Calcutta: A nine-wicket match haul by Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem helped the East Zone wing of National Cricket Academy (NCA) defeat All India Universities by 70 runs in the Inter-zonal tournament match in Bangalore that concluded on Sunday.

According to information reaching here, Nadeem picked up five for 65 in the first innings and four for 47 in the second.

BRIEF SCORES

East Zone 159 (Rohan Banerjee 44, Amit Das 31) & 308 (Sreevats Goswami 90). All India Universities 221 (Shahbaz Nadeem 5/65, B. Amit 2/39, Abhijit Dey 2/45) & 173 (Shahbaz Nadeem 4/47, Abu Nachim 4/39). East Zone won by 70 runs.