KARACHI: Holders Multan, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar qualified for the semi-finals of the fifth ICRC National Disabled T20 Cricket Championship after topping their respective groups at the last round of preliminary matches here on Wednesday.

In Thursday’s semi-finals, Group ‘A’ table-toppers Multan meet Group ‘C’ winners Lahore at the RLCA Gulberg Ground, while Group ‘B’ leaders Karachi take on Group ‘D’s top-ranked side Peshawar at the KCCA Stadium.

Results on Wednesday:

At RLCA Gulberg Ground: Hyderabad beat Sargodha by 55 runs.

HYDERABAD 155-5 in 20 overs (Abdul Kalam 42, Jabbar Wasan 40, Zubair Khan 25; Mohammad Yousuf 2-25); SARGODHA 100 in 17.1 overs (Khawar Ali 33; Fahim Wasan 4-12).

At UBL Sports Complex B Ground: Abbottabad beat Bahawalpur by 79 runs.

ABBOTTABAD 213-4 in 20 overs (Humayun 75, Mohammad Hussain 54, Shafiq 31); BAHAWALPUR 134 in 15.5 overs (Ameer Maviya 40, Marghoob Alam 27, Mirza Taimoor 25; Humayun Khan 5-15, Himayat Khan 3-32).

At TMC Ground: Quetta Bolan beat Sialkot by 15 runs.

QUETTA BOLAN 136 -10 in 20 overs (Jahangir Tareen 28; Malik Farhan 3-17, Ali Raza 2-19); SIALKOT 102-8 in 20 overs (Hamid Raza 39, Malik Farhan 22; Noor Ahmed 2-18, Ishaq Sr 2-27).

At KCCA Stadium: Fata beat Azad Jammu Kashmir by 57 runs.

FATA 141-9 in 20 overs (Mohammadullah 61, Asad Shinwari 17; Aslam 4-16, Fayyaz Raja 2-29, Naseeb Abbasi 2-37); AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR 84 in 17 overs (Aslam 20, Fayyaz Raja 16; Asad Shinwari 3-13, Wahid Shah 3-14).

At RLCA Gulberg Ground: Karachi beat Rawalpindi by 82 runs.

KARACHI 154-3 in 20 overs (Danish Ahmed 62 not out, Wahid Khan 56, Arif Richard 23); RAWALPINDI 72 in 15.1 overs (Imran Nazir 19, Kashif Javed 18, Faizan Ashiq 17; Mohammad 3-16, Iqbal Hussain 2-10).

At UBL Sports Complex B Ground: Peshawar beat Faisalabad by 29 runs.

PESHAWAR 158-5 in 20 overs (Wajid Alam 61, Sareerullah 38; Majid Rashid 3-31); FAISALABAD 129 in 19.2 overs (Adnan Butt 37, Waqas Ali 19; Fayyaz Ahmed 3-15, Gohar Ali 3-19, Wajid Alam 2-20, Nihar Alam 2-20).

At TMC Ground: Multan beat Islamabad by six wickets.

ISLAMABAD 106 in 19.4 overs (Mohammad Tauqir 51, Usman Paracha 17); MULTAN 107-4 in 19.2 overs (Jahanzaib Tiwana 44, Majid Hussain 28; Mohammad Naveed 2-22).

At KCCA Stadium: Lahore beat Quetta by 117 runs.

LAHORE 187-4 in 20 overs (Mohammad Shahbaz 89, Abdullah Ejaz 36, Shahid Ali 19 not out); QUETTA 70 in 14.4 overs (Ali Hasan 2-10, Mohammad Sajid 2-13, Abid Hussain 2-16).

Thursday’s fixtures:

Semi-finals: Multan vs Lahore (RLCA Gulberg Ground, 10:00am); Karachi vs Peshawar (KCCA Stadium, 10:00am).

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2016