Zone-I Dismissed for 173

Published January 26, 2008

KARACHI, Jan 25: KCCA Zone-I were dismissed for 173 on the opening day of their two-day PCB Regional Inter-District Under-19 Championship match against Zone-III at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on Friday.

Waqas Khan top-scored with 37 with six boundaries and opener Umar Imtiaz got 31 with three fours. Maroof Aziz took three wickets for 72 in his 15 overs.

Zone-III, in reply, were 93-3 in 29 overs by the time stumps were drawn. Akhtar Fahim was batting on 30 with four hits to the boundary and one over it while Tauseef Khan scored 30 studded with three fours.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I 173 in 51.3 overs (Waqas Khan 37, Umar Imtiaz 31, Mannan Aftab 25, Majid Rizvi 23, Zeeshan Nasir 21 not out; Maroof Aziz 3-72, Akhtar Fahim 2-5, Shoaib Rajput 2-31, Husban Javed 3-49); Zone-III 93-3 (Akhtar Fahim 30 not out, Tauseef Khan 30).—APP

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