Cricket News in Brief – October 02, 2011 – Part 1
Sialkot Stallions beat Lahore Eagles by six wickets in the first semi-final of the ongoing Faysal Bank T20 Cup at National Stadium, Karachi on Saturday, October 01, 2011.
With this win, Sialkot Stallions qualified to play the final of the tournament under the captaincy of all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088.
Lahore while batting first, gave a target of 168 runs which was achieved by Sialkot in 18.5 overs.
Malik played an astounding knock of 88 runs to help his team win the match. He was also named as the Player of the Match for being the highest scorer in the game.
Rawalpindi Rams won the second semi-final of the ongoing 2011/12 season of Faysal Bank T20 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peshawar-c832 Panthers by 77 runs at National Stadium, Karachi on Saturday, October 01, 2011.
Rams after posting 168 runs in 19.5 overs bowled out the opposition on 91 runs in 16 overs by some phenomenal bowling display from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Amin-c94597 (3 wickets).
Amin was named as the Player of the Match for scoring 30 runs with the bat and then was also impressive with the ball.
Rawalpindi Rams will now face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions in the final of the tournament on Sunday, October 02, 2011.
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Warriors in the ongoing Nokia Champions League T20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by 22 runs after the enforcement of Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method) in a rain-affected match on Saturday, October 01, 2011.
Warriors after being put into bat, posted 156 runs on the board for KKR to chase.
However, the match was stopped when KKR posted 83 runs for the loss of one wicket in 9.0 overs and was not resumed due to constant rain.
From Kolkata, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 grabbed one wicket each.
26-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Alexander-Ingram-c51381 from Warriors was named as the Player of the Match for playing a stupendous knock of 61 runs off 47 deliveries.
Former South African captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 finally returned to competitive cricket after recovering from a knee surgery by playing a Twenty20 match for Claremont Cricket Club against Belville in Cape Town.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Talking about his experience after staying in the middle, he said, “It was great to be back in the middle. I hit some nice straight and cover drives and it was also important to start running sharply between the wickets again."
The left-hand batsman stayed on the crease for seven overs and scored 20 runs in the match.
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