Karachi, In an impressive display of cricket, Zone-VII Whites secured their spot in the quarter-finals of the A.S. Natural Stone Under-19 Inter Zonal Cricket Tournament. They triumphed over Zone-IV Whites by a significant margin of 166 runs in their last Group B match at Young Fighter Ground. Both teams have now qualified for the next stage, with Zone-VII leading Group B and Zone-IV securing the second position.

According to Regional Cricket Association Karachi, the match saw Zone-VII Whites put up a strong total of 235 runs for 9 wickets in 40 overs. Key contributions came from Ansar with 40 runs, Fahad Hussain with 34, Ismail with 31, and Musab Ali adding 25 runs. On the bowling front, Iqrar (sla) took 4 wickets for 25 runs, and Bilal claimed 2 wickets for 35 runs. In response, Zone-IV Whites were all out for just 69 runs in 21.5 overs. Owais Khan and M.Shahban were the top scorers for Zone-IV, with 23 and 21 runs respectively. Junaid (rlb) with 4 wickets for 19 runs and Farhan Zaman (sla) with 3 wickets for 10 runs led the bowling attack for Zone-VII, with Inam contributing 2 wickets for 15 runs.