LAHORE: Cricket Center Club reached the semifinals of the 20-K Cup T20 Cricket Tournament after beating City Gymkhana Club by 5 wickets in the first quarterfinal played at the Pindi Gymkhana Cricket Ground here on bright sunny Sunday. City Gymkhana, batting first, posted 182 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Opener Rizwan emerged as top scorer as he smashed superb 70 runs off 40 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes while another opener Muaz Zahid scored 52-ball 57 runs, hitting 7 boundaries and 3 sixes. Muhammad Bilal remained unbeaten for 25 runs. Muhammad Ali’s excellent spell of 4-24 restricted their opponents from piling up 200 plus target. Bilawal Iqbal also secured one scalp for 41 runs. Cricket Center successfully chased the target of 183 runs in 19 overs for the loss of five wickets. Muhammad Waheed played impressive knock of 58 runs off 36 balls while Ameer Hamza hammered 38, Imran Butt 29 and Ali Zafar unbeaten 29 runs. Abdul Rehman bowled well for City Gymkhana and bagged 2 wickets for 29. For his outstanding bowling performance, Test cricketer Muhammad Ali was named player of the match. On Monday (today), the second quarterfinal will be played between Aligarh Club and Ludhiana Gymkhana Club at Model Town Greens Ground at 11:00 am.