All-round Show By Umm-e-hani And Waheeda Akhtar, Century Sidra Amin, Five-fer By Zaib Un Nisa
LAHORE: Sidra Amin became the first centurion of the National Women’s One-Day Tournament, while Zain un Nida became the second bowler to grab a fiver-fer as two more matches were decided in Faisalabad on Tuesday.
Sidra Amin scored 107 from 125 balls with 10 fours to help Stars post 233 for nine against the Strikers, who, in turn, were bundled out for 62 in 23.2 overs. Anam Amin, who took a five-fer on Sunday, claimed three wickets for four runs, while Anosha Nasir and Syed Aroob Shah equally shared four wickets between them, conceding zero and six runs, respectively.
Sidra put on 145 runs for the second wicket with Omaima Sohail, who scored 53 from 92 balls. Sidra then added 48 runs for the third wicket with Haynat Hafeez (34).
The only consolation for the Strikers was the performance of Zaib un Nisa, who returned figures of 7-0-25-5. Ghulam Fatima bagged two wickets for 44 runs.
In a battle between the all-rounders, Umm-e-Hani outshone Waheeda Akhtar as the Conquerors defeated the Challengers by 54 runs.
Umm-e-Hani top-scored in Conquerors’ 234 for nine with 44 from 41 balls with six fours and then grabbed two wickets for 36 runs as the Challengers were dismissed for 180 in 42.4 overs.
Waheeda Akhtar was the standout player for the Challengers when she snapped up two wickets for 48 runs and then top-scored with 34.
SCORES IN BRIEF
Match 5 – Conquerors beat Challengers by 54 runs, Iqbal Stadium
Conquerors 234-9, 50 overs (Umm-e-Hani 44, Gull Feroza 32, Maham Anees 31, Amber Kainat 25 not out, Fatima Sana 20; Tayyaba Imdad 3-22, Waheeda Akhtar 2-48)
Challengers 180 all-out, 42.4 overs (Waheeda Akhtar 34, Rameem Shamim 33, Yusra Amir 33, Sadaf Shamas 24; Lubna Behram 3-42, Umm-e-Hani 2-36)
Match 6 – Stars beat Strikers by 171 runs, HPC Ground
Stars 233-9, 50 overs (Sidra Amin 107, Omaima Sohail 53, Kaynat Hafeez 34; Zaib un Nisa 5-25, Ghulam Fatima 2-44)
Strikers 62 all-out, 23.2 overs (Noreen Yaqoob 25; Anam Amin 3-4, Anosha Nasir 2-0, Syeda Aroob Shah 2-6)
FIXTURES FOR THURSDAY
Conquerors v Strikers, Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Invincibles v Stars, HPC Ground, Faisalabad



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