Lahore lions defeated South African Dolphins by 16 runs in their third group match on the Champions League T20 in Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Lions won the toss and choose to bat first, our openers didn't play well and as a result the soon found themselves on 34 in the 8th over. After that Umar Akmal and Saad Nasim started to rain sixes and boundaries on the Dolphin's parade. They added 92 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, and took the score to 126 in the 17th over when Nasim was dismissed. Akmal batted till the end and led the team cause to score up a target of 165 runs.
In reply, Dolphins started losing wickets from the very start. Hafeez kept the grip tight on the Dolphins scoring using spinners on a slow wicket. But their Frylink played marvelously scoring 62 runs off 27 balls with the help of many sixes and boundaries. He was also helped from the poor bowling of Aizaz Cheema. Aizaz Cheema failed to ball well this time which led our team under pressure. With 27 runs required in the last over, Wahab Riaz made sure the Lions stopped Frylink from causing the greatest upset.
Our Umar Akmal scored 73, Saad Nasim 43 and Asif Raza 19. Whereas Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim and Mustafa Iqbal took 2 2 wickets and Adnan Rasool and Whab Riaz took just one wicket this time. There was much improvement in Lions fielding. Let me mention Ahmad Shahzads direct throw from near the boundry line to wards the wicket <3
Lions next match is on 30 September. Wishing them a very best of luck.
Our Umar Akmal scored 73, Saad Nasim 43 and Asif Raza 19. Whereas Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim and Mustafa Iqbal took 2 2 wickets and Adnan Rasool and Whab Riaz took just one wicket this time. There was much improvement in Lions fielding. Let me mention Ahmad Shahzads direct throw from near the boundry line to wards the wicket <3
Lions next match is on 30 September. Wishing them a very best of luck.
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