KARACHI, Oct 23: Quetta sneaked into semi-finals of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars Under-16 cricket tournament with a thrilling one wicket victory the previously unbeaten Karachi at the NBP Sports Complex here on Saturday.

Chasing a target of 205, Quetta were home with their last pair at the crease with three balls to spare. The platform of their success was provided by Saeed Ahmed (65 off 118 balls, five boundaries) and Aamir Majeed (53 off 88 balls, four fours) who put on 95 for the third wicket.

Medium-pacer Jam Saifullah bagged 4-30.

Earlier, Karachi, who had already qualified for the semi-finals after having won four games on the trot and opted to rest several regular members from this fixture, were all out for 204 in the 48th over with opener Mohammad Afzal contributing 43.

In the other last-round matches, Faisalabad defeated Sialkot by six wickets and Hyderabad emerging winners by four wickets against Multan.

At National Stadium: Hyderabad beat Multan by four wickets.

MULTAN 169 in 48.2 overs (Noman Mubarak 38 not out, Ahmer Ashfaq 26, Rumman Sarwar 20; Pir Fahad Sirhindi 2-24, Sheran Malik 2-26); HYDERABAD 171-6 in 33 overs (Darya Khan 42, Mohammad Irfan 40, Hamesh Kumar 30; Mohammad Anis 2-41).

At NBP Sports Complex: Quetta beat Karachi by one wicket.

KARACHI 204 in 47.4 overs (Mohammad Afzal 43, Danish Aziz 40, Agha Mustafa Durrani 29, Rameez Shahid 22, Shayan Jahangir 21; Ghulam Mohammad 2-31, Faisal Wali 2-32, Sharafuddin 2-49); QUETTA 205-9 in 49.3 overs (Saeed Ahmed 65, Khalil Ahmed 53, Aamir Majeed 23; Jam Saifullah 4-30).

At UBL Sports Complex (Ground 'A'): Faisalabad beat Sialkot by six wickets.

SIALKOT 115 in 41.2 overs (Usman Malik 28, Dilshad Ahmed 22; Shahabal 3-16, Shahraiz Khan 2-18, Qasim Ali 2-31); FAISALABAD 116-4 in 33.1 overs (Atiq-ur-Rehman 45 not out, Aitzaz Khokhar 32 not out; Dilshad Ahmed 2-30).