Lahore Eagles prevail over Karachi Dolphins

LAHORE - Lahore Eagles defeated Karachi Dolphins with an 11 runs win in the National T20 Cup here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday. Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field just to see Lahore make 167 for nine in the 20 overs quota. Khaqan Arsal was the main striker with the bat to score 56 he was supported by Asif Raza. National discarded bowler Mohammad Sami snared two wickets along with Azam Hussain while Shahid Afridi got one wicket. Dolphins crumbled under pressure and reached 156 runs for eight wickets. Fawad Alam got 51 off 36 balls while Hasan Raza was a bit instrumental in making 49 but that could not bring win. Fahad Masood, Junaid Zia and Usman Malik shared two wickets each. SCOREBOARD LAHORE EAGLES R B M 4s 6s Ahmed Dar c Raza b Azam 18 15 31 2 - Abid Ali c Raza b Sami 0 5 5 -- Azhar Ali c Sarfraz b Sohail 8 8 10 -1 Khaqan Arsal c Sohail b Fawad 56 30 34 8 2 Aamer Sajjad lbw b Afridi 6 11 14 -- Junaid Zia b Sami 17 16 20 1 - Ali Raza b Azam 14 18 29 1 - Asif Raza not out 29 16 20 3 1 Mohammad Khalil run out (Alam-Sarfraz) 0 0 2 -- Fahad Masood run out (Afridi) 0 1 1 -- Usman Malik not out 0 0 1 -- EXTRAS: (2 b, 7 lb, 10 w) 19 TOTAL: (9 wickets, 20 overs) 167 Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Abid Ali, 0.6 ov), 2-27 (Azhar Ali, 3.2 ov), 3-64 (Ahmed Dar, 6.2 ov), 4-93 (Aamer Sajjad, 10.5 ov), 5-103 (Khaqan Arsal, 11.5 ov), 6-126 (Junaid Zia, 15.1 ov), 7-157 (Ali Raza, 18.6 ov), 8-164 (Mohammad Khalil, 19.4 ov), 9-165 (Fahad Masood, 19.5 ov) BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 4-0-36-2 Sohail Khan 4-0-25-1 Fawad Alam 2-0-31-1 Mohammad Iftikhar 2-0-12-0 Azam Hussain 4-0-33-2 Shahid Afridi 4-1-21-1 KARACHI DOLPHINS R B M 4s 6s Khurram Manzoor c Arsal b Junaid 7 6 7 1 - Khalid Latif c Raza b Masood 11 17 36 -- Sarfraz Ahmed c Junaid b Khalil 12 6 6 3 - Fawad Alam c Junaid b Azhar 51 36 51 5 1 Shahid Afridi c Abid b Usman 2 4 6 -- Hasan Raza lbw b Usman 49 36 41 3 2 Asad Shafiq c Raza b Junaid 4 4 5 -- Mohammad Sami not out 5 8 19 -- Mohammad Iftikhar b Masood 0 1 1 -- Azam Hussain not out 0 2 4 -- Did not bat: Sohail Khan EXTRAS: (1 b, 4 lb, 10 w) 15 TOTAL: (8 wickets, 20 overs) 156 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Khurram Manzoor, 1.2 ov), 2-29 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 2.6 ov), 3-61 (Khalid Latif, 7.2 ov), 4-67 (Shahid Afridi, 8.4 ov), 5-112 (Fawad Alam, 14.6 ov), 6-124 (Asad Shafiq, 15.6 ov), 7-154 (Hasan Raza, 18.6 ov), 8-155 (Mohammad Iftikhar, 19.2 ov) BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 3-0-33-1 Junaid Zia 3-0-25-2 Fahad Masood 4-0-23-2 Usman Malik 4-0-19-2 Asif Raza 3-0-26-0 Azhar Ali 3-0-25-1 Toss: Karachi Dolphins won the toss and decided to field Result: Lahore Eagles won by 11 runs Points: Lahore Eagles 2; Karachi Dolphins 0 Umpires: Ahmed Shahab, Nadeem Ghauri TV umpire: Iftikhar Malik Referee: Mussadaq Rasool Reserve Umpire: Tahir Shah.

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