BY: Dr. Sayed Ziauddin
1- BUPA ARABIANS DEFEATED CASCADE THANKS TO ABDULRAUF
Bupa Arabians decided to bat first against Cascade on ground # 1 piled up 177 for 5 in allotted 20 overs. After initial drawback at 35 for 3 AbdulRauf hammered 73 in 37 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes to add first 35 for the 4th wkt with Rabi Walih (23 in 27 balls) and then 89 in 47 balls for the 5th wkt with Afreed who was unbeaten on 37 off 23 balls with 3 fours to get to huge 177 for 5.
Cascade Group in reply was stranded at 146 for 5 in stipulated 20 overs to lose by 31 runs. Cascade start was shaky with 2 down for 22, then Hasan (26 in 30 balls) and Jaweed Ahmed 21 in 25 balls together added 56 runs in 51 balls to get to 78 in the 11th over requiring another almost 100 runs in 54 balls. Raja remained unbeaten on 38 off 25 whereas Adil hit unbeaten 38 in 25 balls with 4 fours to get to 146. Taha scalped 2 wkts.
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ARBROS THRASHED ADI XI BY 54 RUNS
Arbros asked to bat first by ADI XI amassed 210 for 4 in allotted 20 overs on Ground # 2. Prolific opener Ali Dawood hit 59 in 48 balls with 4 fours and a six as he first added 105 in 63 balls for the first wkt with Nasir Ali who made 54 in 32 balls with 2 sixes and 6 fours and then for the 2nd wkt 68 in 37 balls between Ali Dawood and top scorer Rashid who remained unbeaten on 76 in 36 balls with 2 sixes and 8 fours to get to mammoth 210 for 4. Fida took 2 wkts.
ADI XI replied with 156 for 8 in stipulated 20 overs to lose by 54 runs. Zakir batted well for his 50 in 40 balls with 6 fours as he first added 49 for the 2nd wkt with Salman (21 in 17 balls) and then 46 with Sattar (18) to get to 100 in the 13th over still requiring big 111 runs in the remaining 42 balls. Later Omar scored 25 in 16 balls with a six and 3 fours. Roman, Salman, Azeem and Rashid grabbed 2 wkts each to win for their team.
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SIALKOT SHAHEEN PREVAILED OVER NNG
Sialkot Shaheen elected to bat first against NNG racked up 204 for 8 in allotted 20 overs. Shahzad stroked the top score of the innings with 64 in 33 balls studded with 8 fours and 2 sixes as he added 50 in 22 balls for the 3rd wkt with Majid Prince who made 39 in 22 balls with 6 fours. Aslam Rajput then scored 34 in 27 balls with 4 fours and Tehseen 20 in 10 balls. Salahuddin, Afzal and Sufiyan took 2 scalps each.
NNG in response to get to 205 was stranded at 133 for 8 in stipulated 20 overs to lose by 71 runs. None from the NNG batting line up could make any impression as Sufyan (13), Naeem (14), Mirza Mohammed (20), Ehtesham (20), Akhter (16 not out) and Salahuddin (13) were the scorers. Azam took 2 wkts for Sialkot Shaheen.
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SHAMSUDDIN TON POWERED LANDMARK ARABIANS TO VICTORY
Sethis Rising Stars opted to bat first after winning the toss to get to impressive 173 for 7 in allotted 20 overs against Landmark Arabians on Ground # 4. Saad was the highest scorer for Sethis Rising Stars with 54 in 43 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours, Sheraz unbeaten on 33 in 18 balls with 2 fours, Faizan 22 in 14 balls and Kabeera 10. Hamza and Mustadeem were among the wkts with 2 each.
Landmark Arabians in chase reached the victory target of 176 for 2 in just 14.4 overs (88 balls) to win by 8 wkts with 32 balls to spare. Shamsuddin Bantwal of Landmark blasted unbeaten 119 in 45 balls studded with 8 sixes and 10 fours as his fifty took 20 balls and his hundred in 37 balls while he added first 92 in 47 balls for the 2ndwkt with Sarfaraz (21) and then 74 for the unbroken 3rd wkt with Ashish to get the winning target of 176 for 2. sh (19 not out) to get the winning target of 176 for 2.
