LAHORE: Playing at their own ground, Model Town Whites marched into final of the 15th M, Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament after beating Stags Club by one wicket in a thrilling semi-final here on Saturday.

Abdul Moqeet, who made 80, helped the winning side to overhaul the target of 256 for the loss of nine wickets on the penultimate ball of the match. Moqeet blasted six sixes and seven boundaries. He was well supported by Shamsullah Khan, who scored 40.

Earlier, batting first, Stags Club made 255-8 in 40 overs with Rizwan Siddiq topping the scoreboard with 45, followed by Zain bin Farooq as second best scorer with 42.

Summarised scores:

STAGS CLUB 255-8 in 40 overs (Rizwan Siddiq 45, Zain Bin Farooq 42, Kamran Afzal 33; Imran Younis 3-52, Naveed Malik 2-40); MODEL TOWN WHITES 258-9 in 39.5 overs (Abdul Moqeet 80, Shamsullah Khan 40, Mujahid Ali 36; Zafar Gohar 3-24, Hamza Nazar 2-18, Bilawal 2-49).

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2017