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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Faisalabad record thrilling win over Peshawar in opener



RAWALPINDI: Faisalabad Wolves recorded a thrilling two-wicket victory over Peshawar Panthers in the opening match of the Faysal Bank Super Eight Twenty20 Cricket Cup 2011-12 here at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Chasing 128, Faisalabad achieved the target with one ball remaining, thanks to an unbeaten brilliant innings of 43 by one-down batsman Ali Waqas.

He was followed by opener Asif Ali, who made 29.

For Peshawar, Mohammad Aslam claimed two wickets.

Earlier, Peshawar batted first after their captain Umar Gul won the toss and made 127 for eight in the allotted 20 overs.

Their main scorers were Mohammad Fayyaz (23), Zohaib Khan (22) and Iftikhar Ahmed (20) whereas the top scorer was ‘Mr Extras’ with 24.