KARACHI: Ahtesham-ul-Haq and Bilal Sarwar batted superbly to steer hosts Attock to a fantastic six-wicket win over Multan in the final to lift NBP Grade II Blind Cricket Trophy here at the Attock Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Attock chased down the target in 18.5 overs, losing four wickets. Ahtesham scored 74 runs off 39 balls and Bilal Sarwar contributed 70 to help his team clinch the title. Ihsan and Akbar took a wicket each while Ahtesham was named the man-of-the-match.

Attock won the toss and opted to field first.

Multan’s Mohammad Safdar played an extraordinary unbeaten innings of 139 runs off 66 balls and helped his team to post a formidable 227 runs in 20 overs for the loss of four wickets. Noman claimed one wicket.

Riasat Khan (Abbottabad), Muhammad Ijaz (Faisalabad), Gul Sher (Sargodha) were declared Players of the Tournament while Naseebullah (Quetta) was named as the best wicket-keeper.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2019