Cricket: Pakistan reach SAARC T20 final
Nasir Jamshed and Ovais Zia smashed centuries as Pakistan thrashed hosts Maldives by 177 runs in the semi-finals.
KARACHI:
Nasir Jamshed and Ovais Zia smashed centuries as Pakistan thrashed hosts Maldives by 177 runs in the semi-finals of the Saarc Twenty20 in Male yesterday. Jamshed and Zia smashed 119 runs each as Pakistan amassed a mammoth total of 280 in their allotted quota of overs. The hosts were able to manage a paltry score of 103 runs for the loss of eight wickets in response. Left-arm spinner Raza Hasan took three wickets for the winners. Pakistan will face Sri Lanka in the final today.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2011.
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