Cricket: Nazir sizzles in T20 event

KARACHI: Imran Nazir showed his strength when he steered Syed Paper Mills to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Omar Associates in match three of the inaugural Cool & Cool Corporate Twenty20 Night Tournament 2011. Nazir, who was a member of the Pakistan side that narrowly lost the 2007 World Twenty20 final to India, smashed five fours and six sixes in a 46-ball 70 as Syed Paper Mills achieved the 141-run target with eight wickets to spare. Tanzeel Altaf was also outstanding as he finished with figures of four for 35 for the winning team.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 10^th, 2011.