Bahawalpur, Karachi, Azad Kashmir, Abbottabad, Peshawar and Islamabad won their matches of the PCB T-20 Blind Cricket Trophy being held at two locations of the country Lahore and Peshawar.
At Lahore’s Iqbal Park Sports Complex (MintoPark), Bahawalpur won by 3 wickets against Lahore. Lahore made 279 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Amir Ishfaq unbeaten 146 runs. Zohaib, Mujeeb and Ghulam Mustafa took one wicket each. Bahawalpur in reply, reached the target in the last over for the loss of 7 wickets. Zohaib 46 runs. Sarfraz, Arsalan and Abdul Shakoor took a wicket apiece. Man of the Match: Amir Ishfaq
Karachi beat Quetta by 163 runs. Karachi posted 328 runs for 7 wickets. Shahzad, Man of the Match, made 72 and Shoaib made 52. Bismillah Khan, Javed, Saleem and Ghulam Ali took one wicket apiece. In reply Quetta, managed 165 for 9 wickets. Saleem made 23 runs. Tariq, Waseem, Murad took 1 wicket each.
Azad Kashmir beat Multan by 10 wickets. Multan made 210 for 7 wickets. Zahid made 123 runs. Jameel, Habib Taj and Rizwan claimed a wicket apiece.
In reply, Azad Kashmir chased the target in 12th over for no loss. Nisar Ali unbeaten 106 and Zain-ul-Abideen 88 not out. Man of the Match: Nisar Ali
At Peshawar’s Medical College Cricket Ground, Abbottabad beat Sheikopura by six wickets. Sheikopura made 181 for 2 wickets. Ashraf Bhatti 92. Hafiz Ameen (Sheikopura’s Totally Blind) Hat-trick couldn’t halt the run chase of Peshawar. He took 4 wickets. The winners reached the score in the 16th over. Shoaib unbeaten 109 runs.
Peshawar beat Attock by 10 wickets. Attock 109 for all in 16 overs. Haroon (Attock) scored 37 runs. Khalid Zubair claimed 3 wickets.
Peshawar took just 9.1 overs to reach the target. Haroon not out 71 runs.
Islamabad beat Gujranwala by 64 runs. Islamabad made 282 runs for 7. Anees Javed 70 while Yasir Ali 58. Waqas and Harris took a wicket apiece. Gujranwala were bowled out on 218 in 19.1 overs. Akram 131. Anees took 2 wickets while Mustafa and Yasir claimed 1 each.
