Lahore: Bahalawalpur Stags who remained unbeaten till Friday morning, faced their first crush against unwavering Wolves by 10 runs on Friday afternoon.
In a match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Stags won the toss and chose to field. Stags pace attack led by Kamran Hussain creates trouble for Wolves batting order early in the innings with their tough line and length.
None of the Faislabad batsman scored big except Farrukh Shehzad who made slow yet responsible 31 of 37. Other top scorers were Misbah ul Haq, Mohammad Salman and Hasan Mahmood scoring 13, 15 and 11.
Kashif Siddiq bowled a brilliant four over spell, taking 2 of 16 restricting Wolves to 121 for 7 in 20 overs.
Response of Stags was not much different from the opponents, their opening pair shattered as their middle order. Moinudding was the only batsman who made into 20s with his 22 of 24.
Stags were short of 10 runs as they scored 111 in 20 overs with the loss of 8 wickets. Ehsan Adil was the outstanding performer taking 3 of 23 but Farrukh Shehzad was declared the player of the match for his batting performance.
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