KARACHI, June 28: Mubashir Ahmed hit a fine hundred and paceman Aftab Alam snapped up six wickets in Zone-V Whites’ massive 196 runs victory over Zone-VII Blues in the KCCA Inter- zonal Under-19 cricket tournament at KCCA Stadium Thursday.

Mubashir clubbed eight boundaries and two sixes in his 107 to power Zone-V Whites to 265 for four.

At PCB Academy Ground, National Stadium Zone-I Blues defeated Zone-VI Blues by 47 runs thanks to an all-round show by Omair Ahmed.

Off-spinner Tariq Murad captured five wickets for 26 runs as Zone-I Blues mustered 224 all out in 49.4 overs. Omair Ahmed made a sedate 50 with five 4s and Asad Iqbal contributed 47 with four hits to the boundary.

Zone-V Blues in response were bowled out for 177 in 47.4 overs. Leg spinner Sami Faridi grabbed 5-39 in ten overs.

Summarized scores:

Zone-V Whites bt Zone-VII Blues by 196 runs.

Zone-V Whites 265-4 in 50 overs (Mubashir Ahmed 107, Mansoor Ahmed 71 not out, Talib Ali 30)

Zone-VII Blues 69 all out in 26 overs (Nadeem Ansari 15, Saad Vohra 14 not out, Malik Aftab Alam 6-36, Muhammad Salim 2-22).

Zone-I Blues bt Zone-V Blues by 47 runs.

Zone-I Blues 224 all out in 49.4 overs (Omair Ahmed 50, Asad Iqbal 47, Yasir Hussain 35, Faraz Abbas 29, Tariq Murad 5-26, Kashif Khan 2-78)

Zone-V Blues 177 all out in 47.4 overs (Salman Javed 39, Wajahat Khan 38, Sami Faridi 5-39, Omair Ahmed 3-47).—APP

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