KARACHI, Dec 14: Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and Dewan Sugar registered their berth for the semifinals of Beautiful Karachi Festival cricket tournament.

The KESC which remained unbeaten and emerged group “A” leaders beat Dewan Sugar by seven wickets at UBL Sports Complex on Friday.

The Dewan Sugar, the runners-up in the same group also moved into the semifinal.

Batting first, Dewan Sugar were all out for 102 in 20.3 overs. Afsar Nawaz 24 and Abdul Hafeez 21 were the major run scorers. Asif Ghori (4-22) and Jaffar Qureshi (3-25) share the wickets.

KESC did not face any problem in reaching the target 12.2 overs with M. Farooq (42) and Agha Sabir (38) batting well.

Other results:

Summarized scores:

Baqai Dolphins beat SSGC by 54 runs. Baqai Dolphins 176 for three in 25 overs (Hassan Raza 81, Tariq Rasheed 35, Talha Khan 31); SSGC 122 in 23.3 overs (Saad Umer 37, Nizam Uddin 31; Atif Maqbool 3-13, Toqeer Ahmed 2-25).

Sindh Police beat KBCA by nine runs. Sindh Police 205 for seven in 25 overs (Rashid Ali 75, Akif Alvi 38, Maqsood Ali 35; Khursheed Ahmed 2-25, Akbar Rehman 2-33); KBCA 112 in 20.1 overs (Raheel Abbas 35, Adnan Baig 30; M. Ali 3-11, Mohsin Akhtar 3-27).

KPT beat DHA by five wickets

DHA 122 for nine in 25 overs (Abid Hanif 48, Anid Shaikh 22; Rashid Hanif 2-26); KPT 125 for five in 21.2 overs ( Mansoor Baig 37, Ariz Kamal 25, Rashid Hanif 23 not out; Rizwan Saeed 3-26).—APP