Bowlers, Talat, Malik assist Central Punjab overwhelm Sindh

Central Punjab 131 for two (Talat 68*, Malik 40*) beat Sindh 128 for 7 (Sarfaraz 54*, Faheem 2-19) via 8 wickets

A excellent display from Central Punjab’s bowlers, along side contributions with the bat from Hussain Talat and Shoaib Malik, helped them beat Sindh via 8 wickets with 26 balls to spare within the opening sport of the second one leg of the Nationwide T20 Cup on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. A meagre goal of 129 used to be simply chased down conveniently because of Talat (68 off 52) and Malik (40 off 25). The outcome put Central Punjab on most sensible of the desk.

Requested to box first, Sindh have been off to a wobbly get started dropping each openers cost effectively. Sarfaraz Ahmed performed the anchor at No. 4 and helped elevate the innings with an unbeaten 54 off 37 balls. He partnered with Ahsan Ali, Danish Aziz and Anwar Ali to take Sindh to 128 for 7. Faheem Ashraf (2-19) and Hasan Ali (2-31) and Wahab Riaz (1-28) bowled financial spells.

Central Punjab were given off to a wary get started within the chase when they misplaced Kamran Akmal early. However Talat at No. 3 made certain issues simple have been for the facet, scoring his thirteenth T20 half-century. He publish a match-winning unbeaten 98-run partnership with Malik – used to be dropped via Mir Hamza at long-on when he used to be on 11 – and completed the chase in 15.4 overs.

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