Kieron Pollard’s blistering half-century helped Karachi Kings edge past Qalandars in a thrilling Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 clash at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
KK 176/8 (20 Overs)
19.5: Zips it quicker and cramped him for room, Hasan Ali hits it down the ground and doesn’t get under it, Haris Rauf didn’t lose the ball, that is an unbelievable catch!
Ahsan Hafeez to bowl the last over
KK 165/7 (19 Overs)
18.2: Zaman nails a perfect yorker and rearranges stumps! Got it right in the blockhole and under the bat, smashing into the middle stump.
Zaman Khan to bowl the penultimate over
KK 157/6 (18 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi to bowl his last over
KK 148/6 (17 Overs)
16.4: Good length, angling in at middle and off, Malik swings big but doesn’t control his bat and Shaheen Afridi at long-off takes a stupendous diving catch.
Haris Rauf to bowl his last over
KK 139/5 (16 Overs)
15.5: Pollard has miscued a skier, Rassie van der Dussen charged in from the deep at cover and lunged forward to take a sprawling catch.
Shaheen Afridi returns to the attack
KK 129/4 (15 Overs)
Jahandad Khan to bowl his third
KK 109/4 (14 Overs)
Haris Rauf to bowl
KK 101/4 (13 Overs)
Jahandad Khan continues
KK 91/4 (12 Overs)
Zaman Khan is back to the attack
KK 86/4 (11 Overs)
Jahandad Khan replaces Linde
KK 79/4 (10 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues to bowl
KK 72/4 (9 Overs)
Linde continues
KK 60/4 (8 Overs)
Haris Rauf to bowl his first over
KK 57/4 (7 Overs)
Linde to bowl from the other end
KK 44/4 (6 Overs)
Zaman Khan returns to the attack
KK 34/3 (5 Overs)
4.1: Bowled on a full length and whooshing away in the channel, Akhlaq throws his bat at it and nicks it through to the keeper.
Jahandad Khan replaces Shaheen Afridi
KK 27/2 (4 Overs)
3.4: Good length delivery that curls away, Vince stepped away to the on side and exposed all his stumps in an attempt to thwack a cut but ended up making a mess of his stumps.
Ahsan Hafeez comes into the attack
KK 19/1 (3 Overs)
2.5: Akhlaq patted to short cover where Sahibzada Farhan intercepted the ball quickly and clattered the stumps with a direct hit at the non-striker’s end, Shan Masood had no chance to get back.
Shaheen Afridi continues
KK 9/0 (2 Overs)
Zaman Khan to bowl from the other end
KK 7/0 (1 Over)
Shan Masood and Muhammad Akhlaq come out to open for the Qalandars. Shaheen Afridi to bowl the first over.
LAHORE QALANDARS vs KARACHI KINGS (2nd INNINGS)
LAHORE: Sahibzada Farhan scored a gritty half-century to help Lahore Qalandars post 175-6 against Karachi Kings after a shaky start in the 10th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
LQ 175/6 (20 Overs)
Sams to bowl the final over
LQ 157/6 (19 Overs)
Hasan bowls the penultimate over
LQ 151/6 (18 Overs)
Mir Hamza comes back
LQ 136/6 (17 Overs)
Sams returns to the attack
LQ 123/6 (16 Overs)
15.4: Short of a length, whizzing away in the channel, sways away in a bid to steer it over deep third but hasn’t cleared the man, an easy catch for Shamsi.
Hasan replaces Nawaz
LQ 114/5 (15 Overs)
14.6: Flighted delivery on a fuller length, slow through the air and he pumps him downtown, got the elevation but not enough distance, Malik hangs on to a good catch at long-on.
Shamsi returns to bowl his last
LQ 98/4 (14 Overs)
Nawaz comes back
LQ 93/4 (13 Overs)
12.3: Bangs it on short of a length at a teasing off stump line, tries to smash him down the ground and almost clears the rope, Pollard instinctively flicks out his right hand and surprisingly the ball sticks in, he flicked the ball in the air before going over the rope, then came back inside the rope and completed a wonderful catch.
Hamza comes back into the attack
LQ 85/3 (12 Overs)
Sams replaces Hasan
LQ 71/3 (11 Overs)
Shamsi bowls his third
LQ 59/3 (10 Overs)
9.4: Hasan pulled his length back at it holds its line on off, the ball sticks in the surface, and Ahsan lofts him down the ground but hasn’t timed it that well, Pollard snaffled that.
Hasan replaces Nawaz
LQ 52/2 (9 Overs)
8.1: Shamsi looped up fuller, wicket-to-wicket stuff, gave more flight and it kept low, hitting his back leg, beating his slog sweep, the umpire raised the dreaded finger.
Shamsi continues
LQ 45/1 (8 Overs)
Nawaz replaces Sams
LQ 39/1 (7 Overs)
Tabraiz Shamsi comes into the attack
LQ 32/1 (6 Overs)
Daniel Sams comes into the attack
LQ 25/1 (5 Overs)
Hasan Ali joins the attack
LQ 18/1 (4 Overs)
Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack
LQ 12/1 (3 Overs)
2.1: Fakhar Zaman sent the ball miles into the night sky and hasn’t middled it at all, Mir Hamza strangles him with a hard-length delivery right at his body. Shan Masood hangs onto the catch brilliantly somewhere between long-on and mid-wicket.
Mir Hamza continues
LQ 9/0 (2 Overs)
Shoaib Malik to bowl from the other end
LQ 5/0 (1 Over)
Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan come out to open for the Qalandars. Mir Hamza to bowl the first over.
LAHORE QALANDARS vs KARACHI KINGS (1st INNINGS)
LAHORE: Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to field first against Lahore Qalandars in the tenth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
PLAYING XIs
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Rassie van der Dussen, Shai Hope (wk), Sikandar Raza, George Linde, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.
Karachi Kings: Shan Masood (c), Mohammad Akhlaq (wk), James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Mohammad Nawaz, Irfan Khan Niazi, Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza, Tabraiz Shamsi.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 17, Karachi Kings 11, Lahore Qalandars 6
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