KARACHI, Dec 7 Defending champions Rawalpindi and hosts Karachi qualified for the second National Disabled Cricket Championship final after comfortable wins in their respective semi-finals here on Monday.
Matloob Qureshi hammered an unbeaten 70 off 72 balls but failed to save Multan from a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Karachi at the RLCA Ground.
Multan were restricted to 181 for nine in 40 overs. Karachi, in reply, reached the target for the loss of six wickets.
In the other semi-final played at the PCB Academy Ground, Rawalpindi defeated Lahore by five wickets despite a superb century by Mohammad Fayyaz.
Lahore made 198 all out in 38.2 overs. Fayyaz cracked 107. Rawalpindi reached the target in 33.4 overs. Mohammad Altaf hit 81.
Summarised scores
MULTAN 181-9 in 40 overs (Matloob Qureshi 70 not out, Rashid Ali 29, Majid Hussain 26; Ishaq Jr 2-31, Ameer Ahmed 2-28); KARACHI 182-6 in 38.1 overs (Rao Jawed 40, Arif Richard 34, Khalid Khan 27, Ishaq Jr 21 not out; Mehdi Hasan 2-31, Marghoob Alam 2-37).
LAHORE 198 in 38.2 overs (Mohammad Fayyaz 107, Shahid Ali 19; Malik Kashif 2-30); RAWALPINDI 201-5 in 33.4 overs (Mohammad Altaf 81, Zain-ul-Abideen 22, Hasnain Alam 22, Anees Afridi 29 not out; Akhtar Nawaz 2-41).—APP
