Wajid excels for Zone-VII Whites

Published June 8, 2003

KARACHI, June 7: Off-spinner Wajidullah captured six for 13 to bowl Zone-VII Whites to a 56-run success over Zone-I Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 cricket tournament at Asifabad Sports Ground on Friday.

Nabeel Khalid cracked 57 as Zone-VII Whites scored 146 in 47.4 overs. Left-arm spinner Abdul Fateh claimed five for 30.

Zone-I Blues, in reply, were bundled out for 90 in 31 overs with Wajidullah unplayable in a five-over spell.

In another match at Student Sports Ground, Zone-VI Whites defeated Zone-V Blues with leg-spinner Azhar Shah taking five for 20 and off-spinner Sumair Haider four for 20.

Summarised scores:

*Zone-VII Whites beat Zone-I Blues by 56 runs at Asifabad Sports Ground.

ZONE-VII WHITES 146 in 47.4 overs (Nabeel Khalid 57; Abdul Fateh 5-30, Uzair Akhlaq 2-18);

ZONE-I BLUES 90 in 31 overs (Tariq Noor 30; Wajidullah 6-13, Shahzaib Khan 2-9).

*Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-V Blues by 58 runs at Student Ground.

ZONE-VI WHITES 148 in 45.1 overs (Azhar Shah 31, Bilal Khan 24, Zeeshan Akhtar 20; Mohammad Wasim 4-34, Shariq Zia 3-35, Yasir Shaukat 2-41);

ZONE-V BLUES 90 in 38.5 overs (Arsalan Hussain 23; Azhar Shah 5-20, Sumair Haider 4-20).—APP