Central Punjab [163/7] defeat Balochistan [162/7] by 3 wickets in Match 28 of the National T20 Cup

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Central Punjab win toss elect to bowl first against Balochistan in Match 28 of the National T20 Cup




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[Last Monetarist]

Balochistan finish 162/7 from 20 overs.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Sameen gul first wicket of bangalzai was a superb in swinging delivery shattered the stumps.

Banglazai had no clue to play the ball.

Why this guy Sameen gul not been selected even in A tours I don’t know. May be he is not from Lahore and of course his father is not Moin Khan

 

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[PakEngFan]

Selfie struggle against junaid wasim akram come to an end with a hoick

 

[Artaxerxes]

Sameen gul first wicket of bangalzai was a superb in swinging delivery shattered the stumps.

Banglazai had no clue to play the ball.

Why this guy Sameen gul not been selected even in A tours I don’t know. May be he is not from Lahore and of course his father is not Moin Khan

Sameen should have been include in the A team which is going to Sri Lanka. Sameen is better than Fahim Ashraf who has been given umpteen chances.He did not perform except on odd occasion.PCB did great injustice to Fawad Alam.Abdullah Shafiq is another who has been unfairly treated by PCB.

 

[Finisher]

Sameen gul first wicket of bangalzai was a superb in swinging delivery shattered the stumps.

Banglazai had no clue to play the ball.

Why this guy Sameen gul not been selected even in A tours I don’t know. May be he is not from Lahore and of course his father is not Moin Khan[/QUOTE

Sameen should have got selected in place of Arshad Iqbal

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Pakistani selectors have so many questions that they have to answer.

Our system is so disappointing.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Sameen gul first wicket of bangalzai was a superb in swinging delivery shattered the stumps.

Banglazai had no clue to play the ball.

Why this guy Sameen gul not been selected even in A tours I don’t know. May be he is not from Lahore and of course his father is not Moin Khan[/QUOTE

Sameen should have got selected in place of Arshad Iqbal

Unfortunately, Pakistan biggest issue is player being selected/noticed and or dropped due to T20 performance. It's the shortest format & and it's the biggest thing selectors use to make their decision. Could be because naturally, T20 gets more views & easy to notice players hitting big sixes but there should be a group of scouts who watch FC & List A games and provide feedback to the selectors.

Arshad Iqbal for example, is only a T20 bowler right now. Meanwhile, Sameen Gul is a FC bowler only right now and quite an amazing one so far. Staggering numbers in 25 FC matches so far sporting an incredible 18.61 AVG. Hopefully the way he bowled today gives him more exposure and a big FC season will go a long way into possibly getting selected onto the Test team with Abbas seemingly on his way out.

 

[Nasty Naz]

The level of catching in this tournament has been beyond shambolic. It truly is unbelievable just how bad these players are making the most simple routine catch.

There needs to be an hour or so fielding practice put in for every single domestic player. It's also pretty clear they need to hire some new fielding coaches and fire every single one they have because, it's unacceptable how bad almost every player has been at fielding.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Qasim Akram with a classy six. He should be out though already.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Amad Butt is awful. He is somehow a poor man's Haris Rauf if that's even possible.
Imam's captaincy is pathetic. Junaid was bowling so well with the new ball yet he took him out after 2 overs. Neither of Umaid or Amad are death over bowlers.

Wahab at this point could make Pak team as a batter only. Ever since the wt20 bound players have left the tournament, the standard has gone way lower. Shows our bench strength. Wahab batting like ABD.

 

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Central Punjab [163/7] defeat Balochistan [162/7] by 3 wickets in Match 28 of the National T20 Cup

 

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Home City Central Punjab registered a thrilling three-wicket win to confirm their semi-final spot as Balochistan were knocked out in the 28th match of the National T20 tournament played under the lights at the Gadaffi Stadium Lahore on Sunday night.

Central Punjab joined Northern in the semi-finals while their victory also ensured semi-final qualification for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Central Punjab and Northern have 12 points while KP and Sindh are on 10 points.

Sindh will play Balochistan and will eye a victory and a top-two finish, KP have a chance of adding two more points and also finishing in the top two if they overcome Northern in the last group match that will also be played tomorrow, the semi-finals will be played on Tuesday, 12 October.

On Sunday night, set a 163-run target, captain Wahab Riaz delivered the killer blow with three sixes of the 18th over of the innings bowled by Amad Butt. Young all-rounder Qasim Akram had hit a six on the first ball of the over before he handed over the strike to his captain with a single on the second ball. A total of 27 runs were scored in the Amad over, before the over began Central Punjab had needed 29 runs to win.

Wahab (28 off nine, four sixes) and Qasim (13 off five, one four, one six) added 38 runs off 14 balls for the unbroken eight-wicket stand.

The platform for the chase was laid with a 48-run stand between wicketkeeper Muhammad Akhlaq 32 (21 balls and Hussain Talat (20).

Central Punjab wobbled in the chase in the middle overs and had stuttered 98 for five at one stage. Faheem Ashraf revived the chase with a quickfire 27 off 15 balls (one four, three sixes) before Wahab and Qasim combined to take their side past the target.

Earlier, Central Punjab opted to bowl after winning the toss. Balochistan opener Abdullah Shafique once again displayed his impressive T20 batting prowess with his second successive half-century. The right-hander looked in sublime touch as he posted his fourth T20 50. Abdullah top-scored for Balochistan with 60 off 42 balls (three fours, four sixes).

Abdullah held the Balochistan innings together as wickets fell at regular intervals at the other end. None of the top and middle-order batters could reach double figures. Abdullah finally found an able ally in Amad Butt, the two added 46 runs for the sixth-wicket.

Amad hit a scintillating 43 off 27 balls (two fours, three sixes), the all-rounder remained unbeaten. Amad added 40 runs for the seventh-wicket with Umaid Asif who tonked two sixes in his 15 off five balls.

Sameen Gul who was later adjudged player of the match, bowled an outstanding spell for Central Punjab taking three wickets for 20 runs in his four overs. Mohammad Faizan took two wickets.



Scores in Brief:

Home City Central Punjab win by three wickets

Balochistan 162 for 7, 20 overs (Abdullah Shafique 60, Amad Butt 43 not out; Sameen Gul 3-20, Mohammad Faizan 2-30)

Home City Central Punjab 182 for 6, 20 overs (Muhammad Akhlaq 32, Wahab Riaz 28 not out, Faheem Ashraf 27; Haris Sohail 2-21)


Player of the match: Sameen Gul