KARACHI, March 9: Rising Star Cricket Club and New United Gymkhana advanced to the Super League stage of the KCCA Inter Club tournament, beating their respective rivals here on Thursday.

Rising Star CC qualified for the Super League stage after defeating Bilal Friends Cricket Club by four wickets at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground while New United Gymkhana surpassed Shaheen Gymkhana by seven runs in a low-scoring match at the TMC Ground.

Summarised scores:

BILAL FRIENDS CC 201-8 in 40 overs (Zeeshan Aziz 48, Zohaib Ali 45, Sajjad 41; Wasi Ahmed 2-20, Naved Zameer 2-23, Saqib Badr-ul-Hasan 2-21); RISING STAR CC 204-6 in 38.3 overs (Irfan Ahmed 60, Nadeem Khan 41, Naved Zameer 28; Majid Khan 2-24, Gohar Ali 2-43).

NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 158-9 in 40 overs (Junaid Ahmed 46, Nusrat Mahboob 29); SHAHEEN GYMKHANA 151 in 34 overs (Fahad Jabbar 45, Foze-ul-Azeem 17; Tahir Hasan 3-17, Muzaffar Hussain 2-21). —PPI