Brilliant unbeaten 100 by Mansoor and Omar Zafar’s 86 guided Lahore Lions into the final of the Shehriyar Mirza Memorial Cup in the Super League match, organized by Riyadh Cricket Association and being played at RCA grounds.
In other semifinal of Premier League 1 at RCA-2 ground between Attieh Steel and Amer Holidays was tied with scores level at 204 in the allotted over’s. Match result will be decided by bowling Super Over on Friday. In Premier League-2 at RCA-1 ground, Riyadh Warriors snatched a thrilling one run victory over Green Bangla. In another Premier League-2 semifinal at RCA-2, Saham CC beat Kashmir XI by 3 wickets.
Brief scores:
Lahore Lions 348: (Omar Zafar 86, Mansoor 100, Sarfaraz 49, Awais 33, Sohail Bakshi 4/47, Saqib Abbasi 2-43) beat KFSH Blues 321 for 9: (Ayaz Mohammed 50, Nasir Abbasi 89, Qasim Umer Abbasi 61, Khurram Baig 53, Yasir 21; Qasim 2-68, Jamshed 2-37, Ali Raza 2-60).
Attieh Steel 204: Nasir 30, Ramzan 34, Asif Butt 24, Amir 20, Javed 25; Baber Sher 2-26, Shoaib 2-23, Saeed Raheem 2-39. Match Tied with Amer Holidays 204: (Samiullah Baltistani 53, Shahzad Mahmood 46, Saeed Raheem 22)
Riyadh Warriors 171 for 6: (Asif 50, Ayaz 30, Abdul Gaffoor 27, Majid 21) beat Green Bangla 170: (Ayaz 2-22, Toufeeq 4-22).
Kashmir XI 190: (Waseem 51, Azhar 40, Reyaz 37; Amjid 2-23) lost to Saham CC 191 for 7: (Waseem 32, Nassir 26, Tahir 36)
Mansoor steers Lahore Lions into final of Shehriyar Mirza Memorial Cup
