Talha shines in U-17 cricket

Published September 6, 2006

KARACHI, Sept 5: Off-spinner Talha Azeem captured six for 21 to help Zone-IV Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by six wickets in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 cricket championship at KCCA Stadium on Monday.

At Pak Star Ground, Zone-IV Blues defeated Zone-I Blues by four wickets while Zone-VII Whites beat Zone-III Blues by eight wickets at Students Ground.

Summarised scores:

Zone-IV Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by six wickets.

ZONE-VI BLUES 107 in 41 overs (Akbar Khan 23; Talha Azeem 6-21, Sajjid Ali 2-33); ZONE-IV WHITES 108-4 in 33.1 overs (Yasir Habib 35, Suhaib Shakeel 32; Adeel Ishtiaq 2-23). Zone-IV Blues beat Zone-I Blues by four wickets.

ZONE-I BLUES 158 in 44 overs (Omair Imtiaz 52, Sadiq-ul-Islam 38; Ahsan Malik 3-39, Kaleemullah 3-50, Javed Ramzan 2-27); ZONE-IV BLUES 159-6 in 32.5 overs (Javed Ramzan 44, Asif Sharif 28; Hasan Aftab 4-52).

Zone-VII Whites beat Zone-III Blues by eight wickets.

ZONE-III BLUES 142 in 41.3 overs (Jibran Ahmed 29, Talha Pervez 24; Ali Muddasir 2-19, Shiraz Khan 2-19, Ahsan Ahmed 2-21, Ahsan Mirza 2-22, Hasan Sajjad 2-28); ZONE-VII WHITES 146-2 in 20.1 overs (Haider 42 not out, Emman Shaikh 38).—APP

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