Saima Spins Quetta To A 7-wicket Win In First Women T20 Cricket Super League

Saima spins Quetta to a 7-wicket win in First Women T20 Cricket Super League

PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Oct, 2018 ) :Saima Malik spins Quetta to a seven wickets victory against strong Islamabad Fighters on the second day of the First Women Twenty20 Cricket Super League being played here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Saima Malik grabbed three key wickets of Islamabad star batters Erum Khalid, Saba Aslam and Amna. Saima Malik got a good advantage of the turning pitch as she bowled out both Erum Khalid (06) and Saba Aslam (02) and lbw Amna (07) with her excellent bowling.

After destroying the top order Saima bowled three overs and given only 10 runs by taking three key wickets.

She was also later on declared as player of the match and was awarded gold medal by former cricket Hajra Sarwar.

Islamabad skipper Sughra Khanum won the toss and elected to bat first. Islamabad scored 69 runs with Sughra made 10, Saba Aslam made 12 runs with two boundaries, Khadija scored 15 runs. Erum Khalid and Bakhtawar scored 9 runs each, none of the other batters could not added good runs. Saima Malik took three wickets, Aysha Asim got two wickets, Aman Baloch, Humaira and Mubashera took one wicket each.

In reply, Aysha made unbeaten 28 runs including one towering six and four boundaries. Saima Malik not out 21 runs with three boundaries. Nabila scored 11 runs. Thus Quetta Fighters chased the target for the loss of three wickets and won the match by seven runs. Sughra, Bakhtawar and Amna grabbed one wicket each.

In the second match Rawalpindi Engels defeated 79 runs. Rawalpindi Engels batting first scored 115 runs in which Benish and Nida scored 25 runs each. Benish hits three boundaries while Nida added another four boundaries to her cracking 25 runs. Amina scored 23 runs with three boundaries and one six. For Kashmir Stars's Aysha claimed three wickets and Nazish got two wickets.

In reply, Kashmir stars bundled out for 36 runs with only Dilawaz scored 12 runs. For Rawalpindi Engels Sara claimed three wickets and Benish and Nida got two wickets each. Shehzad Nabi and Zaheer Khan supervised the match while Shoaib acted as official scorers.