KARACHI: Leg-spinner Aarish Ali Khan snared a five-wicket haul as Alamgir Gymkhana trounced Northern Gymkhana to set up a final meeting with Pakistan CC in the KCCA Zone-VI ‘A’ Division League Cricket Tournament here on Friday.

In the other semi-final at the TMC Ground, hot favourites Pakistan CC whipped Orangi United CC by seven wickets.

Aarish bagged 5-24 as Northern were all out for 116 in 30.4 overs at the Lawai Cricket Stadium with Fahad Iqbal making 45. Alamgir skipper Faraz Ali picked three wickets for 14 runs before striking nine boundaries in an unbeaten 57 as his team raced home in only 14 overs.

Summarised scores:

Semi-finals:

Pakistan CC beat Orangi United CC by seven wickets at TMC Ground.

ORANGI UNITED CC 103 in 28.1 overs (Akhtar Mohammad Khan 26, Waqar Johar 20; Mohammad Salman 2-14, Raza-ul-Hasan 2-23); PAKISTAN CC 104-3 in 17.2 overs (Ali Asad 40 not out, Usman Khan 37, Mohammad Afzal 22). Alamgir Gymkhana beat Northern Gymkhana by eight wickets at Lawai Cricket Stadium (Naya Nazimabad).

NORTHERN GYMKHANA 116 in 30.4 overs (Fahad Iqbal 45, S.M. Zafar 23; Aarish Ali Khan 5-24, Faraz Ali 3-14); ALAMGIR GYMKHANA 117-2 in 14 overs (Faraz Ali 57 not out, Fahaddis Bukhari 27 not out).

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2018