KARACHI: Al-Noor Gymkhana and Pakistan CC moved into the final of the All-Sindh Prof Ejaz Ahmed Faruqi Invitation Cricket Tournament after sealing contrasting semi-final victories here on Sunday.

Pakistan CC, as expected, completed a resounding 73-run win over Mohammad Hussain CC in the first-semi-final, which was curtailed to 30 overs per side, at the KCCA Stadium due to wet conditions following the spell of rain in the city.

The feature of this match was the return of regular skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed who scored 31 in a total of 191-9.

Fawad Alam, the Pakistan Test star, again stole limelight with a fine all-round effort as Al-Noor sealed a last-ball victory against Dawood Sports by seven wickets with the game at the RLCA Gulberg Ground curtailed to 20 overs per innings.

Fawad claimed a hat-trick before finishing with figures of 5-23 in four overs before scoring an unbeaten 20 to help his team reach 142-3.

The final will be played at the KCCA Stadium on Monday.

Summarised scores:

Pakistan CC beat Mohammad Hussain CC by 73 runs at KCCA Stadium.

PAKISTAN CC 191-9 in 30 overs (Omair Bin Yousuf 57, Sarfaraz Ahmed 31, Asad Shafiq 26, Ammad Alam 21; Touheed Khan 4-31); MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN CC 118 in 27.4 overs (Shahid Mirani 31, Arif Khan 20; Raza-ul-Hasan 3-10, Danish Aziz 3-12)

Al-Noor Gymkhana beat Dawood Sports by seven wickets at RLCA Gulberg Ground.

DAWOOD SPORTS 141-9 in 20 overs (Mubashir Nawaz 38, Naveed Khan 38 not out, Noor Wali 22; Fawad Alam 5-23); AL-NOOR GYMKHANA 142-3 in 20 overs (Fazal Subhan 48, Ahmed Iqbal 37, Fawad Alam 20 not out; Nadir Shah 2-9).

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2021