Royal Stars batted first against Garden Stallions in a match played at Eastern Star Cricket Ground. Stars got an amazing start as their openers were in great form. Aqib Siddique scored 43 while Imran stamped his half century on the scoreboard. He made 59 runs at a wondrous strike rate of 155.26. A cameo of 26 from 13 from middle-order Talha further steered the side towards a competitive total. Stars managed to pull off 173 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Stallions bowlers didn’t impress much with their bowling. Noman was their leading wicket taker picking up 2 wickets.
Garden Stallions batsmen seemed helpless in front of their opposition as only 3 of their batsmen entered into the double figures. Fayyaz scored 28 while Fareed and Noman from the middle order scored 16 and 32 runs respectively. Stars bowlers were ruthless with the ball, restricting the opposition to 120 runs only. Azim and Arshad from Stars bagged 2 wickets each with the rest of the unit chipping in.
Royal Stars won by 53 runs.
