KARACHI, Oct 16: South Shore School became the third team to reach the quarter-finals of the first KGA Ian Fyfe Memorial Twenty20 inter-school cricket tournament after chalking up an impressive win over Beacon House Jubilee Campus here on Thursday.

South Shore, who had defeated BVS Parsi High School in the tournament opener on Sunday, defeated Beacon House by 49 runs in the Pool ‘D’ fixture at the KGA Ground to join Karachi Grammar School and St Paul’s High School at the last-eight stage.

South Shore, batting first, overcame a disastrous start when they lost six wickets for only 59 runs. But an unbroken partnership of 94 between Jaahid Ali (41) and Mohammad Arshad (45) guided them to 153 for six in their quota of 20 overs.

Beacon House never threatened that total as they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals until they were dismissed for 104 in the 19th over.

Barring wicket-keeper/batman Talha Tariq, who opened the innings, and Zohaib Sohail (14), nobody else reached double figures. Talha scored 22.

South Shore skipper Salman Daniyal claimed three for 24 while fellow medium-pacer Talha Zaidi took two for 18.

The tournament resumes on Saturday after Friday’s rest day.

Summarised scores:

SOUTH SHORE SCHOOL 153-6 in 20 overs (Mohammad Arshad 45 not out, Jaahid Ali 41 not out; Asif Ansari 2-36); BEACON HOUSE JUBILEE CAMPUS 104 in 18.4 overs (Talha Tariq 22; Salman Daniyal 3-24, Talha Zaidi 2-18).

Saturday’s fixture: Oasys School v Bay View High School.