Eagles Cricket Club v Karachi Patriots
Eagles Cricket Club played Karachi Patriots in a crucial encounter of the 7th residence Cup at SKBZ Cricket Ground. Patriots batted first and were in trouble from the start as Tayyab R Balagamwala was out early and wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Only Aamir Motiwala with 48 runs and Captain Adeel Abbasi with 25 runs showed some resistance as Patriots were all out for just 130 runs. For Eagles, captain Umer Chawla was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets while Rehan Nazim got 3 wickets and Wajji got 1 wicket and there were 2 run outs.
It was expected to be an easy chase for Eagles but they had a dismal start and were reduced to 7 runs for loss of 3 wickets as Rehan, Madni and Kashan all fell early. Asad Mahmood stabilized the innings with 29 runs but it was captain Umer Chawla who played an anchor role and stood steadfast till the end with 42 runs not out off 37 deliveries. In the middle overs, the match was in Patriots favor with the required run rate climbing but an extraordinary blitz of 28 runs off just 10 balls at a strike of 280% by Hamza ensured that Eagles were over the finish line with 11 balls to spare. Hamza hit 4 sixes in one over and displayed brilliance in his shot selection. For Patriots, Faisal Butt got 4 wickets and Ansar got 1 wicket and there was 1 run out. Eagles have now won all 6 matches they played in this tournament and are unbeaten and have qualified directly for the finals
Eagles Cricket Club won by 4 wickets.
Man of the match: Umer Chawla
