Maham bowls Hyderabad to victory

KARACHI: Maham Manzoor displayed lethal bowling show and captured a five-wicket haul to help Hyderabad record a convincing nine-wicket triumph against Abbottabad in 11th Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women Cricket Championship 2016 on Friday at National Ground in Islamabad.

Abbottabad batted first in the match and put on board a paltry total of 79 in 25.1 overs. Rubab Akhtar was the top scorer for the side with 15 runs.

Maham bowled impressively hauling five wickets for only seven runs. Skipper Sajida Shah and Zakia Gul took two wickets each.

Hyderabad in response easily achieved the target with nine wickets in hand in 18.2 overs. Lubna Naz played an unbeaten 33-run knock for the winners.

In another match of the tournament, Faisalabad defeated Quetta by eight wickets at Shalimar Ground.

Umm-e-Hani took two wickets and scored a fifty for the wining team and claimed Player of the Match award. Skipper Uzma Younis captured four wickets.