Classic Barbarians v Suleman Textile Stallions
Memon Premier League Season 6 match between Classic Barbarians and Suleman Textile Stallions took place at RLCA Gulberg Ground. Barbarians batted first and their top 4 batsmen were out without getting to double digits as Adeel Majeed, Ali Bantwa, Salman Moten and Fahad Jabbar all failed to get reasonable scores and their wickets put the team under pressure. Recovery efforts were undertaken by Umair Usman with 29, Osama Ayub with 29, Farhan Motiwala with 14 and Ali Jiwani with 17 runs but Barbarians ended at a low score of 115 for 8 in 20 overs. For Stallions, Imran and Salman took 2 wickets each while Rehan, Maroof and Farhan got a wicket each.
In reply, Stallions lost Taha who could not score any runs but his partner , Shehryar Ghani stood tall and scored 71 runs off just 46 balls at a strike rate of 154% as he hit 5 boundaries and four sixes. He was assisted by Noman Ampara who scored 17 runs and Farhan Arif who knocked 24 runs as Stallions chased down the total comfortably in 14.2 overs for the loss of just 2 wickets. For Barbarians, Osama Ayub and Farhan Motiwala got a wicket each.
Suleman Textile Stallions won by 8 wickets.
