Crown Steel will face My Care Hala and Usman Gems will meet AOT GFC in the semifinals of the Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA) Premier League. My Care Hala which was in a must-win situation for a semifinal berth, defeated IDB by 43 runs. My Care Hala, batting first, plundered 176 for 5, thanks to a classy innings by Waqas Ausaf who made 97 off 55 balls. Kashif contributed 30. Hamza took 2-33. Aijaz and Abdullah Shah claimed one wicket each. IDB, in response, was never in the hunt and got stranded at 133 for 7 with Khalid Butt topscoring with 50. Faheem took 2-21 and Mohammed 2-24. Waqas and Kashif grabbed one wicket each. Crown Steel hammered 214 for 5 against Usman Gems as Fahad hit 67 in 31 balls and Abid blasted 52 off 28. Nadeem Butt scalped 3-33. Amjad and Asif got one wicket each. Usman Gems' chase ended at 178 for 8. Skipper Hashim topscored with 38. Amjad made 37 and Imran 31. Hussain Anwer grabbed 3-31, Abu Huraira 2-16 and Zaheer one. Zultec scored 161 for 5 through Abdullah Essa who smashed 80 off 54 balls. Imran made 30. Khurram took 2-24. Riyaz, Mehboob and Shahbaz got one each. In reply, Dopco reached the winning target for 162 for 5 with 4 balls to spare. Shahbaz scored 69 not out in 43 balls and Khurram hit 40. Abdullah had 2-29, Jaweed and Sameer claimed one wicket each.
