Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions - Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup – Match Update
Lahore Eagles 129/8 (20/20 ov) v Sialkot Stallions 132/5 (19.0/20 ov) - Sialkot Stallions won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Sialkot Stallions snatched an emphatic win in the Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup on Monday, March 26, 2012, after beating Lahore Eagles by five wickets with six deliveries remaining at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
After winning the toss, Stallions chose to field, aiming to have a clear target on their hands while batting second.
Lahore on the other hand, failed to get off to a flying start as they lost their first wicket with 21 runs on the board, when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218 perished after scoring nine runs.
Then his brother who had come at number-three, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Humayun-Farhat-c63606, fell after scoring just five runs at a time when the side had amassed 29 runs on the board.
Opener/skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889, was then the third wicket to fall as he found his way back to the pavilion after playing a well tamed innings of 22 runs off 16 deliveries.
Lahore then kept losing wickets, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 bowlers proved just too good for them to handle.
In the middle, it was the innings of 24 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hafiz-Saad-Nasim-c61260’s unbeaten knock of 27 runs helped Lahore post a respectable total of 129 runs on the board in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
From Sialkot, pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bilawal-Bhatti-c1163 was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets to his name.
Needing a steady start to their innings in order to chase the required target of 130 runs to win the match, Sialkot suffered a terrible start when they lost their main batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Nazir-c64248 without registering a run on the board.
Then with a tally of 34, the batting side lost their second wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faisal-Naved-c56727 was dismissed after scoring an innings of eight runs.
With the opening batsmen back in the pavilion, the middle-order took charge and countered the Lahore bowling attack as the batsmen played tentatively and kept the scoreboard ticking as they cruised towards the target, winning the game in 19 overs for the loss of five wickets.
The knocks from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Yousuf-c89461 (27) played an important role in Sialkot’s win. Yousuf was later named as the Player of the Match as he belted his innings at a crucial moment on just 14 deliveries.
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