Northern beat KP in a rain-hit contest.

LAHORE -- Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by seven wickets (DLS method) in the 12th match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad's Iqbal Stadium on Friday.

In a rain-affected contest, reduced to 16 overs per side, Imad Wasim put Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into bat. The decision paid dividends as a brilliant opening spell by Musa Khan reduced Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 15 for three in 3.1 overs. Rearguard efforts by Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed took Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's total to 134 for eight in 16 overs.

Rizwan's brilliant form with the bat continued as he scored 52 off 35 balls with seven fours. Iftikhar's 20-ball 31 - which had three sixes and a four - was the other notable contribution. Musa picked up his fourth wicket in the 16th over by removing Rizwan. His figures of four for 38 got him man-of-the-match award.

Northern's chase got off to a flying start with the opening pair of Umar Amin (39 off 28) and Ali Imran (34 off 23) helping their side to 65 without a loss in seven overs before rain interrupted the play. With the match reduced to 12 overs, the target was revised to 101 and Northern chased it down with three balls...