KARACHI, Dec 20: KESC qualified for the semifinals of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II cricket championship by virtue of topping Pool ‘A’ on Tuesday after their game against UBL ended in a draw. There was no play on the final day of the three-day fixture following heavy rain in the wee hours of Tuesday that left the KCCA Stadium pitch and surrounding area saturated.

But KESC secured three points for taking a 77-run lead on the first innings. In their previous matches, KESC defeated DHA and took first innings lead over KPT.

Meanwhile, DHA defeated KPT by nine wickets after Rizwan Saeed and Atif Maqbool claimed nine wickets between them at PCB Academy Ground.

Paceman Rizwan took five for 34 while off-spinner Atif had four for 36 as KPT crashed to 90 all out in the second innings.

Chasing 56, DHA reached 59 for one in quick time to wrap up the match.

Summarised scores:

At PCB Academy ground: DHA beat KPT won by nine wickets.

KPT 297 in 81.4 overs (Maisam Hasnain 80, Fahad Iqbal 71, Imranullah 32; Malik Aftab 3-47, Rizwan Saeed 3-77) and 90 in 32.2 overs (Iqbal Shaikh 30, Saad Wasim 27; Rizwan Saeed 5-34, Atif Maqbool 4-36); DHA 332 in 81 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 74, Naseem Khan 65, Wajid Ali 53, Mubashir Ahmed 34; Naseer Khan 3-47) and 59-1 in 7.2 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 29 not out, Naseem Khan 24 not out).

At KCCA Stadium: Match drawn.

KESC 312 in 79 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 74 not out, Zeeshan Jamil 52, Ramiz Raja 42, Asad Shafiq 42; Shoaib Leghari 5-84, Nauman Ali 3-50) and 76-2 in 21 overs (Zeeshan Jamil 32, Ramiz Raja 29 not out);

UBL 235 in 78 overs (Inamul Haq 74, Adnan Butt 35, Adnan Raza 34, Asad Zarar 28; Nauman Alvi 5-105, Misbah Khan 4-95).

At ARL Ground, Rawalpindi: ARL beat Navy by nine wickets.

ARL 424-9 in 83 overs (Ameer Khan 77, Abdul Mannan 72, Asim Butt 50, Pervez Aziz 45Sajid Mahmood 31; Farman Shah 3-157) and 17-1 in 4 overs; NAVY 199 in 44.4 overs (Tanvir Hussain 62, Aamir Mukhtar 41, Babar Hussain 35 not out; Saad Altaf 6-70, Mohammad Ramiz 3-28) and 239 in 51.3 overs (Tanvir Hussain 58, Shaharyar Ghani 35, Mohammad Waheed 35 not out, Babar Hussain 23; Saad Altaf 4-65, Sohail Tanvir 4-131).

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: PWD beat NHA by an innings and 101 runs.

NHA 175 in 45.2 overs (Farrukh Hayat 55, Naeem Hafeez 45, Shahzad Siddique 33; Tabish Khan 4-58) and 123 in 29.4 overs (Farrukh Hayat 37; Tabish Khan 8-69); PWD 399-9 declared in 70.4 overs (Mian Adnan 82, Daniyal Ahsan 72, Faraz Patel 67 not out, Khurram Manzoor 49, Naeem Tayyab 41; Zohaib Ahmed 5-103).