ISL 218 in 39.5 Overs | Live Cricket Score, Islamabad vs Sindh, Pakistan Cricket Cup 2016, Match 5 at Faisalabad: SIN win by 118 runs
ISL 218 in 39.5 Overs | Live Cricket Score, Islamabad vs Sindh, Pakistan Cricket Cup 2016, Match 5 at Faisalabad: SIN win by 118 runs
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Pakistan Cup 2016. This is match 5 where Islamabad lock horns with Sindh at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. After successful Pakistan Super League (PSL), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started yet another limited-over contest of cricket this year with the Pakistan Cup 2016 where five teams, namely Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are taking part. This is a 50-over format contest and international players like Younis Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul-Haq alongside raw players from the country. PCB currently is rebuilding the Pakistan team and are in search of quality cricketers and this tournament is being expected to help find them. Pakistan Cricket Cup 2016 schedule: Match time table with ground details
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: ISL 218 in 39.5 Overs. BATTING: Mohammad Irfan 5 (12) — SINDH WIN!!!! That’s it, the final remaining four wickets fall in no time in the next 10 overs, as Sindh register a fine 118-run win.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: ISL 179/6 in 30 Overs. BATTING: Hammad Azam 39 (47), Shadab Khan 0 (0) — GONE!!!! Misbah-ul-Haq is the latest victim, as he falls for a healthy 73 to Bilal Asif, after being caught by Hasan Khan, while Imran Khalid was the new man in, and he too fell for mere nine to the same man, after being stumped, as Shadab Khan is new on the crease. Still anybody’s game?
OUT! Misbah-ul-Haq c Hasan Khan b Bilal Asif 73 (59), Imran Khalid st †Sarfraz Ahmed b Hasan Khan 9 (16)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: ISL 121/4 in 20 Overs. BATTING: Misbah-ul-Haq 49 (39), Hammad Azam 16 (23) — No harm done following the fall of four early wickets, as the current batsmen continue to bat steady and make sure that they don’t suffer further setbacks in their pursuit for the hefty chase.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: ISL 55/4 in 10 Overs. BATTING: Misbah-ul-Haq 1 (1), Hammad Azam 0 (0) — GONE!!!! And it’s four down for Islamabad, as they lose Sharjeel Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Iftikhar Ahmed and Kamran Akmal for five, 14, 10 and 25, respectively, as Misbah-ul-Haq and Hammad Azam are the new men in. Can they chase it down?
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: SIN 336/6 in 50 Overs. BATTING: Khalid Latif 62 (64), Sohail Khan 14 (7) — GONE!!!! Couple more down, as Fawad Alam Sarfraz Ahmed and Anwar Ali are the men to be dismissed, while Sindh finish on a challenging total of 336 for the loss of six wickets. Tough chase for Islamabad coming up.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: SIN 267/3 in 40 Overs. BATTING: Khalid Latif 34 (40), Fawad Alam 3 (3) — GONE!!!! Couple down as Sami Aslam falls for 75 to Shadab Khan, who traps him leg before, while Sohaib Maqsood is gone for 19 to Shadab Khan, after being caught by Iftikhar Ahmed, as Fawad Alam makes his way in.
OUT! Sami Aslam lbw b Shadab Khan 75 (86), Sohaib Maqsood c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shadab Khan 19 (21)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: SIN 210/1 in 30 Overs. BATTING: Sami Aslam 71 (81), Khalid Latif 3 (9) — GONE!!!! The opening wicket falls as Manzoor falls for an impressive 123 off Mohammad Irfan, after being caught by Hammad Azam, while Khalid Latif makes his way in.
OUT! Khurram Manzoor c Hammad Azam b Mohammad Irfan 123 (90)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: SIN 122/0 in 20 Overs. BATTING: Khurram Manzoor 79 (67), Sami Aslam 39 (53) — Still no harm done, as both the batsmen continue to bat steady, with Manzoor batting post his half-century. Islamabad bowlers need to come up with something special here.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: SIN 49/0 in 10 Overs. BATTING: Khurram Manzoor 32 (34), Sami Aslam 15 (26) — Steady start by Sindh so far as the openers are batting steadily, without any rush of blood, as they make sure that they don’t lose any wickets early on.
TOSS: Sindh (Bat)
This match will be the second for both the teams. Both the teams played well in their previous matches as both ended on a winning note and it will be interesting to see the two confident teams taking on each other in this match. Islamabad faced Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in their first match where they defeated the opponents by 2-wickets (D/L method). It was the effort from skipper Misbah who came in the middle-order and scored a match winning knock of 82 runs along with Iftikhar Ahmed who played a perfect partner scoring 48 runs.
Sindh, in their last match, defeated Balochistan by 42 runs (D/L method). The team, batting first, had put up a massive 266, thanks to their openers Khurram Manzoor and Sami Aslam both of whom scored individual centuries. Yet another century in the match came from Balochistan skipper Azhar Ali but that was not enough to take the team to victory as the rest of the batting line-up failed to hold on to the momentum.
Sindh’s squad for Pakistan Cricket Cup 2016: Khurram Manzoor, Sami Aslam, Mohammad Waqas, Shoaib Maqsood, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Saad Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt), Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Bilal Asif, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan, Ruman Raeez, Hassan Khan
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