Peshawar Panthers v Islamabad Leopards: Faysal Bank T20 Cup Group D – Match Recap
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Winning the toss, Islamabad Leopards' skipper, Iftikhar Anjum, elected to field first. Having been invited to bat, the Panthers started their innings with Rafatullah Mohammad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Israrullah-c1608 as openers.
Mohammad took am empathetic start, hitting boundaries and getting quick doubles to kick-start the scorecard. However, his opening partner could not last long and fell after making just 3 runs.
The one-down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aftab-Alam-c945 who looked to be in good form.
Mohammad's stayed on the crease till the first five overs, scoring 24 off 14 balls with the help of 3 fours and one six. He was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zohaib-Ahmed-c98636.
The fourth wicket partnership was magnificent as it added some 44 runs to the innings. Mohammad’s successor, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Khan-c90084 Snr, played well with Alam. However, in the 13th over, Alam fell after lashing the highest score of the innings, 36 from 33
deliveries. He hit 2 boundaries and a six.
The next batsman was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, the skipper, was the last among the middle-order batsman. He showed some resistance against the furious bowlers and scored 20 with the help of two epic sixes.
None of the preceding four batsmen could make double figures. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Noor-ul-Amin-c79865 were not out on 0 and 4 respectively before the end of the 20-over quota.
Thus, the Panthers piled up 150 runs for the loss of 9 wickets with 7.50 runs per over.
In the bowling line-up of the Leopards, Zohaib Ahmed took 3 scalps while Anjum and Wasim grabbed 2 wickets each. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Hussain-Shah-c70129 bowled one player.
Islamabad Leopards started their innings in a lackluster way as three of their top five batsmen fell on ducks, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afaq-Raheem-c42168, the opener, was the only batsman who stayed on the crease till the 8th
over and scored 32 runs off 25 balls with the help of 6 sterling boundaries.
In the middle-order, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sajid-c87977 had 24 off 21 balls.
All the four batsmen of the lower-order collectively contributed 14 runs in the innings. The wickets kept falling with regular intervals and the entire batting order was washed out in 19.3 overs for just 122 runs.
Among the Panthers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nauman-Habib-c78859 was the top wicket taker with 4 wickets, followed by Gul, who took 3 scalps. Amin and Zohaib Khan grabbed two and one wicket respectively.
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