KARACHI : Sialkot Stallions defeated Lahore Lions by six wickets in the
day-night match on third day of the Faysal Bank National Twenty20 Cup
2011 here at the National Stadium on Tuesday.Chasing an easy target of 122, the Stallions lost four wickets to complete their second consecutive victory in the tournament.Their
main scorers were Shahid Yousuf (47) and Shakeel Ansar (42) who assed
72 runs for the third wicket after the Stallions lost both their openers
at a mere score of 12.Captain Shoaib Malik, who played the winning stroke, was unbeaten on 15.Earlier,
Lahore Lions captain Abdul Razzaq won the toss and batted first but his
batsman could not resist against accurate bowling and excellent
fielding by the Stallions.Only four batsmen could get into
double figures as all-rounder Abdul Razzaq top scored with 42 runs from
33 balls. He hit four boundaries and a six.Other main scorers were opener Nasir Jamshed (24) and Ahmed Shehzad (20).For
Sialkot Stallions, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan claimed three wickets for 30
runs while Raza Hasan, Abdul Rehman and Sarfraz Ahmed got two wickets
each.
