Cricket: DI Khan face Kohat-Bannu in final

PESHAWAR: Dera Ismail (DI) Khan and a combined side of Kohat and Bannu regions sealed their berths in the final of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Regional under-18 Twenty20 championship yesterday. In the first semi-final, DI Khan beat Peshawar by 42 runs, putting up 119 on the board before bowling out the opposition for just 77 in the 16th over. In the second semi-final, Kohat and Bannu defeated Mardan by three wickets. Mardan elected to bat first but the decision backfired as they were bowled out for 114. In reply, Kohat and Bannu chased down the target for the loss of seven wickets with four balls to spare. The final will be played today.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 29^th, 2011.