KARACHI: Talented Mis­b­ah Khan produced a fine all-round show to propel favorites Pakistan Cricket Club into the last-four round of RLCA Ramazan Twenty20 Cricket Tournament when they defeated Vital-5 CC by six wickets at Korangi Stadium here on Thursday night.

In a low-scoring match, which yielded 163 runs, off-spinner Misbah first took one wickets for 13 in his tight four overs spell and later scored an unbeaten 18 off 13 balls to clinch the man of the match award.

Batting first, Vital-5 CC crashed to 80 all out. Rameez Aziz scored 22 off 44 balls. Rizwan Khan and Shahzaib Khan shared four wickets between them. Pakistan CC, in reply, coasted to victory in the 15th over for the loss of four wickets. Nadeem Javed consumed 32 balls while making 25 which included one sixer and one hit to the boundary. Muhammad Waqas made 20 in 28 balls. Ashraf Khan took two wickets for 22 runs.

Malir Gymkhana will meet Alamgir Gymkhana in the fourth quarter-final at Gulb­erg Ground on July 21.

Published in Dawn, July 19th , 2014