By Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (December 27, 2019):- Bahawalpur, Peshawar, Islamabad and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) reached in the semifinals of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) T-20 Blind’s Cricket Trophy (Grade-1) after winning their matches played at Bahawalpur on Friday. The both semifinals will be played on Saturday at same venue, as 1st semifinal will be played between Peshawar and AJK while 2nd semifinal will be played between Bahawalpur and Islamabad.
Day-3, match 1:-Bahawalpur Vs Okara: (Venue: Dring Cricket Stadium, Bahawalpur)
Bahawalpur overpowered Okara by six wickets. In the morning, Bahawalpur won the toss and put Okara into bat. Badar Munir got out early thereafter Okara innings didn’t take off. Okara posted 128 runs for loss of 6 wickets in allotted 18 overs. Match was reduced to 18 overs a side due to dense fog in the morning. Iftikhar Tiger roared with the bat, he made 50 runs. Usman took 2 wickets and Shahzaib claimed 1 wicket.
Bahawalpur chased the target of 129 runs in 14.2 overs for the loss of 4wickets. Babar remained unbeaten on 40* runs and Moeen Aslam’s was dismissed on 39.Badar and Fakhar Abbass took a wicket a piece.
Result: Bahawalpur won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Babar Ali
Day-3, Match 2: Karachi Vs Lahore (Venue: Saqid Public School Cricket Ground, Bahawalpur)
Lahore whipped Karachi by 94 runs. Lahore batted first after winning the toss, made 266 for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Lahore Captain Matiullah once again excelled and made 114 runs off 47 balls and Salman contributed with 23 runs. For Karachi, Shair Ali and Tahir Ali shared one wicket each.
Karachi in reply made 172 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Waliullah made 73 runs and Tahir Ali scored 26 runs. Kamran and Karamat took a wicket a piece.
Result: Lahore won by 96 runs
Man of the Match: Matiullah
Day-3, Match-3: Peshawar vs Islamabad: (Venue: Dring Cricket Stadium, Bahawalpur)
Peshawar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Islamabad posted 168 runs on the board for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Anees Javed once again played Captain’s innings. He remained not out 101 off 74 balls. Mohsin Khan took 3 wickets.
Peshawar in reply chased the target in only 14 overs without losing any wicket. Haroon Khan and Sanaullah remained unbeaten on 93* and 65* runs respectively.
Result: Peshawar won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Haroon Khan
Day-3, Match-4:AJK Vs Gujranwala: (Venue: Saqid Public School Cricket Ground, Bahawalpur)
AJK batted first, made 174 runs for loss of 2 wickets in allotted 15 overs. Nisar Ali scored 67 off 38 balls and Tehseen made 42 runs off 33 balls. Tayyab and Zubair took 1 wicket each.
In reply, Gujranwala made 140 for the loss of 5 wickets in allotted 15 overs. Israr Hassan was their top scorer with 26 runs and Tayyab made 24 runs. Nisar Ali took 1 wicket.
Result: AJK won by 34 runs
Man of the match: Nisar Ali
