Abahani confirmed their semifinal berth with a third consecutive victory in the Walton Club Cup Hockey Tournament yesterday. The Sky Blues defeated Ajax SC 6-1 at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. The Dhanmondi outfit opened the scoring in the fourth minute with Iqbal Nadir Prince getting in on the act. But Ajax levelled the score through Rahat Sarwar in the 26th minute. Hasan Jubayer Niloy then struck a hattrick scoring in the 30th, 31st and 44th minutes to give the Sky Blues some breathing space. Hasan Ahmed added one in the 64th minute while skipper Asaduzzaman Chandan scored the sixth one minute before the end.

All the goals except for the last one came from open play.

In the day's other match, Usha KC trounced Wari Club by 11-0 goals at the same venue.

Moinul Islam Kaushik scored thrice, Mohammad Imran, Deen Islam and Rabbi Salehin netted two each while Ehsanullah Khan and Khurshedur Rahman netted one each for the winners, who dominated the firsthalf6-0.