KARACHI : Fast-medium bowler Mohammad Rameez, capturing four wickets for
24 runs with a hat-trick the first in the tournament – guided
Rawalpindi Rams to a five- wicket victory over Multan tigers on the
fifth day of the Faysal Bank National Twenty20 Cup here at the National
Stadium on Thursday.Chasing 152, Rawalpindi Rams achieved the
target with eight balls to spare. Their main contributors were Awais Zia
(52) and Tahir Mughal (37).Earlier, Multan Tigers made 151 runs
for nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs after their captain Shabbir
Ahmed won the toss and decided to bat first in the first match of the
day.Only four batsmen could get into double figures as other batsmen faced difficulty to play against the Rawalpindi Rams bowlers.Rameez,
the hat-trick boy, was later adjudged the man-of-the-match. He was
supported by Samiullah and Yasin Murtaza who claimed two wickets each.Ansar Javed (35 not out), Gulraiz Sadaf (35) and Kamran Hussain (32) were the main scorers for Multan Tigers
