With the National T20 Cup final spot at stake, Iftikhar Ahmed made 45 runs off only 17 balls with 32 runs in boundaries, through 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regained control despite Zeeshan Malik top-scoring with a 21-ball 29 (three fours and one six) as Arshad Iqbal grabbed three wickets in the final over to dent Northern further.
In the decider on Wednesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa face Central Punjab in the final at 7:30 pm in Gaddafi Stadium.
Scoreboard
NORTHERN:
Nasir Nawaz
Ali Imran
Umar Amin
Zeeshan Malik
Rohail Nazir
Sohail Tanvir
Aamir Jamal
Mubasir Khan
Nauman Ali
Total (for eight wkts, 20 overs) 156
Fall of wkts: 1-48 (Nasir), 2-54 (Ali Imran), 3-98
DID NOT BAT: Salman Irshad, Zaman Khan.
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA:
Sahibzada Farhan
Musadiq Ahmed
Kamran Ghulam
Asif Afridi
Iftikhar Ahmed
Nabi Gul
Khalid Usman
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1, NB-2) 4
TOTAL (for five wkts, 19.1 overs) 161
FALL OF WKTS: 1-57 (Musadiq), 2-74 (Farhan), 3-80
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Haris, Imran Khan,
RESULT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by five wickets.
UMPIRES: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz
TV UMPIRE: Waleed Yaqub.
MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Javed.
PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH: Iftikhar Ahmed (KP).
Wednesday’s fixture: Final — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs
c Farhan b Khalid
c and Iftikhar
c Khalid b M. Imran
run out
run out
c Haris b Arshad
b Arshad
not out
c Iftikhar b Arshad
(Umar), 4-104 (Zeeshan), 5-116 (Rohail), 6-153 (Sohail)
c Ali Imran b Nauman
c Mubasir b Aamir
c Rohail b Sohail 35
c Umar b Salman
not out
lbw b Zaman
not out
(Asif), 4-106 (Kamran), 5-107 (Nabi).
Mohammad Imran, Arshad Iqbal.
Central Punjab/Sindh (7:30pm PST).
27
24
22
29
11
19
19
1
0
7-153 (Aamir), 8-Nauman).
53
7
35
1
45
1
15
