In a friendly match, played at the KCCA Ground, which was reduced to 18 overs a side, Spartans United faced the Eagles Sports Club in what turned out to be a thriller of a game.
Spartans United batted first and took off in a hesitant manner with both openers failing to convert their starts into big knocks. However, middle order batsman, Muhammad Umer rose up to the task and delivered a fantastic innings of 47 runs in 37 balls, with the aid of 5 fours. Hanzala supported him by scoring a confident 17 runs in 19 balls. The Eagles Sports Club bowlers bowled well to restrict the Spartans United to just 125 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Kamran took 3 wickets for 19 runs in his 4 overs while Hama Iqbal Memon picked up 2 wickets for 30 runs.
The Eagles Sports Club began their chase confidently with both openers getting starts for their team. However, only Mustafa Irfan converted to score a well-paced 33 runs in 28 balls, with only 1 four. Spartans United fought back into the game with 3 quick wickets by Syed Faizan who finished with figures of 3 wickets for 18 runs. Nevertheless, for the Eagles' Muhammad Danish Meer scored a blistering 47 runs in 22 balls, with 5 fours and 2 sixes, to lead his team to victory.
Eagles Sports Club won by 3 wickets.
