ISLAMABAD:AJK, Islamabad, Bahawalpur and Lahore have advanced to the semifinals National Bank of Pakistan T20 Blind Cricket Trophy 2022 (Grade-1) after pulling off impressive wins in the league matches.
In the first semifinal, AJK will take on Islamabad, while in the second semifinal Bahawalpur will lock horns with Lahore on Sunday. Both the matches will be played at Bhutto Shaheed Cricket Ground G-7 Islamabad.
In the 9th League Match at Bhutto Shaheed Cricket Ground on Saturday, Bahawalpur outplayed Islamabad by 10 wickets. Batting first, Islamabad scored 187 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Anees Javed and Shahzeb Haider made 57 and 36 runs, respectively.
In reply, Bahawalpur reached the target with ease in just 16.4 overs without any loss. Moeen Aslam played superb innings of unbeaten 90 runs off 57 balls and Muhammad Rashid made an unbeaten 86 runs off 44 balls.
In the 10th League match between Abbottabad and Gujranwala at PAF Cricket Ground, E-9 , Abbottabad won the toss and decided to bat first. They posted 212 runs on the board in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of two wickets. Naeem Ullah was the highest scorer with unbeaten 83 runs off 53 balls. Riasat Khan was the second highest with 66 runs off 53 balls. Israr Hassan took one wicket.
In reply, Gujranwala chased the target in 13.4 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Muhammad Akram missed out today and got out after scoring 33 runs but Israr Hassan stood tall on the other end and guided his team home with 61 runs off 34 balls. Arslan claimed two wickets for Abbottabad.
In the 11th League match at Bhutto Shaheed Cricket Ground G-7 AJK won the toss and opted to bat first against Lahore. Faisal Mehmood once again played superbly and guided AJK to accumulate 200 runs on the board for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. He scored unbeaten 122 runs off 69 balls. Mati Ullah was the only successful bowler to claim a wicket.
Lahore in reply chased down the target of 201 runs in 15.2 overs for the loss of just one wicket. Mati Ullah played a captain’s knock of unbeaten 88 runs off 43 balls. Kamran Akhter was the other main contributor as he scored unbeaten 77 runs off 45 balls. Mehtab Khalil took the only
In the 12th League match at PAF Cricket Ground, E-9 Peshawar won the toss and elected to bat first against Okara. Peshawar piled up a huge total of 259 runs on the board for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Haroon Khan played a brilliant knock of 121 runs off 67 balls. He was well supported by Sana Ullah Khan, who made 56 runs off 28 balls. Badar and Ramzan claimed one wicket each.
In reply, Okara tried well to reach the target but fell short of one run. Badar Munir played an outstanding innings of 175 runs off 69 balls. Umer Draz made 62 runs off
49 balls. Okara scored 258 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Mohsin Khan took one wicket.