Five more matches in LC Media Cricket League-2022 decided.

PESHAWAR -- Five more matches were decided in LC-Media Cricket League-2022 on Sunday Qalandar, Gladiator, Panthers, United and Markhor secured victories against their respective rivals here at Peshawar Sports Complex.

The 5th season of Media Cricket League2022 is being played in collaboration with Liaison Corporation (LC), Directorate General Sports KP and Archeology Department at Qayyum Sports Complex.

In the first match, there was a match between Qalandar and Eagles. Batting first after winning the toss, Eagles scored 80 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 8 overs. Abbas stood out with 26 and Tariq 16 runs. Haroon dismissed two players.

In reply, Qalandar won the match by achieving the required runs target at the loss of 4 wickets. Rizwan was declared Man of the Match for playing an innings of 36 runs. In the second match, PPC Shaheen batted first against Gladiator and scored 71 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 8 overs. Hussain was the outstanding batsman with 29 runs. Fayyaz of Gladiator dismissed 3 players for 11 runs.

Kashif took two wickets while Arsalan and Shahid John took one wicket each.

In reply, Gladiator won the match by scoring 76 runs for the loss of one wicket. Fayaz (29) and Kashif (23) were the prominent batsmen. Fayaz was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant all-rounder performance. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urban Mobility Authority Managing Director Zakullah Khattak in his address on the occasion welcomed such recreational opportunities for journalists.

In the third match played between Panthers and Stars. Panthers batted first and scored 104 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 8 overs. Zahid Imdad 23, Zarshad 22 and Israr were outstanding with 20 runs. Riyaz Shahid took 3 wickets, Abbas and Shiraz took 2 wickets each while Nasir Ali Shah took one wicket.

In reply, the PPC Stars team managed to score 78 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Nasir scored 26 and Abbas scored 16 runs. Tanveer got 3, Zarshad got 2 while Hezbollah took one wicket respectively. Thus, the Panthers team was successful by 26 wickets and Zarshad was declared the man of the match. PPC Panthers are the first team of the tournament to qualify for the semi-finals. On this occasion, senior female journalist Anila Shaheen, the special guest, announced 5000 for the winning team and...