Cricket: Pakistan reach SAARC T20 final

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 7^th,  2011.