Brilliant unbeaten 100 by Mansoor and Omar Zafar’s 86 guided Lahore Lions into the final of the Shehriyar Mirza Memorial Cup in the Super League match, organized by Riyadh Cricket Association and being played at RCA grounds.
In other semifinal of Premier League 1 at RCA-2 ground between Attieh Steel and Amer Holidays was tied with scores level at 204 in the allotted over’s. Match result will be decided by bowling Super Over on Friday. In Premier League-2 at RCA-1 ground, Riyadh Warriors snatched a thrilling one run victory over Green Bangla. In another Premier League-2 semifinal at RCA-2, Saham CC beat Kashmir XI by 3 wickets.
Brief scores:
Lahore Lions 348: (Omar Zafar 86, Mansoor 100, Sarfaraz 49, Awais 33, Sohail Bakshi 4/47, Saqib Abbasi 2-43) beat KFSH Blues 321 for 9: (Ayaz Mohammed 50, Nasir Abbasi 89, Qasim Umer Abbasi 61, Khurram Baig 53, Yasir 21; Qasim 2-68, Jamshed 2-37, Ali Raza 2-60).
Attieh Steel 204: Nasir 30, Ramzan 34, Asif Butt 24, Amir 20, Javed 25; Baber Sher 2-26, Shoaib 2-23, Saeed Raheem 2-39. Match Tied with Amer Holidays 204: (Samiullah Baltistani 53, Shahzad Mahmood 46, Saeed Raheem 22)
Riyadh Warriors 171 for 6: (Asif 50, Ayaz 30, Abdul Gaffoor 27, Majid 21) beat Green Bangla 170: (Ayaz 2-22, Toufeeq 4-22).
Kashmir XI 190: (Waseem 51, Azhar 40, Reyaz 37; Amjid 2-23) lost to Saham CC 191 for 7: (Waseem 32, Nassir 26, Tahir 36)
Mansoor steers Lahore Lions into final of Shehriyar Mirza Memorial Cup
Mansoor steers Lahore Lions into final of Shehriyar Mirza Memorial Cup
Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder in rout of Cavaliers
- Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander’s 30-point haul led the way, with center Chet Holmgren providing offensive support with 28 points and Luguentz Dort adding 18 points
Los Angeles: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder returned to winning ways with a 136-104 pummeling of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday.
Two days after suffering an upset defeat by Miami on Saturday, the NBA champions ensured there would be no repeat against Cleveland as the league marked the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday with a packed slate of fixtures.
Apart from a brief spell at the start of the first quarter, Oklahoma City led throughout, building up a double-digit lead before accelerating away with a 45-point fourth quarter.
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexander’s 30-point haul led the way, with center Chet Holmgren providing offensive support with 28 points and Luguentz Dort adding 18 points.
Isaiah Joe chipped in with 16 points from the bench while Aaron Wiggins finished with 12 as five Thunder players recorded double figures en route to a victory that sees Oklahoma City improve to 36-8 at the top of the Western Conference.
Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 19 points while four Cavs players — Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, Jaylon Tyson and De’Andre Hunter — all finished with 16 points apiece.
In Monday’s other early game, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 21 points helped the Milwaukee Bucks hold off a late rally in a 112-110 road win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Milwaukee opened a 23-point lead midway through the third quarter but a stubborn Atlanta line-up chipped away at that advantage and grabbed a slender one-point lead with just over a minute remaining before the Bucks reasserted themselves to dig out victory.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker led Atlanta’s scoring with 32 points off the bench including seven three-pointers, with Jalen Johnson finishing with 28 points for the home side.
