KARACHI, June 1: Paceman Waqar Ali excelled with a five-wicket haul as Zone-II Whites outclassed Zone-III Blues by seven wickets in the KCCA Under-19 Inter-zonal cricket tournament for the Medicam Trophy here on Thursday.

Waqar claimed five for 25 to send Zone-III Blues crashing to 66 all out in 16.5 overs at the Nazir Hussain Young Fighters Ground. Zone-II Whites lost three wickets before reaching their target in the 14th over.

In a close finish at the Asifabad Sports Ground, Zone-VII Whites defeated Zone-I Blues by 13 runs.

Sumair Rafiq scored 47 with five boundaries to help Zone-VII Whites make 172 in 47.3 overs. Spinners Hafiz Hasan Taimur and Widwanullah shared eight wickets equally between them.

Zone-I Blues, in reply, were dismissed for 159 at the start of the 46th over with Fakhar Tahir (43) and Hafiz Hasan Taimur (36) their main run-getters.

Off-spinner Arshad Butt and slow left-armer Mohammad Hammad each grabbed three wickets.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VII Whites beat Zone-I Blues by 13 runs at Asifabad Sports Ground. ZONE-VII WHITES 172 in 47.3 overs (Sumair Rafiq 47, Jahangir Javed 32, Afsar Hussain 21; Hafiz Hasan Taimur 4-41, Widwanullah 4-45); ZONE-I BLUES 159 in 45.1 overs (Fakhar Tahir 43, Hafiz Hasan Taimur 36, Amjad Khan 24; Arshad Bhatt 3-27, Mohammad Hammad 3-39). Zone-II Whites beat Zone-III Blues by seven wickets at Nazir Hussain Young Fighter Ground. ZONE-III BLUES 66 in 16.5 overs (Asad Niazi 32; Waqar Al 5-25, Ubaid Umar 2-27); ZONE-II WHITES 68-3 in 13.4 overs (Mohammad Ali 28).