Misbah, Faraz put Zone-VII in final

Published September 21, 2003

KARACHI, Sept 20: Misbah-ul-Haq and Faraz Patel steered Zone-VII Whites into the final of KCCA Inter Zonal Under-17 cricket championship when they whipped Zone-VI Whites at TMC Ground on Friday.

Man of the Match Misbah took five wickets for 11 runs in deadly 12 over spell while Faraz Patel slammed a patient 65 with two boundaries and picked two key wickets for 11 runs in 10 overs with his off-spin.

Batting first Zone-VII Whites mustered 155 for nine wickets in 50 overs. In reply Zone-VI Whites bundled out for 78.

Summarised scores:

Zone-VII Whites 155/9 in 50 Overs ( Faraz Patel 65, Hassan Raza 42, Burhan Moosa 20; Zaheer Abbas 2/22, Abdul Rehman 2/32, Waqas Haroon 2/31); Zone-VI Whites 78 allout in 34 overs (Abdul Saad 18, M. Sohail 15; Misbah Khan 5/11, Faraz Patel 2/11).

Zone-VII Whites will meet Zone-II Whites in the final at TMC Ground Sunday.

Team will be picked from the following:

Zone-II Whites M.Faheem (Captain), Syed Raheel, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ali Asad, Jahanzaib Ashraf, Farhan Rafiq, Imran Khan, Shahmir Khattak, Amanullah, Mohsin Abbasi, Sajjad Mirza, Farrukh Zia, Shariq Khan, Arsalan Fazal, S.M.Raheel.

Zone-VII Whites: Faraz Patel (Captain), Faisal Latif, Basit Arif, Hassan Raza, M.Faisal , Misbah Khan, Burhan Moosa , Tanweer Anwar, Anwar Ali, Mukhatar Ali, Aamir Shakil, M.Usman, Saad Fahim, Faizan Ali, Umair Warsi, Adnan Ahmed, Zain Chughati.—APP