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Karachi, 24 November 2023: The first day of the AH Group Presents Jazz Super 4G National T20 Cup 2023-24 was full of action as 16 teams battled it out across four venues in Karachi.
Group A
Syed Waleed Azeem and Mohammad Taha took three wickets each to bundle out Peshawar for 101 as Karachi Blues romped to the 102-run target for the loss of just three batters and 10 balls remaining. Opening batter Fazal Subhan made 50 not out of 48 balls to steer the chase.
In the Lahore Whites-Larkana clash, Ahmed Shehzad and Muhammad Akhlaq showcased their batting heroics with a 113-run opening partnership to secure a seven-wicket win at NBP Sports Complex. Mohammad Irfan fronted Lahore Whites’ well-rounded bowling effort with 3-12 to contain Larkana to a modest 137-8.
Group B
Karachi Whites captain Asad Shafiq led from the front with a solid 59 against Islamabad at UBL Sports Complex to help his side complete a four-wicket win with nine balls to spare. Earlier, leg-spinner Arif Yaqoob took four wickets to restrict Islamabad to 119-7 in 20 overs.
Dera Murad Jamali held onto a tight one-run victory over Hyderabad, managing to successfully defend a low target of 118 at UBL Sports Complex. An all-round bowling performance spearheaded by an economical spell from Nasir Khan, who gave away just eight runs in his four overs and took a wicket, kept Hyderabad to 116-8 in 20 overs.
Group C
Rawalpindi wicket-keeper Mohammad Raza-ul-Mustafa fired an unbeaten 42 off 18 balls to vault Rawalpindi to a dramatic three-wicket win over Abbottabad at National Bank Stadium. Fakhar Zaman’s feisty 72 to help Abbottabad post 177-5 went in vain as Raza’s boundary-laden cameo saw Rawalpindi win on the penultimate ball.
Asif Ali-led Faisalabad delivered a thumping performance with both bat and ball to register a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Bahawalpur. Faisalabad pacer Asad Raza’s three wickets and contributions from Waqas Maqsood (2-24) and Shehzad Gul (2-15) saw Bahawalpur muster only 117-9, which seemed insufficient in front of Mohammad Faizan’s brilliant 76 not out off 55 deliveries.
Group D
Shoaib Malik-led Sialkot clinched a Super Over win over Multan after both sides’ scores were level at 148. The six-ball shootout bowled by Malik saw him take both wickets for just three runs after which Sialkot got over the line in four deliveries. Multan had notable performers in Zeeshan Ashraf (61, 45b, 4x4s, 4x6s) and Tahir Hussain (4-26) while Sialkot opener Mirza Tahir Baig had made a 48-ball 66 in the first innings.
FATA right-arm pacer Shahid Aziz rattled the AJK batting with a four-fer as the latter fell short by 40 runs in the encounter at HPC Oval Ground. In the first innings, Khushdil Shah (54, 40b, 3x4s, 3x6s) and Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (44 not out, 30b, 2x4s, 4x6s) set the tone for FATA reaching the match-winning total of 153-8 in 20 overs.
Scores in brief:
Lahore Whites beat Larkana by seven wickets at NBP Sports Complex
Larkana 137-8, 20 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed 37 not out, Umar Khalid 33, Zahid Mehmood 20; Mohammad Irfan 3-12, Mohammad Amir Khan 2-37, Saad Khan 1-14, Saad Nasim 1-23, Ahmed Daniyal 1-34)
Lahore Whites 141-3, 16.5 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 60, Muhammad Akhlaq 53; Mohammad Umar 1-8, Ali Asghar 1-24, Zahid Mehmood 1-28)
Karachi Whites beat Islamabad by four wickets at UBL Sports Complex
Islamabad 119-7, 20 overs (Hammad Siddique 26 not out, Hasan Nawaz 26, Farmanullah Khan 23; Arif Yaqoob 4-18, Danish Aziz 2-10, Asad Shafiq 1-16)
Karachi Whites 121-6, 18.3 overs (Asad Shafiq 59, Omair Bin Yousuf 27; Shayan Sheikh 2-14, Umair Afridi 2-21, Azan Tariq 1-3, Haris Rauf 1-21)
Match Tied – Sialkot beat Multan in Super Over at HPC Oval Ground
Sialkot 148-8, 20 overs (Mirza Tahir Baig 66, Shoaib Malik 42; Tahir Hussain 4-26, Sirajuddin 2-25, Aamir Yamin 1-23)
Multan 148-7, 20 overs (Zeeshan Ashraf 61; Shoaib Malik 2-23, Mohammad Abbas 2-25, Hamza Nazar 1-16, Amad Butt 1-23, Sohaibullah 1-31)
Karachi Blues beat Peshawar by seven wickets at NBP Sports Complex
Peshawar 101 all out, 18.1 overs (Mohammad Haris 39, Sahibzada Farhan 21; Mohammad Taha 3-3, Syed Waleed Azeem 3-24, Hasan Mohsin 2-14, Mohammad Asghar 1-25)
Karachi Blues 102-3, 18.2 overs (Fazal Subhan 50 not out, Hasan Mohsin 37 not out; Mohammad Imran 1-11, Mohammad Abbas Afridi 1-12, Azam Khan 1-34)
Dera Murad Jamali beat Hyderabad by one run at UBL Sports Complex
DM Jamali 117 all out, 19.3 overs (Zubair Khan 36, Nasir Khan 26; Majid Asghar 3-15, Jawad Ali 3-20, Mustafa Nasir 2-17, Asim Jutt 1-29, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 1-33)
Hyderabad 116-8, 20 overs (Mohammad Suleman 39, Tayyab Ali Shah 17; Mohammad Ayaz 2-26, Mohammad Shahid 1-5, Nasir Khan 1-8, Mohammad Ikram 1-11, Zahoor Ahmed 1-22)
FATA beat AJK by 40 runs at HPC Oval Ground
FATA 153-8, 20 overs (Khushdil Shah 54, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 44 not out; Basit Ali 3-15, Mohammad Shehzad 3-26, Daniyal Allah Ditta 1-15, Aqib Liaqat 1-23)
AJK 113-7, 20 overs (Naveed Malik 41, Usman Maroof 33; Shahid Aziz 4-20, Asif Afridi 1-13, Khushdil Shah 1-29, Usman Khan Shinwari 1-31)
Rawalpindi beat Abbottabad by three wickets at National Bank Stadium
Abbottabad 177-5, 20 overs (Fakhar Zaman 72, Sajjad Ali Jnr 27, Kamran Ghulam 27; Zaman Khan 2-40, Jahandad Khan 1-36, Mehran Mumtaz 1-37)
Rawalpindi 180-7, 19.5 overs (Mohammad Raza-ul-Mustafa 42 not out, Yasir Khan 39; Aqib Khan 2-33, Yasir Shah 2-34, Atizaz Habib Khan 1-24, Adil Naz 1-33)
Faisalabad beat Bahawalpur by eight wickets at National Bank Stadium
Bahawalpur 117-9, 20 overs (Moinuddin 29, Mohammad Shahid 18, Mohammad Faizan Zafar 18; Asad Raza 3-19, Shehzad Gul 2-15, Waqas Maqsood 2-24, Sadaqat Ali 1-17, Mohammad Faizan 1-37)
Faisalabad 118-2, 15.3 overs (Mohammad Faizan 76 not out, Taimoor Sultan 23; Adeel Ur Rehman 1-21, Mohammad Junaid 1-30)
