With an easy victory over UAE Under-17s Pakistan Under-17s land into the finals
Sri Lanka having already sailed into the finals of the championship, it was now Pakistan's turn to join them being the other top team in the competition
Sri Lanka having already sailed into the finals of the championship, it was now Pakistan's turn to join them being the other top team in the competition. Emirates, the new entrants in the game were not expected to create any hurdles in Pakistan's passage to the finals.
Batting first UAE had a disastrous start. Not being able to withstand the fiery attack of Altaf Hussain and Najaf Shah, UAE lost 5 wickets for 36 runs. The tumbling of wickets continued till the whole team was out for 85. With 36 Mr. EXTRAS was the highest contributor to the total as against Mohammad Abdullah who was the top scorer with 15. The UAE innings collapsed because their batsmen did not apply themselves. The team appeared in some sort of a hurry.
Facing the easy target of 86 runs to win, Pakistan was 48 for no loss by lunch.
Resuming after lunch the batsmen continued with the run spree playing one shot to the boundary after the other. While they dominated the field, the fielders were feeling absolutely miserable. Convinced of their defeat they were not putting in the efforts to check the shots heading towards the boundary.
Salman Butt (55) and Khalid Latif (28) took the total to 89, hoisting a 10 wickets victory for Pakistan in 15 overs. With this prolific win, Pakistan jumps into the finals against Sri Lanka to be played on July 25.
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