FAISALABAD, Pakistan (June 24) – Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup, Group B: Faisalabad Wolves v Multan Tigers at Faisalabad, Jun 24, 2011
Faisalabad Wolves thrashed Multan Tigers by huge margin of 69 runs in the opener of the tournament today here in Faisalabad.
Multan Tigers won the toss and invited hosts Faisalabad Wolves, led by Misbah-ul-Haq, to bat first. Test and ODI opener Muhammad Hafeez perished in very early stage of the match without scoring any run; but a brilliant century by Asif Ali and half century by Asif Hussain helped hosts to pile up huge score of 199/3 in allotted 20 overs.
Abdur Rauf, Ahmed Raza and Zulfiqar Babar took one wicket each for Multan Tigers.
The target proved to be too big to achieve for Multan Tigers, lead by Abdur Rauf, and all the team was abolished on just 130 in 18.2 overs. Only four batsmen succeeded to reach double figure score. Zeeshan Ashraf was the highest runs getter for Multan Tigers with his 27 scores.
Hasan Mahmood bowled brilliantly and grabbed five wickets of Multan Tigers. Asif Ali was named player of the match for his smashing hundred off just 59 balls.
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