Faysal Bank Super 8 – Lions v Stallions – Match Recap
Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 have defeated Sialkot Stallions by a massive margin of 45 runs in a group A fixture of the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup, at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, on June 25, 2011.
This is a huge victory for Lahore as Sialkot is considered as the best team in the domestic cricket of Pakistan.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752, took the attack to the Sialkot
bowlers and constructed an unbelievable partnership.
The duo scored 128 runs in just 10 overs to put their team in a winning position. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 played a fantastic knock and took the best use of the death overs. He helped his
team reach a mammoth total of 218 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Shehzad remained the top scorer for Lahore as he scored 74 runs off just 47 balls in which he struck 11 fours and a couple of huge hits out of the park. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamshed-c66276 also scored a half-century and made 55 runs which came off only 27
deliveries, with the help of five fours and three sixes.
Younger Akmal carried on with the momentum and shined with an unbeaten 43, for which he consumed just 23 balls.
Emerging fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 as he grabbed three crucial scalps and somehow halted the onslaught of Lahore.
Chasing a huge target under lights, the Stallions were off to a great start through Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-c64248, who played a gem of an innings during the field restrictions.
Nazir had helped his team score 66 runs before he was caught at long on by Umar Akmal, off the bowling of leg-spinner Saad Nasim.
After http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193’s departure, Sialkot lost their way and soon they were out of the competition with six wickets down and just 92 runs on the board.
However, right-handed middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 help from the other end.
The youngster impressed one and all with his extra-ordinary talent and looks to be a great prospect for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in future and let’s hope that he is not forgotten by the national selectors.
The whole team was dismissed for 173 runs in the final over of the match and handed over a massive victory to Lahore.
Ali remained the top scorer with his 67, in which he struck four boundaries and half a dozen sixes. Imran was the only other notable contributor as he scored 44 runs for which he just consumed 23 balls and struck two fours and
five huge sixes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Ali-c64201 were the pick of the bowlers for Lahore as they grabbed three wickets each.
Shehzad was named as the Player of the Match for his outstanding knock earlier in the day. It remains to be seen that he can perform equally well in the remainder of the tournament.
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