Perinthalmanna: South Zone, went up to stumps at 85 for two in its under-22 inter-zone cricket match against North Zone after Wednesday's play saw 18 wickets fall at the KCA stadium here. Farzeen played immaculately as he took 8 for 54.

The scores: North Zone 296 & 114 in 28.2 overs (Fabid Farooq 43, Ajumon Paul five for 38, Rahul Ramanan five for 23) v South Zone 145 in 41.5 overs (Akash Babu 63, Nikhil Xavier 46 no, Farzeen eight for 84) & 85 for two in 24 overs (Jithin Ramachandran 41 no)

KCA XI 441 in 100.3 overs (Sachin Mohan 168, Mohammed T.Shanu 83, P.Rahul 65, Hari Prasanth 52, M.S.Akhil four for 113, Monish four for 113) & 58 for two in 14 overs v Central Zone 231 in 63.3 overs (Rameez 44, Nikhilesh 40, M.S.Akhil 34, Sivaraj five for 45).