Lahore, 13 September 2023: Laiba Nasir led her side to the first victory of the Women’s U19 T20 Tournament. Invincibles, only managing to score 107 in the first innings, were unable to defend the score. Zaib-un-Nisa-led Conquerors also chased, with much ease, a target of 83 in their first game.
Invincibles vs Stars
Hania Ahmer won the toss and chose to bat first. Laiba Nasir-led Stars were able to constrict the Invincibles to 107.
Haleema Dua was the highest scorer for the Invincibles. For the Stars, Mubeen Ahmed got a wicket off her bowling, whereas the rest of the wickets came from runouts.
Laiba played a captain’s knock, scored unbeaten 32 runs with the help of five fours in the innings and leading her side to victory with 4.3 overs to spare.
Conquerors vs Challengers
Zaib-un-Nisa won the toss and invited the Challengers to bat first. The Mahnoor Aftab-led side was bowled out for 82 runs. Memoona Khalid and Dina Razvi had two wickets each.
The conquerors easily chased the target in 16 overs. The openers contributed with a 31-run stand, which was followed by a 29-run-stand after the first wicket fell.
Memoona, who got two wickets earlier, contributed with 22 runs and led her side over the rope.
Scores in brief:
Stars vs Invincibles
Stars win by 6 wickets and 27 balls remaining.
Invincibles: 107-5 in 20 overs (Haleema Dua 46, Sania Rasheed 20; Mubeen Ahmed 1-7)
Stars: 111-4 in 15.3 overs (Laiba Nasir 32*, Komal Khan 25, Samia Afsar 20; Hania Ahmer 2-23)
Player of the match: Laiba Nasir
Conquerors vs Challengers
Conquerors win by 8 wickets and 24 balls remaining
Challengers: 82 all out in 19.1 overs (Ravail Farhan 17; Dina Razvi 2-6, Memoona Khalid 2-9)
Conquerors: 83-2 in 16 overs (Maham Anees 28, Memoona Khalid 22*; Saba Sher 2-14)
Player of the match: Memoona Khalid
