Shahzeb shines for Zone-I

Published July 16, 2008

KARACHI, July 15: Shahzeb Nazar scored an unbeaten half-century as Zone-I crushed Lasbela by 105 runs in a KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship match at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium on Monday.

Shahzeb hit four boundaries in his 54 not out as Zone-I made 190-6 in 50 overs. Lasbela, in reply, were dismissed for 85 in 38.1 overs.

In another match, Musaib Sheikh grabbed five wickets for 34 to spin Zone-VII to a 55-run win over Zone-III at the Student Ground.

At Pak Star Ground, Bilal Manzoor finished with excellent figures of 5-11 but failed to save Zone-IV from a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Zone-VI.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I 190-6 in 50 overs (Shahzeb Nazar 54 not out, Furqan Khalil 33, Umar Tauseef 29 not out; Atif Samad 4-46); LASBELA 85 in 38.1 overs (Atif Samad 20; Farhan Anwar 4-7, Adnan Iqbal 2-17, Arsalan Hussain 2-33).

ZONE-VII 151 in 36.1 overs (Saad Maqsood 49; Ahsan Imam 4-45, Danish Aziz 2-20); ZONE-III 96 in 39.5 overs (Ehsan Imam 22, Mohammad Tariq 20; Musaib Sheikh 5-34, Shoaib Rabbani 3-34).

ZONE-IV 89 in 31 overs (Bilal Manzoor 14; Mohammad Khalid 2-14, Faraz Ahmed 2-25, Mamnoon Raza 2-26); ZONE-VI 91-6 in 31 overs (Faraz Ali 33, Hasan Azad 23; Bilal Manzoor 5-11).—APP

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