RAWALPINDI: Karachi Dolphins defeated Lahore Eagles by five wickets with eleven balls to spare in their last match of the Faysal Bank Super Eight Twenty20 Cricket Cup here at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Chasing 149, the Dolphins achieved the target with ease in 18.1 overs for the loss of five wickets.
Asad Shafiq knocked a brilliant half-century, scoring 58 off 47 balls with six boundaries and Shehryar Ghani remained not out on 44, made from 27 balls with five fours and a six.
The Eagles’ left-arm spinner Mustafa Iqbal captured three wickets for 26.
Earlier, the Dolphins captain Mohammad Sami won the toss and put the Eagles into bat to restrict them to 148-8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Main scorers for the Eagles were international players Imran Farhat (41), Taufeeq Umar (30) and Azhar Ali (23) while the main wicket-takers for the Dolphins were off-break bowler Haaris Ayaz (2-25) and left-arm seamer Rumman Raees (2-27).
The match was telecast live by Geo Super.
