KARACHI: PCB Dynamites were crashed to their sixth consecutive defeat as Jaweria Rauf’s 88 not out helped PCB Strikers win by seven wickets at the Oval Academy Ground.
Player of the match Jaweria smashed eight fours from 138 balls and stitched a match-defining 102-run partnership for the second wicket with Hafsa Khalid, who fell short of a half-century by only three runs.
Strikers’ captain Kainat Imtiaz shone with ball after she elected to field. Her right-arm medium-pace brought her side three wickets at the cost of 30 runs from eight overs.
Fatima Khan took two wickets for 12.
Dynamites’ skipper Muneeba Ali’s another half-century went in vain. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batter scored 85 from 120 balls. This was Muneeba’s third half-century in the tournament, as she finished the group stage as the leading run-getter with 358 at 59.67 per innings. She is also the only centurion of the tournament, to date.
Scores in brief
PCB Dynamites 182 all out, 48.1 overs (Muneeba Ali 85, Syeda Insharah Asad 25, Nashra Sandhu 20; Kainat Imtiaz 3-30, Fatima Khan 2-12)
PCB Strikers 183-3, 44.4 overs (Jaweria Rauf 88 not out, Hafsa Khalid 47, Ayesha Zafar 24)
Player of the match – Jaweria Rauf (PCB Strikers).