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RAWALPINDI: Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and elected to field against Islamabad United in the 20th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday.

PLAYING XIs

Islamabad United: Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Salman Ali Agha, Rumman Raees, Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Jordan Cox, Azam Khan (wk), Shadab Khan (c), Hunain Shah

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Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Paul Walter, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Zeeshan, Arif Yaqoob, Salman Irshad

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RAWALPINDI: The heavy rain in the city continued to play spoilsport as the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 match between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United was washed out here at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

As a result, both Gladiators and United shared a point each.

The 2019 champions solidified their grip on the second spot in the standings with nine points in six matches, just one shy of leaders Multan Sultans while the United remained fourth with five points in as many matches.

Quetta Gladiators next face Karachi Kings at the same venue on Wednesday while Islamabad United will lock horns with Peshawar Zalmi on Monday.

Earlier today, the persistent rain in the city washed out the first match between Lahore Qalandars and Zalmi as well.

Due to the constant downpours, the toss was delayed initially as covers were placed on the ground.

The rain stopped briefly, prompting efforts from the groundsmen to dry the ground, but the rain returned, ultimately leading to umpires deciding that no play could be possible.

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Lahore Qalandars gained their first point in the ongoing PSL 9 as they were awarded one point along with Peshawar Zalmi after their match was called off.

Notably, Lahore Qalandars, who are defending champions of the PSL, are currently lying at the bottom of the points table after suffering six consecutive losses.

They next face two-time champions United in an away clash in Wednesday’s doubleheader.

Meanwhile, Peshawar Zalmi are sitting in third position with seven points.

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KARACHI: Colin Munro’s quickfire 82 after a combined bowling effort led Islamabad United to beat Karachi Kings by seven wickets in the 15th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.

Chasing 166, openers Munro and Alex Hales gave United a flying start to the pursuit with a century-plus partnership.

The left-handed batter dominated the match-defining stand while Hales played an anchoring knock which lasted in the 12th over, bowled by Hasan Ali.

Hales struck seven boundaries on his way to a 35-ball 47.

Meanwhile, Colin Munro stood his ground firm and carried his bat till the 15th over before falling victim to Mohammad Nawaz.

He remained the top-scorer for the United with a 47-ball 82 with the help of eight boundaries and four sixes.

The United then lost another wicket in the pursuit when Tabraiz Shamsi struck in the next over to send Imad Wasim (0) back.

The back-to-back dismissals halted the flow of runs for the United but skipper Shadab Khan and Salman Ali Agha batted sensibly amid their unbeaten 30-run partnership and steered the two-time champions to an important victory.

Shadab scored a cautious 10 off 11 deliveries while Agha made a 17-ball 25 with the help of two sixes.

For the Kings, Nawaz, Shamsi and Hasan struck out a batter apiece.

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Put into bat first, the Kings registered 165/5 on the board, courtesy of an unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership between Pollard and Irfan.

The hosts had an unwanted start to their innings as Imad Wasim dismissed Tim Seifert (8) in the third over with just 17 runs on the board.

Following the early debacle, skipper Shan Masood was joined by Leus du Plooy and the pair briefly bolstered the total.

They added a brisk 40 runs in just five overs before Salman Ali Agha cleaned up du Plooy in the eighth over. He scored 24 off just 15 deliveries with the help of four boundaries.

Kings’ captain Masood attempted to anchor the innings before falling victim to Hunain Shah in the 10th over after scoring 27 off 30 deliveries, laced up with three boundaries.

The Kings then lost two more wickets in quick succession with Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Nawaz, six each, perishing cheaply and bringing the hosts down to 89/5 in 13.1 overs.

With half of the batters back into the dugout, Kieron Pollard joined forces with Mohammad Irfan Khan and put together a gutsy partnership.

Their unbeaten stand yielded 76 runs and lifted Karachi Kings to breach the 160-run barrier.

Pollard, the core aggressor of the sixth-wicket stand, top-scored for the Kings with an unbeaten 28-ball 48 which featured two boundaries and a six.

Irfan, on the other hand, played a supportive role with 27 not out off 22 deliveries, hitting four boundaries.

For the United, Imad, Naseem Shah, Agha and Hunain Shah made one scalp each.

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KARACHI: Colin Munro’s quickfire 82 after a combined bowling effort led Islamabad United to beat Karachi Kings by seven wickets in the 15th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.

IU 169/3 (18.3 Overs)

Hasan bowls the penultimate over

IU 156/3 (18 Overs)

Shamsi bowls his last

IU 149/3 (17 Overs)

Leus du Plooy replaces Nawaz

IU 147/3 (16 Overs)

15.1: It was a half-tracker wide of off, Imad pumps it away off the backfoot and Shan Masood takes a sharp catch.

Shamsi comes back

IU 139/2 (15 Overs)

14.5: Tosses up fuller and it turns back sharply towards middle and off, he was looking to play a late cut and didn’t account for the late turn.

Nawaz bowls his last

IU 130/1 (14 Overs)

Hasan continues

IU 117/1 (13 Overs)

Nawaz again

IU 110/1 (12 Overs)

Hasan comes back

11.3: Shortish cutter and thumped into the surface at leg-stump line, Hales got the toe-end part of the bat and holes out to deep midwicket, Irfan Khan takes the regulation catch.

IU 104/0 (11 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IU 97/0 (10 Overs)

Malik bowls his final over

IU 89/0 (9 Overs)

More spin as Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack

IU 87/0 (8 Overs)

Tabraiz Shamsi comes on

IU 68/0 (7 Overs)

Mohammad Amir Khan comes into the attack

IU 58/0 (6 Overs)

Malik bowls his third

IU 46/0 (5 Overs)

Hasan Ali comes into the attack

IU 36/0 (4 Overs)

Malik continues

IU  24/0 (3 Overs)

Hamza continues

IU 13/0 (2 Overs)

Shoaib Malik bowls from the other end

IU 10/0 (1 Over)

Alex Hales and Colin Munro open the innings for Islamabad United. Mir Hamza to bowl the first over for Karachi Kings.

KARACHI KINGS vs ISLAMABAD UNITED (2nd INNINGS)

KARACHI: Kieron Pollard and Mohammad Irfan Khan recovered Karachi Kings to a formidable total against Islamabad United in the 15th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.

KK 165/5 (20 Overs)

Hunain to bowl the final over

KK 145/5 (19 Overs)

Rumman bowls the penultimate over

KK 128/5 (18 Overs)

Naseem bowls his last

KK 117/5 (17 Overs)

Rumman continues

KK 103/5 (16 Overs)

Hunain replaces Naseem

KK 101/5 (15 Overs)

Raees comes back into the attack

KK 94/5 (14 Overs)

13.1: Back of a length, cramped for room, tries to chip it but couldn’t elevate it much and Shadab takes a simple catch.

Naseem comes back

KK 87/4 (13 Overs)

Imad bowls his last

KK 83/4 (12 Overs)

Shadab replaces Hunain

KK 77/4 (11 Overs)

Imad replaces Shadab

10.1: Round the wicket, lobbed up, wicket-to-wicket, Malik leans forward and punches it to short cover, sent back by Pollard. Malik narrowly fails to make his ground, it’s touch and go.

KK 73/3 (10 Overs)

9.5: Rams the out-swinging yorker and Shan exposes his stumps, tries to carve him through covers and ends up making a mess of his stumps.

Hunain Shah into the attack

KK 65/2 (9 Overs)

Shadab continues

KK 58/2 (8 Overs)

7.4: Floated up and it spun sharply after being pitched fuller at the middle. Leus du Plooy shimmies to the leg to work it through but gets beaten completely and the ball knocks his stumps.

Agha replaces Naseem

KK 52/1 (7 Overs)

Shadab Khan comes into the attack

KK 46/1 (6 Overs)

Naseem replaces Rumman

KK 37/1 (5 Overs)

Salman Ali Agha replaces Imad

KK 26/1 (4 Overs)

Rumman Raees comes on

KK 18/1 (3 Overs)

2.4: Imad floated up on a length and gets it to spin away from off, Seifert loses his balance and fails to lay bat on it, Azam Khan removes the bails in a flash.

Imad continues

KK 7/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

KK 7/0 (1 Over)

Shan Masood and Tim Seifert come out to open the innings for Karachi Kings. Imad Wasim to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs ISLAMABAD UNITED (1st INNINGS)

LAHORE: Islamabad United have won the toss and elected to field first against Karachi Kings in the 15th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 20, Islamabad United 16, Karachi Kings 4

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LAHORE: Islamabad United have won the toss and elected to field first against Karachi Kings in the 15th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 20, Islamabad United 16, Karachi Kings 4

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LAHORE: Babar Azam’s quickfire century, followed by Arif Yaqoob’s five-wicket haul propelled Peshawar Zalmi to an eight-run victory over Islamabad United in the 13th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at Gaddafi Stadium on Monday.

Chasing a mammoth 202-run target, the United fell short of the victory despite a sensational partnership between Azam Khan and Colin Munro.

The United had a shaky start to the run chase as they lost Jordan Cox (13) in the fifth over with just 32 runs on the board.

The United then lost two more wickets in quick succession as Shadab Khan (6) and Salman Ali Agha (14) walked back after modest contributions.

Azam Khan joined Munro in the middle with the United reeling at 73/3 in 9.3 overs and turned the game on its head with an astounding knock.

The right-handed batter dominated the 108-run stand with Munro, scoring 75 off just 30 deliveries with the help of six boundaries and as many sixes.

His magnificent knock ended on the final delivery of the 18th over when he mistimed a shot off Naveen-ul-Haq.

His partner Munro followed his footsteps on the next delivery which prompted a lower-order collapse. The left-handed batter made 71 in 53 balls, hitting seven boundaries and a six.

Spinner Arif Yaqoob brought the game back into Zalmi’s command by picking up three more wickets in the penultimate over and finished with astonishing figures of 5/27 – the first five-wicket haul of the PSL 9.

The United then needed 19 runs off the final over and they eventually came up short despite Naseem Shah’s six on the second delivery.

Besides Yaqoob, Salman Irshad, Naveen, Luke Wood and Saim Ayub made one scalp each.

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Put into bat first, Zalmi’s openers Saim Ayub and Babar once again scripted a flourishing start with a 73-run partnership.

The in-form duo dominated the United bowlers and scored at a brisk rate until Ayub was cleaned up by Salman Ali Agha in the eighth over.

Ayub remained a notable run-getter for the Zalmi with a 21-ball 38 which featured three boundaries and two sixes.

His dismissal fuelled United with momentum and their captain solidified their position by striking twice in the next over, removing Mohammad Haris and Haseebullah Khan.

The successive blows had reduced Zalmi to 80/3 in 8.4 overs and the former champions, as a result, went into a defensive mode.

The Zalmi then lost two more wickets — Paul Walter (19) and Rovman Powell (eight) — in quick succession and slipped to 124/5 in 14.5 overs.

But Babar Azam launched a ruthless counterattack on the United with belligerent hitting and turned the game on its head.

The highlight of his sensational hitting was an expensive 18th over when he clobbered four boundaries and a six to young Hunain Shah.

He then hit a boundary on the first delivery of Tymall Mills’ final over and followed it up with a single to bring up his second PSL century.

Babar Azam finished as the top-scorer for the Zalmi with an unbeaten 111 off just 63 deliveries with the help of 14 boundaries and two sixes.

He was supported by hard-hitting batter Asif Ali at the backend with a nine-ball 17, laced up with two boundaries.

United captain Shadab led the bowling attack for his side with 2/28 in his four overs, followed by Naseem Shah and Salman Ali Agha, who made one scalp each.

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LAHORE: Islamabad United have won the toss and elected to field first against Peshawar Zalmi in the 13th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at Gaddafi Stadium on Monday.

PLAYING XIs

PESHAWAR ZALMI: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Haseebullah Khan, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Paul Walter, Luke Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Arif Yaqoob, Salman Irshad.

ISLAMABAD UNITED: Haider Ali, Colin Munro, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan (c), Jordan Cox, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Tymal Mills.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 22, Peshawar Zalmi 11, Islamabad United 10, No Result 1

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LAHORE: Hard-hitting opening batter Alex Hales will miss Islamabad United’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 clash against Peshawar Zalmi, scheduled on Sunday.

According to the details, Hales had a prior personal commitment and thus will be unavailable for United’s fourth match of the ongoing season.

Alex Hales is anticipated to return for all the remaining action, commencing with the second leg in Karachi.

Two-time champions Islamabad United are ranked third in the PSL 9 standings with two points in three matches.

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The PSL 9 will be played in four cities – Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi – with the final of the six-team tournament taking place at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on 18 March.

Over the course of the 34-match tournament, Karachi will host 11 matches, including the Qualifier, two Eliminators and the final.

Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and Rawalpindi’s Pindi Cricket Stadium will each host nine matches, while fans in Multan, the city of saints, will witness five matches.

Islamabad United’s PSL 9 squad

Shadab Khan (c), Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim, Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales, Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Silver), Tymal Mills, Matthew Forde, Salman Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan, Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Jordan Cox, Haider Ali, Obed McCoy, Martin Guptill.

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Islamabad United’s captain Shadab Khan blamed the technology for his side’s thrilling loss against Quetta Gladiators during the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9.

Rilee Rossouw, the captain of Quetta Gladiators, scored a gutsy 34 after a combined bowling effort to guide his side to a narrow three-wicket victory after he got a second life courtesy of a controversial DRS decision.

Set to chase 139 runs, Gladiators were cruising comfortably towards the target when Rossouw attempted to sweep Agha Salman on the last ball of the 11th over.

However, he missed the ball completely as it thudded his pads, prompting a strong appeal from the fielding side and it was given out by umpire Aleem Dar.

Gladiators reviewed the decision and got the decision reversed as the Hawk-Eye showed that the ball had struck Rossouw outside the line of the stumps and would have missed the off stump.

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Rossouw went on to carry his bat all the way through with an unbeaten 34 off 38 to guide his team to their third consecutive victory in the PSL 9.

Shadab Khan expressed his frustration over the decision after the match and blamed it for their loss.

“I think technology was at fault for this loss. We were shown a different ball as to the review (the review of Rossouw),” Khan said.

“I bowled 4 overs as a leg spinner, it wasn’t turning much. This one showed impact outside off and spinning away further. In a big tournament like this, there shouldn’t be such mistakes,” he added.

Notably, Islamabad United kicked off their PSL 9 campaign with a win against Lahore Qalandars in the opening match but lost their next two games and are placed in third position in the points table.

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