Tag: PSL 8

LAHORE: A robbery was reported at former cricketer Mohammad Hafeez’s house here late Sunday, ARY News Reported.

According to the details, the intruders stormed into the cricketer’s house from the rare entrance before breaking into the former cricketer’s room to steal foreign currency, worth millions of rupees.

Following the unfortunate incident, the uncle of Hafeez’s wife lodged First Information Report (FIR) at the Defence Police Station.

As per the FIR, the robbers looted foreign currency – 20,000 US Dollars, 4,000 Pounds, 3,000 Euros and 5,000 AED – alongside the cricketer’s wife’s jewellery.

Notably, Hafeez is currently in Rawalpindi as he is representing Quetta Gladiators in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight, while his wife is also in the capital city.

Meanwhile, the police have started the investigation after taking the CCTV footage into the record.

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RAWALPINDI: Home side Islamabad United have won the toss and chose to field first against Multan Sultans in the 24th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

Islamabad United: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Rumman Raees, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Usama Mir, Anwar Ali, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ilyas, Ihsanullah.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 12, Multan Sultans 7, Islamabad United 5

LAHORE: Youngster Saim Ayub and captain Babar Azam scored brilliant fifties before bowlers wreaked havoc on Lahore Qalandar’s top order to help Peshawar Zalmi seal a commanding 35-run win on Tuesday. 

Zalmi have a fair chance to qualify for the Pakistan Super League season 8 playoffs after this win as they sit fourth in the standings on eight points with three matches in hand.

Electing to bat first, Zalmi set a massive target of 208 for the home side, who in reply were bundled out for 172 thanks to an all-round effort by the Babar-led side.

Player of the match, Saim led the batting charge for Zalmi along with skipper Babar as they gathered a superb 107-run partnership for the opening wicket.

Saim punched Qalandars’ bowlers with eight scintillating fours and three maximums during his impressive 36-ball 68.

Babar, on the other hand, played a cautious knock of 50 from 40 balls before walking back to the hut in the 16th over off Haris Rauf’s bowling.

Qalandars had a tough time with the bowl in the first half of the innings before Rashid Khan delivered breakthroughs in the middle overs dismissing the dangerman Saim and no.3 Mohammad Haris between the 11th and 13th over.

Incoming batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore, however, refused to take his foot off the pedal and carried an onslaught in the middle overs.

Kohler-Cadmore smashed three sixes and two fours during his blistering 36 in just 16 balls. His inning was cut short by Haris Rauf (2-35) in the 18th over.

From 183/4 to 207 all out, Shaheen-inspired Qalandars put up a solid bowling effort in the final three overs of the innings to control the damage.

Skipper Shaheen remained impressive with the ball as he bagged four wickets, three of them coming in the penultimate over. Meanwhile, Zaman Khan ran through the tailenders in the final over to end up with 2 for 30 in 2.3 overs.

Qalandars, on the other hand, underwent a dismal start to their chase as they slumped to 21/4 inside the first six overs before captain Shaheen and Hussain Talat held the fort with a valiant 114-run partnership.

Shaheen brought up his first PSL half-century with help of five sixes of three fours while Hussain Talat top-scored for the side with a 37-ball 63, laced with five maximums and four fours.

Although the two put up solid resistance, Qalanadars’ never looked in control of the chase as they started to lose wickets in quick intervals once Shaheen left the crease in the 17th over.

Sikandar Raza slammed a quick 20 in 7 balls and pushed the scoreboard to 162/6 in 18 overs, before the tail was exposed and within the next seven deliveries, Arshad Iqbal and Aamer Jamal brought the curtains down for the Qalandars.

Wahab impressed with brilliant figures of 3/17 in his four overs while Iqbal also bagged three wickets. Azmatullah had two while Jamal had one scalp to his credit.

ISLAMABAD: Amazons and Super Women – the two teams locking horns in the Women’s League exhibition matches – held a final training session ahead of their first clash, scheduled on Wednesday.

According to the details, the squads of both teams held a rigorous training session at Islamabad Cricket Club and finalized their preparations for the three exhibition matches, commencing tomorrow.

Furthermore, all 10 foreign players participating in the exhibition games also partook in their respective team’s training sessions.

Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared glimpses from the teams’ training session.

“A productive training session. The players are ready to shine at the Women’s League exhibition matches,” wrote PCB.

A productive training session 🏏

The players are ready to shine at the Women's League exhibition matches ✨#LevelPlayingField pic.twitter.com/lXqONrfRYJ

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 7, 2023

 

The exhibition matches will be played between Bismah Maroof-led Amazaons and Nida Dar-led Super Women at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on 8, 10 and 11 March ahead of the Pakistan Super League season 8 fixtures.

“The two participating teams are Amazons and Super Women. The women’s matches will start at 1400 PKT and will be played in the lead up to the men’s fixtures in the HBL PSL 8 matches. Peshawar Zalmi will take on Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans on 8 and 10 March, respectively, while, Quetta Gladiators will meet Multan Sultans on 11 March,” stated PCB.

“As such, tickets for three men’s HBL PSL matches will be valid for the women’s fixture with the stands on these match days to open three hours before the first ball is bowled,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, a total of 10 leading foreign players from seven countries will represent the two teams during the women’s exhibition games – billed as the soft launch of the Pakistan Women’s League, tentatively planned for September.

Ireland’s Laura Delany, England’s trio of Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia’s Tess Flintoff are part of Amazons.

Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, Danni Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand represents Super Women.

READ: Karachi Kings’ Tabraiz Shamsi signs off from PSL 8

ISLAMABAD: Karachi Kings’ star spinner Tabraiz Shamsi have signed off from the Pakistan Super League season 8 to fulfil his national duty. 

South Africa’s Shamsi bid farewell to his inaugural PSL season after Karachi Kings’ narrow defeat against Quetta Gladiators on Monday. Shamsi is set to leave for his home country to play three-match T20I series against West Indies, later this month.

The left-arm spinner on PSL debut played a pivotal role in his team’s triumph over the then table-toppers Multan Sultans, picking up three wickets.

Shamsi left an impact with his four-match stint for the Kings in PSL 8 as he picked up seven wickets at an average of just 14.71.

Taking to Twitter, the South African spinner thanked his franchise before signing off from the ongoing extravaganza to fulfil his national duty.

“Thanks a lot to [Karachi Kings] for having me as part of the squad. I had a great first experience of the [PSL 8],” wrote Shamsi.

Thanks a lot to @KarachiKingsARY for having me as part of the squad. I had a great first experience of the @thePSLt20

Time to head back home for country duty 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/z2iIeI6Rwu

— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) March 7, 2023

 

It is worth mentioning that ahead of their home T20I series against West Indies, Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday named a strong 15-member squad, led by Aiden Markram.

READ: Saim, Babar star as Zalmi set Qalandars to chase 208

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat first against Lahore Qalandars in the 23rd match of the Pakistan Super League season 8. 

Playing XIs: 

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.

Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Shawaiz Irfan, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 16, Lahore Qalandars 7, Peshawar Zalmi 9

RAWALPINDI: Karachi Kings’ rising stars Tayyab Tahir, Qasim Akram and Ifran Khan Niazi impressed Ravi Bopara with their all-round brilliance amid his stint as the assistant batting coach of the team in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

Bopara spoke to the media here after the Kings’ narrow four-wicket defeat against Gladiators and highlighted the positives from his coaching role stint as he heaped praises on the young talent.

“I’ve been very impressed with the youngsters, they’re very good boys, always happy, very joyful and got a lot of energy. Tahir has really impressed me with his shot selection, his power and you can see in the field that he’s a really good fielder, which is everything you need as a batter. Hopefully, a very big future for himself,” stated Bopara.

“Qasim Akram also looks a class player, he’s got all the attributes and also we didn’t get the opportunity to see his bowling because he’s actually a really good off-spinner as well. Let’s not forget Niazi, he’s shown how good is he in the field and he’s got a couple of good knocks. So, very excited for those three boys,” he added.

Bopara then revealed the reason behind his team sequentially falling short in the last five overs of the matches and lamented the shortage of a death bowling specialist.

“It’s not a problem that you can fix overnight. Death bowling is a special skill for which you have particular players,” said Bopara.

“Amir is one of the best death bowlers in Pakistan and he is a specialist in that position. But, in any T20 side now, you need two guys who can do that and also another guy who is relatively good at it. Unfortunately, we don’t have a second guy who could do as good as Amir,” he added.

The Kings’ assistant batting coach then advised the bowlers to learn different ways of bowling death overs as he asserted that it was not realistic to expect six yorkers in an over by any bowler.

“The best yorker bowler of all time in any cricket was [Lasith] Malinga and his average was four yorkers per over, even he couldn’t land six in six. He might, in odd over, land six in six but his average was four,” said Bopara.

“So, if we’re being realistic, no one else is gonna do that, we expect people to hit five to six yorkers in an over but that’s not gonna happen. So, you just could work out other ways of bowling death overs like a slower ball, a good bouncer or be smart with your lines to keep the batters guessing,” he maintained.

It is worth mentioning that Martin Guptill’s astonishing 86-run knock powered Gladiators to edge Kings in a nail-biter.

Both Kings and Gladiators remained at the fifth and sixth spot respectively, following the outcome of the match.

RAWALPINDI: Experienced opener Martin Guptill played a magnificent 86-run knock under pressure and held his nerves calm to bolster Quetta Gladiators to edge Karachi Kings by four wickets in a low-scoring thriller.

The Gladiators completed the 165-run pursuit on the second-last delivery of the innings at the back of a scintillating 86-run unbeaten knock by Guptill.

The Gladiators were off to a poor start to the run chase as young opener Omair Bin Yousuf, failed to make an impact on debut and scored just eight off six deliveries.

All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz was promoted to bat at number three but failed to justify the move as his stay at the crease also remained brief. He could score 15 off 14 before falling victim to Musa Khan.

The Gladiators then lost three more wickets in quick succession as Iftikhar Ahmed (4), Najibullah Zadran (1) and Umar Akmal (9) perished cheaply; resulting in their side slip to 63/5 in the 10th over.

Following the slump, Guptill and Sarfaraz Ahmed began Gladiators’ recovery in the run chase before the former switched gears and started to dominate the Kings’ bowlers.

The pair brought the Gladiators back in control with their 95-run partnership before a mixup on the second delivery of the final over drew curtains on Sarfaraz’s gritty 25-ball 29.

Sarfaraz’s dismissal glimmered a ray of hope for the Kings but Dwaine Pretorius wasted no time and steered his side over the line with a crucial cameo of 10 runs in just three deliveries.

Guptill carried his bat all the way through and top-scored for the Gladiators with a sensational 56-ball 86, hitting nine boundaries and four sixes.

Tabraiz Shamsi led the bowling attack for the Kings with two wickets, while Yamin, James Fuller and Musa made one scalp each.

Put into bat first, the Kings managed to accumulate a decent total on the board at the back of an anchoring fifty by Rossington, followed by a late onslaught by Imad Wasim and Yamin.

Earlier, the Kings got off to an unwanted start as the side lost their hard-hitting opener, Matthew Wade, for a golden duck on the first delivery of the innings; courtesy of a beautiful outswinger by Naseem Shah.

Tayyab Tahir then looked to settle things down as he stitched a crucial 25-run partnership with Rossington but Aimal Khan struck in his first over to send him back to the pavilion.

With Kings losing two wickets in the first powerplay, Rossington stood up for his team and put on a gritty third-wicket partnership with Qasim Akram.

Rossington was the core aggressor of the 33-run stand while Qasim was holding his ground firm until Aimal dismissed him to draw third success for the Gladiators. Qasim could score eight off 10 deliveries.

The Kings then dealt a major blow in the 12th over when Mohammad Nawaz dismissed experienced Shoaib Malik, who scored 13 off 15.

Kings’ in-form skipper Imad then joined Rossington in the middle and scripted an astounding recovery for his side as the pair took the Gladiators’ bowlers to the cleaners.

Naveen-ul-Haq, however, provided Gladiators with a much-needed breakthrough in the 17th over when he removed Rossington with a short-pitch delivery.

The wicketkeeper batter top-scored for the Kings with a 45-ball 69, which featured 10 boundaries and a six.

The Kings then lost another wicket in the next over when Naseem castled James Fuller with a ruthless yorker and pushed the opposition into trouble.

However, an astonishing seventh-wicket partnership between Yamin and Imad, bolstered Kings to a respectable total of 164/6 as the pair dominated the Gladiators’ bowlers at the backend.

The duo raised brisk 33 runs in the last 15 balls of the innings with Yamin leading the charge with his magnificent unbeaten cameo of 23 in 11 deliveries, laced up with a boundary and two sixes.

Imad, on the other hand, remained unbeaten on a 20-ball 30, which included three boundaries and a six.

Naseem and Aimal led the bowling attack of the Gladiators with two wickets each, while Nawaz and Naveen picked up a wicket each.

RAWALPINDI: The glittering trophy of the upcoming three Women’s League exhibition matches, has been unveiled here at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

According to the details, former Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof and experienced all-rounder Nida Dar, who will lead Amazons and Super Women respectively in the upcoming exhibition matches, unveiled the silverware on the sideline of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

Both captains Bismah and Nida also interacted with the media in a pre-match conference ahead of today’s PSL 8 fixture between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators.

Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared pictures of the two captains posing with the prestigious trophy.

“The two captains pose with the prestigious trophy for the Women’s League exhibition matches,” wrote PCB.

📸 The two captains pose with the prestigious trophy for the Women's League exhibition matches 🏆

Amazons or Super Women – which team are you supporting❓#LevelPlayingField pic.twitter.com/0ARhjiWRSM

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 6, 2023

 

The three exhibition matches will take place on March 8, 10 and 11 at 2 PM and will be followed by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8 games at 7 PM.

Earlier, the PCB also revealed a panel of 11 commentators and two presenters for the three exhibition games.

Sana Mir, Urooj Mumtaz, Marina Iqbal, Waqar Younis, Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Mark Butcher, Sikandar Bakht and Simon Doull named in the commentary panel, while Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland will be the presenters.

Meanwhile, a total of 10 leading foreign players from seven countries will represent the two teams during the women’s exhibition games – billed as the soft launch of the Pakistan Women’s League, tentatively planned for September.

Ireland’s Laura Delany, England’s trio of Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia’s Tess Flintoff are part of Amazons.

Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, Danni Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand represents Super Women.

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RAWALPINDI: Experienced opener Martin Guptill played a magnificent 86-run knock under pressure and held his nerves calm to bolster Quetta Gladiators to edge Karachi Kings by four wickets in a low-scoring thriller.

QG 168/6 (19.5 Overs)

Yamin to bowl the final over

QG 157/5 (19 Overs)

Amir to bowl the 19th

QG 146/5 (18 Overs)

Musa comes to bowl

QG 132/5 (17 Overs)

Fuller comes to bowl his last

QG 108/5 (16 Overs)

Amir comes back

QG 97/5 (15 Overs)

Shamsi comes back, to bowl his last

QG 92/5 (14 Overs)

Musa continues

QG 86/5 (13 Overs)

Imad Wasim comes to bowl his first

QG 80/5 (12 Overs)

Musa replaces Fuller

QG 67/5 (11 Overs)

Shamsi comes again

QG 64/5 (10 Overs)

Fuller comes again

QG 58/4 (9 Overs)

Shamsi continues

QG 50/3 (8 Overs)

Fuller continues

QG 48/3 (7 Overs)

Tabraiz Shamsi brought in

QG 43/2 (6 Overs)

James Fuller into the attack

QG 37/2 (5 Overs)

Mohammad Musa comes into the attack

QG 26/1 (4 Overs)

Yamin continues

QG 21/1 (3 Overs)

Amir continues

QG 15/1 (2 Overs)

Aamer Yamin to bowl from the other end

QG 10/0 (1 Over)

Omair Bin Yousuf and Martin Guptill come out to open for the Gladiators, Mohammad Amir to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (2nd INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Wicketkeeper batter Adam Rossington struck a magnificent half-century before a late onslaught by skipper Imad Wasim and Aamer Yamin propelled Karachi Kings to 164/6 against Quetta Gladiators in the 22nd match of the Pakistan Super League.

KK 164/6 (20 Overs)

Pretorius to bowl the final over

KK 154/6 (19 Overs)

Naveen to bowl the 19th

KK 136/6 (18 Overs)

Naseem continues, to bowl his last

KK 127/5 (17 Overs)

Naveen comes back

KK 123/4 (16 Overs)

Naseem replaces Aimal

KK 113/4 (15 Overs)

Nawaz comes to bowl his last

KK 107/4 (14 Overs)

Aimal replaces Nawaz

KK 92/4 (13 Overs)

Pretorius comes back

KK 80/4 (12 Overs)

11.2: Tossed on a length from round the wicket angle, Shoaib premeditates, puts on the dancing shoes and muscles it over mid-on, didn’t get the desired elevation and distance and fired it straight to Umar Akmal, who pouches it safely.

Nawaz replaces Pretorius

KK 77/3 (11 Overs)

Naveen replaces Naseem

KK 71/3 (10 Overs)

Pretorius replaces Aimal

KK 64/3 (9 Overs)

Naseem replaces Nawaz

KK 60/3 (8 Overs)

7.3: Aimal bowls a shortish ball outside off, Qasim plays an upper-cut off the backfoot and he steers it to Naseem Shah at deep backward point who takes a brilliant catch, tumbles to the ground but hangs onto it.

Aimal replaces Naveen

KK 57/2 (7 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Pretorius

KK 53/2 (6 Overs)

Naveen-ul-Haq comes into the attack

KK 37/2 (5 Overs)

Dwaine Pretorius comes in

KK 27/2 (4 Overs)

3.3: Aimal bowls a shorter delivery and Tayyab mistimes the slog and it goes straight to Naveen-ul-Haq at deep square.

Aimal continues

KK 23/1 (3 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack

KK 13/1 (2 Overs)

Aimal Khan to bowl from the other end

KK 9/1 (1 Over)

0.1: Naseem Shah darts in a brute delivery on a shorter length, that’s a lovely line, with a hint of movement it draws the outside edge of Matthew Wade’s bat and through to the keeper.

Adam Rossington and Matthew Wade come out to open for Karachi Kings. Naseem Shah to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (1st INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the 22nd match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XI

Karachi Kings: Adam Rossington, Matthew Wade, Tayyab Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Qasim Akram, Imad Wasim (c), James Fuller, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Musa

Quetta Gladiators: Martin Guptill, Omair Yousuf, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nawaz, Umar Akmal, Dwaine Pretorius, Naseem Shah, Naveen-ul-Haq.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches 15, Quetta Gladiators 10, Karachi Kings 5