Lodhi, Junejo stars as KCCA Zone-II win U-19 title
Bureau Report

KARACHI—Irfan Lodhi smashed a ton and Latif Junejo snapped five wickets as Zone-II clinched the PCB Karachi Region Inter District Under-19 Cricket Championship with an impressive 87 runs victory over Zone-VI at KCCA Stadium here on Sunday.
Irfan banged 105 with 18 boundaries as Zone-II collected 204 in 73.4 overs. Pacer Latif took five wickets for 38 runs and Sheraz Ali Khan got three wickets for 15 runs to dismiss Zone-VI for 117 in 51 overs.
At TMC Ground, off-spinner Farooq Lodhi captured five wickets for 78 runs to bowl KCCA Zone-VII to 87 runs victory over Zone-III. Due to Lodhi’s bowling Zone-III were bowled out for 170 in 52nd over. Opener Tanveer- ul-Haq top-scored with 44 with five boundaries. Earlier Zone-VII collected 251 all out in 81st over thanks to solid 98 with 12 hits to the boundary. At TMC Ground, Zone-IV thrashed Zone-V by 141 runs with Arsalan Saleem and Shahzeb Hasan sharing seven wicket between them.
Responding to Zone-IV total of 246, Zone-V crashed to 105 all out in 30.2 overs. Arsalan claimed four wickets for 46 runs in 10.2 overs. Shahzeb Hasan grabbed three for 27 in 11 overs.
Summarised scores: Zone-II 204 all out in 73.4 overs (Irfan Lodhi 105, Abdul Ameer 5-67, Faraz Ahmed 4-55) Zone-VI 117 all out in 51 overs (Talha Shafi 37 not out, Latif Junejo 5-38, Sheraz ali 3-15).
Zone-VII 251 all out in 80.1 overs (Hasan Sajjad 98, Faisal Khan 46, Farooq Lodhi 27, Azhar Shah 25, Husban Javed 4-35, Akhtar Fahim 2-28) Zone-III 170 all out in 51.2 overs (Tanveer-ul-Haq 44, Akhtar Fahim 36, Jahangir Shah 33, Farooq Lodhi 5-78, Mubashir Zaib 2-26, Khalid Mahmood 2-63).
Zone-IV 246 all out in 70.3 overs (M.Usman 48, Asif Abbas 37, Yasir Munir 29, Arsalan Saleem 27 not out, Wajidullah 4-57, Usama Basharat 3-91, Rao Shahzad 2-28) Zone-V 105 all out in 30.2 overs (M.Waqas 31, Noman Khan 24, Arsalan Saleem 4-46, Shahzaib Hasan 3-27).