Lahore Loins beat Sialkot Stallions by 49 Runs in FB T20 Cup 2011

FAISALABAD: Lahore Loins Crushed Sialkot Stallions by 49 runs in Faysal Bank Super 8 Twenty20 Cricket Cup 2011. Match Played in Iqbal Cricket Stadium Faisalabad on Saturday 25th June 2011.

Ahmed Shahzad’s double assault helped Lahore Lions to crush Sialkot Stallions by 49 runs in the ‘Group A’ match of Faisal Bank Super Eight T20 Tournament, played at Stadium Faisalabad on Saturday. Giving a colossal target of 219 runs to Stallions, Lions bundled out their innings for 173 runs.

Lahore Lions VS Sialkot Stallions: Lahore Innings

According to details, Lahore Lions skipper Mohammad Yusuf won the toss and elected to bat first on the track where one game was already played on the same day. As the wicket moisture wrecked after the four, five overs of the first game and the ball does not seam.

In this case the Iqbal Stadium’s track turns into virtually batsman friendly.

The opening pair Nasir Jamshied and Ahmed Shahzad opened the innings in an aggressive way and play commanding strokes all around the ground, invigorating the run-rate to over 12.

Ahmed Shahzad smashed 74 off 47 balls lashing 11 boundaries and 2 gigantic sixes before Umaid Asif possessed him with the assistance of Ayaz Tasawwar, who took a comfortable catch at back-foot point.

The show of Jamished winded-up by Umaid for 55, which he struck off 27 balls lashing five boundaries and three colossal sixes.

The discarded wicketkeeper batsman from national team, Kamran Akmal failed to show his bat magic and stalked by leg-spinner, who scolded his stumps for 10.

This time, stylish hitter Umer Akmal came to join the crease along with skipper Mohammad Yusuf.

Abdur Rehman besieged opponent Yusuf in the lattice of his mysterious bowling for 13.

Mohammad Waheed and Saad Nasim were bowled out for duck and 3 runs respectively in the second last over.

But Umar effusively capitalized the last eight balls, striking some big hits. Akmal accumulated 43 off 23 balls which was enough for Lahore to post a unfeasible total of 219-6 on the scoreboard.

Pacer Umaid Asif picked up 3 while Abdul Rahmen claimed 2 wickets.

Lahore Lions VS Sialkot Stallions: Sialkot Innings

Following the target with over 10 required run-rate, Sialkot’s opener Imran Nazir opened the innings catastrophically. He lashed big hits all around the ground and managed 44 runs off 23 balls smashing two boundaries and five sky-touching sixers before leg-spinner Saad Nasim sent him back to pavilion with the help of Umar Akmal, who took a marvelous catch at deep-midwicket.

Just a ball later Nasim removed the other opener Shahid Yusuf for 18.

Former Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik, who has not played international and domestic cricket since a long time, failed in this assessment too and he could make a single before right-arm seamer Imran Ali sacked him for 1, in the upshot of receiving the ball on pad in front of middle stump.

Imran Ali made back-to-back dismissals of Ayaz Tasawwar and Shehzad Malik in the subsequent over to leave Sialkot 92-6.

This was the time when 21-year-old right-hander Ali Khan came to share the crease with Adeel Malik.

Ali struck substantial hits to survive some hopes for Sialkot but Adnan Rasool removed Adeel Malik and Shakeel Anser to spoil the party.

Ahmed Shahzad concluded Stallions innings by nabbing Ali Khan, who scored stormy 67 off 37 balls, smashing four boundaries and half dozen sixes but it was proved too late and the whole team bundled-out for 173 runs.

In reward to the superb batting, Ahmed Shahzad was named for Man of the Match Award.