Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar win 6th round matches of National Women’s Cricket Tournament

Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar won their 6th round matches of the National Women’s Cricket Tournament held on Monday.

In the match between Peshawar and Rawalpindi, Sidra Nawaz’s unbeaten 80 off 109 balls, which included six four helped Peshawar beat Rawalpindi by two wickets with 16 balls to spare. 

Batting first at the Jawad Sports Complex Ground, Rawalpindi managed to score 151 for nine in 50 overs. For Peshawar, Captain Mahnoor Aftab picked three wickets for 18 runs in 10 overs.

In the second match of the day, a half-century by Yusra Amir and seven wickets between left-arm spinners Anosha Nasir and Maham Manzoor led Karachi to a six-wicket win over Quetta at the Bohranwali Ground.

Opting to bat first, Quetta were bowled out for 156 in 49 overs, with Khadija Chishti scoring 50 off 77 balls, which included nine boundaries. Karachi’s left-arm spinners Maham and Anosha were the pick of the bowlers, with the former bagging four wickets for 33 and the latter clinched three scalps for 21 runs from 10 overs.

In reply, wicketkeeper Yusra (64 not out, 92b, 6x4s) helped her side chase down the target with 17 overs to spare.

At the Iqbal Stadium, in a low scoring contest, Lahore overcame Multan by four wickets courtesy of a half century by Iram Javed and three wickets each by Ayesha Bilal and Qurat-Ul-Ain.

Batting first, Multan was bundled out for 123 in 39 overs. Opening batter Sadaf Shamas was the only batter to score in double figures and returned undefeated on 81 off 112 balls, hitting 11 fours and a six.