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KARACHI: Karachi Kings’ spinner Imran Tahir taught Rashid Khan’s googly to Lahore Qalandars’ Sikandar Raza following their sides clash here at National Bank Cricket Arena on Sunday.

Following the conclusion of the much-hyped clash of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight between arch-rivals Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars, the Zimbabwean all-rounder Raza, who is representing Qalandars approached seasoned spinner Tahir to learn valuable skills regarding leg spin.

Upon Raza’s request, Tahir taught him the googly which he learned from Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan.

Taking to Twitter, the Qalandars shared footage of Tahir teaching Raza how to bowl Rashid’s style of googly.

“Learn the art of [Rashid Khan] googly from [Imran Tahir], [Sikandar Raza],” wrote Qalandars.

Learn the art of @rashidkhan_19 googly from @ImranTahirSA – @SRazaB24 #hblpsl8 #sabsitarayhumaray #qalandarscity #qalandarhum pic.twitter.com/EUhimm2hIY

— Lahore Qalandars (@lahoreqalandars) February 20, 2023

 

Speaking on the occasion, Raza termed franchise cricket a vital opportunity for him to learn different valuable skills from top stars.

“If there was no franchise cricket, I would not have had such opportunities to improve my skills. You don’t get all that in international cricket,” said Raza.

“Franchise cricket gives you an opportunity to learn a lot from the top stars of the world,” he concluded.

It is pertinent to mention that dominant Kings thrashed arch-rivals Qalandars by a massive margin of 67 runs to mark their comeback on the winning track in the ongoing PSL 8.

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KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi congratulated the players and management of the Karachi Kings after they sealed their maiden win of the Pakistan Super League season 8 on Sunday.

Star ex-cricketer Afridi visited the Karachi Kings dugout after the match and warmly greeted the players following a sensational 67-run victory against arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars.

Exclusive moments from the Kings' camp after last night's victory 💙❤️#YehHaiKarachi | #KKvLQ | #HBLPSL8 pic.twitter.com/pHulTr61ni

— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 20, 2023

Afridi, who attended the high-voltage clash of the PSL 8 at National Bank Cricket Arena, expressed that the win was crucial for Karachi Kings after back-to-back defeats.

“It is essential for the PSL that Karachi Kings stay in the tournament,” he said in an informal talk to reporters.”They played well today and won against a good side.”

When asked about the emerging stars in the ongoing PSL, especially Peshawar Zalmi’s Saim Ayub, the former all-rounder opined that one should judge the youngsters with such haste.

“Let the tournament concludes first and then we should judge their overall performance,”  he said. “We should not overrate them after one or two matches. This adds additional pressure on them.”

“Let the players enjoy their cricket,” he remarked.

It may be noted here that Karachi Kings’ victory against defending champions Qalandar came after three consecutive defeats in the first three matches of the PSL season 8.

James Vince and captain Imad Wasim led the Kings to pile a mammoth 185/5 before Akif Javed impressed with the ball by grabbing four wickets to bundle out Qalandars for 118.

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KARACHI: Karachi Kings’ fast bowler Aamer Yamin appealed to the people of Multan to come out in numbers and show support for the team in their upcoming clash against Multan Sultans. 

Multan-hailed Yamin, who impressed on his first outing of Pakistan Super League season 8 on Sunday, said he was happy to see cricket returning to Multan and requested the cricket fans from his home town to support him and his team when Karachi Kings play Multan Sultans on February 22.

“I am happy to see the people of Multan enjoying the PSL matches this season,” he said in a post-match press conference after the Kings sealed their first win of the tournament after back-to-back defeats.

“I want to appeal people of the city to support me and Karachi Kings when we come to Multan”

Yamin, who took two wickets during Kings’ dominant 67-run victory over arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars yesterday, said his team had played well in the first three matches but unfortunately could not finish the games.

He added the win against Qalandars had boosted the confidence of the camp, saying earlier in the morning, Karachi Kings President Wasim Akram, captain Imad Wasim and head coach Johan Botha all gave confidence to the players for the high-voltage clash.

When asked whether Karachi Kings has now found their optimal combination for the PSL season 8, the right-arm pacer replied: “Obviously when results do not come in your favour, you have to make some tweaks in the combination.”

Moreover, the 32-year-old hailed his fellow pacer Mohammad Amir and said he used to learn a lot from the left-arm pacer on the field and in the nets as well.

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KARACHI: James Vince and Imad Wasim led Karachi Kings to pile a mammoth 185/5 before Akif Javed-led bowling attack powered the home side to a dominating 67-run victory over arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the eighth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

Set to chase 187, the Qalandars’ batting lineup failed completely against the disciplined bowling attack of the Kings as they were bundled out for a meagre 118 in the 18th over.

The Qalandars, however, were off to a decent start to the pursuit as their openers Fakhar Zaman and Mirza Tahir Baig added brisk 40 runs before Aamer Yamin castled Fakhar to hand Kings a much-needed breakthrough. The left-handed batter could score 15 off 12.

Mohammad Amir then further pushed the Qalandars to the back foot as he struck out Shai Hope (1) in the next over, which eventually halted the flow of runs for the visitors.

Following the early slump, Baig put on a cautious 41-run partnership for the third wicket with Kamran Ghulam but the pair remained a touch too slow as they conceded as many deliveries in the process before Akif dismissed Kamran, who could score 23 off 22.

Ghulam’s dismissal triggered a match-defining collapse as the Qalandars eventually bundled out for 118 in the 18th with Baig being their notable run-getter.

The right-handed opener scored 45 off 39 deliveries with the help of three boundaries and two sixes.

Akif led the bowling attack for the Kings with magnificent figures of 4/28 while Yamin and Ben Cutting bagged two each. Skipper Imad and Amir made one scalp.

Put into bat first, the Kings raised a mammoth 185/5 in the allotted 20 overs at the back of some vital contributions by their openers and skipper Imad.

The opening pair of Vince and Matthew Wade worked for the Kings as the pair scripted a solid start with a magnificent 70-run partnership and laid the foundation for a massive total.

Wicketkeeper batter Wade, the core aggressor of the vital opening partnership had an unlucky dismissal as he got run out; courtesy of a brilliant effort in the deep by Ghulam, who cannoned in a perfect throw at the striker’s end.

Wade scored 36 off just 24 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and a six.

Following Wade’s dismissal, Haider Ali put on a brief partnership with Vince and looked to charge on the struggling Qalandars’ bowlers before Liam Dawson castled him in the 12th over. He could score 18 off 16.

Haider’s dismissal triggered a brief collapse as the Kings slipped to 124/4 in the 15th over with in-form Shoaib Malik (10) and Vince departing in quick successions.

Vince top-scored for the Kings with 46 off 36 deliveries and hit three boundaries and two sixes.

Following the brief collapse, skipper Imad took responsibility and launched a counter-attack on the Qalandars’ bowlers to make sure his side amass a competitive total with Cutting also supporting him amid death overs with his crucial 20-run cameo.

The all-rounder struck a quickfire 35 off a mere 19 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and as many sixes.

For Qalandars, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan and Dawson made one scalp each.

KARACHI: James Vince and Imad Wasim led Karachi Kings to pile a mammoth 185/5 before Akif Javed-led bowling attack powered the home side to a dominating 67-run victory over arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the eighth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

LQ 118 (17.3 Overs)

Akif comes back

LQ 118/8 (17 Overs)

Ben Cutting comes to bowl his first

LQ 106/6 (16 Overs)

Yamin comes back

LQ 97/5 (15 Overs)

Tahir comes to bowl his last

LQ 91/5 (14 Overs)

Imad comes to bowl his last

LQ 88/4 (13 Overs)

Akif continues

LQ 86/2 (12 Overs)

Tahir comes back

LQ 79/2 (11 Overs)

Akif replaces Imad

LQ 70/2 (10 Overs)

Imran continues

LQ 66/2 (9 Overs)

Imad continues

LQ 56/2 (8 Overs)

Imran Tahir comes in

LQ 50/2 (7 Overs)

Imad replaces Yamin

LQ 47/2 (6 Overs)

Amir continues

LQ 44/1 (5 Overs)

4.2: Fast, skiddy and through his defence as Fakhar loses his shape on a mistimed pull and that’s a massive wicket for Karachi Kings

Yamin continues

LQ 39/0 (4 Overs)

Mohammad Amir comes to bowl

LQ 31/0 (3 Overs)

Aamer Yamin comes into the attack

LQ 24/0 (2 Overs)

Akif Javed to bowl from the other end

LQ 7/0 (1 Over)

Fakhar Zaman and Tahir Baig come out to bat for the Qalandars. Imad Wasim to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs LAHORE QALANDARS (2nd INNINGS)

KARACHI: Opener James Vince played an anchoring 46-run knock before skipper Imad Wasim’s brisk 25 bolstered Karachi Kings to pile 185/5 against arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the eighth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

KK 185/5 (20 Overs)

Shaheen comes to bowl the final over

KK 176/4 (19 Overs)

Rauf to bowl the 19th

KK 167/4 (18 Overs)

Shaheen replaces Zaman

KK 150/4 (17 Overs)

Haris replaces Raza

KK 141/4 (16 Overs)

Zaman continues

KK 130/4 (15 Overs)

Raza comes to bowl his last

KK 127/4 (14 Overs)

13.2: Spears in a toe-crusher and it wrecks the stumps! This is a perfect yorker right at the base of the stumps and too good for Vince who was late in jamming his bat down.

Zaman comes back

KK 120/3 (13 Overs)

12.6: Malik cleared his front leg in a bid to crunch it to the covers, ultra-edge shows a conspicuous deflection and Malik walks back the pavilion

Haris comes back

KK 115/2 (12 Overs)

11.1: Haider lost his shape while loading up for a full lofted sweep and left a big gap and it crashed into the middle stump.

Dawson comes to bowl again

KK 102/1 (11 Overs)

Raza comes again

KK 91/1 (10 Overs)

Dawson continues

KK 80/1 (9 Overs)

Raza continues

KK 75/1 (8 Overs)

7.1: Loopy delivery, hacked away behind square. Wade puts in a full-length dive while running second and is well out of the picture! Keeper does well to remove the zingers quickly.

Liam Dawson comes into the attack

KK 69/0 (7 Overs)

Sikandar Raza comes to bowl his first

KK 61/0 (6 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

KK 49/0 (5 Overs)

David Wiese comes into the attack

KK 34/0 (4 Overs)

Zaman continues

KK 25/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

KK 17/0 (2 Overs)

Zaman Khan comes to bowl from the other end

KK 9/0 (1 Over)

James Vince and Matthew Wade come out to bat for the Kings. Skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs LAHORE QALANDARS (1st INNINGS)

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the much-hyped clash of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: James Vince, Matthew Wade, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim (c), Ben Cutting, Irfanullah Niazi, Aamer Yamin, Akif Javed, Mohammad Amir, Imran Tahir.

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Fakhar Zaman, Tahir Baig, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-15, Karachi Kings-9, Lahore Qalandars-6

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the much-hyped clash of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: James Vince, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim (c), Matthew Wade, Ben Cutting, Irfanullah Niazi, Aamer Yamin, Akif Javed, Mohammad Amir, Imran Tahir.

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Fakhar Zaman, Tahir Baig, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-15, Karachi Kings-9, Lahore Qalandars-6

KARACHI: Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) most-followed franchise Karachi Kings celebrated their spinner Tabraiz Shamsi’s birthday ahead of their much-anticipated clash against arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars on Sunday.

Ahead of their fourth fixture of this year’s PSL 8, the Kings threw a birthday party for their spin sensation Shamsi, who turned 33 today.

Taking to Twitter, the Kings shared footage of all squad members participating in the spinner’s birthday celebration.

“Happy Birthday, Tabraiz Shamsi!” wrote Kings.

“Wishing you a year filled with more memorable wickets, amazing performances and lots of celebrations,” the caption added.

𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙯 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙞! 🎉🎂

Wishing you a year filled with more memorable wickets, amazing performances and lots of celebrations. 🙌#YehHaiKarachi | #KingsSquad | #HBLPSL8 pic.twitter.com/qvDSnqSkxp

— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 19, 2023

 

It is pertinent to mention that the former PSL champions Kings will lock horns with defending champions Qalandars in the much-hyped clash of the PSL 8 today at National Bank Cricket Arena here and will be eyeing to claim their first triumph in the ongoing extravaganza.

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MULTAN: David Miller smashed a quick-fire 25-ball 52 before Abbas Afridi stormed Islamabad United’s batting line to give Multan Sultan a dominant 52-run win in the seventh match of the Pakistan Super League season 8 on Sunday.  

Set to chase a mammoth 191, the United were bundled out for 138 after a phenomenal bowling effort from pacer Afridi, who bagged four wickets for 22 runs in his four overs.

Multan dominated the visitors completely in every sphere as Miller and Rizwan hit astounding fifties to take the home side to 190/4 in the 20 overs.

Miller deposited three maximum in three balls to Islamabad United’s captain Shadab Khan (1-42) in the 17th over and brought up his fifty in 23 balls to put Sultans in command.

Kieron Pollard also played a sweet cameo of 32 runs from 21 balls and smacked three fours on the last three deliveries off Mohammad Wasim’s final over.

United, in reply, underwent batting chaos right from the start when pacer Mohammad Ilyas bagged two early wickets to dismiss openers Paul Stirling (5 from 5) and Hassan Nawaz (21 off 16)  and stuck United at 32/2 in four overs.

Rassie Van der Dussen and Colin Munro anchored the chase in the middle with a valiant 56-run partnership but the rest of the batting line offered no resistance.

Dussren scored 49 from 32 balls while Munro made 31 off 29.

It was all over for United when Azam Khan was cleaned up by Afridi in the 15th over after surviving Ihasanullah’s fierce pace. The next five wickets fell in quick succession with Ihasanullah taking two in two balls to send United packing in the 18th over.

Earlier Miller and Pollard thrashed the United bowlers in the latter part of the innings as the two gathered 78 runs from 40 balls between the 13th and 20th over helping the Sultans to pile up 88 runs in the last six overs.

South Africa’s Miller smacked three fours and four sixes during his blistering knock before he fell in the final over off Wasim.

Multan Sultans went through a dismal start to their innings after they were invited to bat as opener Shan Masood was removed by Ruman Raees in the very first over.

Skipper Rizwan then held the fort for Multan Sultans and stitched a solid 91-run partnership alongside Rilee Rossouw, who scored 36 from 30 balls.

Rizwan scored 50 from 38 balls laced with five fours before Shadab plumbed him lbw in the 13th over.

United, however, remained unimpressive with the ball as their spin mainstay Shadab leaked 42 runs in three overs while Wasim conceded 49 runs in his full quota.

 

MULTAN: Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field first against Multan Sultans in the seventh match of the Pakistan Super League season 8. 

Playing XIs:

Islamabad United: Hasan Nawaz, Paul Stirling, Colin Munro, Rassie van der Dussen, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Tom Curran, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Rumman Raees

Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Carlos Braithwaite, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ilyas, Ihsanullah

 

KARACHI: Karachi Kings’ captain Imad Wasim expressed optimism to steer his team to the playoffs of the Pakistan Super League season 8 despite an undesired start in the tournament.

“We still have seven matches in our hand before the playoffs,” he said in a post-match media talk after Karachi Kings lost their third consecutive match of the PSL 8 on Saturday.

“Our focus now is to win our upcoming matches and make a comeback. Good teams make comebacks in tough times. We will try our best to qualify for playoffs.”

He revealed Karachi Kings’ desperate search for their first win in the tournament and an optimal team combination, saying once they get on the winning ways, their chances to qualify will automatically improve.

“We have matchwinners in the team, we just have to figure out a combination,” he said.

Earlier, Martin Guptill scripted a phenomenal comeback for the Quetta Gladiators as he made the first century of the PSL 8 to help Quetta Gladiators edge Karachi Kings by six runs.

“We leaked too many runs in the last overs,” said Imad while crediting Guptill for taking the game away from the Karachi Kings.

“We played poor cricket,” he accepted. “We made mistakes which cost us in all three matches. We played well in phases but couldn’t finish it off well,” he said.

When asked whether he was under pressure after consecutive defeats, Karachi Kings’ captain replied in negation and assured that he would not give up till the very last game.

Kings will next face arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in a blockbuster clash on Sunday at National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi.

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