Faysal Bank T20: Karachi Dolphins v Peshawar Panthers – Panthers post 177 runs on the board – Match Update
In the ongoing Faysal Bank T20 Cup, Peshawar Panthers posted a mammoth total of 177 runs against Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 at National Stadium, Karachi on Friday, September 30, 2011.
After winning the toss, Peshawar chose to bat first against a very formidable Karachi bowling outfit as they wanted to post enough runs on the board to give Karachi a run for their money.
However, on the second delivery of the third over, Peshawar lost their first wicket when opener left-hand batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 off the bowling of left-arm pacer Rumman Raees after playing a knock of five runs off seven deliveries. At the time of this wicket, Peshawar were on 22 runs.
Middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289 off the bowling of Afridi.
Then on the penultimate delivery of the 12th over, Mohmand after playing a superb knock of 42 runs off 33 deliveries was caught by Sami off the bowling of left-arm spinner Faraz Ahmed. At the time of his departure http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peshawar-c832 had posted 113 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
Later, 27-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zohaib-Khan-c98638 left Karachi in ruins as he smashed a blitz on an innings by posting 43 runs off 23 deliveries while staying unbeaten at the end of the innings.
The phenomenal knock by the batsman helped Peshawar post a daunting tally against one of the best bowling attacks in the tournament.
Karachi, who have some big names in their batting line-up would have to bat exceptionally well against Peshawar to prevent an ouster from the tournament as chasing such a target is going to be difficult unless batsmen like Afridi, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahzaib-Hasan-c2488 and Asad Shafiq play a big innings.
Meanwhile Rumman Raees, Afridi and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faraz-Ahmed-c56773 grabbed two wickets each while bowling for Karachi Dolphins.
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