Karachi Zebras v Quetta Bears: Faysal Bank T20 Cup – Match Recap
Karachi Zebras overcame http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Quetta-c835 Bears by a handsome margin of 44 runs in a crucial clash of the Faysal Bank Twenty20 Cup, at the National Stadium Karachi, on Monday, September 26, 2011.
After the batsmen posted a reasonable score of 172 on the board, the bowling unit did not let the side down and restricted the opposition to 128.
Since it was a dry wicket that was expected not to favour bowlers, Danish Kaneria opted to bat first after winning the toss.
The two Karachi openers, Khurram Manzoor and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rameez-Aziz-c83818 set a solid platform by putting together a 36-run-partnership for the first wicket. Raja however, was the first man to leave the park after smashing a blistering innings of 24 runs.
However, his departure did not impose any pressure on the home side, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anwar-Ali-c45231, continued the good work after the first fall.
Both batsman shared a fine 57-run-partnerhip and steered the side to a strong position to go for a mammoth total. In the 11th over, Ali went back to the pavilion after collecting 32 off 21 balls.
Later in the innings, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-Raza-c62007 contributed 23 and 17 respectively. Yet, the hero of the show was Manzoor, who gathered 62 with help of six boundaries and a huge six.
Courtesy a brilliant performance by the top-order, the home side reached 172 for the loss of five wickets at the end of the 20th over.
From Quetta’s bowling department, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arun-Lal-c46114 claimed a couple of wickets but remained expensive, conceding 53 runs in four overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sher-Hasan-c89976 grabbed a scalp, while a couple Karachi batsmen became victims of the outstanding fielding by the tourists.
In reply, the Bears started the chase confidently, as the two openers, Bismillah http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 and Fareed-ud-din, clattered 40 runs for the first wicket partnership.
After the fall of Khan and Fareed on 11 and 24 respectively, the succeeding batsmen, Mir Wais and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abid-Ali-c41790, carried on with the fine work and piled up 37 runs for the third-wicket stand.
Wais amassed 21 runs during his stay at the crease, while Ali hit a quick innings of 26 before running himself out. After the duo's depature, none of the batsmen could produce anything special. Lal and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Munir-Ahmed-c78000 added 13 and 10 runs to the total respectively,
but their efforts were not enough to take the side home.
As a result of the fantastic bowling by the Karachi bowlers, the Bears collapsed on 128 after 18.3 overs.
Karachi Zebras' skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Atif-Maqbool-c46639 left the field with a scalp apiece.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Manzoor-c71388 scooped the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his outstanding batting performance.
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