KARACHI: Propelled by brilliant centuries from Daniyal Ali and Arsalan Haider, Pak Gymkhana and Model CC set up a semi-final clash in the Omar Associates Trophy KCCA Zone-IV Colour-kit Cricket Tournament here on Thursday.

Daniyal bludgeoned an unbeaten 165 (14 boundaries and five sixes) as Pak Gymkhana thumped Malir Gymkhana in their quarter-final at the Punjab CC Ground.

In the remaining last-eight tie held at the CAA Stadium, Arsalan struck 100 to help Model CC overpower Azeempura Gymkhana by 65 runs.

Meanwhile, Faisal Gymkhana qualified for the final by handing Steel Town Gymkhana a four-wicket defeat in the first semi-final at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

Summarised scores:

Faisal Gymkhana bt Steel Town Gymkhana by four wickets at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

STEEL TOWN GYMKHANA 182-8 in 35 overs (Rao Sajid Ali 68, Akhtar Ali 24; Noman Khan 2-28, Tauheed Khan 2-36, Naeem Mashwani 2-36); FAISAL GYMKHANA 183-6 in 32.1 overs (Hafeez Ahmed 61 not out, Fayyaz Hussain 26, Nadeem Shad 22; Rao Sajid Ali 2-22, Abbas Kazmi 2-38).

Pak Gymkhana beat Malir Companion by eight wickets at Punjab CC Ground.

MALIR COMPANION CC 257-9 in 35 overs (Adeel Khan 73, Abid Khan 41, Umar Khan 37 (Saeed Hussain 4-42, Zafar Iqbal 2-39); PAK GYMKHANA 259-2 in 30.2 overs (Daniyal Ali 168 not out, Kamran Khan 59).

Model CC bt Azeempura Gymkhana by 65 runs at CCA Stadium.

MODEL CC 231-5 in 35 overs (Arsalan Haider 100, Ali Taimur 43, Mohammad Zahid 33, Asif Khan 24); AZEEMPURA GYMKHANA 164 in 28.5 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 43, Nasir Khan 21, Hamza Qadir 21; Shoaib Mohammad 3-10, M. Ramzan 2-21, Najeeb Memon 2-31).

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2015

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