KARACHI, June 8: Zahoor GBSS and New Oxford School stormed into the semifinals of the PCB Inter school Karachi region cricket tournament after contrasting victories on Wednesday.

Irfan Lodhi hits 82 and Mannan Aftab made 63 as Zahoor GBSS thrashed GBSS Lyari No 2 by 120 runs.

At TMC Ground, Tariq Hussain smashed 59 and Asif Khan 57 to steer New Oxford School to a three-wicket victory over Daffodils School.

Meanwhile, F.F. Public School and New Standard School moved into the last-eight stage of the championship.

F.F. Public School registered an exciting nine run success over Pak Folks School.

Shaharyar Zafar's all round performance helped APWA GBSS defeat Rab Nawaz School by two wickets. Shaharyar took three for 21 and scored 47.

Summarised scores:

Zahoor GBSS beat GBSS Layri by 120 runs.

ZAHOOR GBSS 227-8 in 45 overs (Irfan Lodhi 82, Mannan Aftab 63, Abdul Wahab 23; Kashif Rasool 4-35, Shafi Nawaz 2-48); GBSS LYARI NO 2 107 in 25 overs (Yasin Sabir 29, Junaid Shafi 20; Tabish Nawab 4-23, Shahnawaz Ali 2-16).

New Oxford School beat New Daffodil School by three wickets.

DAFFODILS SCHOOL 169-8 in 45 overs (Wasim Razzaq 74, Hussain Hayat 44, Tariq Hussain 3-53, M. Aqeel 2-42); NEW OXFORD SCHOOL 173-7 in 34 overs (Tariq Hussain 59, Asif Khan 57, Mudassar Manzoor 2-24, Israrul Haq 2-31).

New Standard School beat Niazi Star School by 111 runs.

NEW STANDARD 191 in 38.2 overs (Wajidullah 71, Javed Khan 33, A. Hameed 24; Hidyatullah 3-10, Zakaullah 3-44); NIAZI STAR 80 in 17.4 overs (Abdul Qayyum 3-20, Arif Khan 3-31, Adnan Zahoor 3-18).

Apwa GBSS beat Rab Nawaz School by two wickets.

RAB NAWAZ 137 in 38.3 overs (Salman Saleem 26, Umair 23; Shaharyar Zafar 3-21, M. Zohaib 2-24, Saddam Siddiqui 2-25); APWA GBSS 138-8 in 35.4 overs (Shaharyar Zafar 48, Khalid Latif 26; Zohaib Shera 4-26).—APP