Overseas Warriors’ first win, Bagh Stallions failed
Haider Ali played a winning innings of 91 runs
Shaun Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed’s half-centuries went useless
After winning the toss for Bagh Stallions, Shaun Masood decided to play first and then played a responsible innings of 73 runs off just 45 balls with 11 fours and a six. Zeeshan Malik (zero) failed while Rohail Nazir scored 20 and Asad Shafiq 12 runs. Taking full advantage of Muzaffarabad’s wicket, Iftikhar Ahmed hit four fours and six sixes in 28 balls and played a superb innings of 54 runs. Although Aamir Yameen (3) and Ameed Asif (8 *) could not score much in the closing overs, Bagh Stallions still put up a total of 186 on the scoreboard.
Overseas Warriors had no choice but to win and Haider Ali fully understood the situation. Although Aamir Yameen got the first victory early after that Nasir Nawaz and Haider Ali took the bowlers by surprise. Nasir Nawaz scored 31 runs off 24 balls which included three fours.
After Nasir Nawaz was run out, Aamir Yameen sent Azam Khan (9) to the pavilion with the help of Iftikhar Ahmed while captain Emad Wasim (1) was also run out. When Haider Ali was able to accompany Kamran Ghulam, the match was seen coming out of the hands of Bagh Stallions.
Haider Ali restored form in time and hit 91 off 57 balls with seven fours and six sixes. Kamran Ghulam’s brilliant batting continued which completed the required 15 runs in the last two overs and on the second ball of the last over Ameed Asif received a six to give the Overseas Warriors the most important victory by five wickets.
