Qamar, Fawad shine

Published November 1, 2008

KARACHI, Oct 31: Off-spinner Qamar Iqbal captured five wickets to spin Zone-I Whites to an 89-run victory over Zone-V Blues in the KCCA Under-17 Inter-zonal cricket tournament at the Student Ground on Thursday.

Qamar finished with five wickets for 23 while fellow off-spinner Abdullah Aslam grabbed four for 27 as Zone-V Blues were bowled out for 96 in 35.1 overs while chasing 186 for victory.

Earlier, Zone-I Whites made 185 all out in 49 overs with Usama Zubair (46) being the top scorer. Shaheen Shahab claimed four wickets for 38 while Adeel Anwar took three for 54.

In another match played at the TMC Ground, Fawad Khan captured four wickets for 12 runs and Mohammad Obaid three for 21 as Zone-VI Blues overcame Zone-IV Blues by six wickets.

Summarised scores:

ZONE-I WHITES 185 in 49 overs (Usama Zubair 46, Mohammad Asim 32, Zeeshan Nasir 25, Iftikhar Raja 21; Shaheen Shahab 4-38, Adeel Anwar 3-54); ZONE-V BLUES 96 in 35.1 overs (Mohammad Rahim Khan 21, Faizan Khan 17; Qamar Iqbal 5-23, Abdullah Aslam 4-27).

ZONE-IV BLUES 90 in 33.3 overs (Mohammad Ibrahim 34, Hassan Khalid 11; Fawad Khan 4-12, Mohammad Obaid 3-21, Khushnood Alam 2-19); ZONE-VI BLUES 91-4 in 31.5 overs (Qasim Hussain 17, Shan Khan 13; Hasan Khalid 3-14).—APP

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