Waqas excels

Published February 3, 2013

KARACHI, Feb 2: Mohammad Waqas claimed six wickets to star in Zone-I Whites’ seven-wicket victory over Zone-III Blues in the KCCA Woodward Trophy Under-17 Inter-zonal cricket tournament match at the KCCA Stadium here the other day.

Off-spinner Waqar returned splendid figures of six wickets for 14 runs in eight overs as Zone-III Blues were dismissed for a paltry 69 in 25 overs.

In another match played at the TMC Ground, Zone-VI Blues defeated Zone-I Blues by 131 runs. The highlight being slowleft-armer Huzaifa Ahmed taking 6-61 for the losing side

Summarised scores:Zone-I Whites beat Zone-III Blues by seven wickets at KCCA Stadium.

ZONE-III BLUES 69 in 25 overs (Mohammad Waqas Ilyas 6-14, Shahzaib Khattak 2-9); ZONE-I WHITES 72-3 in 11.4 overs (Osama Butt 30 not out; Junaid Qureshi 3-25).

Zone-VI Blues beat Zone-I Blues by 131 runs at TMC Ground.

ZONE-VI BLUES 203 in 47.1 overs (Abrar Warsi 63 3x4, Mohammad Hammad Ali 37, Talha Abbas 29; Huzaifa Ahmed 6-61); ZONE-I BLUES 72

in 25.5 overs (Saifullah Khan 31; Talha Abbas 3-15, Osama Adnan 2-5).—Sports Reporter