LAHORE, April 26: Devastating bowling by medium-pacer Sajid Shah and later an unfinished opening stand between Imran Farhat and Shahnawaz Malik propelled Lahore Lions to a crushing 10-wicket win over Hyderabad Hawks in the Pool ‘A’ Twenty20 Cup match at the LCCA ground on Tuesday.
Sajid claimed four for 20 in his quota of four overs as the Hawks were restricted to 115 for nine in 20 overs.
Imran and Shahnawaz then reeled off the runs in 12.3 overs without being separated. Shahnawaz scored a 47-ball 61 with three sixes and six fours. The left-handed Imran made 44 off 29 balls with two sixes and four fours.
| Scoreboard HYDERABAD HAWKS: |
| Iqbal Shaikh c Usman b Sajid 6 |
| Hanifur Rahman c Adnan b Sajid 20 |
| Rizwan Ahmed c Adnan b Sajid 0 |
| Shahid Qambrani lbw b Sajid 5 |
| Akram Khan run out 6 |
| Aqeel Anjum b Imran Farhat 23 |
| Wahab Riaz c Adnan b Salman 3 |
| Abid Ali b Jahangir 24 |
| Hanif Malik not out 12 |
| Shoaib Leghari st Adnan b Jahangir 5 |
| Kashif Raza not out 1 |
| EXTRAS (LB-3, W-5, NB-2) 10 |
| TOTAL (for nine wkts, 20 overs) 115 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-12, 3-24, 4-40, 5-46, 6-50, 7-96, 8-108, 9-114. |
| BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 4-1-19-0; Sajid Ali 4-0-20-4; Imran Farhat 3-0-19-1; Usman Malik 4-0-21-0; Salman Qadir 2-0-9-1; Jahangir Mirza 3-0-24-2. |
| Scoreboard LAHORE LIONS: |
| Imran Farhat not out 44 |
| Shahnawaz Malik not out 61 |
| EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-4, NB-2) 11 |
| TOTAL (for no loss, 12.3 overs) 116 |
| DID NOT BAT: Nasir Jamshed, Jahangir Mirza, Salman Qadir, Sajid Ali, Irfan Fazil, Usman Malik, Adnan Raza, Muntazar Mehdi, Adnan Akmal. |
| BOWLING: Kashif Raza 3-0-21-0; Wahab Riaz 3-0-26-0; Shoaib Leghari 3-0-37-0; Rizwan Ahmed 3-0-25-0; Abid Ali 0.3-0-2-0. |
| RESULT: Lahore Lions won by 10 wickets. |
| UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti. |
| MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali. |
| MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Sajid Ali. |