Crafty Faizan Seals Victory For Abu Bakar

Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana were matched up against the Abu Bakar Associates.

In the first innings, Sakhi Hasan's batsmen came out firing on all cylinders. Yar Muhammad smashed the bowlers all over the park for a destructive innings of 44 off 16, which consisted of 5 sixes and 2 fours. Arif intervened to ruin the dominating start as he removed both openers. After Muhammad's departure, the Sakhi Hasan batsmen did not have much else to show for in their display. Only a few batsmen crossed over into double figures but got out before impacting the scoreboard too much. Abu Bakar Associates showed discipline in their bowling throughout, allowing just one extra. Faizan picked up 3 wickets in his four overs for 21, bowling out Gymkhana for 155 runs.

Chasing 156, Abu Bakar Associates crafted their batting display well. Despite striking consistently, Sakhi Hasan could not curtail the run flow of the batsmen with nearly everyone in the top and middle order contributing to the chase. Faizan followed his excellent first innings bowling display by top scoring for his team in the second innings. His quick 32 runs from 23 balls set Associates on the path towards an easy win.

With five balls still left in the innings, Abu Bakar Associates won the match by 3 wickets.

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