Khushdil, Tahir, Zia lead Southern Punjab to 2nd instantly win

Their win over Central Punjab assists in keeping their hopes of qualification nonetheless alive

Southern Punjab 157 for 4 (Tayyab Tahir 68, Khushdil 51*) beat Central Punjab 154 for 9 (Hussain Talat 68, Zia-ul-Haq 4-40) by way of six wickets

Southern Punjab saved their narrow hopes of qualification to the knockouts alive with a 2nd successive win, beating table-toppers Central Punjab by way of six wickets with an over to spare.

Southern Punjab made up our minds to box first after profitable the toss, and made early inroads straightaway. Aamer Yamin struck up entrance to take away Kamran Akmal for a duck, whilst Naseem Shah disregarded the opposite opener Mohammad Akhlaq affordably. Hussain Talat held the innings in conjunction with some other half-century, his 46-ball 68 the backbone of an innings that was once falling aside on the different finish. Rapid bowler Zia-ul-Haq then burst in the course of the decrease order, taking 4 wickets to hobble Central Punjab, who ended up limping to 154.

Waqas Maqsood and Faheem Ashraf struck early to present CP hope however noticed it dashed by way of a 92-run fourth wicket partnership that successfully ended any hopes they harboured of having one over their derby opponents. Tayyab Tahir and Khushdil Shah, each and every of whom struck half-centuries, shepherded the chase frivolously, by no means in point of fact at risk of letting the run price climb too top. Tahir fell with simply 3 runs had to win, however by way of then he had completed sufficient to verify a Southern Punjab win.