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A match in Pakistan’s domestic Twenty20 competition last month is under scrutiny over allegations of foul play and under-performance by some players, an official said. Karachi Zebras lost the Super Eight tournament game by 31 runs against a weakened Peshawar Panthers side missing injured star Pakistan paceman Umar Gul. The win lifted Peshawar to the semi-final and relegated Karachi.

“I myself felt some foul-play and several players under-performed so the manager of the team has submitted a report in which he has advised investigation,” Siraj Bukhari, president of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA), told AFP on Thursday.

Aysha Naeem and Salma Faiz guided Peshawar to a record nine wickets win against Charsadda team in the ongoing Peshawar Region Inter-District Women Cricket Championship being played here at BISE ground on Tuesday.

Both Aysha Naeem and Salma Faiz added 89 runs for second wicket stand to steer their team to victory. Opener Aysha Naeem played an elegant knock of 43 runs with five boundaries and two sixes and Salma Faiz hammered 46 runs with seven boundaries and one six.

Two goals each by Seeza Tabasum and Sabeeha guided Peshawar to record a thumping victory against strong Mardan in the final of the Higher Education Department Inter-College Girls Football Championship played here at Frontier College for Women Ground on Thursday. More >