KARACHI: Pakistan CC and Alamgir Gymkhana scored comprehensive semi-final victories to move into the final of the KCCA Zone-VI Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament here the other day.

Alamgir Gymkhana annihilated North Shire CC by a huge margin of 238 runs at the KCCA Stadium.

After piling up 294-6 in 40 overs with left-hander Saad Ali scoring 91 (14 boundaries and two sixes) and Usman Khan 76 (six fours and three sixes), Alamgir Gymkhana shot out North Shire CC for a paltry tally of 56 in 21.4 overs with spinners Hassaan Khan (4-9) and Ashiq Ali (3-9) sharing most of the wickets.

Pakistan CC crushed beat Qasmi Gymkhana by 155 runs at the Lawai Cricket Stadium in Naya Nazimabad.

Ali Asad (71, five boundaries) and Saud Shakeel (63, three fours and two sixes) powered Pakistan CC to 265 all out in 39.2 overs before Qasmi Gymkhana capitulated inside 18 overs for 110. Leg-spinner Shahzaib Ahmed Khan grabbed four wickets for 15 runs.

Earlier in the remaining two quarter-finals, Pakistan CC beat Golden Gymkhana by nine wickets, while Qasmi Gymkhana sealed a thrilling one-run victory over Northern Gymkhana.

Summarised scores:

Semi-finals:

Alamgir Gymkhana beat North Shire CC by 238 runs at KCCA Stadium.

ALAMGIR GYMKHANA 294-6 in 40 overs (Saad Ali 91, Usman Khan 76, Ahsan Ali 34, S.M. Tahami 30; Uzair Ali 2-34, Aamir Malik 2-46); NORTH SHIRE CC 56 in 21.4 overs (Hassaan Khan 4-9, Ashiq Ali 3-9, Ghulam Mudassar 2-7).

Pakistan CC beat Qasmi Gymkhana by 155 runs at Lawai Cricket Stadium (Naya Nazimabad).

PAKISTAN CC 265 in 39.2 overs (Ali Asad 71, Saud Shakeel 63, Rameez Raja 30, Babar Hussain Agha 23, Danish Aziz 23; Mohammad Abid Qasmi 3-41, Aftab Khan 3-45, Afsar Nawaz 2-50); QASMI GYMKHANA 110 in 17.4 overs (Sohail Tahir 45; Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 4-15, Adnan Kaleem 2-9, Rameez Raja 2-32, Fazal Subhan 2-50.

Quarter-finals:

Pakistan CC beat Golden Gymkhana by nine wickets at Lawai Cricket Stadium (Naya Nazimabad).

GOLDEN GYMKHANA 114 in 28.4 overs (Taqaddus Ali 46, Umar Rao 21; Adnan Kaleem 3-11, Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 3-27); PAKISTAN CC 116-1 in 13.5 overs (Rizwan Khan 40 not out, Rameez Raja 33, Ali Asad 24 not out).

Qasmi Gymkhana beat Northern Gymkhana by one run at KCCA Stadium.

QASMI GYMKHANA 173 in 33.4 overs (Afsar Nawaz 59, Asif Siddiqui 29, Imran Sharif 21; Badar Qureshi 6-33, Bakhrainullah 2-19); NORTHERN GYMKHANA 172 in 39.2 overs (Abdullah Khan 48 ,S.M. Zafar 34 not out, Shahzad Ali 23; Imran Sharif 3-18, Afsar Nawaz 2-28 Mohammad Abid Qasmi 2-40).

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2017