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.
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.