LAHORE: Kingsmen Academy and MIT Solutions are set to lock horns in the final of the President’s Trophy Grade-II Gold final from 29th June to 2nd July at the Abbottabad Cricket Ground.
The four-day non-first-class final will be live-streamed on Tapmad in Pakistan and on PCB official YouTube channel for the overseas fans.
The winner of the President’s Trophy Grade-II Gold will secure a berth in the President’s Trophy Grade-I first-class tournament in the 2026-27 domestic season. A prize pot of PKR 7.8 million will also be up for grabs with the winner getting PKR five million and the runners up taking home PKR 2.5 million.
MIT Solutions thumped Vital Tea by 325 runs in their semi-final at the Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad from 18th to 20th June as Test batter Abdullah Shafique produced a magnificent knock of 193 off 201 balls in the second innings, a PCB spokesman said.
MIT Solutions managed 293-9 in the allotted 70 overs in their first dig with Vital Tea’s left-arm pace bowler Muhammad Basit picked up 6-82. In turn, Vital Tea were condemned to 164 all out in 46.1 overs with left-arm spinner Mohammad Irfan bagging figures of 11-1-28-5.
It was in the second innings that Shafique went berserk and also shared a 97-run fifth-wicket stand with promising batter Riazullah (58, 69b, 11x4s). With 507-run target set in front, Vital Tea were bundled out for 181 in 45.2 overs and their decimation was led by right-arm pace of Khubaib Khalil, who wreaked havoc with seven for 65 in 11 overs.
In the second semi-final, which was played on the same dates at the Abbottabad Cricket Ground, Kingsmen Academy were termed victorious based on their 131-run first innings lead after the game ended in stalemate against their peers Kingsmen.
Kingsmen Academy, who are eager to feature as a first-class outfit in the upcoming domestic season, rode on opening batter Muhammad Arshad’s 130-ball 121, Najab Khan’s 85 and Muhammad Shayan’s 63 to post 359 all out in 68.3 overs.
Kingsmen’s Azan Tariq picked up 5-70 with bowling right-arm medium pace. In turn, Kingsmen Academy’s fast bowler Hamid Ali produce five for 62 to dismiss Kingsmen for 228 in 47.2 overs.
In their second dig, Kingsmen Academy lost half their side for 87 runs when Ahmed Hussain conjured a gusty knock of 150 not out off 260 balls hitting 16 fours and two sixes batting at 0.7. Kingsmen were dismissed for 349 in 107.5 overs setting a target of 481 runs. Kingsmen were 94-3 in 10 overs when the time ran out and both the teams shook hands.
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