KARACHI: Noor Wali produced a sterling all-round show as Hyderabad kept alive hopes of reaching the final of the Karachi Kings Sindh Ke Shehzade T20 Cricket tournament with an easy 63-run win victory over Sukkur at the Lawai Cricket Stadium on Thursday night.
Noor struck an unbeaten 48 off 23 balls with four sixes and four boundaries before taking three wickets for just two runs to claim the man-of-the-match award.
Hyderabad collected 161-4 in 20 overs before bowling out Sukkur for 98.
In the other match, Nawabshah overpowered Mirpurkhas by 56 runs.
Summarised scores:
Hyderabad beat Sukkur by 63 runs.
HYDERABAD 163-4 in 20 overs (Noor Wali 48 not out, Daniyal Rajput 47 not out, Fawad Ahmed 21; Ali Asghar 3-39; SUKKUR 98 in 20 overs (Ali Asghar 37, Mohammad Imran 32; Noor Wali 3-2, Mohammad Waqar 2-27).
Nawabshah beat Mirpurkhas by 56 runs.
NAWABSHAH 140-8 in 20 overs (Rabish Ahmed 35, Abdul Rehman 25, Jam Saifullah 21; Hamza Qadir 2-20, Sheeran Malik 2 -32, Kahaf Patel 2-32); MIRPURKHAS 84 in 16.3 overs (Jam Saifullah 4-8, Kamran Ali 3 -31 Shahzaib Ahmed 2-18).
Published in Dawn, September 15th, 2018
