Waqas slams century

Published July 14, 2006

KARACHI, July 13: Mohammad Waqas smashed a brilliant hundred to power Zone-I Whites to a massive 234-run victory over Zone-VII Blues in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 cricket tournament at Student Sports Ground on Wednesday.

Waqas cracked 14 fours and two sixes as Zone-II Whites raced to 281 for nine in 50 overs.

Medium-pacer Raheel took seven for 79.

Zone-VII Blues, in reply, were bundled out for just 47 in 38.1 overs with spinners Ayazuddin and Daniyal Mansoor picking up seven wickets between them.

Defending champions Zone-II Whites, meanwhile, defeated Zone-VI Blues by 97 runs at TMC Ground with paceman Tabish Anwar taking six for 17.

In the third game, Zone-V Blues beat Zone-IV Blues by 81 runs at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

Summarised scores:

Zone-II Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by 97 runs.

ZONE-II WHITES 170-9 in 50 overs (Kamran Ahmed 42, Zainullah 22, Ali Ahmed 20; Rafay Iqbal 2-35, Hayat Khan 2-28, Arsalan Khizer 2-45);

ZONE-VI BLUES 73 in 31.3 overs (Tabish Anwar 6-17).

Zone-I Whites beat Zone-VII Blues by 234 runs.

Zone-I WHITES 281-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Waqas 127, Umar Imtiaz 38, Umar Arshad 31; Raheel Rabab 7-79, Shaoib Rabbani 2-42).

ZONE-VII BLUES 47 in 38 overs (Ayazuddin 4-14, Daniyal Mansoor 3-19).

Zone-V Blues beat Zone-IV by 81 runs.

ZONE-V BLUES 151 in 46.3 overs (Rehan Khan 51, Jibran-ur-Rehman 44; Fahad Hussain 2-42, Shahzad Mehdi 2-23);

ZONE-IV BLUES 70 in 29.3 overs (Ali Nawaz 2-6, Babar 2-12).—APP