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HAMILTON: Tim Seifert struck a scintillating unbeaten 99 as Northern Districts upstaged the touring Pakistan Shaheens by 21 runs in the first Twenty20 match at Seddon Park on Sunday.
Put into bat by Shaheens skipper Rohail Nazir, Northern Districts posted 203-2, thanks to New Zealand international Seifert’s brilliant 55-ball innings that included six fours and as many sixes.
Northern’s skipper Anton Devcich made a fiery 38 off 16 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes and Katene Clarke scored 40 runs off 30 balls.
Shaheens, in reply, managed only 182-9 despite a blistering opening start of 85 by Haider Ali and Zeeshan Malik.
Haider scored a brisk 51 off 26 balls, with the help of five fours and three sixes, while Zeeshan made a 33-ball 52 with the help of five boundaries and a brace of sixes.
Rohail was dismissed after scoring 20 off 15 balls but at the backend of the innings, Hussain Talat (4), Iftikhar Ahmed (8), Khushdil Shah (25) couldn’t able to keep up the momentum in the chase.
Josh Brown (3-22) and Brett Hampton (2-11) were the main wicket-takers for the home side.
Shaheens will next play Wellington Firebirds at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.
Scoreboard
NORTHERN DISTRICTS:
K.D. Clarke c Haider b Khushdil 40
T.L. Seifert not out 99
P.D. Bocock c Haris b Musa 22
A.P. Devcich not out 38
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-3) 4
TOTAL (for two wkts, 20 overs) 203
FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-113.
DID NOT BAT: H.R. Cooper, B.R. Hampton, J. Brown, Z.N. Gibson, J.G. Walker, B.G. Randell, M.J. Fisher.
BOWLING: Mohammad Hasnain 4-0-58-0 (1w); Haris Rauf 4-0-44-0 (1w); Mohammad Musa Khan 3-0-31-1; Amad Butt 2-0-25-0; Khushdil Shah 3-0-22-1; Usman Qadir 4-0-22-0 (1w).
PAKISTAN SHAHEENS:
Haider Ali c Fisher b Brown 51
Zeeshan Malik c Walker b Hampton 52
Rohail Nazir c Cooper b Walker 20
Hussain Talat c Seifert b Hampton 4
Iftikhar Ahmed c Devcich b Brown 8
Khushdil Shah c Seifert b Brown 25
Usman Qadir not out 10
Amad Butt c Devcich b Randell 3
M. Musa Khan c Devcich b Fisher 1
Haris Rauf c Hampton b Fisher 4
Mohammad Hasnain not out 0
EXTRAS (W-4) 4
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 20 overs) 182
FALL OF WKTS: 1-85, 2-113, 3-122, 4-131, 5-156, 6-162, 7-166, 8-177, 9-182.
BOWLING: Randell 4-0-31-1 (1w); Gibson 3-0-29-0 (1w); Fisher 4-0-45-2 (2w); Brown 4-0-42-3; Walker 3-0-24-1; Hampton 2-0-11-2.
RESULT: Northern Districts won by 21 runs.
UMPIRES: D.J. Walker and J. Dempsey.
MATCH REFEREE: G.A.V. Baxter.
NEXT MATCH: vs Wellington Firebirds (Basin Reserve), Tuesday (6:00am PST).