Champions One-Day Cup 2024, LIO vs MAR 8th Match Report, September 20, 2024

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Champions One-Day Cup 2024, LIO vs MAR 8th Match Report, September 20, 2024

Lions 367 for 6 (Irfan 100, Khushdil 73, Shafique 52, Imam 51, Zahid 2-49) batting Markers 332 for 9 (Fakhar 82, Salman 69, Yamin 2-54, Daniyal 2-66, Khushdil 2-67) by 35 runs

Irfan Khan’s 56-ball ton and Khushdil Shah’s all-round heroics gave the Lions their first win and snapped Markhors’ unbeaten streak. This result means that all eight matches in the Championship One-Day Cup have been won by the team that bats first.

Abdullah Shafique (52) and Imam-ul-Haq (51) set the stage for the Lions with an opening stand of 110 runs to allow Omair Yousuf (30) and Mohammad Taha (31) to depart in the middle overs and place.

However, both batting pairs fell in quick succession. Zahid Mahmood dismissed the openers before Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Imran got Yousuf and Taha respectively. But at 181 for 4, Irfan joined Khushdil, who made 73 off 45 balls, to ensure that the Lions carried their lead to the end of the innings.

The duo hit 12 fours and eight sixes in their fifth wicket stand of 147 runs, off just 79 balls, as the Lions scored 300 in the 45th over. Khushdil fell and Irfan was on 73 with three overs to go. Irfan was part of Aamer Yamin’s dismissal but went on to finish with an unbeaten 100 and lift the Lions to 367 for 6.

Fakhar Zaman got off to a good start, giving Shaheen Shah Afridi another poor opening in the series. Ahmed Daniyal was dismissed at the end of the 80-run powerplay but fought back by removing Bismillah Khan and Kamran Ghulam.

The wickets slowed down Markhors and Khushdil got Fakhar and Iftikhar to take the chase further. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed in the 33rd over and Abdul Samad (42) hit Salman Agha (69) to take Markhors to 300. But Yamin and Afridi played down the order to win for the Lions.

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