KARACHI: Hanif Shehzad excelled with a sold all-round performance to enable Pakistan Lawyers set a final clash with Sindh High Court (SHC) Greens in the first Jamil Ahmed Invitation Colour-kit T20 cricket tournament.

In the last round of the league stage here the other day, Pakistan Lawyers upstaged SHC Green — who had already qualified for the decider — by seven wickets at the Eastern Star Ground with Hanif bludgeoned seven fours and three sixes in a quickfire 65 off just 32 deliveries as his side posted 181-4 before claiming 2-42 while SHC Green ended up making 174-9 despite a belligerent 27-ball knock of 66 (seven sixes and three sixes) from skipper Sajid Peecheo.

The final will e played at the TMC Ground on Sunday.

Summarised scores:

Pakistan Lawyers beat SHC Green by seven runs at Eastern Star Ground.

PAKISTAN LAWYERS 181-4 in 20 overs (Hanif Shehzad 65, Atif Baig 52 not out, Suleman Huda 41); SHC GREEN 174-9 in 20 overs (Sajid Peecheo 66, Farhan Khan 30, Vinod Ramesh 25; Najeeb Jamali 3-19, Rehman Malik 3-46, Hanif Shehzad 2-42).

Karachi Bar beat Green Sports by three wickets at TMC Ground.

GREEN SPORTS138-3 in 20 overs (Daniyal Ahmed 50 not out, Ahmed Sadiq 46, Riaz Sadiq 28; Mairaj Ahmed 2-12); KARACHI BAR 142-7 in 19.4 overs (Humayun Hanif 37, Furqan Siddiqui 28; Ahmed Sadiq 4-17).

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2021