RAWALPINDI: Karachi Whites thrashed Islamabad by 44 runs in the second match of the day in the ongoing Cool and Cool Presents Jazz T20 Cup 2016-17 here at the Pandi Stadium on Friday.
Put into bat, Karachi Whites amassed 182 runs for the loss of just two wickets and later contained Islamabad to 138 for eight thus winning the match with ease.
Ahsan Adil opening for Karachi scored match winning 85. though he lost his partner Zain Abbad 10 early but he found a good partner in Asad Shafiq who remained not out at 73 and both the batsmen scored 128 runs for the second wicket. Ahsan though lost hos wicket after facing 52 balls but he hit 13 boundaries two of them over the ropes. after Ahsan was off the crease, Asad and Tariq Haroon played their part in lifting the total beyond Islamabad reach. Asad in his innings had 11 boundaries with one six as he faced 46 balls while Haroon remained not out at five. Juniad Khan and Abdur Rehman were the bowlers who shared the two wickets that Karachi lost in its innings.
In reply, Karachi did not allow Islamabad batsmen play freely and started their misery right from the start. Tabish Khan grabbed their openers Raheek Majeed and Imamul Haq's wickets. Their one down bat, Umer Kiyani was run out and with that Islamabad's hopes of achieving something from the match also dashed to some extent.
The later coming batsmen Adil Amin and Naeem Anjum score 22 runs each but a 44 runs innings from Shehzad Azam who remained not out came too late to raise any hope and a 13 runs contribution from Rehman also was not enough for his team to avoid a defeat.
Apart from Tabish, Faraz Ahmed was the other bowler who took two wickets while Mir Hamza, Azam Hussain and Akbar-ur-Rehman had one wicket each to not only in the match bur also get valuable two points for Karachi Whites.
