Ammar, Ibrahim and Hasan shine

Published August 6, 2009

KARACHI, Aug 5 Ammar Hasan, Ibrahim Ali hammered centuries while Mirza Ahsan Jamil and Hassan Khalid produced superb bowling performances for their respective teams that recorded wins in the Under-19 KCCA Inter-zonal cricket tournament on Tuesday.

Ammar hit nine fours in his 102 and Mirza Ahsan captured six wickets for 20 as Zone-II Whites thrashed Zone-VII Blues by 183 runs at the TMC Ground.

At the Pak Star Ground, Ibrahim Ali hammered an unbeaten 127 and Hasan Khalid claimed six wickets for 48 to steer Zone-IV Whites to a 95-run win over Zone-VI Blues.

Jibran Yousuf took 5-51 to bowl Zone-I Blues to a five-wicket win over Zone-III Blues at the KCCA Stadium.

Summarised scores

ZONE-II WHITES 286-3 in 50 overs (Ammar Hasan 102, Saeed Mutabir 62, Waqas Mahmood 44; Moazzam Ali 2-69); ZONE-VII BLUES 103 in 30 overs (Sheroz-ul-Haq 33, Rana Adreish 17; Mirza Ahsan Jamil 6-20, Owais Aslam 2-31).

ZONE-IV WHITES 234-5 in 50 overs (Ibrahim Ali 127 not out, Mohammad Wasim 43, Mohammad Adeel Jr 25; Arqam Shoaib 2-36); ZONE-VI BLUES 139 in 45 overs (Masood Zahoor 44, Ahsan Ahmed 30; Hasan Khalid 6-48, Saqib Siddiqui 3-39).

ZONE-III BLUES 168 in 45.5 overs (Mohammad Amir 59, Junaid Gill 24, Hasan Sami 21; Jibran Yousuf 5-51, Arsalan Hussain 3-40, Farhan Anwar 2-26); ZONE-I BLUES 170-5 in 31.1 overs (Sami Arshad 68, Mohammad Arif 35; Osama Javed 3-33, Obaid Ali 2-26).—APP

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