LAHORE: An all-round performance by latest Pakistan find Hussain Talat guided Stags Club into the final of the Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri Club Cricket Tournament with an 83-rin win over Township Whites Club here on Thursday.
The first semi-final at the Stags Club Ground in Model Town was dominated by Hussain. The young left-hander scored a breezy 93 off 76 balls with 10 fours and four sixes while Mohammad Saad hit 69 as Stags Club piled up 254-9 in 40 overs.
Township Whites Club, in reply, were dismissed for 171 in 37.4 overs with Hussain picking up three wickets for 22 runs and Kamran Afzal 3-30.
Summarised scores:
STAGS CLUB 254-9 in 40 overs (Hussain Talat 93, Mohammad Saad 69, Kamran Afzal 25, Junaid Ali 24; Mohammad Sharif 3-33, Hasan Rizwan 3-59, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 2-48); TOWNSHIP WHITES CLUB 171 in 37.4 overs (Hamza Akbar 43, Hasan Rizwan 32; Hussain Talat 3-22, Kamran Afzal 3-30, Aamir Sajjad 2-33, Rizwan Siddique 2-39).
Published in Dawn, April 20th, 2018