Match Details
Southern Punjab have won this encounter by beating central Punjab by 86 runs. With
this win, they register their second win of the competition and will replaces Sindh at the top spot in the points table.
Chasing 166, Central Punjab started the inning with Abdullah Shafique and Ahmed Shehzad. They had a disastrous start as openers just built up a partnership of 17 runs in the 2.1 overs for the first wicket and then Shehzad departed at 11 runs off 7 balls.
Central Punjab scored 32 runs and lost 3 wickets in the powerplay. Shafique looked good in the middle and scored 11 runs off 17 balls with the help of a four and was dismissed. The wickets started tumbling down and they got bundled out at 79 runs in the 14.3 overs.
Agha Salman was the pick
of the bowler, gave away 10 runs in his 3 overs, and scalped 5 wickets. Ali Majid bowled well and picked 1 wicket while Mohammad Ilyas and Hassan Khan took 1-1 wickets each for Southern Punjab.
Earlier in the day, Southern Punjab won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to a steady start, and scored 49 runs in the powerplay with the fall of just one wicket. Zain Abbas
and Muhammad Shehzad opened the innings for Southern Punjab, they stitched a
partnership of 39 runs off 30 balls for the first wicket. Muhammad Shehzad
looked a bit rusty and he paid price for it as he got dismissed after scoring 7
off 10 balls. Zain Abbas played the role of the aggressor as he held one end
pretty well and kept the scoreboard ticking.
From Central Punjab's bowling point of view, Ahmed Daniyal was the pick of the bowlers for
Central Punjab as he scalped 3 wickets and gave away 27 runs in his 3-overs
spell.