KARACHI, Jan 23: A brilliant all-round performance by Taha Mamsa guided St Patrick’s School to the final of the second Oasys inter-school cricket tournament here on Tuesday.

Taha scored 49 and captured four wickets for nine runs in five overs as St Patrick’s defeated The Lyceum School by 97 in the semi-final at the NBP Sports Complex.

Yasir Mushtaq also excelled for the winners with 68 while sharing an opening stand of 106.

St Patrick’s will face Southshore ‘A’ School in Thursday’s final after the latter scored a 32-run win over City School PAF Chapter in the other semi-final.

Summarised scores:

Southshore ‘A’ School beat City School PAF Chapter by 32 runs.

SOUTHSHORE 130 in 25 overs (Atif Arshad 32, Ahmed Bashir 25; Hamza Masood 3-15, Shaikh Umair 3-24); CITY SCHOOL 98 in 19.2 overs (Inam-ul-Haq 39; Hamza Farooqi 3-15).

St Patrick’s School beat The Lyceum School by 97 runs.

ST PATRICK’S 207-8 in 25 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 68, Taha Mamsa 49, Syed Nabeel Hasan 24; S.M. Farooq 3-28, Umar Mukhtar 2-34); THE LYCEUM 110 in 24 overs (Umar Mukhtar 38; Taha Mamsa 4-9).