Naakians Emerge Winners by 6 Wickets

Naakians and Direwolves went against each other on 9th October at Hill Park Cricket Ground.

Direwolves started the innings with Salar Rizwan and Ahmed Liaquat. Though Ahmed scored 7 runs only, Salar smashed 57 off 37 balls. His innings included 8 boundaries. None of the following batters made a significant contribution. Muhammad Farooq and Zakir Hussain dominated with 2 wickets each.  Zain Mohiuddin played a cameo of 35 runs. Hence, Direwolves posted a total of 154 runs.

Noman Shahid and Usman Shahid Mian opened the innings for Naakians. Noman was playing at a strike rate of 158.83; however, he lost his wicket on 27 runs. His wicket was taken by Farhan Ahmed Siddique. Farhan was ferocious, as he bagged the wicket of the non-striking opener, Usman, and the one-down batter, Moiz Ul Haq. However, Usama Sher and Ibrahim Ali stabilised the innings and led the team closer to the score. While Ibrahim played a knock of 50 runs, hitting 6 boundaries. While Usama scored 37 runs.

Hence, Naakians chased the score in 18.4 overs and won the match.