{"id":4522,"date":"2021-01-11T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T10:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2021-01-11T10:02:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T10:02:28","slug":"big-win-for-northern-in-pakistan-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/big-win-for-northern-in-pakistan-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Big win for Northern in Pakistan Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LAHORE&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Opener Taimoor Sultan\u2019s century helped Northern record a comprehensive 154-run win over Central Punjab in a broadcast fixture at the State Bank Stadium on Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to PCB spokesman, in the other matches, Sindh overcame Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 63 runs thanks to an all-round contribution from Anwar Ali at the NBP Sports Complex, while Imran Farhat\u2019s 96 earned Balochistan a thrilling one-wicket win over Southern Punjab at UBL Sports Complex. Central Punjab captain Saad Nasim won the toss and asked Northern to bat first. Northern openers \u2013 centurion Taimoor Sultan and Ali Imran \u2013 provided their team a flying start by adding 165 runs for the first-wicket. Right-handed Taimoor struck 94-ball 102-run. Hammad contributed 45 off 30 balls, Asif slammed 76 off 41 balls while wicketkeeper-batsman Jamal Anwer contributed with unbeaten 36 off 22 balls. Northern amassed a mammoth 382 for the loss of eight wickets. Ahmed Bashir finished with 4-86 in his 10 overs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central Punjab\u2019s chase never got going as they kept losing wickets in the pursuit of quick runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman M Akhlaq and captain Saad Nasim scored 51-ball 55 and 51-ball 53 while opener Tayyab Tahir hit 47 off 54 balls. Central Punjab folded for 228 runs in 37.1 overs to hand a comfortable 154-run victory to Northern, their second in as many matches. Hammad Azam clinched 4-42 while Sohail Tanvir, Athar Mehmood and Salman Irshad took two wickets each. Taimoor Sultan was named player-of-the-match.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCORES IN BRIEF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NORTHERN 382-8, 50 overs (Taimoor Sultan 102, Asif Ali 76, Ali Imran 56; Ahmed Bashir 4-86) beat CENTRAL PUNJAB 228 all out, 37.1 overs (M Akhlaq 55, Saad Nasim 53; Hammad Azam 4-42, Salman Irshad 2-31, Sohail Tanvir 2-39, Athar Mehmood 2-44) by 154 runs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BALOCHISTAN 247-9, 49.1 overs (Imran Farhat 96, Bismillah Khan 48; Zahid Mehmood 4-46, M Ilyas 2-38, Umar Khan 2-50) beat SOUTHERN PUNJAB 244 all out, 46.2 overs (Aamer Yamin 73, Mukhtar Ahmed 45; Abdul Wahid Bangalzai 2-22, Taj Wali 2-37) by one wicket.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SINDH 256 all out, 50 overs (Hassan Khan 66, Anwar Ali 65, Asad Shafiq 42; Asif Afridi 5-31) beat KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 193 all out, 42.2 overs (Sajid Khan 52, Kamran Ghulam 38; M Umar 3-21, M Asghar 2-33, Anwar Ali 2-38) by 63 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Opener Taimoor Sultan\u2019s century helped Northern record a comprehensive 154-run win over Central Punjab in a broadcast fixture at the State Bank Stadium on Sunday.&nbsp; According to PCB spokesman, in the other matches, Sindh overcame Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 63 runs thanks to an [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3276,3277,1955],"class_list":["post-4522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-sports-news","tag-big-win","tag-northern","tag-pakistan-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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