KARACHI: Left-arm spinner Mohammad Ameer bowled an incredible spell of four wickets for just one run in four overs as Quetta along with Karachi, Islamabad, Multan, Hyderabad and Rawalpindi clinched the remaining six last-eight spots in the ICRC National Disabled T20 Cricket Championship here on Wednesday.

Quetta booked their spot after sealing a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Bahawalpur in the Group ‘B’ fixture at the RLCA Gulberg Ground.

Karachi, billed as one of the favourites for the title, annihilated Sialkot by 102 runs at the RLCA Gulberg Ground to make up for the shock loss to Peshawar on Monday to finish second in Group ‘A’ behind Peshawar, who along with holders Lahore had qualified for the quarter-finals on Tuesday.

Rawalpindi defeated Hyderabad by 52 runs at the National Stadium to score their second success in Group ’B’, while Multan whipped Faisalabad by 10 wickets at the UBL Sports Complex to record their second successive win in Group ‘C’.

The quarter-finals on Thursday coincide with the World Disabled Day, which is universally celebrated every year on Dec 3. A special ceremony will be held at the National Stadium with all competing teams in attendance.

Wednesday’s results:

Rawalpindi beat Hyderabad by 52 runs at National Stadium.

RAWALPINDI 144-7 in 20 overs (Altaf Ahmed 52, Mohammad Arsalan 45; Umar Ansari 3-33); HYDERABAD 92 in 17.1 overs (Ahmed Raza 25, Mohammad Nauman 17; Mohammad Wajahat 3-12, Abdul Basit 3-17, Waqas Ahmed 2-21).

Quetta beat Bahawalpur by 10 wickets at RLCA Gulberg Ground.

BAHAWALPUR 58 in 19.2 overs (Kamran Younis 16; Mohammad Ameer 4-1, Nizamuddin 3-11); QUETTA 62-0 in 6.1 overs (Saifullah 40).

Multan beat Faisalabad by 10 wickets at UBL Sports Complex.

FAISALABAD 147-8 in 20 overs (Rehan Ghani Mirza 76, Wasif-ur-Rehman 16; Jahanzaib Tiwana 3-22); MULTAN 149-0 in 17.3 overs (Matloob Qureshi 70, Majid Hussain 55).

Karachi beat Sialkot by 102 runs at RLCA Gulberg Ground.

KARACHI 206-2 in 20 overs (Danish Ahmed 70, Arif Richard 67 not out, Rehan Ali 43; SIALKOT 104 in 15.4 overs (Luqman Arif 36; Nauman Shabbir 5-17, Haroon Rasheed 2-10, Farhan Saeed 2-25).

Thursday’s quarter-final fixtures: Peshawar vs Islamabad (National Stadium, 9:00am); Lahore vs Hyderabad (RLCA Gulberg Ground, 8:30am); Multan vs Quetta (National Stadium, 1:30pm); Rawalpindi vs Karachi (RLCA Gulberg, Ground, 2:00pm).

Published in Dawn, December 3rd, 2015