites defeat North Zone Blues by four wickets in the PCB Inter-district cricket championship Lahore region match at the LCCA Ground on Friday.

Chasing a target of 204, the East Zone Whites were struggling at 73 for four before Jahangir and Rehman came to their rescue.

In their seventh-wicket stand of 124, Jahangir scored 63 off 45 balls with nine fours and two sixes while Rehman hit rapid a 52-ball 57, cracking 10 boundaries.

In another match, fine knocks by Salman Qadir (50) and Ahmed Dar (52) steered West Zone Whites to a four-wicket victory over East Zone Blues at the Model Town Club Ground.

An unbroken second-wicket century partnership between Raza Ali (64) and Mohammad Kashif (57) helped North Zone Blues crush West Zone Blues by nine wickets at Railway Stadium.

Summarised scores:

NORTH ZONE WHITES 204 in 67.4 overs (Sunny Irshad 62, Suleman Khan 60; Wasim Khan 5-35); EAST ZONE WHITES 205-6 in 34.3 overs (Jahangir Mirza 63 not out, Rehman Qadir 57 not out, Azfar Zaidi 40).

EAST ZONE BLUES 176-8 in 55 overs (Asim Ijaz 40; Salman Qadir 4-46); WEST ZONE WHITES 180-6 in 45.2 overs (Ahmed Dar 52, Salman Qadir 50).

WEST ZONE BLUES 134 in 43.4 overs (Usman Ali 5-36); NORTH ZONE BLUE 135-1, 35 overs (Raza Ali 64 not out, Mohammad Kashif 57 not out).

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