But the results did not have any bearing on the knockout stage as PTV, Omar Associates, PQA and KESC had already qualified for the semifinals to be held from April 24-26.

 

In the semifinals, Omar Associates will face PQA at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad while PTV will lock horns with KESC at the Pindi Stadium. The final will be conducted at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad from April 29 to May 2.

 

Here in Group A game at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Customs defeated Saudi Cricket International by three wickets when they achieved 224 runs target in the 33rd over after losing seven wickets. Fahim Qureshi top-scored with 59, while Amir Yasin made 51. Saudi Cricket International scored 255 and 309 while Customs posted 341-9 in their first innings.

 

Navy overwhelmed Sindh Police by six wickets here at the UBL Ground. Navy raced to the 48 runs target after losing four wickets. Sindh Police scored 103 and 237 while Navy staged 293 in their first innings.

 

KPT defeated PAF by five wickets at Lahore while HEC crushed Pakistan Education Board (PEB) by 393 runs, also in the Punjab capital.

 

Summarised scores of other matches: At Diamond Ground, Islamabad: Army (first innings): 331 (Sanaullah 159*, Shahid Khan 61, Raheel Majeed 4-52), (second innings): 113 (Shafiq-ur-Rehman 34, Haseeb Azam 5-36, Riaz Afridi 3-45 ), PTV (first innings): 289 (Umair Khan 58, Raheel Majeed 40, Khadim Jan 3-86, Shahid Khan 3-51) Result: Match Drawn

 

At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi: SSGC (first innings): 162 (Asif Zakir 25, Hamza Nadeem 5-41, Faisal Yaseen 4-48), (second innings): 166-6 (Awais Zia 50, Jamaluddin 54), CDA (first innings): 246 (Faizan Riaz 39, Shoaib Khaliq 31, Ali Sarfraz 64, Sadaf Hussain 5-59) Result: Match drawn

 

At National Ground, Islamabad: Medicam (first innings): 151 (Naved Sarwar 29, Waqas Bhatti 5-34), (second innings): 245-4 declared (Naved Sarwar 108, Mohammad Muqaddas 3-64), Humak Engineering (first innings): 176 (Khurram Iqbal 40, Waqas Masood 3-47, Atif Jabbar 3-56, Junaid Naeem 3-26) Result: Match drawn

 

At LCCA Ground, Lahore: PAF (first innings): 270 (Haroon Ahmed 89, Rashid Butt 73, Adeel Malik 5-54), (second innings): 191 (Sheraz Sarfraz 68, Nabeel Malik 6-65), KPT (first innings): 280 (Nadeem Javed 64, Faisal Khan 70, Ijaz Khalid 3-84, Sajid Watto 5-74), (second innings): 174-5 (Nadeem Javed 60, Ahmed Iqbal 48) Result: KPT won by five wickets

 

At Railways Stadium, Lahore: HEC (first innings): 289 (Tanvir Javed 50, Shaffaat Hussain 66, Zainullah 3-30, Ameet Ravi 3-23), (second innings): 316-7declared (Tanvir Javed 136, Ameet Ravi 4-73), PEB (first innings): 169 (Ameet Ravi 89, Ali Tipu 5-58), (second innings): 43 (Mohammad Adnan 13, Ali Tipu 7-15, Taj Wali 3-28) Result: HEC won by 393 runs