LAHORE : Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 8-2 to win theFirst SAARC Baseball Cup at the Punjab Stadium here on Sunday.Pakistan won gold as it won all of their matches played in theTournament. Sri Lanka won silver while Afghanistan won bronze medlarespectively.
Pakistan started their first innings with Imtiaz making a score.Sri Lankan batters failed to make any score. In the second inningsPakistan couldn't make any score while Sri Lankan batters made twoscore through Khosla anf Timmuni. Sri Lnakn enjoyed one score leadtill the end of fourth innings. Pakistan batters, however, composedthemselves and clubbed Sri Lankan pitchers in all corners of theground. pakistan made five scores. Hafiz Musaddaq made one home run.
Imtiaz, Arshad, Zaheer, Asif Mustaq also contributed with onescore each. Sri lankan batters could not amke any score in rest oftheir innings amid very tight and accurate pitching by the homeeside pitchers. Pakistan made one score in the sixth innngs througghImtiaz and one more in the eighth innings through Asif to win thematch by a lead of six scores.
At close Punjab Education Minister Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehmangave away prized amongst the players. He also announced, on behalfof the Punjab chief minister, a sum of Rs 1.5 million for theplayers and the officials and Rs. one million for the PakistanBaseball Federation (PBF). The PBF President Shaukat Javed andsecretary General Khawar Shah were also present on teh occassion.
