Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011 – Karachi Dolphins v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions – Match Recap
In the second semi-final of the ongoing Faysal Bank Super 8 domestic T20 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, the Karachi Dolphins thrashed a tough Sialkot Stallions side in a high scoring match that was played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, on June 30, 2011.
The match which left cricket fans awestruck was a remarkable display of Twenty20 cricket which exhibited a stiff competition between the batsmen and bowlers, however, in the end the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 prevailed as they defeated the Stallions by 42-runs.
After winning the toss, Karachi, led by pacer Mohammad Sami, elected to bat first, aiming to put enough runs on the board to rattle the Stallions later in the match.
Asad Shafiq, who usually comes one-down while playing for Pakistan was sent in to open the innings along the hard-hitting batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Shahzaib-Hasan-Khan-c77328, however, the Dolphins suffered an early loss when Hasan was sent back on the pavilion after scoring only four
runs. He was caught when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Khan-c996, at mid-on, took a splendid catch by diving to his right off a delivery bowled by Sialkot’s skipper Shoaib Malik. At the time of the first wicket, Karachi had scored just 19-runs.
After Shahzaib, one-down batsman Rameez Raja took the field, as he along with Shafiq, crafted a splendid partnership that actually wreaked havoc on Sialkot as the batsmen spearheaded a belligerent batting coalition against bowlers who came bolting in. The
two batsman bolstered 164-runs for the second wicket partnership as they took the total tally to 183 by 15.2 overs.
However, before the two could take the partnership any further, Ali Khan struck gold when he trapped Raja right in front of the stumps, leaving no doubt in the mind of the umpire, who gave the batsman leg-before wicket. Raja departed after playing a commendable
innings of 97 runs.
On the next delivery, Khan struck again when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Latif-c71261 was caught by Adeel Malik at third-man. In the 19th over, Karachi lost another wicket and this time it was the left-handed middle-order batsman Fawad Alam, who after scoring 17 runs, was
caught by Shahid Yousuf off a delivery bowled by Sarmad Anwar. At the time for his demise, the Dolphins had posted 220 runs on the board.
In the end, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 still on the crease, the Karachi Dolphins posted a mammoth total of 238 runs in 20 overs, giving Stallions something to worry about.
However, with the strong batting line-up of the Stallions going after the tally was always on the cards. Nonetheless, it was just not their day, as the hard-hitting opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-Malik-c64249 was bowled on nil by Tanvir Ahmed on the second delivery of the
innings. With Nazir gone, Sialkot were put under pressure early in their innings.
One-down batsman Shakeel Ansar was then the next man to walk back to the pavilion on the penultimate delivery of the second over bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azam-Hussain-c46875 after scoring 9 runs.
Opener Mansoor Amjad then lost his wicket after posting only 9 runs when he edged a delivery bowled by Sohail Khan straight into the hands of wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sarfraz-Ahmed-c77293.
After this, it was then Shahid Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, who actually stood defiant against the Karachi pacers. Yousuf scored 40 runs while Malik bolstered 61 to save the side from a semi-final elimination. However, in the end the Stallions could only make
196-runs.
Raja was named as the Man of the Match in this electrifying clash for his astounding knock with the bat.
Tags: