Cricket: Quetta through to U16 final

LAHORE: Quetta defeated Rawalpindi by five runs in the first semi-final of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U16 One Day Tournament at the Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Quetta put up 1547 for nine after opting to bat with Jamal Khan scoring 56 and Muhammad Farhan picking up four wickets for 16 runs. In reply, Rawalpindi fell short despite Haseeb Afzal’s 71. Mir Saeed Ullah was the star bowler for Quetta as he picked up four wickets for 25 runs.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 27^th, 2011.