Faysal Bank T20 Cup: Lahore Lions v Sialkot Stallions – Match Recap
Lahore Lions 121 v Sialkot Stallions 124 -
Sialkot Stallions won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Sialkot Stallions won by six wickets in their fixture against Lahore Lions by successfully chasing 122 runs in the ongoing Faysal Bank T20 Cup at National Stadium, Karachi on Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
After winning the toss, Lahore chose to bat first in a bid to post a staggering total for a very formidable Sialkot batting line-up to chase.
However, the side suffered their first loss in the third over when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naved-Arif-c78891 off the bowling of Sialkot’s left-arm strike bowler Sarfraz Ahmed. At the time of this wicket, the
batting side had posted 25 runs on the board.
After Kamran, it was time for his younger brother http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 to come in as his side required a commendable innings from the 21-year-old.
However, in the fifth over opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rana-Naved-ul-Hasan-c83909.
After this wicket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 came in to establish a resilient partnership with the young Akmal as the two batsmen toyed with the Sialkot bowlers by knocking the ball all around the park.
The duo could only bolster 21 runs together before Akmal after playing an innings of 10 runs off 20 deliveries was dismissed on a run-out.
It was then the handsome partnership between Razzaq and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752 that posted 59 runs, taking the total score to 108 runs before the devastating 17th over which saw the demise of both batsmen.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-Ahmed-c88818 on the penultimate delivery of the over by Naved-ul-Hasan followed by the wicket of Razzaq on the next delivery.
The Lahore skipper played an impressive knock of 42 runs off 33 deliveries before leaving the field.
After these wickets, Sialkot made a remarkable recovery in the game by pulverising Lahore’s remaining batting line-up, restricting them to just 121 runs as the batsmen were not allowed to reach double-figures.
Coming out to bat, Sialkot had a small tally in front of them and did not need to take any risks to win the game, however, they were given a rude welcome by the Lahore bowlers as on the penultimate delivery of the first over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 uprooted Sialkot
opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Nazir’s stumps after the batsman had only scored eight runs off five deliveries.
In the next over, slow left-arm orthodox bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faisal-Naved-c56727 back to the pavilion by penetrating his defences and hitting the stumps with only one run to his name.
With two wickets down for only 12 runs, Sialkot were in trouble and needed to halt the bowling onslaught unleashed by Lahore.
Middle-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Yousuf-c89461 then crafted a potent batting stand against the opposition as they smacked the bowlers all around the park without remorse.
The duo clobbered 72 runs in the third-wicket partnership to help their side come near to the required target.
Ansar then lost his wicket in the 14th over after scoring 42 runs when he was caught and bowled by left-arm pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839. At the time of his wicket, Sialkot had posted 84 runs for the loss of three wickets.
With just four runs to victory, Yousuf was caught by Aizaz Cheema off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 after the batsman had played an innings of 47 runs off 52 deliveries. The wicket was taken in the 19th over by the Lahore skipper.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 in this tournament made sure to take his side home as the Stallions scored 124 runs with Malik unbeaten on 15 runs.
Shahid Yousuf was named as the Player of the Match for his brilliant knock with the bat.
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