Disabled cricket: Alam in history books with century

Helps Pakistan qualify for finals with win over Bangladesh.

KARACHI: Opener Hasnain Alam hit the first ever century of the Physically Disability (PD) T20 cricket and medium pacer Zubair Saleem took three wickets as Pakistan’s disabled cricket team overwhelmed Bangladesh in their third match of the 2016 ICC Academy PD T20 Tournament yesterday.



Chasing a 162-run target set by Pakistan, Bangladesh could only muster 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs as Javed Bhuyan, Hahrair Shamim and Hossain scored 26, 25 and 20 runs respectively.

For Pakistan, left-arm pacer Zubair Saleem had impressive figures of 3-15, while spin bowler Nihaar Alam claimed two scalps. Sher Ali and Jahanzeb Tiwana also picked up a wicket each.

Earlier, Hasnain, after being invited to bat by Bangladesh skipper Muhammad Alam Khan, smashed four boundaries and seven sixes en route to a dazzling 67-ball 104 as he became the first batsman in the history of PD T20 cricket to score a century.



Another notable contributor for Pakistan was skipper Jahanzeb Tiwana, who contributed 17 off just 8 balls, whereas Alam also chipped in with 17 off 18 balls.

In a separate match, Pakistan defeated England by 27 runs as the latter were bowled out for 137 runs in reply to the former’s 165-run target.

With six points each, Pakistan and England have both qualified for the final, which will be played tomorrow at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.



Bangladesh, who lost all four of their matches, are out of the tournament.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 23^rd, 2016.

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