RAWALPINDI – Lahore, Karachi and Multan secured victories in the fourth round of the National Women’s T20 Tournament on Friday.
Lahore continued their unbeaten streak after defeating Quetta by six wickets at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium.
Rawalpindi fell 22 runs short of chasing 131 against Karachi at Ayub Park Ground.
Multan dominated over Peshawar with a nine-wicket win after dismissing the side for a paltry 57 in the first innings.
Quetta v Lahore:
Quetta posted 115-7 after choosing to bat first against Lahore. Quetta got off to a breezy start courtesy of a 41-run opening partnership between Fareeha Mahmood and Dua Majid.
Anam Amin landed an early blow to send Lahore’s opening batter Sadaf Shams walking back for a duck. Soon after, Khairun Nisa removed Ayesha Zafar and Kaynat Hafeez cheaply to bring Lahore down to 26-3 inside the powerplay.
Sidra Amin and Sidra Nawaz built a 37-run partnership to bring stability to the innings.
Skipper Nida Dar (38 not out, 23b, 6x4s) and Sidra Nawaz (26 not out, 21b, 3x4s) put up an undefeated 53-run stand to take Lahore over the line, in the 16th over with six wickets in the bag.
Nida, the top-scorer in the game, was adjudged player of the match.
Rawalpindi v Karachi:
Rawalpindi won the toss and invited Karachi to bat first. Muneeba Ali and Javeria Khan gave Karachi a solid start with a 63-run opening stand. Left-arm spinner Tania Saeed broke the partnership by removing Muneeba (36, 33b, 5x4s).
Waheeda Akhtar ran out Javeria (21, 24b, 2x4s) in the 11th over. Omaima Sohail and skipper Fatima Sana both could only chip in five runs each before getting out to Aima Saleem and Tania respectively.
Yusra Amir added 25 from 26, including two boundaries before she was trapped leg-before by Waheeda. Syeda Aroob Shah (19 not out, 11b, 1×6) was the other contributor with the bat as Karachi got to 130-6 in 20 overs.
In reply, Rawalpindi got to 109-9 in 20 overs, losing the game by 21 runs.
Maham, who picked up two wickets for just three runs in her four overs, was awarded player of the match.
Peshawar v Multan:
Peshawar could not capitalise on their decision to bat first and were bundled over for a measly 57 in 17.1 overs against Multan.
Ayesha was the pick of the bowlers for Multan, accounting for three wickets.
Multan’s opening batter Samina Aftab fell to Momina for a duck. Undeterred by the early setback, skipper Gull Feroza and Saiqa Riaz produced an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs to take their team over the line in just the 12th over.
For their performances with the bat and ball respectively, Gull Feroza and Ayesha Bilal were adjudged players of the match.
