KARACHI: Karachi Friends Veterans Cricket Club overpowered tournament favourite AO Veterans by eight wickets to secure a place in the final of Virtual Axis Ramazan Festival T20 Night Cricket Tournament underway here at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.
Former Test leg spinner Danish Kaneria picked top three scalps for just 12 run to get the man of the match award at the end of the match.
AO veterans were put in to bat first by the Karachi Friends Veterans CC and later restricted them to 129-7 in the allotted 20 overs. Kaneria bowled lethally and ripped through the top order taking three wickets for just 12 runs in his four overs with one maiden. Iftikhar Ali was the top run getter for AO Veterans with 39 runs.
In reply, Karachi Friends Veterans lost two wickets for 59 runs however unbeaten 70-run partnership between Abbas Jaffery (33 not out) and Mohammad Irfan (61 not out) propelled their team into the final.