Batsmen struggle in U-15 cricket

Published July 15, 2008

KARACHI, July 14: Batsmen continued to struggle in the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal cricket tournament as Zone-I, II and V won their matches on Sunday.

At Student Ground, off-spinner Arsalan Hussain captured four for 39 and left arm spinner Farhan Anwar grabbed three for 35 to bowl Zone-I to a four-wicket victory over Zone-III. Zahid Khan top scored for the winners with 43.

Zone-V beat Zone-IV by 101 runs at Pak Star Ground.

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, spinners Arsalan Hussain and Fahazullah shared eight wickets between them to spin Zone-II to a 105-run victory over Lasbella.

Summarized scores:

Zone-I beat Zone-III by 4 wickets.

ZONE-III 124 in 39.3 overs (Mohammad Tariq 35; Farhan Anwar 3-35, Arsalan Hussain 4/39); ZONE-I 128-6 in 30.4 overs (Zahid Ali 43, Jawad Alam 24, Arsalan Hussain 21; Shahzeb Ahmed 3-35, Aamir Khan 2/37).

Zone-V beat Zone-IV by 101 runs.

ZONE-V 198 in 50 overs (Abid Ali 35, Rahim Khan 36, Safdar Ayub 26; Bilal Manzoor 3-32, Kamran Khan 3-36); ZONE-IV 97 in 29.2 overs (Rahim Khan 2-8, Adeel Anwar 2-27, Ali Nawaz 2-28).

Zone-II beat Lasbella by 105 runs.

ZONE-II 201-9 in 50 overs (Mustafa Ali 43, Rao Waqar 40, S.M. Ahmer 38; Atif Samad 4-60, Ghumman Baloch 3-36). LASBELLA 96 in 31 overs (Abdullah 25; Arsalan Hussain 4-18, Fahazullah 4-30).—APP