A Cricket Match

(1) An interesting match.... We spent last Sunday in the Peshawar stadium watching a very interesting one day cricket match. It was played between the teams of Local Islamia College and the Government College. Both the teams were quite strong and match was very interesting.

(2) Start of the match....  The match started at 9.00 a.m. but the spectators had reached the play ground early in the morning. We were astonished to see such a huge crowd. The captains of the teams arrived in the ground only ten minutes before the fixed time. They inspected the pitch and then the players of both the teams were introduced to the umpires.

(3) Islamia College Team started batting....  The game started exactly at 9.00 a.m. The Government college. Team had to field. While the Islamic College Team was batting. The game became thrilling from the very start. The first wicket fell after two overs and Rashid was out for only seven runs. Now Jamshaid and Tariq started to play. They played very carefully and increased the score slowly but steadily. As last a about 10.30 a.m. Tariq was out and Azhar took his place. The game became still more interesting when Azhar hit two fours. People clapped their hands with joy and the students of two colleges encouraged their players by raising interesting slogans. The Islamia College  team scored 150 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.

(4) Govt. College went to bat....  After the lunch Government College team went to bat. Ahmad and Mahmood played steadily and scored 50 runs then Ahmad was out and Afzal took his place. The whole team was out for 148 runs.

(5) Islamia College won the match....  The Islamia College team scored 150 runs while the Government College team scored only 148. Thus Islamia College won the match by a very narrow margin. The match was very interesting and every body praised the players.