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Axis Cricket Club to face Karachi Friends Veterans in Virtual Axis Ramadan Festival T20 Night Cricket Tournament 2021 final

Axis Cricket Club outscored Showbiz XI by 81 runs to qualify for the final against Veterans Friends XI.

The Virtual Axis Ramadan Festival T20 Night Cricket Tournament 2021 moved into final stage as the Karachi Friends Veterans and Axis Cricket Club defeated their respective oppoents to book berth in the final.

Axis Cricket Club outscored Showbiz XI by 81 runs to qualify for the final against Veterans Friends XI.

After electing to bat first, Axis CC lost three wickets for 67 runs. But Sohail Khan (111) and Mohammed Tahir (102) formed an unbeaten 178-run stand to propelled their team to a massive 245-3 in 20 overs.

In reply, Showbiz XI were not up to the task and lost wickets at regular intervals. Noman Habib scored a 42-ball fifty at the last ball of the match as the Showbiz XI finished at 164-8 in the stipulated overs.

The final of the tournament has been postponed and will now be played whenever the government eases the Covid-19 SOPs.

In the end, Tahir and Sohail were jointly awarded men of the match. Meanwhile, president of the Sports Journalists Association of Sindh Muhammad Asif Khan presented the memento to the guest of honour of the evening, Khawaja Ahmed Mustaqeem.

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