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KARACHI, July 23: Spinner Abdul Qadeer’s best bowling figures helped Lasbela District to an emphatic six-wicket win over Zone-V Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-17 tournament at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on Sunday.
Qadeer finished with excellent show of 7-67 as Zone-V Blues were spun out for 178 in the 47th over, while batting first. Mohammad Irfan Ali made a fighting 61. Lasbela District, in reply, reached the required target in the 24th over for the loss of four wickets as Abdul Sattar (40) remained the top-scorer.
Meanwhile, off-spinners Kaleemullah and Talha Azeem shared nine wickets between them to furnish a 70-run win for Zone-IV Whites over Zone-II Greens at Pak Star Ground.
Summarised scores:
ZONE-V BLUES 178 in 46.1 overs (Mohammad Irfan Ali 61, Noman Iqbal 29, Jibran-ur-Rehman 23, Sajjad Rafiq 21; Abdul Qadeer 7-67); DISTRICT LASBELA 179-4 in 23.1 overs (Abdul Sattar 40, Naseem 31, Zaheer Ahmed 29, Mohammad Hanif 23; Ramiz Rafiq 2-38).
ZONE-IV WHITES 189 in 47 overs (Yasir Munir 52, Javed Ramzan 31, Zia-ur- Rehman 25, S.M. Adeel 20; Mansoor Ali Khan 3-34, Faraz Hussain 2-34); ZONE-II GREENS 119 in 35 overs (Zainullah 33, Zarnab Intizar 20; Kaleemullah 5-34, Talha Azeem 4-26).—APP
