Faisalabad: Rawalpindi Rams defeated Karachi Dolphins in a ‘Super Over’ after the match was tied. Credit goes to Raza Hasan who held his nerves and took Rams to the victory stand.
Opening ceremony of the final
In the jam-pack Iqbal Stadium, Sohail Tanvir, captain of Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and decided to bowl first because of overcast and damp pitch conditions.
Karachi Dolphin Innings
His team met the success first in the 4th over when a good throw from Hammad Azam to Jamal Anwar took the bails off the stumps and sent dangerous hitter of ball, Shahzaib Hasan back to the pavilion.
Ramiz Raja who became the hero of Pakistan after playing several successful innings in this tournament came in to take Karachi out of this condition.
The bowlers of Rawalpindi Rams although bowl on very good line and length but fine strokes from Asad Shafiq and Ramiz Raja took Karachi to a leading position.
Raza Hasan in the 10th over bought a breakthrough by taking the golden wicket of Asad Shafiq. It was an arm bowl which hit on the pad plumb in front of the stumps, Asad missed it and got lbw out, umpire Ahsan Raza confirmed the dismissal. Asad Shafiq scored 36 runs off 26 balls and hit 6 fine boundaries.
Khalid Latif then came in to keep the scoreboard ticking. It was another crucial segment of 10 over in which the bowlers of Rams dominated as the batsmen weren’t allowed to free their arms.
After adding 70 runs with his partner, Rameez Raja was caught behind in result of trying to hit a fine ball of Raza Hasan over midwicket. Rameez once again received cheers from the fans for his fascinating 64 runs which he scored off 46 balls with the help of 4 FOURS & 5 SIXES.
On the very next ball, new batsman Fawad Alam tried to hit the tossed-up ball out of the park but caught out at deep midwicket area where Rameez took a good catch.
The last 3 balls went for 4 runs. Sarfraz Ahmed was run-out at the last ball in result of an effort to take 2 runs. It was a good performance by both teams. Karachi Dolphins scored 164/5 in 20.0 overs. Raza Hasan of Rawalpindi Rams was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets for 24 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Rawalpindi Rams Innings
Awais Zia and Naved Malik opened the innings for Rams but because of good bowling by Sohail Khan, Naved caught behind after he tried to cut the good length ball.
In the same over, Sohail picked another wicket when umpire Saleem Badar raised up his finger for an lbw shout. Jamal Anwar was the victim of that call as the ball hit him hight above the pad.
Two early wickets bubbled up the junction of Karachi Dolphins with joy. Umar Amin who wasn’t that impressive in the tournament then made a partnership with Awais Zia who was giving cracking answers to the bowlers of Dolphins.
At the score of 56 in the 6th over, Sohail Khan once again ripped the big wicket of Awais Zia and sent him back to pavilion. Awais scored 43 runs off 20 balls & hit 7 FOURS & 1 SIX.
Captain of Rams, Sohail Tanvir who was stunning in the last matches failed to show his heroics here and got out in the same over. The tail of Rams was almost exposed.
Adnan Mufti came in and played his role by scoring 31 runs off 25 balls. His partnership with Umar Amin strengthened the position of Rawalpindi Rams.
Mufti was trapped by the fast and short ball of Mohammad Sami which hits his bat high and went straight to the wicket keeper. The new batsman, Hammad Azam who was out of form played aggressively and took his team out of this crisis.
After adding 30 runs with Umar Amin, he got out at the good length ball of Tanvir Ahmed which nips back a bit but was enough to rattle the stumps.
Zahid Mansoor who was new on the pitch threw his wicket on the ball of Haris Ayaz. 130/7 in 16.2 pushed Rawalpindi Rams in the trouble. At this threatening stage, Mohammad Rameez smashed 2 balls out of the ground. These SIXES added a lot to the drama.
But to end this misery, Sohail Khan came back and claimed his 5th wicket in result of a slow yorker which hit Rameez on the toe in front of the middle and leg stump.
Now 18 runs were required off 14 balls which wasn’t a stiff goal. Samiullah hit a FOUR in the second last over to settle the things a bit.
In the last over 9 runs were required off 6 balls. Azam Hussain was with the bowl and Samiullah was on the striking end. Azam tossed it up on the leg stumps and Samiullah played a lofted drive towards long-on for a SIX.
On the next ball, Umar Amin came down the wicket and hit a handsome SIX over long-on. The world saw a glimpse of his talent in such a superb shot which came under pressure.
Rawalpindi Rams were now 2 runs behind the victory, Azam bowled the 3rd ball short which was just outside off stump, Umar went for a cut shot but missed it.
Feeling of fear and thunder was in the air. Umar Amin succeeded in taking single off the next ball, now a single was in between the victory and Rams. On the very next ball, Samiullah tried to finish it with a big hit and caught out at short midwicket.
Wicket at such a point was just like an entry of a new character in a ‘Hollywood’ movie but everyone know that anything can happen in ‘Cricket’ till the last ball.
Now the equation was ’1 ball , 1 run , 1 wicket left’. Raza Hasan was the batsman to face the last ball, he came down the wicket to hit the well tossed ball of Azam but missed the ball and Sarfraz ripped the bails.
Super Over
The crowd shocked to heard that the match ended in a draw and now the ‘Super Over’ will come into play. Nobody was thinking about such a thrilling T20 final.
Three batsman of Rawalpindi Rams, Awais Zia, Naved Malik and Hammad Azam were named by their teams and Sohail Khan was the bowler from Karachi Dolphins.
Commentary of ‘Super Over’
(Rawalpindi’s over)
1st ball Dot ball, short ball, just outside off, goes for the pull shot, Awais misses it and lost his bat! (Score 0/0)
2nd ball Four, fuller in length, on middle and leg stump, Awais flicks away off his hips to wide of short fine leg fielder and it runs away for four (Score 4/0)
3rd ball Dot ball, short in length, on leg stump, goes for the pull shot and takes it on the body (Score 4/0)
4th ball Four, slower ball, fuller in length, just outside off, drives on the up and over mid-off for four more (Score 8/0)
5th ball Six Superb shot! Slightly short in length, on middle and leg stump, goes back and pulls it away into the stands over midwicket for a six (Score 14/0)
6th ball Two, low full toss on off stump, drives to wide of long-off for couple of runs. Rawalpindi finish with 16, all the runs to Awais. (Score 16/0)
The spectators, commentators, players, officials and everyone was feeling the sensational and thrilling end of this tournament.
Khalid Latif, Rameez Raja and Shahzaib Hasand were the batsmen from Karachi and Raza Hasan was the bowler from Rawalpindi. 17 was the target.
(Karachi’s over)
1st ball Six, tosses the ball up, on middle and leg stump, Khalid comes down the wicket and lofts it high and handsome over long-on for a big six. Wow! (score 6 for 0)
2nd ball OUT! Naved Malik takes the catch! Tossed up again, on middle and leg stump, Khalid again goes for the big shot and top edges to short fine leg and Naved Malik takes the catch. Rameez crosses over and now has strike. (score 6 for 1)
3rd ball One, dropped! Tossed up, on middle and leg stump, swept away to deep square leg and Hammad running in dives full length and takes the catch but when he fell down ball popped up out of his hand. (score 7 for 1)
4th ball Dot ball, appeal for stumping and it has gone to the third umpire. But more importantly, it is a dot ball. Given not out eventually. (score 7 for 1)
5th ball Dot ball, tossed up, just outside and spins away, goes for the big shot and gets beaten. That is the game! Unless there are wides and no balls (score 7 for 1)
6th ball Dot ball, Game set and match to the Rams! What a splendid Super Over from Raza Hasan. Another dot ball. This one was an arm ball, on target, digs out back to bowler. (score 7 for 1)
This was the end of a thrilling match and tournament. Rawalpindi Rams was the team who held their nerves and successfully defeated the Karachi Dolphins. Players of Rawalpindi ran around the field for a victory lap with the flag of Pakistan. It was a sad ending for Karachi but they also played superbly.
Tie in a Cricket isn’t a new thing, it happened in the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 between the match of India and Pakistan which was decided in result of a bowl-out. In the ICC World Cup 2011, a match between England and South Africa was also ended in a draw.
Winners of ‘Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011′ Rawalpindi Rams received the prize money of Rs. 2,500,000/- and runner-up Karachi received the prize money of Rs. 1,000,000/-
Several awards were distributed in the ending ceremony where captains of the winning and runner-up team also received their trophies.
Best Batsman: Rameez Raja (Karachi Dolphins)
Best Bowler: Sohail Khan (Karachi Dolphins)
Best Fielders: Misbah-ul-Haq (Faisalabad Wolves) and Rameez Raja (Karachi Dolphins)
Best Wicket-Keepers: Kamran Akmal (Lahore Lions) and Jamal Anwar (Rawalpindi Rams)
Man of the Match (Final): Sohail Khan (Karachi Dolphins)
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Rawalpindi Rams - Winner of 'Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011'
Scorecard
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Karachi Dolphins 164/5 (20/20 ov.)
Rawalpindi Rams 164/10 (20/20 ov.)
Match tied
(Rawalpindi Rams won the one-over eliminator) |
Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup – Final
Twenty20 match | 2011 season
Played at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
01 July 2011 – day/night (20-over match) |
Karachi Dolphins innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Asad Shafiq | lbw b Raza Hasan | 36 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 138.46 |
| Shahzaib Hasan | run out (Hammad Azam/Hammad Azam) | 12 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Rameez Raja | st †Jamal Anwar b Raza Hasan | 64 | 68 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 139.13 |
| Khalid Latif | not out | 36 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 116.12 |
| Fawad Alam | c Mohammad Rameez b Raza Hasan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | run out (Umar Amin/†Jamal Anwar) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 7) | 13 |
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 164 | (8.20 runs per over) |
| Did not bat Mohammad Sami*, Tanvir Ahmed, Haaris Ayaz, Sohail Khan, Azam Hussain |
| Fall of wickets 1-24 (Shahzaib Hasan, 3.4 ov), 2-90 (Asad Shafiq, 9.5 ov), 3-160 (Rameez Raja, 19.2 ov), 4-160 (Fawad Alam, 19.3 ov), 5-164 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 19.6 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 | (3w) |
| Mohammad Rameez | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | (4w) |
| Hammad Azam | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | |
| Raza Hasan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6.00 | |
| Umar Amin | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | |
| Samiullah | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | |
Lahore Lions innings (target: 187 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Awais Zia | c Haaris Ayaz b Sohail Khan | 43 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 215.00 |
| Naved Malik | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Sohail Khan | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 |
| Jamal Anwar† | lbw b Sohail Khan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Umar Amin | not out | 32 | 88 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 94.11 |
| Sohail Tanvir* | c Rameez Raja b Sohail Khan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adnan Mufti | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Sami | 31 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 124.00 |
| Hammad Azam | b Tanvir Ahmed | 23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 176.92 |
| Zahid Mansoor | c & b Haaris Ayaz | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Mohammad Rameez | lbw b Sohail Khan | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 280.00 |
| Samiullah | c Mohammad Sami b Azam Hussain | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Raza Hasan | st †Sarfraz Ahmed b Azam Hussain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2, nb 2) | 5 |
| Total | (all out; 20 overs; 98 mins) | 164 | (8.20 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets 1-11 (Naved Malik, 1.1 ov), 2-11 (Jamal Anwar, 1.4 ov), 3-56 (Awais Zia, 5.2 ov), 4-56 (Sohail Tanvir, 5.5 ov), 5-97 (Adnan Mufti, 11.5 ov), 6-127 (Hammad Azam, 15.3 ov), 7-130 (Zahid Mansoor, 16.2 ov), 8-146 (Mohammad Rameez, 17.4 ov), 9-164 (Samiullah, 19.5 ov), 10-164 (Raza Hasan, 19.6 ov) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Tanvir Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | (1w) |
| Sohail Khan | 4 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 5.75 | |
| Haaris Ayaz | 4 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 13.00 | |
| Azam Hussain | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | (1w) |
| Mohammad Sami | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | (1nb) |
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Super Over |
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Rawalpindi Rams innings (Super Over) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Awais Zia | not out | 16 | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 266.67 |
| Naved Malik | not out | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Did not bat Hammad Azam |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Sohail Khan | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16.00 | |
Karachi Dolphins innings (Super Over) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Khalid Latif | c Naved Malik b Raza Hasan | 6 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300.00 |
| Ramiz Raja | not out | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Shahzaib Hasan | not out | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Raza Hasan | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | |
Match Detais |
| Toss Rawalpindi Rams, who chose to field |
| Winner Rawalpindi Rams won the 2011 Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup. |
| Player of the match Sohail Khan (Karachi Dolphins) |
