Abdul Malik seals chase
Abdul Malik held the chase together when early wickets threatened to tighten the screws, steering Amo Sharks to a 5-wicket win with 6 balls remaining. After the Sharks slipped to 50/2 in the powerplay, Malik absorbed the pressure and then shifted gears through the middle overs, ensuring the asking rate never ran away. His 65 off 46, capped by a calm finish in the 19th over, turned a tricky pursuit of 154 into a controlled chase.
Ahmadzai’s middle-overs squeeze
The game was shaped most sharply when Boost Defenders tried to rebuild after a stuttering powerplay of 42/3. Yamin Ahmadzai’s spell (3/14) strangled scoring lanes, forcing risk against a ball that wasn’t coming on. Boost managed only 73/2 in the middle phase, but the lack of momentum meant their death-overs burst of 38/4 never became a decisive surge; wickets kept interrupting any launch.
Four names, biggest impact
Ahmadzai was the standout, his 3/14 earning MVP for the control that limited Boost to 153/9. Malik’s 65 was the chase’s anchor and accelerator in one, while Kamal’s 35 off 31 provided the stability for that key stand. For Boost, Najibullah Zadran’s 46 off 37 was the most substantial contribution in an innings repeatedly checked by wickets.
Kamal-Malik break the back
Boost’s bowlers did fight, with Said Khan’s 2/22 keeping the chase honest and late strikes creating a flicker. But the decisive momentum swing came in the middle overs as Malik and Shahidullah Kamal stitched together the match’s biggest stand: 79 runs. That partnership blunted the fielding side’s plans, turning a chase that could have become frantic into one where Amo Sharks needed only 22 in the death — even as two wickets fell.




