Punjab pverpowers Sindh

Published December 31, 2011

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Police and Punjab overpowered their opponents on the third day of the 19th National Baseball Championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Saturday.

Police overpowered Balochistan by a big margin of 16-1. Police made a stormy start scoring 12 runs in the first innings against just one by Balochistan. Shabbir, Ahsan, Musadaq Hanif, Dure Hussain and Abdullah scored two runs each, while, Mohammad Usman, Shahzad Raza contributed one run each. The lone run from Balochistan was contributed by Usman.

Police added four more runs in the second innings and as the lead of Police had been increased to more than 10 runs, the match was closed at the end of the second innings. Shabbir, Nasir, Musadaq Hanif and Abdullah all scored one run each for Police.

In the second match, Punjab easily toppled Sindh 11-1 after either team could  score one run each in the first innings. For Punjab Azeem scored the run while for Sindh Nadeem Azhar struck, which proved the last for them. In the second innings Punjab moved ahead scoring five runs through Azeem, Muzafar, Ali Raza, Aqeel and Afzal. In the third innings Punjab plundered five more runs through Ahsan (2), Azeem, Faisal and Zaman one each.

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