PESHAWAR
Star player Swabi Tahzeeb Khan hammered a cracking unbeaten 43 runs steering her team to clinch the coveted trophy of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Constituency Women’s Games-2022 Cricket event title played at BISE Mardan Sports Complex ground on Friday.
Opener Tahzeeb along with another star opening Maryium Khan guided their teams to a comfortable 9 wickets victory with Maryium was first to out for 28 runs including one six and four boundaries. Tahzeeb smashed an unbeaten 43 runs including four sixes and two boundaries.
Strong Mardan team had the services of cricket players including Kainat, Salma, Tuba, Aiman and Javeria but they failed against the Swabi team. Mardan won the toss and scored 85 runs for the loss of four wickets with Kainat was the leading contributor with her 27 runs including three boundaries, Aiman made 23 with two boundaries and one six and Salma and Tuba scored 17 runs each with two boundaries each.
Mardan setup 86 runs winning target for Swabi. Both Tahzeeb and Mariyum started the innings and played a key role in providing a good opening wicket stand. Tahzeeb and Mariyum, who recently represented KP in the PCB Women U19 Cricket, played a key role in their team victory with star fielder Arsha Khan who took three catches.
Faryal was the other not out player for Swabi who scored not out 16 runs.
For Swabi right-arm Maryium, Nooreen, Arsh and Tahzeeb took one wicket each. Arsh was also the pick of the pack who took three timely difficult catches and played a key role in her team victory as a fielder on the long-on boundary.
Thus Swabi won the match by nine wickets. For Mardan Tuba took one wicket. The cricket event was won by Swabi, while a strong Mardan team having national players, Aiman defeated the Swabi team in the final by 3-1 and won the trophy.
At the MPA Sajida Hanif was the chief guest on this occasion who gave away trophies and cash prizes to the winners and runners-up. Six teams each from all UCs took part in the representative MPA from Mardan, Swabi and Nowshera took part in the Games.
Director Female Games Rashida Ghaznavi, Regional Sports Officer Nimatullah, Deputy Director Syed Jafar Shah, Director Sports Mardan Board Miss Asia, RSO Swabi Tariq Khan, DSO Mardan Abzar Khan, coaches Sumaira and Bushra were also present. However, the Mardan zone competitions have ended, in the second phase, the winning teams from each zone will compete in the provincial level competitions.
