Springfield School face Qadri Public School in semis today

KARACHI: Springfield School will take on Qadri Public School in the first semi-final of the Omar Trophy Inter-School Cricket Tournament 2016, being organised by the Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA), here at the National Stadium on Friday (today).

The other semi-final will be played between Fahad Academy and Kamran Public School at the same venue on Saturday (tomorrow) while the curtain will fall with the final also to be staged at the National Stadium on Sunday.

Rasheed Khan and Wasimuddin will be standing as umpires in the first semi-final while Nazir Butt and Mohammad Asghar will be the two umpires in the second semi-final. Rasheed Khan and Wasimuddin will also supervise the final and Mohammad Imran will continue to be the official scorer in the last three games of the tournament.

Like the previous matches, the semi-finals and the final will also be limited to 40 overs per innings and no bowler will be permitted to bowl more than eight overs in a match, whereas in order to encourage fast bowlers, the teams will not be allowed to use spinners during the first six overs.

In the quarter-finals, held at the Naya Nazimabad Lawai Stadium, Springfield School overpowered defending champions Beaconhouse School System by 46 runs, Fahad Academy edged out Ebrahim Ali Bhai School by four wickets, Kamran Public School whipped Oasis Secondary School by 89 runs and Qadri Public School overwhelmed St Patrick High School by six wickets.

Beaconhouse School System, Fahad Academy, Qadri Model School, Oasis English Secondary School, Springfield School, Ebrahim Ali Bhai School, St Patrick High School and Kamran Public School had emerged champions in Groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H respectively, at the end of the league matches, to qualify for the quarter-finals.