September 21, 2003	Sunday	Rajab 23, 1424

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ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Punjab and Diamond Clubs advanced to the semifinals of the Islamabad Cricket Association President Cup as did PTV and CRA.

PTV battered Rawal Town into submission, handing them a 10- wicket defeat at the Marghazar Ground while CRA eliminated Essco scoring a five-wicket win at the Lal Quarters Ground.

Punjab squeezed through with a narrow one-wicket victory over Asif Memorial and Diamond beat XI Star by three wickets.

In the semifinals scheduled for Sunday, Punjab will take on CRA with Diamond facing off PTV.

Summarised scores:

PTV bt Rawal Town by 10 wickets at Marghazar Ground. Rawal Town 73 in 23.3 overs (Mazhar Abbas 17; Naseer Ahmed 4-10, Fayyaz Ahmed 3-27, Salman Khan 2-6); PTV 79 for no wkt in 10 overs (Hashim Khan 29 not out, Salman Khan 23 not out).

CRA bt Essco by five wickets at Lal Quarters Ground. Essco 123 in 32.5 overs (Stephen John 22, Abdul Qayyum 20; Khalid Mahmood 3-17, Anwarul Haq 3-24, Abdul Basit 2-26); CRA 124-5 in 28.1 overs (Ashar Zaidi 32, Kashif Majeed 29 not out, Anwarul Haq 18 not out; Waqar Akbar 2-25).

Punjab bt Asif Memorial by one wicket at CRA Ground. Asif Memorial 144-8 in 25 overs (Kaleem Abbasi 41, Raheel Majeed 20; Muhammad Adnan 4-19, Ulfat Hussain 2-14); Punjab 146-9 in 23.5 overs (Arslaan Zaheer 24 not out, Abdul Rauf Mirza 23, Ulfat Hussain 23; Mustafa Bashir 3-25).

Diamond bt XI Star by three wickets at Punjab Ground. XI Star 215 in 41.3 overs (Naeem Anjum 59, Rizwan Bhatti 48, Muhammad Altaf 41; Muhammad Nadeem 3-32, Asif Akhtar 3-34, Adil Hanif 2- 22); Diamond 217-7 in 42.1 overs (Farrukh Hayat 44, Atif Ashraf 35, Nauman Sadiq 35, Nadeem Ahmed 24; Muhammad Altaf 2-38, Rizwan Sabir 2-47).