Abdullah Asjad
ISLAMABAD:-National Bank of Pakistan T-20 Blind Cricket Trophy (Grade-2) commenced at Attock Cricket Stadium, Attock on Wednesday. Ali Hanan Qamar Deputy Commissioner Attock, Akhtar Munir, Regional Head National Bank of Pakistan, Syed Sultan Shah, Chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council inaugurated the event.
1st match of the event was played between Attock and Abbottabad. Attock won the toss and decided to bat first. On wet conditions, batting first after winning the toss was a brave move and as fortune favors the brave so do with Attock. Their openers Ahtesham and Muhammad Bilal flatten the Abbottabad bowling and piled up huge total of 286 runs without any loss in allotted 20 overs. Ahtesham made unbeaten 150 runs off 74 balls and Bilal made 87 runs not out off 60 balls.
Abbottabad in reply made only 212 for the loss of 4 wickets. Riasat Khan remained top scorer with 96 runs. Mohammad Sohail was the only bowler to pick wicket.
Result: Attock won by 74 runs
Man of the Match: Ahtesham ul Haq
Game-2
Quetta won the toss and decided to bowl first. Faisalabad posted 213 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in stipulated 20 Overs. Ijaz Ali was their star with 104 runs off (57 balls) and Bilal Hasan made 38 runs. Abdul Rasheed was the only bowler to claim a wicket.
Quetta in reply chased the target in 19th over of the innings for the loss of 4 wickets. Nemat Ullah Khan made unbeaten 86 runs and Abdul Rasheed made 49 runs not out. Noman, Sanaullah and Danish Ali claimed a wicket a piece.
Result: Quetta won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Nemat Ullah Khan
Game-3:
Sargodha won the toss and decided to bowl first. Hyderabad made 180 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Amjad made 66 runs. Sargodha in reply chased down the target rapidly in just 8 overs without any loss. Gul Sheer’s bat sung wildly and smashed unbeaten 108 runs off just 38 balls. Zain was the other batter to remain unbeaten on 43 runs.
Result: Sargodha won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Gul Sheer
Game-4:
Multan won the toss and decided to bat first. Multan batsmen smashed 301 runs in stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Muhammad Safdar played brilliantly and made 115 runs off 40 balls, Hafiz Abdul Razzaq scored 52 runs off 24 balls and Akbar made 61 off 31 balls.
Sheikopura in reply made 172 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in stipulated 20 Overs. Iman Ullah was their best scorer with 41 runs. Abdul Razzaq took 2 wickets while Akbar, Shahbaz and Saleem claimed a wicket each
Result: Multan won by 129 runs
Man of the Match: Muhammad Safdar
