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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan has accepted his team’s batting failure in the last game against Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League season 8, attributing the collapse to the players’ fearless approach. 

“When you demand modern-day cricket from the player such failures may also happen,” said Shadab on Tuesday at a press conference.

The skipper claimed he was well aware of the possibility that his team’s batting lineup could also crash someday owing to their attacking approach.

“I was saying this from last year that a day might come when we will be all out under 100. And that day has come,” he commented on United’s one-sided loss against Qaladars on Monday when they were bowled out for 90 while chasing 201.

“We have to accept their failures too when we demand a fearless approach from the players. And as a team, we are accepting this” he added.

With six points, United currently sits third on the points table after five games and will play their first home game in the tournament when they face Karachi Kings in Rawalpindi on Friday.

Commenting on the Kings’ bumpy journey so far in this PSL, Shadab did not shy away from calling them a ‘big franchise’ which knew how to come out of such pressure situations.

“We have to give our best in the field against them (Karachi Kings),” he asserted.

Moreover, recently-married Shadab also opined on the dip in his performance in the current PSL season, saying it has nothing to do with a new chapter of his life.

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RAWALPINDI: Karachi Kings’ wicketkeeper batter Matthew Wade expressed confidence in his side’s ability to make it to the playoffs, terming the next three matches ‘important’.

Wade, who scored a fighting half-century in the run chase against Peshawar Zalmi, shared his disappointment over failing to finish the game but stated that his side will get another opportunity to bounce back.

“It would have been nice if I had finished the game, that’s our job as a top order player. As I said, the rate was crazy enough high, we need 12 or 13 [runs per over]. I felt like if they gave me the ball up, I would hit areas I thought I could hit and was gonna take it down straight but missed it. That’s kind of the game, it’s T20 and it happens,” said Wade.

“Yeah it is disappointing that I couldn’t go on and pose a bigger score but we’ll get another opportunity in a few days, we have to bounce back, we have to win the next three games and win them well and give ourselves a chance for the finals,” he added.

The wicketkeeper batter then asserted that the Kings’ net run rate in the tournament has the capability of spicing up the race for the playoffs as his side lost their matches by minimal margins.

“We are not playing our best but we’ve been there and there about as we’ve lost by minimal margins and our run rate is probably capable in the tournament at the moment,” shared Wade.

“So, pretty much every game from here, we have to win, let’s how we’re looking at it anyway and if we can bank three, we’ll have the chance to play the finals,” he added.

It is worth mentioning that the Kings slipped to fifth with four points in seven matches in the PSL 8 standings with a narrow 24-run defeat against Peshawar Zalmi.

Kings’ pacer Mohammad Amir’s magnificent figures of 4/26 and Imad Wasim’s gritty 57-run knock went in vain.

The 2020 champions next face Islamabad United on Friday in a must-win clash.

RAWALPINDI: Peshawar Zalmi’s batters put on a collective effort to power their side to a massive total of 197/5 before the bowlers steered them to a 24-run victory over Karachi Kings in the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

Set to chase a mammoth 198, the Kings fell 24 runs short as the side could raise 173/8 in their set of 20 overs despite magnificent half-centuries by Imad Wasim and Matthew Wade.

Earlier in the run chase, the Kings were off to a decent start as the new opening pair of Wade and debutant Adam Rossington added 40 runs for the first wicket.

Azmatullah Omarzai then struck in his first over to dent Kings’ solid start as he dismissed Rossington, who scored a brisk 15 off just eight deliveries.

Rossington’s dismissal sparked a frustrating collapse that resulted in the Kings slipping to 95/5 in the 12th over with Wade, who was hanging on with a gritty half-century, also getting out.

Wade scored 53 off 41 deliveries with the help of nine boundaries.

Kings’ skipper Imad and Cutting then attempted to anchor the run chase with a brief 17-run partnership but Omarzai removed the latter to put Zalmi in command. Cutting could score 15 off 13 balls.

The Kings then lost two more wickets in quick succession and consequently slipped to 122/8 in the 16th over.

Kings’ captain Imad, however, fought valiantly till the end with his gritty half-century but his efforts went in vain as his side fell 24 runs short.

Imad top-scored for the Kings with an unbeaten 57 runs off just 30 deliveries, smashing 10 boundaries and a six.

Aamer Jamal and Omarzai led the Zalmi’s bowling attack with three wickets each, while Mujeeb Ur Rehman made two scalps.

Put into bat first, Zalmi got off to a horrible start as the side lost three crucial wickets of Mohammad Haris (0), Babar Azam (0) and Saim Ayub (1) inside three overs; courtesy of a fiery opening spell from Mohammad Amir.

With their side in heaps of trouble, young wicketkeeper batter Haseebullah and Tom Kohler-Cadmore stitched a gritty fourth wicket partnership and scripted an astounding recovery as the pair raised 82 runs.

Haseebullah was the core aggressor of the crucial partnership and brought up his half-century in just 27 balls but Tabraiz Shamsi cut his celebrations short as he struck out the former in his second over to hand a much-needed breakthrough to the Kings.

The young left-handed batter scored 50 off 29 deliveries, hitting four boundaries and three sixes.

Following his dismissal, Rovman Powell wasted no time in settling down and carried on the recovery for his side with clean hitting and bolstered Zalmi for a big total with a 29-ball fifty.

Powell top-scored for the Zalmi with a brisk 34-ball 64 before falling to Amir in the 19th over. He smashed six boundaries and four sixes amid his brilliant knock.

Meanwhile, amid Powell and Haseebullah’s aggressive knocks, Kohler-Cadmore held his end firm and went on to score an anchoring 56-run knock in 45 deliveries, laced up with five boundaries and three sixes.

Left-arm pacer Amir led the Kings’ bowling attack with 4/26, while Shamsi struck out a batter.

RAWALPINDI: Peshawar Zalmi’s batters put on a collective effort to power their side to a massive total of 197/5 before the bowlers steered them to a 24-run victory over Karachi Kings in the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

KK 173/8 (20 Overs)

Arshad to bowl the final over

KK 161/8 (19 Overs)

Wahab to bowl the 19th

KK 155/8 (18 Overs)

Aamer comes to bowl his last

KK 133/8 (17 Overs)

Omarzai continues

KK 124/8 (16 Overs)

Aamer replaces Arshad

KK 116/6 (15 Overs)

Omarzai replaces Wahab

KK 112/5 (14 Overs)

Arshad replaces Mujeeb

KK 105/5 (13 Overs)

Wahab replaces Aamer

KK 96/5 (12 Overs)

Mujeeb comes again

KK 87/4 (11 Overs)

Aamer continues

KK 80/3 (10 Overs)

Mujeeb continues

KK 77/2 (9 Overs)

Aamer Jamal comes to bowl his first

KK 71/2 (8 Overs)

Mujeeb replaces Wahab

KK 66/2 (7 Overs)

Omarzai continues

KK 55/1 (6 Overs)

Wahab continues

KK 42/1 (5 Overs)

Azmatullah Omarzai into the attack

KK 38/0 (4 Overs)

Wahab Riaz comes to bowl his first

KK 30/0 (3 Overs)

Arshad continues

KK 17/0 (2 Overs)

Mujeeb ur Rehman to bowl from the other end

KK 6/0 (1 Over)

Matthew Wade and Adam Rossington come out to bat for the Kings. Arshad Iqbal to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs PESHAWAR ZALMI (2nd INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Peshawar Zalmi’s Haseebullah and Rovman Powell struck magnificent half-centuries to recover their side to post a decent total of 197/5 after Karachi Kings’ Mohammad Amir ran through their top order in the 17th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PZ 197/5 (20 Overs)

Akif to bowl the final over

PZ 176/5 (19 Overs)

Amir to bowl the 19th

PZ 164/4 (18 Overs)

Yamin replaces Amir

PZ 146/4 (17 Overs)

Akif comes back into the attack

PZ 132/4 (16 Overs)

Amir comes back

PZ 124/4 (15 Overs)

Imad to bowl his last

PZ 106/4 (14 Overs)

Shamsi comes to bowl his last

PZ 103/4 (13 Overs)

Imad continues

PZ 94/4 (12 Overs)

Shamsi comes again

PZ 89/4 (11 Overs)

Imad comes back

PZ 84/4 (10 Overs)

Shamsi continues

PZ 74/3 (9 Overs)

Akif replaces Imad

PZ 63/3 (8 Overs)

Tabraiz Shamsi into the attack

PZ 55/3 (7 Overs)

Imad Wasim comes into the attack

PZ 41/3 (6 Overs)

Yamin comes again

PZ 27/3 (5 Overs)

Akif Javed comes into the attack

PZ 13/3 (4 Overs)

Yamin continues

PZ 7/3 (3 Overs)

Amir continues

PZ 2/2 (2 Overs)

Aamer Yamin to bowl from the other end

PZ 2/2 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris come out to open for the Zalmi. Mohammad Amir to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs PESHAWAR ZALMI (1st INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Karachi Kings have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Peshawar Zalmi in the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: Matthew Wade, Adam Rossington, Tayyab Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim(c), Irfan Khan Niazi, Ben Cutting, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Akif Javed.

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Haseebullah Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wahab Riaz, Aamir Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Mujeeb Ur Rehman.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 18, Peshawar Zalmi 13, Karachi Kings 5

RAWALPINDI: Karachi Kings have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Peshawar Zalmi in the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: Matthew Wade, Adam Rossington, Tayyab Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim(c), Irfan Khan Niazi, Ben Cutting, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Akif Javed.

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Haseebullah Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wahab Riaz, Aamir Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Mujeeb Ur Rehman.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 18, Peshawar Zalmi 13, Karachi Kings 5

ISLAMABAD: English opener Alex Hales, who is set to represent Islamabad United in the ongoing eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has landed in the country for the marquee event.

The two-time PSL champions United, who suffered a crushing 110-run defeat at the hands of defending champions Lahore Qalandars on Monday, got a major confidence-booster ahead of their home matches as their enterprising opener Hales joined the squad on Wednesday afternoon.

Taking to Twitter, United shared a picture of Hales’s arrival in the country.

“Just in: [Alex Hales] arrives in Pakistan,” wrote the PSL franchise.

🚨 Just in: @AlexHales1 arrives in Pakistan!#HBLPSL8 #UnitedWeWin #HaleStorm pic.twitter.com/RJ6rUXygY7

— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) March 1, 2023

 

It is pertinent to mention that the United are in third place with six points after five matches, two points within the leaders Qalandars.

Meanwhile, the United will start their home matches on Friday when they lock horns with 2020 champions Karachi Kings, who hold the fourth spot in the standings.

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ISLAMABAD: Karachi Kings’ squad on Monday reached here to play their last four matches before the playoffs during the Rawalpindi-Lahore leg of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8.

According to the details, the Kings’ squad checked in at the Islamabad International Airport before reporting at the team hotel here on Monday evening, ahead of their clash with Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi.

Following their arrival, captains of both sides will hold pre-match press conferences ahead of their anticipated clash, scheduled on Wednesday.

Taking to Twitter, the Kings shared footage of their journey from Karachi to here.

𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙙 👋#YehHaiKarachi | #KingsSquad | #HBLPSL8 pic.twitter.com/GYbxWZxcWt

— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 27, 2023

 

It is pertinent to mention that the Kings, on the winning track with their dominating 66-run victory over leaders Multan Sultans on Sunday, will be aiming to continue their momentum against Zalmi.

The 2020 PSL champions currently hold the fourth spot in the standings with four points, followed by Zalmi with as many points.

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LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars put on a dominant all-round performance to thrash Islamabad United by a massive 110-run margin to go on top of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) eight standings.

Set to chase a massive total, the United bundled out for a meagre 90 runs in the 14th over to hand defending champions a dominating 110-run victory that propelled them to the top in the PSL 8 points table.

Earlier in pursuit, United were off to a decent start as their openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Colin Munro raised 41 runs for the first wicket before David Wiese dismissed the latter to hand a much-needed breakthrough to the Qalandars.

Munro could score 18 off 14 deliveries with the help of one boundary and a six.

The United then succumbed to another major setback at the brink of the power play when Gurbaz fell victim to Zaman Khan in the sixth over after a brief knock of a 17-ball 23 and top-scored for his side amid their dismal show with the bat.

Gurbaz’s dismissal triggered a match-defining collapse in United’s batting lineup and the visitors, consequently, were bundled out for a paltry 90 runs in the 14th over with Tom Curran offering brief resistance with his gritty 10-run knock.

Wiese led the Qalandars’ ferocious bowling attack with 3/17 while Sikandar Raza and Rashid Khan bagged two wickets each. Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan made one scalp each.

Opting to bat first, the Qalandars’ batters carried on their form as they post their second successive 200-plus total in the ongoing extravaganza.

The home side finished at a massive 200/7 in the allotted 20 overs, thanks to significant contributions by the majority of their batting lineup.

Earlier, openers Fakhar Zaman and Tahir Baig scripted a solid start for their side as the duo raised a 58-run partnership before United skipper Shadab Khan dismissed the latter in his first over to get a much-needed breakthrough for his side.

Tahir could score 20 off 17 deliveries, laced up with two boundaries and a six.

Fakhar soon followed his opening partner in the next over as Tom Curran castled the in-form batter to bring United back in the hunt as Qalandars slipped to 62/2 in 7.2 overs. He scored 36 off 23 balls, hitting five boundaries and a six.

Following his dismissal, Abdullah Shafique put on a crucial partnership with Sam Billings and made sure that their side stay on track of amassing a big total as the pair added 71 runs in just 38 deliveries amid their stand before the former fell victim to Tom Curran.

The right-handed batter top-scored for the Qalandars with his sensational 24-ball 45, which featured four boundaries and two sixes.

The hosts then lost three quick wickets in the middle overs as Hussain Talat (6), Sam Billings (33) and David Wiese (12) fell in the space of just 11 deliveries.

The Qalandars, however, soon recovered from the brief collapse as Sikandar Raza and Rashid Khan launched a counterattack on the United bowlers with their brisk 40-run partnership which ended with the latter’s dismissal on the second-last delivery of the innings.

Rashid played a crucial cameo of 18 runs in just 12 balls with the help of two boundaries and a six, while Sikandar struck an unbeaten 10-ball 23, smashing as many boundaries.

Curran led the bowling attack for the United with 3/34, while Shadab followed with 2/34. Hasan Ali and Abrar Ahmed struck out a batter each.

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LAHORE: Home side Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and elected to bat first against Islamabad United in the 16th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Tahir Baig, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings (wk), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Islamabad United: Colin Munro, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, RVD Dussen, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Tom Curran, Hassan Ali, Zeeshan Zameer, Abrar Ahmed

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 14, Islamabad United 9, Lahore Qalandars 5

LAHORE: Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique struck blistering half-centuries to power Lahore Qalandars to post the third-highest Pakistan Super League (PSL) total before Shaheen Shah Afridi’s five-wicket haul propelled the defending champions to a 40-run victory over Peshawar Zalmi.

Set to chase a mammoth 242, Zalmi fell 40 runs short of pulling the astounding victory despite blistering half-centuries from Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore.

Qalandars’ skipper dented Zalmi’s march in pursuit of the biggest total of the ongoing season as he castled Zalmi’s key batters Mohammad Haris (0) and Babar Azam (7) in his successive first two overs.

Following the slump, young batting sensation Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore kept the game alive with their magnificent third-wicket partnership as they added 91 runs off just 44 deliveries.

Kohler-Cadmore was on song amid his brilliant knock as he struck boundaries at will on his way to a brisk 55 off 23 deliveries before Haris Rauf struck in the 11th over to provide a much-needed breakthrough to the Qalandars.

The right-handed batter remained the top-scorer for Zalmi.

Saim looked to carry on his domination over the Qalandars’ bowlers after Kohler-Cadmore’s dismissal as he soon brought up his second PSL 8 half-century but fell victim to Rashid Khan soon after amassing the milestone.

He scored 51 off 34 balls, laced up with seven boundaries and two sixes.

Following his dismissal, Zalmi began to lose wickets at regular intervals which consequently resulted in the visitors being restricted to 201/9 after brief cameos from Bhanuka Rajapaksa (24) and Rovman Powell (20).

Shaheen led the bowling attack for his side with 5/40 while Zaman Khan followed with 2/28. Haris and Rashid, on the other hand, picked one wicket apiece.

Opting to bat first, the Qalandars piled a mammoth 241/3 in their quota of 20 overs at the back of scintillating knocks by Fakhar and Abdullah.

Earlier, the home side had a scratchy start as Wahab Riaz castled young opener Tahir Baig (5) to draw the first breakthrough for the Zalmi.

Following an early setback, Fakhar and Abdullah settled things down as they took the Qalandars to 36/1 in the powerplay before launching a ruthless counterattack on the Zalmi bowlers.

The duo turned things around for the home side with belligerent hitting with Abdullah leading the charge of the stand. The right-handed batter smashed five boundaries and as many sixes amid his magnificent knock before Wahab struck again in the 13th over for Zalmi.

Abdullah scored a quickfire 75 off 41 deliveries and left the Qalandars in complete command as the side were 127/2 in 13 overs.

Following Abdullah’s dismissal, Fakhar switched gears and took Zalmi bowlers to the cleaners with belligerent hitting but fell short of his well-deserved century by just four runs as he fell to Rovman Powell in the 17th over.

Fakhar top-scored for the Qalandars with 96 off just 45 balls, hitting three boundaries and 10 sixes.

Wahab led the bowling attack for the Zalmi with two wickets but was expensive as he leaked 45 runs in his four overs, while Powell could make one scalp.