Dawn Group in semifinals

Arshad Azam produced a fine all-round performance to help Dawn Group reach semifinals of the Abdul Quddoos Sheikh Memorial Multinational Cricket Tournament here on Sunday.

Arshad, who took three for 19 and then scored 93, played a pivotal role in Dawn's four-wicket victory over Haseen Habib in the quarterfinal tie at Aga Khan University Ground.

Aga Khan University (AKU) Staff and National Bank Head Office also qualified for the semifinals after defeating Nissan Motors and Faysal Bank respectively.

Summarised scores of quarterfinals:

*At Aga Khan University Ground:

Dawn Group beat Haseen Habib by four wickets.

HASEEN HABIB 197-8 in 25 overs (Abrar-ul-Haq 64, Fawwad Barry 43, Immaduddin 31, Irfan Qureshi 22; Arshad Azam 3-19, Mohammad Javed 2-25, Abdul Hameed 2-42);

DAWN GROUP 201-6 in 22.5 overs (Arshad Azam 93, Abdul Hameed 31; Mohsin Akhtar 2-28).

AKU Staff beat Nissan Motors by 79 runs.

AKU STAFF 222-5 in 25 overs (Adnan Jaffri 66, Shahid Hussain 50, Aslam Jindani 31; Nisar Khan 3-40);

NISSAN MOTORS 143 in 21.1 overs (Saeed Ashraf 38, Nisar Niazi Khan 29, Shahzad Sultan 21; Amin Noorani 2-18, Rahim Suleman 2-19, Adnan Jaffri 2-24).

*At NBP Sports Complex:

National Bank Head Office beat Faysal Bank by six wickets.

FAYSAL BANK 170-8 in 25 overs (Shariq Hameed 40, Asim Imtiaz 36, Tahir Raza 32; Saeed Azad 2-31, Aamir Rizwan 2-32);

NATIONAL BANK HEAD OFFICE 171-4 in 22.4 overs (Umair-ul-Haq 47 not out, Wasim Arif 33, Mukhtar 24, Mumtaz 22; Abuzar 2-28)