Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Final – Rams seal the title in the Super Over
After the most thrilling finish a cricket fan could have hoped for, Rawalpindi Rams defeated Karachi Dolphins in the Super Over in the final of the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011 at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on July 1, 2011. One has to say that the
game of cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 itself was the only winner after this match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 won the toss for the Rams in the final and elected to bowl first because of wet conditions in the ground as there was a lot of overnight rain.
Karachi faced an early blow as their premier batsmen, Shahzaib Hasan was sent back to the pavilion very early in the innings after he was run out. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rameez-Raja-c2277 Jr. showed their class once again and took the attack to the Rams’ bowlers.
The two of them constructed a match-winning partnership in the semi-final and repeated their performance in the final as well. However, the result was a lot different this time.
Raja and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 scored 66 runs for the second wicket partnership on a track that was more helpful for the bowlers as compared to any other pitch in this tournament.
Khalid Latif also played a crucial little cameo at the end of the innings to make sure that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 reach a competitive total of 164 runs for the loss of five wickets in
this all-important encounter.
Raja remained the top scorer as he made a vital 64 with the help of four fours and five massive sixes and consumed 46 balls for his knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raza-Hasan-c84407 picked up three important scalps to halt Karachi’s
progress.
Chasing a fighting total under lights, the Rams lost a couple of early wickets in shape of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamal-Anwar-c65380. Two left-handers, Awais Zia and Umar Amin, took control of the situation from then onwards and scored 45 runs for the third wicket partnership,
which handed over the advantage in favour of the Rams.
Wickets kept on tumbling at the other end but Amin kept his cool and avoided a disaster for the Rams.
Rawalpindi’s fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Rameez-c77197 showed his skills with the bat and struck a couple of massive sixes in the 17th over of the innings.
The Rams required one run off the last two deliveries but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samiullah-c88304 and Raza Hasan were dismissed on consecutive deliveries. As a result, Rawalpindi was bowled out on the very last ball of the innings for 164 runs, which took the game to the Super Over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Shahzaib-Hasan-Khan-c77328 could only score seven runs for the loss of one wicket in their turn.
Zia scored 43 runs for the Rams, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Amin-c94597 remained unbeaten on 32.
Star of the show for Karachi was Sohail Khan, who picked up five wickets after giving away a mere 23 runs in his four overs. Although, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-c90628 ended up on the losing side, he was named as the Player of the Match for a superb spell of fast bowling.
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