Hassan magic helps Sindh down Balochistan
Sports
January 19, 2021
KARACHI: Left-arm spinner Hassan Khan produced his career-best figures to enable Sindh to down Balochistan by seven wickets in their sixth round fixture of the Pakistan Cup One-day tournament for First XIs here at the UBL Sports Complex on Monday.
Hassan captured 4-15 in just 3.3 overs as Sindh dismissed Balochistan for a paltry total of 116 in the 26th over. Mir Hamza, left-arm pacer, ably backed Hassan by taking 2-36 in six overs. Skipper Imran Farhat top-scored for Balochistan, hitting five fours in his 62-ball 32. Adnan Akmal got run out on 19 which featured three fours.
Sports
January 13, 2021
KARACHI: Khurram Manzoor blasted 119 off 120 deliveries as Sindh recorded their second successive win when they downed Central Punjab by six wickets in their third round outing of the Pakistan Cup One-day tournament for the First XI here at NBP Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Khurram smashed ten fours and one six in his 25th List A hundred to enable Sindh to chase the 288-run target in the 47th over after losing four wickets. Khurram added 108 for the second wicket with skipper Saud Shakeel, who scored 58 off 62 balls, smacking six fours. Khurram then dominated the third wicket 85-run stand with Asad Shafiq, who belted 28 off 30 balls, hammering one four. Azam Khan (29 ) and Saad Ali (10 ) then put on 48 for the fifth wicket unbroken stand to seal the win. Azam hit one six and one four in his run-a-ball knock.
These Domestic Performers Were Ignored in PSL 2021 Draft
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO, Wasim Khan, has claimed the sixth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) to be bigger and better. Top international stars from across the globe, such as Chris Gayle, Rashid Khan, Dale Steyn, David Miller, and many more, are set to take part in the star-studded event, scheduled to begin from 20 February in Karachi.
The franchises assembled their squads for PSL 6 just a few days ago in an extravagant draft held at the National High-Performance Center in Lahore. Established Pakistani players such as Hasan Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, and Imam-ul-Haq, were some of the players that headlined the draft while PSL also saw some deserving domestic players get their reward.
Sports
January 11, 2021
KARACHI: Anwar Ali’s all-round performance on Sunday enabled Sindh to pull off their first win when they overwhelmed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 63 runs in their second round fixture of the Pakistan Cup One-day tournament for the First XI here at NBP Sports Complex.
Anwar scored 65 off 42 balls as Sindh posted 256 all out. Anwar then took 2-38 as Sindh folded KP for 193.
Batting first Sindh were at one stage 162-6. However, Anwar and Hassan Khan (66) showed lot of responsibility, sharing 92 vital runs for the seventh wicket association to stabilise the innings.
Anwar was more destructive, hammering four fours and three sixes in his fantastic knock. Hassan, an emerging allrounder, smacked three fours and one six in his 73-ball responsible knock.
Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) efforts to revive the domestic structure of Pakistan are proving to be fruitful as the latest edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy brought forward some exciting cricket over the past couple of months.
The action came to a close yesterday with a dramatic final between Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Despite heroic innings from captain Hasan Ali, Central Punjab was unable to defeat KP as the match ended in a tie when Waqas Maqsood got out with just one run remaining.
From Kamran Ghulam’s record-breaking season to Hasan Ali’s heroics throughout the tournament, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020/2021 proved to be a huge success. A number of records were broken as players played 31 exhilarating matches.