KARACHI: Azeem Ghumman and Faisal Athar inspired Hyderabad Hawks to an inconsequential victory over Larkana Bulls in the alBaraka Bank presents Haier T20 Cup at the National Stadium here on Sunday.

Chasing 152, the Hawks condemned Bulls to their fourth successive defeat in Group ‘A’ when the winning run was scored on the last ball of the 19th over with Azeem remaining undefeated on 50 (41 balls, three fours and one six) after sharing a second-wicket partnership of 62 with Faisal 947 off 37, six fours and one six).

Skipper Sharjeel Khan showed signs of regaining some touch with a feisty 28 from 15 deliveries in an opening stand of 35 with Azeem who was later adjudged man-of-the-match.

The Bulls, batting in hazy conditions after losing the toss in the 9:00am start, hardly settled down; Ayaz Jamali (37 off 31, five fours and one six) and Ghulam Yasin (37 off 30, five fours) added 53 for the fifth wicket.

Scoreboard

LARKANA BULLS:

Ahsan Ali lbw b Rehan23

Asif Babar c Sharjeel b Farhan12

Ayaz Jamali b Lal Kumar37

Zafar Ali Katpar c Shoaib b Nasir5

Ghulam Yasin c Sharjeel b Farhan37

Mohammad Urs c Shoaib b Nauman23

Shabbir Solangi c Nasir b Nauman2

Zahid Mahmood not out1

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-8, NB-2) 11

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 20 overs)151

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-43, 3-60, 4-93, 5-146, 6-149, 7-151.

DID NOT BAT: Rameez Ahmed, Mohammad Siddique, Imran Chandio.

BOWLING: Farhan Ayub 3-0-29-2 (4w); Nauman Ali 4-0-30-2 (1nb); Rehan Nizamuddin 4-0-25-1 (1w); Nasir Awais 4-0-23-1; Lal Kumar 4-0-33-1 (2w); Shoaib Leghari 1-0-10-0.

HYDERABAD HAWKS:

Azeem Ghumman not out50

Sharjeel Khan c Rameez b Siddique28

Faisal Athar st Zafar b Zahid47

Shoaib Leghari lbw b Zahid23

Zeeshan Gul not out5

EXTRAS (W-1)1

TOTAL (for three wkts, 19 overs)154

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-107, 3-145.

DID NOT BAT: Lal Kumar, Mohammad Awais, Nauman Ali, Nasir Awais, Rehan Nizamuddin, Farhan Ayub.

BOWLING: Ghulam Yasin 4-0-41-0 (1w); Mohammad Siddique 3-0-18-1; Mohammad Urs 4-0-18-0; Zahid Mahmood 4-0-34-2; Imran Chandio 4-0-43-0.

RESULT: Hyderabad Hawks won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: Aftab Gillani and Zameer Haider.

TV UMPIRE: Nadeem Iqbal

MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Javed.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Azeem Ghumman.

Published in Dawn, September 22nd , 2014