Lahore Falcons clinch Chief Minister Jashan-e-Azadi Inter-Academies Cricket Cup title

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Lahore Falcons won Chief Minister Jashan-e-Azadi Inter-Academies Cricket Cup title at LCCA ground on Tuesday. They edged out Sialkot Stallions by 16 in the title clash. Lahore Falcons amassed a big total of 184 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Usaid Amin remained top scorer for Falcons with an unbeaten knock of 63. Ramiz Mustafa also batted brilliantly and scored 53 runs while Faiz Ali contributed 23 runs for his team. Tahir Baig, M Zahid and Muhammad Ali grabbed two wickets each for Stallions. In reply, Sialkot Stallions tried their best to chase the mammoth total but they remained 16 runs short of their target in 19 overs. Momin Waqar and Abdullah Shafiq scored 59 and 24 respectively. Haris Ashraf demonstrated glorious bowling and took five wickets for 35 runs. Zahid Alam got 2 while Danial and Rizwan shared one wicket apiece. Haris Ashraf got the man of the match award.