KARACHI, May 26: Slow left-armer Imran Ali took four for 14 to bowl defending champions Nazimabad Gymkhana into the last-16 stage of the 2nd Pakistan Champions Cricket League with a nine-wicket win over Khan Sports Hyderabad at the TMC Ground on Saturday.

Discarded Pakistan all-rounder Fawad Alam (66) helped Al-Noor Gymkhana top Group ‘E’ after they beat Qatar by 57 runs at the RCLA Ground UP.

Summarised scores:

Peshawar CC beat MHCC by seven wickets. MHCC 161-6 in 20 overs (Fahad Iqbal 34, Imran Javed 33; Tariq Khan 2-18); PESHAWAR CC 163-3 in 18.1 overs (Fawad Khan 52, Yasir Hameed 46, M. Rizwan 41). Crescent CC beat Landhi Friends by 62 runs. CRESCENT CC 166-9 in 20 overs (Imranullah 47, Asif Fahad 38; M. Wasim 3-36); LANDHI FRIENDS 104 in 17.1 overs (M. Wasim 28, Shahid Hussain 20, Imranullah 3-13, Hamza Nadeem 3-22, Umar Ali 2-26). Nazimabad Gymkhana beat Khan Sports Hyderabad by nine wickets. KHAN SPORTS 68-9 in 20 overs (Faisal Athar 22; Imran Ali 4-14, Babar Raheem 2-11, Iqbal Sheikh 2-13); NAZIMABAD GYMKHANA 70-1 in 7.2overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 31 not out, Zeeshan Jamil 22). Kuwait beat S.G. Jadoon CC by five wickets. S.G. JADOON CC 129 in 19.5 overs (Rana Wasim 52, Mujahid Shah 41; Kashif Sharif 5-14); KUWAIT 130-5 in 19 overs (Saud Qamar 26, Aamir Jamil 25). Faisal Gymkhana beat National CC Lahore by 14 runs. FAISAL GYMKHANA 158 in 20 overs ( Irfan Ali 51, Suhaib Shakeel 26; Zubair Khan 4-22, Hafiz Hasan 3-17); NATIONAL CC 144 in 19.2 overs (M. Bilal 59; Tauheed Khan 2-10, Farman Shah 2-34, Akhtar Hussain 2-39). Peshawar CC beat Khan Sports Peshawar by six wickets. KHAN SPORTS 142-9 in 20 overs (Faisal Athar 33, Shamim 32; Tariq Khan 4-21, Dilawar Khan 3-20); KHAN SPORTS 143-4 in 17.4 overs (Fakhar Khan 44, Yasir Hameed 31; Mohsin Khan 2-33). Kuwait beat Quaid-i-Azam CC by 84 runs. KUWAIT 194-5 in 20 overs (Aamir Javed 52, M. Asghar 41, Abid Mushtaq 30; Wasim Mustafa 2-19); QUAID-I-AZAM CC 110 in 18.3 overs (Safir Tariq 32; Abdullah 3-19, Asghar 2-21). Hong Kong beat A.O. CC by 16 runs. HONG KONG 156-5 in 20 overs (Tanvir Afzal 62, Imran Ghani 37, Haseeb Amjad 27; Wasim 3-16) A.O. CC 140 in 18.5 overs (Abdullah Shah 28, Saifullah 27; Haseeb Amjad 3-7, Tanvir Afzal 3-30, Aizaz Khan 2-21). Pakistan CC beat CA Sports Sialkot by eight wkts. CA SPORTS 127-9 in 20 overs (Mukhtar Ahmed 62; Anwar Ali 2-14, Adnan Kaleem 2-26); PAKISTAN CC 128-2 (Rameez Raja 56, Fazal Subhan 31). Phoenix CC UAE beat Malir Gymkhana by 43 runs. PHOENIX CC 192-2 in 20 overs (Sharjeel Khan 79, Haroon Ahmed 65, Saqlain Haider 31; Azam Hussain 2-23); MALIR GYMKHANA 149-8 in 20 overs (Junaid Gill 32, Tanvir Ahmed 25, Shoaib Leghari 2-26). Al-Noor Gymkhana beat Qatar by 57 runs. AL-NOOR GYMKHANA 176-3 in 20 overs (Ijaz Ali Shah 70, Fawad Alam 66); QATAR 119 in 19.2 overs (Fawad Alam 3-14, Ahmed Iqbal 3-16).—APP