KARACHI, Oct 21: Muhammad Farrukh and Saeed Asif put Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in the last eight stage of DHA Trophy KCCA Inter-firms cricket tournament beating Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) by eight runs at UBL Sports Complex Ground on Tuesday.

Farrukh hit 70 with six boundaries to steer KPT to 193 all out in 40 overs. Off-spinner Saeed Asif was the pick of his team’s attack with four wickets for 45 runs.

SSGC in reply were restricted to 187 for seven wickets in

KPT finished group champions while SSGC secured runners-spot and also made into the quarterfinal.

Summarized scores:

KPT bt SSGC by eight runs.

KPT 193 (Muhammad Farrukh 70, Fahadullah 41, Iqbal Shaikh 21, Mansoor Baig 21; Saeed Asif 4-45, Abdul Qadir 3-41);

SSGC 187 for seven (Ashraf Ali 43, Saeed Asif 37, Nizamuddin 29 not out, Nadeem Naeem 21; Muhammad Ali Zafar 3-34).—APP