Published: Apr 25, 2016, 02:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:42 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Pakistan Cup 2016. This is Match 7 where Islamabad takes on Punjab (Pakistan) at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. After a successful Pakistan Super League (PSL), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started yet another limited-over contest this year with the Pakistan Cup 2016 where five teams, namely Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The teams play each other to acquire the highest points and qualify for the finals. This is a 50-over format game where international players like Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Saeed Ajmal and Misbah-ul-Haq are engaged to play along raw domestic players. The share of experience and talent among the players are being expected to help Pakistan find new players in order to better the national team. READ: Pakistan Cricket Cup 2016 schedule: Match time table with ground details
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: ISL 183 in 46.1 Overs. BATTING: Mohammad Abbas 9 (34) — PUNJAB WINS!!!! The remaining couple of wickets fall easily, as Ounjab register a healthyb 30 run win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: ISL 162/8 in 40 Overs. BATTING: Iftikhar Ahmed 57 (99), Mohammad Abbas 3 (11) — GONE!!!! Another wicket falls in the form of Hasan Ali, who is trapped leg before by Amad Butt for 27, as Mohammad Abbas comes in.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: ISL 115/7 in 30 Overs. BATTING: Iftikhar Ahmed 32 (78), Zafar Gohar 10 (24) — GONE!!!! Just a wicket to fall in the next 10 overs in the form of Zafar Gohar for mere three off Ehsan Adil, as the batsmen make sure that they see the target off, that seems to be modest.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: ISL 86/6 in 20 Overs. BATTING: Iftikhar Ahmed 16 (44), Zafar Gohar 3 (12) — THREE MORE DOWN! Yeas, and its Misbah-ul-Haq (9), Hammad Azam (0) and Shadab Khan (4) who depart for cheap, while the current batsmen have a lot of work to do in order to chase the modest total down.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: ISL 61/3 in 10 Overs. BATTING: Iftikhar Ahmed 2 (10), Misbah-ul-Haq 5 (3) — THREE DOWN! Islamabad are off to a shaky start in the opening 10 overs, as they lose Nasir Jamshed (16), Sharjeel Khan (30 and Kamran Akmal (5), while the current batsmen make sure that they don’t suffer further setbacks in the pursuit for the chase.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Punjab 213 in 43.3 Overs. BATTING: Zulfiqar Babar 7 (11) — THAT’S IT!!!! Punjab have been shot out for 213, and that should be an easy chase for Islamabad. Meanwhile, Mohammad Irfan has claimed three for 34.
OUT! Amad Butt c Hasan Ali b Mohammad Irfan 9 (14), Ehsan Adil c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Irfan 6 (9)
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Punjab 200/8 in 40 Overs. BATTING: Amad Butt 8 (10), Zulfiqar Babar 1 (3) — Five more wickets go down in the next 10 overs, as they lose Asad Shafiq (54), Shoaib Malik (17), Akbar-ur-Rehman (2), Mohammad Rizwan (4) and Saif Badar (0), while Amad Butt and Babar make sure that they bat out ubntil the end.
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Punjab 161/3 in 30 Overs. BATTING: Asad Shafiq 32 (30), Shoaib Malik 16 (25) — 30 overs have been bowled so far, and both the teams have been fighting head to head, both with the bat and the ball, as Punjab have lost three wickets in the process, in the form of Shan Masood (50,), Salman Butt (10) and Aamer Yamin (49), while Shafiq and Malik make sure that they bat steady.
TOSS: Punjab (Bat)
Both Islamabad and Punjab are coming from defeats. While Islamabad lost their previous match to Sindh, Punjab lost it to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. An able Shoaib Malik leads the Punjab team and has so far performed nicely but for losing cause. Punjab have lost both their last games despite decent performance. In the inaugural match against Balochistan, Punjab failed to chase 215 as the batting line-up collpased and they lost by 12 runs while in their last match they lost by 2 runs despite Salman Butt’s 77 and Malik’s 41.
Islamabad started with a win as they defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 2 wickets (D/L method) while lost the next to Sindh. Sindh put up a massive 336, thanks to Khurram Manzoor’s 90-ball 123. The score looked impossible to chase and apart from Misbah ul Haq and Hammad Azam in the middle-order, no one managed to put up a good performance which resulted in a 118 runs defeat.
Squads:
Islamabad: Arsal Sheikh, Asif Zakir, Hammad Azam, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imran Khalid, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Sami, Nasir Jamshed, Sarmad Bhatti, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Zafar Gohar
Punjab: Aamer Yamin, Adnan Ghaus, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Amad Butt, Asad Shafiq, Asif Ali, Ehsan Adil, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saad Nasim, Saif Badar, Salman Butt, Salman Fayyaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik (c), Zulfiqar Babar
