Magical Majid spins Zone-I to victory

Published July 9, 2005

KARACHI, July 8: Leg spinner Majid Rizvi captured a haul of eight wickets to help Zone-I Whites overwhelm Zone-VII Green by 145-runs in KCCA Inter-zonal under-15 cricket championship at Student ground on Thursday.

Manan Aftab made 94 with eight boundaries to steer Zone-I Whites to 259 for nine wickets in their 50 overs. Leg spinner Shoaib Rabbani bagged five wickets for 98 runs.

Zone-VII Green in reply were spun out for 113 in 39th over. Majid finished with best bowling figures to date in the event finishing with eight wickets for 28 runs.

In the other match at KCCA Stadium, Zone-III Whites outplayed Zone-II Blues by 105 runs.

Summarized scores:

Zone-I Whites bt Zone-VII Green by 145-run.

Zone-I (W) 258-9 in 50 overs (Manan Aftab 94, Kokab Abid 37, Farhad Mirza 23, Talha Khan 20, Shoaib Rabbani 5-98, Badar Said 2-65)

Zone-VII Green 113 all out in 38.3 overs (Faizan Qureshi 37, Majid Rizvi 8-38).

Zone-III Whites bt Zone-II by 105 runs.

Zone-III (W) 202-9 in 50 overs (Ramiz Raja 44, Akhtar Faheem 43, Jahangir Shah 34, Burhan Riaz 22, Faraz Hussain 4-64, Aamir Khan 3-63) Zone-III (G) 97 all out in 30 overs (Yasir Tanveer 19, Talah Haider 17, Mansoor 17, Jibran Yousuf 3-22, Shoaib Rajput 2-8, Shoaib Khan 2-26).—APP