KARACHI, July 14: Zone-V Whites and Zone-VI Whites recorded commanding victories in their opening matches in the KCCA inter-zonal Under-17 cricket tournament Saturday.

At the KCCA Stadium, Zone-V Whites defeated Zone-II Green by 73 runs — thanks to an allround show by Ammad Rafiq, who first hit 33 and later claimed three wickets for 29 runs to take the man of the match award.

At the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, leg spinner Azhar Shah captured four wickets 34 runs and off-break bowler Nasir got 3-54 to bowl Zone-VI Whites to a 73 runs victory over Zone-II Green.

Waqas Haroon smashed 55 with four fours and two sixes for Zone-VI Whites.

Summarized scores:

Zone-V Whites bt Zone-II Green by 73 runs

Zone-V Whites: 218 in 49.4 overs (Shehryar Ahmed 37, Waqas Javed 38, Ammad Rafiq 33, Wajahat Ahmed 29, Tufail Ahmed 20 not out, Mahmood Majid 3-60, Wasi Haider 2-32)

Zone-II Green: 145-7 in 50 overs (Shahzaib Bashir 29, Farhan Rafiq 24 not out, Ammad Rafiq 3-29).

Zone-VI Whites bt Zone-V Blues by 81 runs

Zone-VI Whites: 189 in 49.4 overs (Waqas Haroon 55, Muhammad Rizwan 25, Omair Khan 4-34, Nasir 3-54, Muhammad Shahid 2-42)

Zone-V Blues: 108 all out 46.5 overs (Omair Khan 23, Azhar Shah 4-64, Asif Hameed 3-37).—APP