KARACHI, June 17: Teenager Mannan Aftab smashed a superb century to guide Rafiq Sherazi Memorial Cricket Club to the KCCA Inter-club Cricket Championship quarter-finals, beating Karachi Gymkhana by 35 runs at the KG Ground on Monday.

Mannan hammered nine boundaries in his 107 and Mushtaq Afridi cracked 60 as Rafiq Sherazi posted 258 all out in 38.1 overs. Farhan Arif grabbed four wickets for 36. Karachi Gymkhana, in reply, could reach 223 before being dismissed in 34.3 overs. Ali Talpur made 59.

In the other match played at the TMC Ground, Tapal Cricket Club defeated Dawood Sports by 65 runs.

Summarised scores:

RAFIQ SHERAZI MEMORIAL CC 258 in 38.1 overs (Mannan Aftab 107, Mushtaq Afridi 60, Mohammad Salman 21; Farhan Arif 4-36, Mohammad Hussain 2-43); KARACHI GYMKHANA 223 in 34.3 overs (Ali Talpur 59, Agha Hatim 39, Mohammad Hussain 34, Azhar Khan 28; Sajid Afridi 3-53, Qamar Iqbal 2-33, Mohammad Salman 2-34).

TAPAL CC 233-9 in 40 overs (Zahid Ghauri 52, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 38, Babar Rahman 35, Touseef Khan 30; Fareeduddin 3-28, Faisal Tahir 2-37, Faraz Ahmed Khan 2-51); DAWOOD SPORTS 168 in 39.5 overs (Wajid Pervez 36, Ali Ahmed 35, Waqar Ali Syed 31; Adeel Malik 3-28, Mohammad Shariq 2-13, Abbas Jafri 2-25).—APP