Author: SPORTSNAAMA

FINAL MATCH : Abbottabad Vs Karachi: (Venue: Bohranwali Cricket Ground Faisalabad)

In the morning, Abbottabad won the toss and put Karachi into Bat first. Karachi set a competitive total of 231 runs on the board for no loss in stipulated 20 overs. Tahir Ali was the top scorer for Karachi, he made an unbeaten 120* runs off 74 balls and Ayoub Khan scored 93* runs off 52 balls.   

In reply,  Abbottabad openers played exceptionally well and didn’t give any chance to the Karachi Bowlers. Riasat Khan’s exceptional form with the bat continued; he remained unbeaten on 110* runs off 62 balls while Naeem Ullah played a handy innings of unbeaten 79* runs off 53 balls to guide their side home. Abbottabad reached the target of 232 runs in 18.4 overs without any loss.

Result: Abbottabad won by 10 wickets Man of the Match: Riasat Khan

AWARD WINNERS :

Player of the Tournament:

B1: Raheel Ahmed (Sheikhopura)

B2: Ehtisham ul Haq (Attock)

B3: Muhammad Saleem (Quetta)

Best Wicket Keeper: Naseeb Ullah (Quetta)

Islamabad: Multan and FATA have won their matches in National Cup T20 tournament.

Multan and AJK were face to face at National bank stadium, Multan defeated AJK by seven wickets. AJK after winning the toss decided to bat first have score 131 runs all out in 19.2 overs, Usman Maroof made 51 runs and Tahir Hussain from Multan got three wicket in reply Multan achieve the target in 17.2 overs with tremendous half century of sharjeel Khan who scored 53 runs, Haseeb Ullah made 46 runs.

Second match was played between Sialkot and FATA at National Bank Stadium Karachi. FATA defeated Sialkot by 2 runs with DLS method. Sialkot win the toss and decided to bat first due to the bad weather condition match was reduced to 15 overs. Sialkot made 1151-3 in 15 overs with the splendid 71 runs inning by Mohammad Huraira while Mirza Tahir baig made 40 runs whereas Shahid Aziz got 2 wickets, in reply FATA made 77-1 in 8.3 overs, sami Ullah junior made 32 not out. in DLS method FATA won by 2 runs.

Abbottabad Vs Sheikhopura: (Venue: HPC Centre Chak-8, Faisalabad)

1st match of the day was played between Abbottabad and Sheikhopura at HPC Centre Chak-8
Cricket Ground Faisalabad. Abbottabad won the toss and decided to bat first. Abbottabad
made 241 runs in allotted 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Asnaad Khan was the top scorer
with 36 off 24 balls. Irfan Ullah was the 2nd highest scorer with 35 runs off 30 balls. Raheel
Ahmed took 2 wickets while Majid and Sohaib Mehtab claimed 1 wicket each for Sheikhopura.
In reply, Sheikhopura couldn’t make the most of the batting friendly conditions and made just
121 runs in stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Ashraf Bhatti made 36 runs off 50 balls.
Asnaad Khan took 1 wicket for Abbottabad.

Karachi Vs Quetta (Venue: Bohranwali Cricket Ground Faisalabad)

Quetta won the toss and decided to bowl first. Ayoub Khan once again shined with the bat
and played a tremendous innings of unbeaten 129* runs off 62 balls and helped his side to set a
massive total of 262 runs on the board for no loss in allotted 20 overs. Tahir Ali also made
useful contribution of unbeaten 117* runs off 62 balls.
In reply, Quetta scored 216 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Naseeb Ullah
was the leading scorer with 88 runs off 57 balls and Muhammad Saleem made 76 runs off
64 balls. Muhammad Arshed fetched 1 wicket for Karachi.

Sargodha vs Gilgit-Baltistan: (Venue: HPC Centre Chak-8, Faisalabad)

Gilgit-Baltistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Gilgit-Baltistan made 143 runs for the
loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Shoeb ul Hassan was the top scorer with 49 runs
off 40 balls and Mustafa Kamal made 28 runs off 35 balls. Abdullah, Zaran and Asif took 1
wicket each.
In reply, Sargodha chased down the target in 14.1 for the loss of 4 wickets. Gul Sher played
exceptionally well and scored 62 off 43 balls. Shakeel and Mustafa Kamal shared 1 wicket
each for Gilgit.

Faisalabad won the toss and decided to bat first. Faisalabad Scored 195 runs for the loss of
5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Ejaz Hussain was the top scorer with 36 runs off 27 balls
while M Zahid made 29 runs off 21 balls. Muhammad Sohail took 2 wickets and Ehtisham
Ul Haq Claimed 1 wicket for Attock.
In Reply Attock reached the target of 196 runs with ease in 15.5 overs without any loss.
Zeeshan was the star batsman, he scored unbeaten 105* runs off 54 balls and Ehtisham ul
Haq made 75* runs for Attock.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan women team under the captaincy of Nida Dar will feature in a series of three T20Is and three ODIs. The three ODIs are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25. To acclimatize to the conditions, the women’s side will feature in two warm-up matches before the start of the T20I series. 

The 50-over match will be played against NZXI at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln on 28 November, while the T20 match against them will be played at the same venue on 30 November. Both matches will be live-streamed on New Zealand YouTube channel and first ball will be bowled at 11am local time.

The three-match T20I series will be played on 3, 5 and 9 December in Dunedin and Queenstown, while the ODI series matches will take place from 12 to 18 December in Queenstown and Christchurch.

Pakistan squad:

Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Bismah Maroof, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar 

Player support personnel: Nahida Khan (manager), Mauhtashim Rashid (interim head coach), Saleem Jaffar (bowling coach), Taufeeq Umar (batting coach), Muhammad Asfand Yar (strength and conditioning coach), Syed Nazir Ahmed (media manager), Rifat Asghar Gill (physiotherapist) and Zubair Ahmed (analyst)

Series schedule:

28 Nov – 50-over warm-up match v NZXI, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln University (11am local time)

30 Nov – T20 warm-up match v NZXI, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln University (11am local time)

3 Dec – 1st T20I, Dunedin (1pm local time)

5 Dec – 2nd T20I, Dunedin (1pm local time)

9 Dec – 3rd T20I, Queenstown (1pm local time)

12 Dec – 1st ODI, Queenstown (11am local time) (ICC Women’s Championship) 

15 Dec – 2nd ODI, Christchurch (2pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

18 Dec – 3rd ODI, Christchurch (2pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)