August 2, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 22,1423

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Blazing knocks of 90 runs apiece by Wasim Abbas and Shahid Mahmood helped Youngsters go free-wheeling to a 104 run victory over Al-Fateh in the quarterfinals of the Islamabad Cricket Association Knockout Championship Thursday.

Fine batting by the two players saw Youngsters put on 273 for nine off their allotted 50 overs. Mujhaid Iqbal, the top wicket- taker with three for 40, and others in the attack could not check the rampaging rival batsmen.

Al-Fateh’s reply revolved around a half century by Waqas Ahmed but his runs were not enough as his side were bowled out for 170. Shahid Mahmood snapped up three for 52 with Irfan Bhatti and Umer Asif claiming two wickets each.

Also making the last four were PTV who walloped All Youngstars by nine wickets, Diamond scoring a seven-wicket victory against Eleven Star and Rawal Town outplaying CDA by four wickets.

SUMMARISED SCORES:

Youngsters bt Al-Fateh by 104 runs.

Youngsters 273 for nine in 50 overs (Wasim Abbas 90, Shahid Mahmood 90, Shahid Malik 42, Mujhaid Iqbal 3-40, Bilal Rehman and Zulfiqar Ahmed two wkts each); Al-Fateh 170 all out in 35 overs (Waqas Ahmed 63, Sheraz Ahmed 38, Shahid Mahmood 3-52, Irfan Bhatti and Umer Asif two wkts each).

PTV bt All Youngstars by nine wkts. All Youngstars 144 all out in 44.5 overs (Ghulam Murtaza 37, Naseer Ahmed Snr 2-35); PTV 146 for one in 23.2 overs (Khurrum Riaz 67, Ziaul Haq 48 no, Ghulam Yazdani 1-25).

Diamond bt Eleven Star by seven wkts. Eleven Star 203 all out in 49.3 overs (Asadullah 50, Fahim Khattak 40, Safdar Niazi 2-36, Riaz Afridi 2-37); Diamond 204 for three in 37.2 overs (Hashim Khan 62, Wasim Akhtar 62, M. Younis 1-34, Ghulam Muhammad 1-37).

Rawal Town bt CDA by four wkts. CDA 204 all out in 50 overs (Naveed Ahmed 65, Muhammad Shahbaz 43, Muhammad Nadeem 2-46); Rawal Town 205 for six in 48 overs (Zaheer Abbasi 72, Ishtiaq Rabbani 65, Raja Sarfraz 2-32).