KARACHI, July 18: Taha Mamsa and Usman Aamir claimed five wickets each to spin their respective teams – Zone-III Whites and Zone-II Whites – to victories in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 tournament on Tuesday.

Off-spinner Taha Mamsa took five wickets for 37 as Zone-III Whites beat Zone-I Blues by two wickets at the Students Ground.

Taha also made a fine 42 following his five-wicket haul. Tanvir-ul-Haq hit a fine 52 for the winners.

Meanwhile, leg-spinner Usman Aamir bagged five wickets for 22 in Zone-II Whites’ massive 161-run win against Zone-VII Blues at the TMC Ground.

Arsalan Khan scored 65 and Irfan Lodhi 60 as Zone-II Whites piled up 260-6 in 50 overs while batting first. Zone-VII Blues, in reply, crashed to 99 all out in 35.3 overs. Fazal Mohammad made 22. Usman got good support from Fareed Khan, who got 2-28.

In another match played at the KCCA Stadium Zone-IV Blues recorded a six-wicket win over Lasbela District.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I BLUES 185 in 46.2 overs (Anas Ali Khan 30, Qazi Hasnain 29, Arsalan Hussain 22; Taha Mamsa 5-37); ZONE-III WHITES 188-8 in 47.2 overs (Tanvir-ul-Haq 52, Taha Mamsa 42; A Ghani 2-37, Haq Nawaz 2-43).

ZONE-II WHITES 260-6 in 50 overs (Arsalan Khan 65, Irfan Lodhi 60, Latif Junejo 41; M Hamid Iqbal 3-41, M Bilal 2-74); ZONE-VII BLUES 99 in 35.3 overs (Fazal Mohammad 22; Usman Aamir 5-22, Fareed Khan 2-28).

LASBELA DISTRICT 80 in 41.1 overs (A Faheem 22; Kamran Khan 3-5, Adnan Ahmed 2-16, Faraz Ghafoor 2-21); ZONE-IV BLUES 81-4 in 27.1 overs (Kamran Khan 33; Abdul Ghafoor 2-21).—APP

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