KARACHI, Aug 12: A punishing 94 with 12 fours and a six by Zakir Afridi and leg spinner Azhar Shah’s five wickets for 42 proved too much as Zone-VI Whites cruished Zone-VII Blues by eight wickets in the KCCA Under-17 Inter-zonal tournament on Thursday.

In a low-scoring match Zone-III (Whites) beat Zone-II (Blues) by 23 runs. Zone-III (Whites) Shan Masood (56) was the only batsman to cross fifty in the match which was dominated by the bowlers.

Ahmedullah picked up five wickets for 47 but failed to prevent his side from losing the match.

Summarized scores:

Zone-VI Whites beat Zone-VII Blues by eight wickets

Zone-VII Blues 142 in 41.3 overs (Zare Khan 50, Babar Salim 32; Azhar Shah 5-42; Ehtesham Shami 2-44)

Zone-VI (Whites) 143 for two wickets in 35.5 overs (Zakir Afridi 94, Abdullah Shah 27)

Zone-III (Whites) beat Zone-II (Blues) by 23 runs

Zone-III (Whites 176 in 46.4 overs (Shan Masood 56, Arsalan Javed 39; Ahmedullah 5-47, Aziz 4-32)

Zone-II (B) 153 in 48 overs (S.M.Hasib 36, Sajad Mehdi 31; Usman Shah 4-31, Maroof Aziz 2-15)