KARACHI, Nov 15: Zone-II Whites and Zone-IV Whites stormed into the KCCA Under-17 Inter-zonal cricket tournament final after securing commanding wins in their respective semi-final games on Friday.

Ali Ahmed hit an unbeaten 44 as Zone-II whites thrashed Zone-VII Whites by seven wickets in a low-scoring semi-final at the TMC Ground.

Batting first, Zone-VII Whites made a paltry 99 in 35.3 overs. Zone-II Whites, in reply, reached the target in 26.3 overs.

In the other semi-final played at the KCCA Stadium, Zone-IV Whites defeated Zone-V Blues by five wickets.

Batting first, Zone-V Blues posted 192 in 49.2 overs. In reply, Zone-IV Whites romped home in 38 overs while losing five wickets.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-VII WHITES 99 in 35.3 overs (Hussain Raza 32; Obaid Hussain 2-10, Imran Dad 2-13, Mirza Ahsan Jamil 2-32); ZONE-II WHITES 100-3 in 26.3 overs (Ali Ahmed 44, S.M. Ahmer 27).

ZONE-V BLUES 192 in 49.2 overs (M. Rahim Khan 49, M. Kafeel 46, Izhar Hussain 22; Kamran Khan 3-29, Bilal Manzoor 3-64, Abdul Rehman 2-35); ZONE-IV WHITES 195-5 in 38 overs (Syed Saad Ali 56 not out, Shiraz Ali 43, S.M. Adeel 21; Ali Nawaz 2-59).—APP