RAWALPINDI - Rawalpindi and Faisalabad will clash in the final of the Punjab Youth Festival (PYF) divisional level cricket event to be played today (Saturday) here at Pindi Cricket Stadium. In the first semifinal, Rawalpindi Journalists XI thrashed Sahiwal Press Club XI by 55 runs.
Put into bat first, Rawalpindi scored 96-7 in 15 overs. Waqar Zaidi made unbeaten 37 while Mohsin Ali added 22. Sahiwal were all out for 41 runs.
Bilal and Afzal Javed got two wickets each. In the second semifinal, Faisalabad hammered Lahore Press Club by 115 runs. Faisalabad Press Club scored huge 203-2 in 15 overs. In reply, Lahore Press Club could manage to score 88-7. Zubair took 3-22.
MNA Malik Ibrar, DCO Rawalpindi Sajid Zafar Dal, DSO Abdul Waheed Babar, Director SBP Jaleel Ahmed will grace the final.