http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 win by 6 wickets
A century stand between joint Players of the Match http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Manzoor-c71388 and Fawad Alam enabled the Karachi Dolphins to triumph by 6 wickets over the Hyderabad Hawks, in their last Group B match during the ongoing Faysal Bank T-20 tournament, played on December
7 at the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore.
The Hawks won the toss and chose to bat first, with opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Ghumman-c1112 anchoring the innings at the top with a solid unbeaten 71. He was joined by Sharjeel Khan (54) for an 89-run opening partnership, which came to an abrupt end in the 12th
over with the dismissal of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Khan-c90647 (4-0-54-2).
Ghumman trudged on, but had little to no support from the remainder of the batting order. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahzad-Haider-c89495 (3) was sent packing
by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Atif-Maqbool-c46639.
However, Ghumman made the most he could of these minor contributions, and by the end of 20 overs, with Mohammad Shehroz (5*) accompanying Ghumman at the crease, the Hawks posted a sizeable final total of 161 at the expense of 4 wickets.
The Hawks’ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rehan-Riaz-c84633 (4-0-29-3) then made valiant attempts to curb the opposition, and was aided in his attempts by Mohammad Shehroz (3-0-27-1). However, their efforts ultimately proved inadequate.
Riaz struck early to take the Dolphins’ openers out of the game - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Latif-c71261 had both struck one 6 each before they were sent back to the pavilion in the very first over. Riaz then proceeded to follow it up with the wicket of Tanvir
Ahmed (12) in the 5th over, but Khurram Manzoor (60) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fawad-Alam-c56883 (65*) held firm for a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Their combined efforts saw the team all but home, and after the dismissal of Khurram Manzoor off Mohammad Shehroz, wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-Ahmed-c88818 (5*) teamed up with Fawad Alam to see the team through. While neither team made it to the tournament semi-finals,
the unbeaten 12-run partnership between Fawad Alam and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Clark-c2591 Ahemd enabled the Dolphins to reach 165, with 6 wickets still in hand, and 3 balls remaining.
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