Avinash's all-round effort overshadowed another fine bowling performance from Little Masters' Sunil Sharma who claimed five for 38, including a hat-trick. He claimed the last four wickets, first three off successive deliveries.

Batting first, Rajnigandha made 255 with left-hand opener Avinash making 50 and Ashish Sharma contributing 54. Later when Little Masters went in, Avinash struck terror with his left-arm spin and returned fine figures of 7-0-24-4.

In another match, J N Golden defeated Winsom Club by 66 runs to make the semifinal. In a match played at Palam ground yesterday, Sonnet beat Chand Khanna by eight wickets to move into the last four. Aakash Chopra's unbeaten 89 (12x4, 1x6) was the highlight of Sonnet's win.

In the last quarter-final encounter tomorrow, Madras Club will take on Rohtak Road Gymkhana at Kotla.
Brief Scores: Rajnigandha: 255 all out in 39.5 overs (Ashish Sharma 54, Avinash Kumar 50, Rajeev Rathore 42, Deepak Anand 33, Sunil Sharma 5 for 38). Little Masters: 183 all out in 36 overs (Rajinder 30, Ashok Singh 25, Avinash Kumar 4 for 24, Praveen Thapar 2 for 21, Devender Singh 2 for 42). J N Golden: 200 for 9 in 40 overs (Sanjay Verma 62, Padamjit 38, Amar Singh 36, Ashish Malhotra 4 for 23). Winsom: 134 all out in 34.2 overs (Sohail Rauf 37, Varun Kumar 25, Rajinder Madan 4 for 12, Yogender Khari 3 for 30). Chand Khanna: 147 all out in 39.5 overs (Subhash Chaudhary 31, Satish Jaiswal 26, Aushutosh 23, Arun Singh 2 for 17, Mithun Manhas 2 for 20). Sonnet: 151 for 2 in 26.5 overs (Aakash Chopra 89 not out, Devender Sharma 20 not out).