KARACHI, March 29: Wajihuddin hit a superb unbeaten century to spur Nazimabad Gymkhana into the quarter-finals of the KCCA Inter Club cricket tournament, thrashing Malir Companion Cricket Club by 132 runs at the TMC Ground here on Wednesday.

Wajihuddin struck 13 boundaries and a six in his 116 while Faraz smashed an unbeaten knock of 94 as Nazimabad Gymkhana posted 237-3 in the stipulated 40 overs and later dismissed their opponents for 105 in 23 overs to reach the last-eight stage.

Meanwhile, Tapal Cricket Club outclassed New United Gymkhana by six wickets to enter the quarter-finals at the Student Ground.

Summarised scores:

NAZIMABAD GYMKHANA 237-3 in 40 overs (Wajihuddin 116 not out, Faraz Patel 94 not out; Rauf Nazeer 2-27); MALIR COMPANION CC 105 in 23 overs (Salman Ahmed 33, Omar Khan 26; M Junaid 2-5, Mansoor Ahmed 2-14, Ali Mudassir 2-29).

NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 162-9 in 40 overs (Nusrat Mahboob 61, Syed Irshad 31; Saeed Kamal 3-27, Adeel Malik 2-42); TAPAL CC 164-4 in 31.1 overs (Ahmed Zeeshan 47, Adeel Malik 36, Zafar Iqbal 34). –PPI

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