Lahore Whites To Face Lahore Blues In National T20 Final

Lahore Region Whites and Lahore Region Blues Wednesday moved into the final of the National Twenty20 Cup 2017-18 being played at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Nov, 2017 ) :Lahore Region Whites and Lahore Region Blues Wednesday moved into the final of the National Twenty20 Cup 2017-18 being played at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi.

The final will be played. Lahore Region Whites outclassed Faisalabad Region by 10 runs in the first semi final. Put into bat, Lahore Region Whites piled up a total of 142- runs for 7 in 20 overs.

Salman Butt 40, Umar Akmal 35 not out and Kamran Akmal 30 batted well. For Faisalabad, Asad Ali 2 for 37, Saeed Ajmal 1 for 13, Yasir Shah 1 for 28 and Imran Khalid 1 for 30 took wickets. In reply, Faisalabad Region went 10 runs short to achieve the target and were all out scoring 132 runs in 19.4 overs.

Sohaib Maqsood 39 and Imran Khalid 34 played well. For Lahore Region Whites, Wahab Riaz 2 for 15, Umaid Asif 2 for 30, Amir Yamin 1 for 15 and Bilal Asif 1 for 21 took wickets. Wahab Riaz (Lahore Region Whites) was declared Man of the match.

Summarized scores: Lahore Region Whites 142-7 in 20 overs: (Salman Butt 40, 23 balls, 8x4s, Umar Akmal 35*, 35 balls, 2x4s, 1x6, Kamran Akmal 30, 22 balls, 6x4s, Asad Ali 2-37, Saeed Ajmal 1-13, Yasir Shah 1-28, Imran Khalid 1-30).

Faisalabad Region 132-10 in 19.

4 overs: (Sohaib Maqsood 39, 31 balls, 4x4s, 1x6, Imran Khalid, Wahab Riaz 2-15, Umaid Asif 2-30, Amir Yamin 1-15, Bilal Asif 1-21). In the second semi-final, Lahore Region Blues beat FATA Region by 10 runs.

Put into bat, Lahore Region Blues scored 221 runs for 1 in 20 overs. Ahmed Shahzad 104 not out, Imam-ul-Haq 62 and Muhammad Hafeez 52 not out batted well. For Fata, Muhammad Irfan took the only wicket for 35 runs.

In reply, FATA Region scored 211 runs for 8 in 20 overs. Khushdil Shah 56, Mukhtar Ahmed 47, Awais Zia 25, Naved Malik 25 played well. For Lahore Blues Salman Ali Agha 2 for 30, Aizaz Cheema 2 for 31 and Hussain Tallat 2 for 40 bagged wickets.

Ahmed Shahzad (Lahore Region Blues) was declared Man of the match. Summarized scores: Lahore Region Blues 221-1 in 20 overs: (Ahmed Shahzad 104*, 59 balls, 13x4s, 2x6s, Imam-ul-Haq 62, 42 balls, 4x4s, 3x6s, Muhammad Hafeez 52*,19 balls, 5x4s, 4x6s, Muhammad Irfan 1-35).

FATA Region 211-8 in 20 overs: (Khushdil Shah 56, 32 balls, 5x4s, 3x6s, Mukhtar Ahmed 47, 22 balls, 7x4s, 2x6s, Awais Zia 25, 17 balls, 4x4s, Naved Malik 25, 10 balls, 1x4, 3x6s, Salman Ali Agha 2-30, Aizaz Cheema 2-31, Hussain Tallat 2-40).