Faysal Bank Super 8 - Wolves v Tigers - Second Innings Recap
Faisalabad Wolves have beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Multan-c819 Tigers by a massive margin of 69 runs in the opening match of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.
The star of the show for the home team was the left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 Mehmood, who picked up a five-wicket haul to break the back of Multan’s batting.
It turned out to be a miss-match at the end as Multan’s batsmen never seemed in the game, apart from the opening six overs of the innings.
Chasing a huge target of 200 runs under lights, the Tigers were off to a good start through their openers. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zain-Abbas-c98522 in particular, was quite impressive as he played some delightful shots.
However, after the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397, Multan’s young batsmen failed to cope with the experienced bowling line-up of the home team and just managed 130 runs before being bowled out in the 19th over of the innings.
Ashraf remained the top scorer as he made a brisk 27 off only 23 balls in which he struck a couple of boundaries and a six. Abbas also shined with his little cameo of 23 runs for which he consumed just 16 balls with the help of five fours.
Mehmood remained the pick of the bowlers for the home team as he grabbed five wickets after giving away a mere 23 runs in his four overs. Naseer Akram and Test star http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 claimed a couple of scalps each to help their team’s cause.
Test fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Talha-c77400, could not pick up a wicket for the Wolves but he looked in good rhythm and bowled with a lot of fire.
Faisalabad’s top order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Ali-c46457, was named as the Player of the Match for his outstanding hundred earlier in the day.
The home team is looking in good form at the moment and their senior players, like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-Khan-Niazi-c76385 and Mohammad Hafeez, look pumped up to win this title for their region.
Multan on the other hand should be disappointed with their performance as they could not match Faisalabad’s skills in any of the three departments of the game.
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