ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2005/06

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Sialkot through to semi-finals :bhangra:

Shoaib Malik leads Sialkot Stallions’ forward charge

By Gul Hameed Bhatti

KARACHI: Sialkot Stallions took a giant leap towards the semifinals stage, when they defeated Karachi Zebras quite comprehensively by an 83 runs margin, in a Group A ABN-AMRO Twenty20 Cup National Cricket Championship match, here at the National Stadium under lights on Tuesday.

Thanks to a brilliant all-round performance by their Pakistan player Shoaib Malik, who hit a blistering 78 and then bagged three wickets with his off-breaks, the Stallions piled up a big total of 217-8 and then had the Zebras crashing to 134 all out.

Already perched on top of the Group A points table, the Sialkot team have now won all their four matches and earned the full eight points. Most probably, the final run for the last-four stage over Wednesday (today) and Thursday will be between them and last season’s winners Faisalabad Wolves.

Shoaib required a mere 37 deliveries to hammer his 78 runs that included nine fours and three sixes. After having elected to bat, skipper Imran Nazir made 38 off 25 balls with six fours and a six while Shoaib did the rest.

In the later stages of the innings, Pakistan pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took just 13 balls to score an unbeaten 33, that included six fours and a six. Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria took four wickets for 31 runs. Apart from Naumanullah, who hit 36 runs off 22 balls with seven boundaries, and Wasim Naeem, whose 27 came off 18 balls, the Karachi batsmen were first undone by the pace bowlers Mohammad Asif (2-36) and Sarfraz Ahmed (3-31). Shoaib polished off the lower order.

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aap ko buhat hasi aarahi hai :aj: just wait and see what Dolphins will do to sialkot :snooty:

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main bhi karachi ki hoon,aur agar karachi aur sialkot ka match hoga tou i’m rooting for karachi :balley:

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Lions, Dolphins assured of semifinals spots

By our correspondent

KARACHI: After the completition of their Group B programme in the Twenty20 Cup National Cricket Championship, being played here at various grounds in the city, last season’s Karachi Dolphins have qualified for the tournament semifinals.

Lahore Lions, the Group B table leaders, with eight points from four matches and a hundred percent record, had already made the last-four stage. Both semifinals will be played under lights here at the National Stadium on Friday, March 3.

Sialkot Stallions and defending champions Faisalabad Wolves appear to be the teams most likely to emerge as leaders from Group A. Both sides, however, still have two more matches to play, on Wednesday (today) and tomorrow.

With the last Group B match between Lahore Lions and Abbottabad Rhinos at the National Stadium, a day/night affair, still under progress at the time we went to the press with the sports pages on Tuesday, here’s how the 13 teams participating in the tournament were placed on the fifth day of competition:

Group A P W L Pts NRR

Sialkot Stallions 4 4 - 8 +1.918

Faisalabad Wolves 4 3 1 6 +3.188

Lahore Eagles 4 2 2 4 -0.095

Peshawar Panthers 5 2 3 4 -0.156

Karachi Zebras 5 2 3 4 -1.830

Rawalpindi Rams 4 1 3 2 -0.668

Multan Tigers 4 1 3 2 -2.179

Group B

Lahore Lions 4 4 - 8 +2.164

Karachi Dolphins 5 4 1 8 +0.871

Abbottabad Rhinos 4 2 2 4 +0.180

Hyderabad Hawks 5 2 3 4 -0.250

Islamabad Leopards 5 2 3 4 -0.492

Quetta Bears 5 - 5 0 -1.779

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:Dgreat good to know:)

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sialkot vs wolves
faisalabad won the toss n elected to bat first and were bowled out for a poor 98.asif 5/11 in 3.5 overs,rana was a bit expensive but he was the man who dented the wolves badly,2 superb balls bowled n got 2 wkts :jhanda:
in reply sialkot comfortably cruised to victory with 6 wkts in hand

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Peshawar Panthers v Rawalpindi Rams
Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and decided to bat n were bowled out for 140,asim butt 44.umar gul 2/23,rafatullah 2/23

in reply the pathans achieved the target with 7 wkts in hand.yasir hameed 69,he hit 1 SIX too :eek:

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Lahore Lions for the cup.

Lions are going to make a meal of the dolphins and Zebras. :)

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^^well the stallions will be too difficult for the lions to swallow :D

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Zebras nay nak katwa dee:aj:

Never mind. It was always difficut to split the cup between Zebras and Dolphins:D
Go Dolphins Go, the cup is all yours now:hooray:

...Maha Says Thanks To...
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No problem.

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^^ Kiya “No Problem” :hoonh: and how did you say Dolphins ka xyz ho ga by Lions :rolleyes: , wait till they make a splash in the semi’s make the Lions bhegi billi :stuck_out_tongue:

loag maghroor kion ho jatay hain?
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^ Bhai mere it is Lions all the way. :snooty:

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lahore eagles vs multan tigers
lahr 203/8 thanx to a brilliant 115 (62 balls) by imran farhat :hula:

multan r 84-4

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lahore eagles won by 30 runs d/l method imran farhat MoM as he also picked 3 wkts

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Booooooooooooo… :nook::no:

Go Dolphins.. Go :snooty:

Kala and Gora
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^^ :chai: :eek: **5 wickets for 11 runs in 3.5 overs **:eek: wow :woho::chupki:wonderful performance Kool :k:

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Faisalabad LOST:(

Even though i am from Faisalabad, Sialkot is easily my favourite team.
They have exciting and talented players like Asif, Rana, Mansoor Amjad, Imran Nazir, Shahid Yousaf, Shoaib Malik etc.
I hope Sialkot wins if Faisalabad doesn't :D

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today there r 2 very crucial matches 1)lahore eagles v Karachi Zebras
2) Faisalabad Wolves v Rawalpindi Rams .if lahore wins they qualify for the semis :k: n if faisalabad win too there will be an interesting situation.
another not-so-important match is Multan Tigers v Sialkot Stallions,coz multan r already out n skt r already in semis :hula:

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Ok so whats the news on the 2 important matches?

I have heard that Wolves won their match but i dont know if its a confirm news. If yes than they are in the semi’s along with Dolpins, lions, and Stallions

Dolphins will be playing their semi with Stallions on March 3. The big rumour is that Dolphins are trying to acquire the services of Shahid Afridi for that match:balley:

The other semi will be Lions and Wolves.

Also heard that Ten Sports, which is covering the whole event, their staff has left the city, after the bomb blast. If that is true than there will be no TV coverage of the semi finals and the final:( .