Sindh (140/6) defeat Northern (136 all out) by four wickets in Match 6 of the National T20 Cup

[MenInG]

Sindh – Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain and wicketkeeper), Anwar Ali (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahsan Ali, Danish Aziz, Hassan Mohsin, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Taha, Ruman Raees, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sharjeel Khan and Zahid Mahmood

Northern – Shadab Khan (captain), Mohammad Nawaz (vice-captain), Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper), Ali Imran, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Imad Wasim, Musa Khan, Nasir Nawaz, Salman Irshad, Sohail Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umer Amin, Zaman Khan and Zeeshan Malik


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[OMB]

Northern have decided to bat after winning the toss

 

[Baigel]

Umar Amin playing a few gorgeous shots so far!

 

[MRSN]

Umer Amin little cameo comes to an end. It's about time he start scoring runs when it counts.

 

[Titan24]

Thats some aggression from Dahani.

Pace bowling in this tournament so far has been exciting

 

[Titan24]

Really good running behind catch by Hasnain

 

[Nasty Naz]

It's so confusing watching Nawaz bat at 4...

 

[Titan24]

Northern struggling here. Need a good partnership

 

[Titan24]

Thats some shot from Nawaz

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Surprised to see Shadab batting ahead of Asif Ali who is playing as a pure batsmen.

 

[PakEngFan]

Surprised to see Shadab batting ahead of Asif Ali who is playing as a pure batsmen.

He’s always does that thinks too highly of himself. Having said that Asif is not a cricketer anyway.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Entire team is getting out trying to slog. Looks like a tough pitch to bat considering how everyone is mistiming.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Story of Asif's career... 6 & out.

 

[Titan24]

Dahani finishes with 3/26 in his 4.

 

[Titan24]

Rauf seems to have worked upon his hitting by the looks of it. 19* off 7 balls so far

 

[Nasty Naz]

Wow Rauf seems to have really improved his batting.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Hasnain probably a little mad. 148 clicks on that last ball.

 

[PakEngFan]

That was a massive hit.

 

[A.A.Z]

Hasnain is the least developed of all our young pacers. Can't believe we're taking him to the WC over some of these other guys.

 

[Bewal Express]

I cant believe guys like Tanvir are still playing for domestic teams. What can he bring to the table that he hasnt already done so.

 

[Nasty Naz]

145 from Zaman Khan.

 

[Bewal Express]

Zaman looks to be getting better. The ball came in and then went away

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rauf gets a wicket on 150.

 

[Titan24]

Saud was looking so good and gets run out after miscommunication with Sharjeel.

 

[Nasty Naz]

The way Zaman ends up slinging it in his delivery, it starts looking a bit like Malinga. He is quicker than you expect too.

Could be quite a bowler if he starts nailing yorkers.

 

[imshally81]

Sharjeel gone

 

[Nasty Naz]

Nawaz drops the most dolly catch I have ever seen. A 3 year old catches that.

 

[waheed_sofi]

Zainab Abbas is most annoying of all pakistani female commentators. Boring voice, no interest, no knowledge, no game game awareness. She should be removed from the commentary team and should only do presentations.
Sana Mir as well.
Marina Iqbal and Urooj Mumtaz are best pakistani female commentators.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Danish Aziz... is a very poor player.

Technically, his defense is so poor and he struggles so much to play proper cricketing shots.

 

[Titan24]

Imad bowling well with the older ball

If Nawaz would have hold onto that catch Northern could have been on top here

 

[shah_1]

Haris Rauf’s run up looks a lot better

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Who's the captain here?
Why on earth one would give the ball to nawaz at this situation lol

 

[ElRaja]

Who's the captain here?
Why on earth one would give the ball to nawaz at this situation lol

shadab "richie benaud" khan

 

[Nasty Naz]

Haider Ali needs to put in a lot of fielding work..

 

[MenInG]

 

[Kaddy]

What a poor match for M. Nawaz.

 

[Ahmed216]

Dahani finishes with 3/26 in his 4.

Its a shame really that likes of hasnain rauf will play ahead of this guy in WC

 

[MenInG]

GFS Sindh won a low scoring thriller against Northern by four wickets to record their second successive victory in the National T20 (2021-22) at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Saturday night.

Sindh batters were forced to work hard for the 137-run target that Northern had set them. Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (player of the match) added 45 runs for the sixth-wicket with Anwar Ali who for the second consecutive day played the finisher’s act fittingly for Sindh.

Sarfaraz who anchored the chase, remained undefeated on 42 off 41 balls (five fours), the right-hander hit the winning boundary off Haris Rauf’s penultimate over of the match. Anwar hit three fours and one six in his 31 off 23 balls before falling to Haris with the scores level.

Sharjeel Khan provided Sindh a flying start with a typically aggressive 43 off 25 balls (seven fours, one six). The left-hander was dismissed by Imad Wasim who took two wickets for 22 runs in his four overs.

Shan Masood (4), Khurram Manzoor (1) and Saud Shakeel (8) fell in quick succession as Sindh stumbled to 36 for three from 26 for no loss.

Batting first, Northern were bowled out for 136 runs with three balls to spare. From the start of the innings, Northern were put under pressure by Sindh’s accurate and penetrative bowling. Umar Amin (18) fell to pacer Mohammad Hasnain, Hasnain took an outstanding backwards running catch to send Zeeshan Malik packing.

Haider Ali (8), Shadab Khan (7) and Asif Ali (10) failed to get going as the Northern middle-order crumbled. All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz who was sent to bat at number four top-scored with 30 off 34 balls (two sixes).

Imad (18) and Haris (19 off nine balls, two sixes, one four) helped Northern get past the 130-run mark as Sindh maintained the pressure by taking wickets at regular intervals despite some big hits by Imad and Haris.

Shahnawaz Dahani who was named HBL Pakistan Super League’s best bowler earlier this year, produced another stellar T20 performance by taking three wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood took two for 25 while Hasnain grabbed two for 40.

Scores in Brief:

GFS Sindh beat Northern by four wickets

Northern 136 all out, 19.3 overs (Mohammad Nawaz 30, Haris Rauf 19, Imad Wasim 18; Shahnawaz Dahani 3-26, Zahid Mahmood 2-25)

GFS Sindh 140-6, 19 overs (Sharjeel Khan 43, Sarfaraz Ahmed 42 not out, Anwar Ali 31; Imad Wasim 2-22, Haris Rauf 2-28)

Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed

 

[Rana]

So far Rauf and Naseem have done well

Why does it feel like Pakistani tailenders are more capable to do power hitting in comparison to all top order batsmen 1-7?

Hassan Ali
Umaid Asif
Harris Rauf
Anwar Ali
Aamer Yamin

These guys are much better strikers of the ball in comparison to Azam Khan, Shadab Kahn, Sohaib Maqsood, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah etc

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Very poor captaincy from Shadab. There was no need to bring in Nawaz in too late that too when the match was going in their side. That gave Sarfraz comfortable runs. Plus introducing a spinner in 15th over is plain poor.

Very happy to see Rumman back in action.