KP downed Southern Punjab by seven wickets
\nRAWALPINDI
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa downed Southern Punjab by seven wickets while Balochistan outplayed Northern by 19 runs in their respective Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23 matches at Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi on Monday.
\nIn the first match, KP maintained their rhythm and recorded their fourth straight win when they defeated Southern Punjab by seven wickets in a contest reduced to five-overs due to wet outfield.
\nLeft-arm pacer Mohammad Imran made the most of the variations in his arsenal and denied any scoring opportunities to Southern Punjab batters as his 12 balls leaked only 13 runs and accounted for Hassan Khan.
\nSouthern Punjab, asked to bat, could muster 41 runs for the loss of four wickets in five overs, which, in the end, proved to be a cakewalk for defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nAamer Azmat, unbeaten on 14 off 10, dragged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the line with three balls spare and seven wickets in hand.
\nRight-arm pacer, Mohammad Ilyas, accounted for Sahibzada Farhan and Sarwar Afridi and was the only bowler in the match to take two wickets.
\nIn the second match of the day, Hussain Talat took Balochistan to a 19-run win. Talat dismissed Rohail Nazir and Umar Amin in the sixth over and sent Hasan Nawaz packing in the eighth over in an extraordinary batting collapse that formed the basis of Balochistan\u2019s third win of the tournament.
\nSohail Tanvir registered his highest T20 score with 74 off 42 and hit six sixes and three fours, but such was the magnitude of the top order collapse that it couldn\u2019t save Northern.
\nAamir Jamal with 35 off 21 was the other batter to show some resistance but all Northern could manage was 162 for seven. Hussain returned three for 17, while his fellow pacer Khurram Shahzad picked up two wickets for 28.
\nIt was a solid half-century at the top of the order from Haseebullah and blistering knocks from Shan Masood (45 not out at a strike rate of 155) and Haris Sohail (34 at a strike rate of 179) that lifted Balochistan to 181 for three after they were asked to bat.
\nHaseebullah and Asad Shafiq (34 off 28) added 62 runs for the first wicket in 8.4 overs. Young Haseebullah continued to play the anchor\u2019s role till he was dismissed by Sohail Tanvir on the first ball of the 15th over. Balochistan were 109 at that point.
\nShan and Haris made their experience count and added 72 runs at a run rate of over 11. Shan hit six fours in his 29-ball knock and Haris\u2019 19-ball innings was studded with four fours and a six.
\nAfter completion of the 12th match, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were placed at top of the table followed by Balochistan, who have six points from three wins. With four points coming from two wins Southern Punjab and Sindh were placed at third and fourth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KP downed Southern Punjab by seven wickets RAWALPINDI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa downed Southern Punjab by seven wickets while Balochistan outplayed Northern by 19 runs in their respective Kingdom Valley National T20 Cup 2022-23 matches at Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi on Monday. In the first match, KP maintained their rhythm and recorded their fourth straight win when they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[345,2344],"class_list":{"0":"post-281777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-balochistan","9":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa"},"yoast_head":"\n