On World Disabled Day: Tiwana stars in Multan’s quarter-final win

Defeat Quetta in National Disabled T20 Cricket Championship

KARACHI: An unbeaten 117 by all-rounder Jahanzeb Tiwana earned Multan a 31-run victory over Quetta in the quarter-final of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) National Disabled T20 Cricket Championship at the National Stadium in  Karachi on Thursday.

Tiwana and Matloob Qureshi (50) produced 165 runs for the second wicket to post a total of 180-1 for the Multan side. In reply, Quetta could only muster 149 runs before being dismissed in the 18th over.

“I am really happy to score a century in the quarter-final and on World Disabled Day,” Tiwana told The Express Tribune.

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Meanwhile, Islamabad’s Waqif Shah was gave an all-round performance in the last-eight encounter against Peshawar. He first scored 35 runs to help his side to a total of 120-7 before taking four wickets and restricting to Peshawar to just 95 runs in 17.5 overs.

In the third quarter-final of the day, Hyderabad defeated Lahore by 15 runs and booked their place in the final four. Hyderabad’s Muhammad Zubair top-scored with 51 runs and propelled his team’s total to 151-4. In reply, Lahore could only manage 136-8 in their allotted 20 overs.

In the final match of the day, hosts Karachi chased down Rawalpindi’s target of 150 runs courtesy of Danish Ahmed’s 48-run knock.

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The players and the officials of the Pakistan Disabled Cricket team also celebrated the World Disabled Day along with ICRC representatives and Indus Hospital’s Dr Abdul Bari Khan

Reto Stocker, head of ICRC delegation of Pakistan told The Express Tribune, “These cricket players with disabilities are an inspiration for the whole world showing that nothing can come between them and their dreams not even their disability.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th,  2015.

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