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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.

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Matches 15, Quetta Gladiators 10, Karachi Kings 5

Cricket fans in the country will be able to watch the Women’s League exhibition matches in high-definition on Pakistan’s first HD sports channel ASports HD, confirmed Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday. 

PCB also revealed a panel of 11 commentators and two presenters for the three exhibition games taking place at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on 8, 10 and 11 March.

The women’s matches will start at 2 PM and will be followed by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8 games at 7 PM.

PCB named Sana Mir, Urooj Mumtaz, Marina Iqbal, Waqar Younis, Alan Wilkins, Bazid Khan, Danny Morrison, Daren Ganga, Mark Butcher, Sikandar Bakht and Simon Doull as commentators for the exhibition games, while Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland will be the presenters.

The exhibition matches will be played between Bismah Maroof-led Amazaons and Nida Dar-led Super Women.

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.

Meanwhile, the High-Definition broadcast coverage will include 30 cameras, which along with buggy cam, will embellish the viewing experience of the fans within and outside Pakistan. HawkEye and UltraEdge will be part of the Decision Review System (DRS) Technology, added the PCB statement.

Viewers in Pakistan can catch the action in high-definition on ASports and PTV Sports on linear TV; while live streaming for viewers across the world will be available on PCB and PSL YouTube channels.

Cricket fans around the world can watch the matches live on Fox Sports (Australia), Willow TV (North America), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sky Sport NZ (New Zealand), Super Sport (sub-Saharan Africa) and, CricLife Etisalat and STARZPLAY (Mena).

In non-broadcast territories, the exhibition matches will be available on the HBL PSL’s official YouTube and Facebook channels.

Squads:

Amazons: Bismah Maroof (c), Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Gull Feroza, Kainat Imtiaz, Laura Delany (Ireland), Lauren Winfield-Hill (England), Maia Bouchier (England), Nashra Sundhu, Sadaf Shamas, Tammy Beaumont (England), Tess Flintoff (Australia) and Umm-e-Hani.

Super Women: Nida Dar (c) Aimen Anwar, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Danni Wyatt (England), Iram Javed, Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Muneeba Ali, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra and Tuba Hassan.

READ: Foreign players reach Pakistan for Women’s League exhibition matches

ISLAMABAD: Eight overseas female cricketers have arrived in the country to play the three exhibition matches of the Women’s League.

According to the details, Lauren Winfield, Danni Wyatt, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont from England, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, and Ireland’s Laura Delany reached Islamabad on Monday.

Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Bangladesh bowler Jahanara Alam also arrived in the capital earlier today.

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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.

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, while 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.

These foreign stars will be accompanied by Pakistan’s 20 elite players, four U19 players who featured in the recently held ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup (Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Shawaal Zulfiqar and Syeda Aroob Shah) and two emerging cricketers (Fatima Khan and Syeda Masooma Zahra).

The 36 cricketers have been equally divided into two sides with the playing line-ups to include a maximum of four and minimum of three foreign players and a minimum of one emerging or U19 player.

Of the 10 foreign players, eight cricketers recently featured in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa with Delany and Athapaththu captaining Ireland and Sri Lanka, respectively.

South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt is one of the biggest stars in women’s cricket. She was selected in the Team of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and is the sixth-ranked batter in the world. Similarly, Danni Wyatt is one of the recognisable names in women’s cricket following her 1,776 ODI and 2,369 T20I runs. Along with Suzie Bates of New Zealand, Wyatt is the second most capped T20I player with 143 matches, eight matches behind India’s Harmanpreet Kaur.

Squads:

Amazons: Bismah Maroof (c), Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Gull Feroza, Kainat Imtiaz, Laura Delany (Ireland), Lauren Winfield-Hill (England), Maia Bouchier (England), Nashra Sundhu, Sadaf Shamas, Tammy Beaumont (England), Tess Flintoff (Australia) and Umm-e-Hani.

Super Women: Nida Dar (c) Aimen Anwar, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Danni Wyatt (England), Iram Javed, Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Muneeba Ali, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra and Tuba Hassan.

 

 

RAWALPINDI: Islamabad United sealed a sensational final over-win against Quetta Gladiators to confirm their spot in the playoffs of the Pakistan Super League season 8.

Set to chase 180, United went through many ups and downs before getting past the target with only two wickets to spare, thanks to a blistering 63 by Colin Munro and sensible knocks by Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf.

For the Gladiators, it was another unfortunate night as they suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in the tournament.

United are second on the table with 10 points after seven games.

Opting to bowl first, the home side at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium got off to a solid start as they sank Gladiators to 17/4 inside the powerplay.

Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nawaz, however, led the fightback with an astounding 104-run partnership before Umar Akmal made a quickfire 43 from just 14 balls to take Gladiators to 179/6 in the 20 overs despite early setbacks.

In reply, United also underwent an unwanted start when pacer Naseem Shah dismissed opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz on a duck on the very second ball of the innings.

Munro and England opener Alex Hales then took the scoreboard to 52 before Naveen-ul-Haq handed United their second blow, removing the latter on 12, in the fifth over.

Despite early strikes, Munro remained undeterred and hit five fours and four maximums during his 29-ball 63.

Gladiators clawed back into the contest when skipper Shadab Khan fell prey to Iftikhar Ahmed in the seventh over with a catch taken at deep square. Munro joined Shadab in the hut on the very next ball off Nawaz’s first delivery.

Emerging Musbashir Khan and Asif Ali were also dismissed cheaply by Umaid Asif and Nawaz in the ninth and 12th overs respectively as United slid to 111/6.

Dangerman Azam and Faheem, however, clubbed 58 for the seventh wicket and tighten their side’s grip on the chase before Umaid Asif struck two wickets in the 19th over. He dismissed Azam before taking down Hasan Ali to leave United requiring nine runs from the last over.

Faheem smashed three consecutive boundaries off Odean Smith’s final over to take his side home with three balls to spare. He went not out on 39 off 31 balls.

Earlier, United pacers ran through the Gladiators’ top order before Nawaz and Zadran salvaged the side with valiant half-centuries.

Zadran made 59 from 34 balls including five fours and three maximums while Nawaz scored 52 off 44 laced with six scintillating boundaries. The stellar partnership between the two sailed their side to 121/4 in 16 overs before Fazalhaq Farooqi found the breakthrough.

Farooqi removed Nawaz in the 17th over and had an impressive outing with the ball overall as he dismissed the two openers, Will Smeed (0) and Yasir Khan (5), in his first spell.

Akmal, however, justified his return to the playing XI as he smashed five maximums and two four during his brief stay at the crease and minted out 21 runs in the final over to finish the proceedings in style for Gladiators.

For United, it was a mixed performance from the bowlers with spinners conceding runs at an economy above 10 and remaining wicketless while fast bowlers except Hassan Ali claimed scalps.

Faheem Ashraf bagged two wickets in the middle dismissing Sarfaraz Ahmed for 3 and Iftikhar Ahmed for 2, while Ruman Raees cleaned up Zadran in the penultimate over to register a wicket to his credit.

 

RAWALPINDI: Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field first against Quetta Gladiators in the 21st match of the Pakistan Super League season 8. 

Playing XIs:

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

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Yasir Khan, Will Smeed, Najeebullah Zadran, Iftikhar Ahmed, Odean Smith, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Naveen-ul-Haq, Umaid Asif.

 

 

LAHORE: Sam Billings scored a magnificent half-century before a collective effort from the bowlers led Lahore Qalandars to beat Multan Sultans and qualify for the playoffs of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

Set to chase 181, the Sultans fell 21 runs short of glory as the visitors could accumulate 159/7 in 20 overs.

The Sultans’ openers struggled early on in the run chase against a strong bowling attack of the Qalandars and raised a cautious 48-run partnership before Zaman Khan dismissed Shan Masood soon after the powerplay, who could score 19 off 20.

Sultans’ skipper Mohammad Rizwan then looked to anchor the run chase with promoted Usama Mir and could add 16 runs to the stand before falling victim to Sikandar Raza in the 10th over.

The skipper played a cautious knock of a 27-ball 30, which featured two boundaries and a six.

Rizwan’s dismissal sparked a frustrating collapse in the Sultans’ batting lineup as the visitors slipped to 87/5 in the 13th over; courtesy of an outstanding bowling spell of Rashid Khan, who returned with 3/15 in his four overs.

Wickets then kept tumbling of Sultans in the run chase which also halted the flow of runs and the visitors, consequently restricted to 159/7 after a late retaliation from Kieron Pollard.

Pollard top-scored with a fighting 39 off 28 balls, smashing two boundaries and three sixes but failed to steer his side over the line.

Besides Rashid, Hussain Talat, Sikandar, Haris Rauf and Zaman struck out a batter each.

Opting to bat first, the Qalandars posted a decent total on the board at the back of a vital third-wicket partnership between Billings and Shafique.

Earlier, the hosts got off to a dismal start as their in-form opener Fakhar Zaman perished for a duck in the first over.

Following the early setback, Tahir Baig stitched a crucial partnership with Abdullah and launched a counterattack on the Sultans’ bowlers as they added 50 runs at a quick pace before Ihsanullah dismissed the latter, who could score 17 off 11.

Abdullah then joined hands with newly-arrived Billings and stitched another vital partnership for the Qalandars.

The pair raised 69 runs for the third wicket and put Qalandars in contention for a big total before Kieron Pollard removed in-form Abdullah with a stunning caught and bowled. He fell just two runs short of his half-century as he scored a 35-ball 48, laced up with six boundaries and a six.

Billings carried his brilliance with the bat and soon brought up his half-century but Pollard struck again in his next over to bring an end to his brilliant knock. Billings top-scored with 54 off 35 deliveries, hitting six boundaries and two sixes.

The Qalandars then began to lose wickets at regular intervals but the Sultans’ bowlers failed to stop the flow of runs as some vital contributions from Sikandar Raza (14), David Wiese (15) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (9) took the side to 180 in their allotted overs.

Anwar Ali, Ihsanullah, Pollard and Abbas Afridi bagged two wickets each, while Sameen Gul could pick up a wicket.

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday unveiled the two women’s squads for the three Women’s League exhibition matches, which will be played ahead of the HBL PSL 8 matches in Rawalpindi on 8, 10 and 11 March.

Bismah Maroof will captain Amazons, which include Ireland’s Laura Delany, England’s trio of Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia’s Tess Flintoff. Nida Dar will lead the Super Women, which will also comprise Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, Danni Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand.

This means world’s 10 leading foreign players from seven countries will be represented in the three matches, which are billed as soft launch of the Pakistan Women’s League, which is tentatively planned for September.

These 10 foreign stars will be accompanied by Pakistan’s 20 elite players, four U19 players who featured in the recently held ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup (Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Shawaal Zulfiqar and Syeda Aroob Shah) and two emerging cricketers (Fatima Khan and Syeda Masooma Zahra).

The 36 cricketers have been equally divided into two sides with the playing line-ups to include a maximum of four and minimum of three foreign players and a minimum of one emerging or U19 player.

Of the 10 foreign players, eight cricketers recently featured in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa with Delany and Athapaththu captaining Ireland and Sri Lanka, respectively.

South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt is one of the biggest stars in women’s cricket. She was selected in the Team of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and is the sixth-ranked batter in the world. Similarly, Danni Wyatt is one of the recognisable names in women’s cricket following her 1,776 ODI and 2,369 T20I runs. Along with Suzie Bates of New Zealand, Wyatt is the second most capped T20I player with 143 matches, eight matches behind India’s Harmanpreet Kaur.

Squads:

Amazons: Bismah Maroof (c), Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Gull Feroza, Kainat Imtiaz, Laura Delany (Ireland), Lauren Winfield-Hill (England), Maia Bouchier (England), Nashra Sundhu, Sadaf Shamas, Tammy Beaumont (England), Tess Flintoff (Australia) and Umm-e-Hani.

Super Women: Nida Dar (c) Aimen Anwar, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Danni Wyatt (England), Iram Javed, Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Muneeba Ali, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra and Tuba Hassan.

MATCHES ITINERARY:

March 8: 1st Match, 2 PM, Pindi Cricket Stadium
March 10: 1st Match, 2 PM, Pindi Cricket Stadium
March 11: 1st Match, 2 PM, Pindi Cricket Stadium

READ: PCB reveals foreign players for women’s exhibition matches

LAHORE: Home side Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and elected to bat first against Multan Sultans in the 20th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

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

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Anwar Ali, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Sameen Gul, Ihsanullah

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Matches 14, Lahore Qalandars 7, Multan Sultans 7

RAWALPINDI: Karachi Kings’ wicketkeeper batter Adam Rossington coined his side’s inability to get wickets in the middle overs as the reason behind their close six-wicket defeat against Islamabad United in the 19th match of the Pakistan Super League.

Rossington, who played a crucial 20-run knock up the order, spoke to the media here and expressed his disappointment over the Kings’ six-wicket defeat against United before asserting that the game got away from his side in the wicketless middle period.

“It is disappointing obviously to lose another game on the bounce. I think we probably got to a par score and our captain played really well,” said Rossington.

“And then, a few early wickets got us into the game, I think it was just that middle period in which we couldn’t take wickets, that’s where the game got away from us and those two lads [Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf] played really well and didn’t really give us a chance,” he maintained.

Rossington then went on to term Kings’ total a roundabout par after a slow start before asserting that the ordinary bowling cost them a crucial match.

“I think it was probably roundabout par from where we were especially, we lost early wickets and still took it to 202. Obviously, our captain played brilliantly again today to get us to what was probably a par score or maybe we could have added 10 more,” said Rossington.

“I think we’ve been pretty good on the hold with the bat so far, it’s just with the ball, other day we were a bit expensive at the death and today it was the middle period, not taking wickets. I think it’s one of the things that if you can take wickets and get new batters coming at the crease, it’s always easier to slow down the score,” he concluded.

It is worth mentioning that the Kings remained at the fifth position with four points in eight matches in the PSL 8 standings with a narrow six-wicket defeat against Islamabad United.

Kings’ skipper Imad’s brilliant knock of 92 runs off just 54 balls went in vain as Azam Khan’s quickfire 72 sealed the deal for the United.

READ: Azam blitz trumps Imad’s heroics as Islamabad United edge Karachi Kings