Pakistan Cricket - Faysal Bank T20 – Lahore Lions v Hyderabad Hawks – First Innings
Lahore Lions posted a competitive score of 160 runs for the loss of nine wickets against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 Hawks in a Group A fixture of the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011, at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on 29th of June.
The star of the show in the first innings was international cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359, who struck a brilliant half-century, to set the platform for the Lions.
World-class batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaudhri-Mohammad-Yousuf-c50536, won the toss for Lahore and elected to bat first at the Iqbal Stadium. The pitch in Faisalabad does tend to help the spinners in the later part of the match.
It turned out to be a good decision as the Lions were off to a flying start through Shehzad and Nasir Jamshed. Both of them have played international cricket for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and they are using it in style in the on-going event.
The two of them scored 75 runs for the first wicket partnership before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 was dismissed on the last ball of the eighth over. However, Shehzad continued to play some stunning shots all across the park.
Shehzad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 were able to reach double figures.
As a result, the Lions managed 160 runs in their allotted 20 overs, although, they were looking set for a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 bigger total at one stage of the innings.
Young Shehzad remained the top scorer as he scored 78 runs off just 49 balls, in which he struck eight thundering fours and three massive hits out of the playing arena. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sajjad-c41415 scored 17 and 15 runs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nauman-Ali-c2076 also claimed a scalp to help his team’s cause. Ironically, all the wickets in Lahore’s innings were taken by the
spinners.
160 is by no means a match-winning total by the Lions but they do have a quality bowling attack, which does possess the ability to restrict the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 batting line-up of Hyderabad.
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