Tahir spins Zone-V to victory

Published July 10, 2008

KARACHI, July 9: Left-arm spinner Mohammad Tahir captured six wickets to spin Zone-V to a six-wicket win over Zone-II in the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal cricket tournament at the Landhi Gymkhana on Tuesday.

Tahir took six wickets for nine runs and Ali Nawaz claimed three for 27 as Zone-II were spun out for 139 in 42 overs. Ahmer Bin Nasir scored 58 with five fours.

In another match Zone-IV beat Zone-VII by 24 runs at the Students Ground. Off-spinner Mohammad Waqar grabbed four wickets for 32 while Shoaib Rabbani got 3-31 for the winners.

At the TMC Ground, Faraz Ahmed finished with excellent figures of five wickets for 28 to bowl Zone-VI to a seven-wicket win over Zone-I.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-II 139 in 42 overs (Ahmer Bin Nasir 58, Ahsan Ali 32, Mohammad Tahir 6-9, Ali Nawaz 3-27); ZONE-V 145-4 in 46 overs (Faizan Khan 46 not out, Mohammad Tahir 26; Faizullah 2-39).

ZONE-IV 158 in 47.1 overs (Junaid Jamshed 42, Faizan Ahmed 23; Mohammad Waqar 4-32, Shoaib Rabbani 3-31); ZONE-VII 134 in 43.3 overs(Sheraz Ahmed 33, Azeem Haider 29; Faizan Ahmed 4-17, Bilal Manzoor 2-42).

ZONE-I 115 in 33 overs (Jahid Ali 20, Shahzaib Nazar 19; Faraz Ahmed 5/28, Faraz Ali 2-15); ZONE-VI 116-3 in 29.1 overs (Hasan Mahmood 46, Hasan Azad 29).—APP

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