KARACHI, July 16: An unbeaten century by talented left-hander Saud Shakeel helped Zone-VI successfully defend their PCB Regional Inter-district Under-19 cricket title with a 104-run victory over Zone-IV at the Pak Star Ground here the other day.

Saud struck 102 from 143 balls with the aid of 13 boundaries as Zone-VI declared their second innings at 226-4.

Zone-IV, who had conceded a narrow first-innings lead of 16 runs, were then dismissed for 138 after set a target of 243. Slow left-armer Bilal Manzoor grabbed four wickets for 37 to follow up his 5-23 in the first innings. He finished with a match haul of nine for 60.

Zone-VI, who clinched their third straight crown, collected 36 points from five matches.

Summarised scores: KCCA ZONE-VI 155 in 54.3 overs (Saif-ur-Rehman 42, Saud Shakeel 34, Syed Waqas Ali 21; Sharjeel Razzaq (RLS) 5-49, Abdul Rehman (RLS) 4-46) and 226-4 declared in 50.3 overs (Saud Shakeel 102 not out, Syed Waqas Ali 55, Qadir Khan 54; Faizan Ahmed 2-49); KCCA ZONE-IV 139 in 34.1 overs (Arsalan Farzand 43, Aamir Idrees 31, Bahar Khan 28; Bilal Manzoor 5-23, Shiraz Hussain 2-28) and 138 in 38.3 overs (Aamir Idrees 36, Arsalan Farzand 26; Bilal Manzoor 4-37, Adnan Afridi 2-22, Shiraz Hussain 2-21).