RIYADH, 19 April — Saudia Milk, Friends, Mehran and Carrier entered the last four stages in Shield Group while Young Friends, Al-Eid, Fighters and PIA Young qualified for the semifinals in the Plate Group in the ongoing SHB 20 overs tournament.
In Shield matches at RCA-2 ground, Saudia Milk whipped Al-Hamra by 7 wickets while Friends got the better of SAMBA by 8 wickets at RCA-1 ground.
At RCA-3 ground, Mehran romped home winners by 6 wickets against Pak-Shaheen while Carrier beat Saudi Ericsson by 24 runs in an exciting match at RCA-4 ground.
The highlights of Shield quarterfinals were brilliant batting by Kashif M. Khan 81 (6x4s & 5x6s) of Carrier and Owais unbeaten 75 (7x4s) of Friends.
In Plate matches, Young Friends helped by a fine 76 by Afzal Pasha comfortably beat Young Stars at RCA-7 ground while at RCA-2 ground Adnan’s unbeaten 66 with 5 fours and Asad’s all-round display (49 and 4/38) helped Al-Eid trounce KSU by 9 wickets.
Afzal Pasha’s innings was studded with 7 fours and one six.
At RCA-3 ground, Fighters defeated Indo-Pak by 3 wickets while PIA Young got the better of Meezan Spices in the last over in an exciting match at RCA-4 ground.
Scores: (Al-Hamra: 129 for 7 – Javed Munawar 2/20, Muneer 2/30, Sohail 2/18 lost to Saudia Milk: 130 for 3 – Arif Mahmood 44 n.o., Rashid Rana 41) (SAMBA: 137 for 5 – Raza Khan 59, Ahraf Khan 23, Tariq Kamran 39, Latafat 2/27 lost to Friends: 138 for 2 – Owais 75 n.o., Asif 46 n.o.) (Pak-Shaheen: 122 – Imran 31, Adnan 21 Lost to Mehran Spices: 124 for 5 – M. Owais 34, Shahjahan 31, Qaiser 2/24, Abdul Wahab 2/20) (Carrier: 205 for 7 – Kashif M. Khan 81, Arshad Mahmood 40, Rizwan Qayyum 35 beat Saudi Ericsson: 181 – Ejaz Sulaiman 3/28) (Young Friends: 185 for 6 – Afzal Pasha 76, Zahid Mir 22, Khalid Quraishi 33 beat Young Stars: 136 – Ali Shah 2/9, Amer Ashfaq 2/14) (KSU XI: 165 for 9 - Mir Mohammed 21, Girish 51, Nayeem 24, Asad 4/38, Omair 3/32 lost to Al-Eid XI: 166 for 1 – Asad 49, Adnan 66 n.o., Asif 33 n.o.) (Indo Pak: 175 for 9 – Kamran 2/23 lost to Fighters: 177 for 7 – M. Sabir 38, M. Arfan 50, M. Babar 25) (Meezan Spices: 149 for 5 – Nayeem Akbar 27, Mohd. Shujauddin Saif 62 n.o. lost to PIA Young: 150 for 3).
