Lahore and Rawalpindi moved to the final of the U-19 National Women’s Cricket Championship being played at the Country Club Muridke on Saturday.
In the first semi-final, Rawalpindi first allowed Karachi to score 93 runs and later got the target in 17.5 overs losing five wickets. Sadia with her match-winning performance earned the player of the match award.
In the second semi-final, Lahore achieved an overwhelming six wickets win against Multan. Areeb batted for 24 runs in Multan’s 84 runs. But Hafsa got in between and took three wickets to halt their runs progress. In reply, Lahore got to the target losing four wickets in 17.4 overs, Sidra Nawaz and Fareeha Mahmood played a vital role with the bat. Hafsa however, was named the player of the match.
Scores: Karachi Region U-19 –93 in 20 overs: (Hiba Batool 22, 24 balls, 3x4s, Marium Bukhari 15, 24 balls, 1x4s, Sadia Khaliq 2-11, Tayyba-al-Hussaini 2-16, Aliya Riaz 2-18) v Rawalpindi Region U-19 –94-5 in 17.5 overs: (Sadia Khaliq 37, 28 balls, 6x4s, Ayesha Furqan 21, 18 balls, 2x4s, Rida Hussain 3-14)
Player of the Match: Sadia Khaliq (Rawalpindi Region)
Result: Rawalpindi Region U-19 won by 5 wickets
Toss: Karachi Region U-19; Umpires: Kosar Shah & Afia Amin; Match Referee: Sohail Khan; Official Scorer: Azhar Hussain
Multan Region U-19 –84-9 in 20 overs: (Areeb Shamim 24, 32 balls, 3x4s, Hafsa Amjad 3-11, Namra Imran 2-16) v Lahore Region U-19 –85-4 in 17.5 overs: (Sidra Nawaz 21, 18 balls, 3x4s, Fareeha Mahmood 16, 29 balls, 2x4s, Namra Imran 12, 14 balls, Gulnaz Majeed 2-18)
Player of the Match: Hafsa Amjad (Lahore Region)
Result: Lahore Region U-19 won by 6 wickets; Toss: Multan Region U-19; Umpires: Shakeela Rafiq& Humaira Farrah; Match Referee: Ashraf Ali; Official Scorer: Azhar Hussain.
