Match 5, Southern Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Southern Punjab 152 in 19.4 overs (Mohammad Imran 54; Imran Khan 4-28) lost to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 153/3 in 19.4 overs (Sahibzada Farhan 73; Naseem Shah 2-27) by 7 wickets with 2 balls to spare. Player of the Match: Imran Khan.
A 136-run second-wicket stand between Sahibzada Farhan (73 in 49 balls) and Mohammad Rizwan (64 in 47) helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Southern Punjab by seven wickets in Match 5 of the National T20 Cup 2021/22 in Rawalpindi.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were chasing 153, but they lost Fakhar Zaman inside two overs. Farhan and Rizwan took charge from there, and took the game away from Southern Punjab before Iftikhar Ahmed scored the winning runs. Naseem Shah finished with 2-27.
Earlier, Imran Khan returned 4-28 to bowl out Southern Punjab for 152 in 19.4 overs after they were asked to bat. Mohammad Imran top-scored in this total, with 46-ball 54.
Match 6, Northern v Sindh
Northern 136 in 19.3 overs (Mohammad Nawaz 30; Shahnawaz Dahani 3-26) lost to Sindh 140/6 in 19 overs (Sharjeel Khan 43; Imad Wasim 2-22) by 4 wickets with 6 balls to spare. Player of the Match: Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Sindh beat Northern by four wickets in Match 6 of the competition. They bowled out Northern for 136 in 19.3 overs, and reached the target with an over to spare.
Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hasnain, and Zahid Mahmood shared seven wickets to bundle out Northern for a below-par total. Mohammad Nawaz (30) was the only Northern batter who scored in excess of 20.
Sharjeel Khan (43), Sarfaraz Ahmed (42) chipped in with useful contributions to keep the chase under Sindh’s control. At No. 7, Anwar Ali (31 in 23) played a breezy cameo to take Sindh past the finishing line with six balls to spare.