Province 2 and Province 7 advanced to the semi-finals of the Manamohan Memorial Inter-Province U-16 National Cricket Tournament at the TU Stadium today.

Province 2 defeated Province 7 by one wicket, while Province 5 thrashed Province 4 by nine wickets in Group A matches. After the day's result, Province 7 and Province 2 were tied on four points with Province 5 and they made it to the last four on better run rate.

In the day's first match, Province 7 scored 196-8 in their allotted 30 overs after electing to batting first and Province 2 raced to 198-9 in 28.4 overs.

Province 2 won the match riding on Amit Yadav's 59-ball 61 that included four boundaries and a six, while Bibek Yadav scored an unbeaten 34-ball 57 hitting six boundaries and three sixes.

Narayan Joshi, Mahesh Sawad, Narendra Sawad and Rahul Bhandari claimed two wickets each for Province 7.

Earlier, Province 7 posted the fighting total after Rahul Bhandari scored 50 off 49 balls that included seven boundaries. Narayan Joshi scored 15-ball 30 with the help of four boundaries and a six. Nikhil Singh claimed two wickets, while player-of-the-match Bibek Yadav, Byash Yadav Bikram Kushwaha, Samsad Ali Mansuri and Trit Raj Das took one wicket each for Province 2.