Strikers won the National Women's T20 Tournament with a dramatic one-run victory over Stars in the final at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, on Monday, October 26. Defending a modest 115, they restricted Stars to 114-8 in their 20 overs.
Stars needed 11 runs off the final over. Diana Baig hit the first ball for four, but pacer Syeda Masooma Zahra held her nerve to close out the win. Sadaf Shamas, the tournament's leading run-scorer, made 37 off 38 balls for Stars, and Diana finished unbeaten on 16.
Off-spinner Rameen Shamim was decisive with 2-9 from her four overs and was named player of the match, while Omaima Sohail took 2-11.
Batting first, Strikers slipped to 58-5 before captain Natalia Parvaiz top-scored with 30 to help them reach 115 all out in 19 overs. Leg-spinner Hafsa Khalid led the Stars attack with 4-29.
Strikers won all nine of their matches to lift the trophy and a Rs1.5 million prize, with runners-up Stars receiving Rs1 million. Invincibles' Syeda Aroob Shah was player of the tournament with 134 runs and ten wickets, Sadaf finished as top scorer with 285 runs, and Rameen was the leading wicket-taker with 19.