Sports Bulletin Report
ABBOTTABAD:-Punjab and Sindh have won their matches of the ongoing Pakistan Blinds’ Cricket Council (PBCC) Blind Cricket T-20 Super League 2022 after beating Khyber PkhtuneKawa (KPB) and Balochistan by 2 and 7 wickets respectively on Saturday at Ayub Medical College Cricket Ground, Abbottabad.
Day-3
Game-1 (Punjab beat KPK by 2 wickets)
Punjab won the match on the last ball in a sensational finish. Early in the morning Punjab won the toss and put KPK into bat. KPK made 195 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Moeen Aslam was the top scorer for KPK, he made 66 off 47 balls while Naseeb Ullah made 31 runs off 24 balls. For Punjab, Shahzaib Haider was the pick amongst the bowler, he claimed 3 wickets while Muhammad Asif took 2 wickets.
In reply, Punjab started well and their first wicket fell at the score of 40, when Anees Javed was bowled by Yasir, he made 14 runs. Zafar Iqbal couldn’t make the impact either he got out after scoring 2 runs. Wickets kept falling while Muhammad Safdar kept the scoreboard ticking, he made 46 off 35 balls. Punjab chased the target in a nail-biting finish at the last ball of the innings with the help of brisk innings of Muhammad Rashid, he made 26 runs off 19 balls. Punjab lost 8 wickets during the process.
Result: Punjab won by 2 wickets
Man of the Match: Shahzaib Haider
Day-3
Game-2 (Sindh beat Balochistan by 7 wickets)
Sindh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Balochistan posted a huge total of 225 runs on the board for the loss of 1 wicket in stipulated 20 overs. Badar Munir was the star with the bat, he made unbeaten 136 runs off 67 balls with the help of 14 (4’s) and 3 sixes, while Riasat Khan made 68 runs off 53 balls. Israr Hasan was the only bowler to claim the only wicket.
In reply, Sindh’s Captain Nisar Ali played extraordinary innings of 82 runs off 44 balls featuring 13 (4’s) and helped his side to reach the mammoth target of 226 runs in 19.2 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Faisal Mehmood also played a gem of the innings he got out after scoring 75 runs off 41 balls featuring 8 (4’s) and 1 six.
Result: Sindh won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Nisar Ali
