Eagles flounder middling chase

Lahore Eagles floundered a fourth-innings chase of 165, going down to Karachi Zebras by just seven runs in the Group I encounter. Basit Ali wrecked the Eagles' innings with his 5 for 44, ensuring Eagles paid heavily for another middling batting performance.

The match was largely dominated by the ball, evident from the fact that only one fifty was scored across four innings. Dismissed for 198 in their first innings, Eagles conceded a lead of 59 runs but their hopes would have been boosted when they managed to skittle Zebras for 105 in their second innings, with the wickets shared among their bowlers Asif Raza, Ahmed Bashir, Shahid Nawaz and Mohammad Suleman. Earlier, Zebras squandered a strong start built on the good knocks from the top order, as they lost their last eight wickets for 88 runs to be limited to 257.