ISLAMABAD: Multan inflicted a seven-wicket defeat over Rawalpindi, on the back of a four-wicket haul by Noor-ul-Iman and an unbeaten half-century by Gull Feroza in the fifth round of the National Women’s T20 Tournament.
Multan opted to field first after winning the toss against Rawalpindi. Two run-outs in the fourth over put Rawalpindi on the backfoot as Farzana Farooq and Fajar Naved both walked back cheaply.
Opening batter Aima Saleem hit 27 off 26, including four boundaries, before she was caught by Tasmia Rubab on Ayesha Bilal’s bowling. In the subsequent over, Natalia Parvaiz (4, 16b) fell victim to Asma Shareef to bring Rawalpindi down to 40-4.
Captain Aliya Riaz produced a run-a-ball 18 with three boundaries and Arijah Haseeb scored 13 from 16 including one four before both fell to Noor-ul-Iman in the same over.
In her subsequent over, Noor-ul-Iman got Kainat Gulalai and Lubna Behram out cheaply as well.
The seventh batter in, Humna Bilal, contributed 26 from 20 on the back of four boundaries, until her knock was cut short courtesy of a run out by Ayesha in the last over of the innings.
In the same over, Ayesha dismissed Fatima Shah as Rawalpindi’s innings ended with 110 runs on the board in 19.4 overs.
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Noor was the pick of the bowlers for Multan, registering the first four-fer of the tournament. Ayesha supported her with two wickets while Asma got one batter out.
In return, Tania Saeed ran out opening batter Samina Aftab (8, 13b, 1×4) in the fourth over. Gull Feroza and Gull Rukh stitched a 51-run second-wicket partnership to counter the earlier setback.
Gull Rukh (28, 33b, 3x4s) was caught behind on Fajar Naveed’s bowling to bring an end to the partnership. Wajeeha Muneer (5, 7b), the next batter in, was stumped off Tania’s bowling
Saiqa Riaz added an unbeaten nine off nine, with one boundary. Gull Feroza, who scored an unbeaten half-century (61, 55b, 7x4s), hit winning runs on the third delivery of the last over of innings as Multan completed the target with seven wickets in the bag.
Noor-ul-Iman and Gull Feroza were jointly awarded players of the match.
In other fifth-round fixtures of the National Women’s T20 Tournament, Lahore won by nine runs against Karachi aided by Bismah Maroof’s undefeated half-century.
At Ayub Park Ground, Tuba Hassan’s all-round efforts allowed Quetta a comfortable win against Peshawar.
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