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LAHORE: Multan Sultans have won the toss and opted to bat first against Quetta Gladiators in the 25th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, here on double-header Friday.

PLAYING XIs

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, Amir Azmat, David Willey, Asif Afridi, Rumman Raees, Imran Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Jason Roy, Ahsan Ali, Will Smeed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Irfan, Naseem Shah, Ghulam Mudassir

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Matches-8, Multan Sultans-4, Quetta Gladiators-4

LAHORE: In the 25th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, the fifth-ranked Quetta Gladiators will lock horns with the table-toppers Multan Sultans in a do or die match.

On the double-header Friday, the Gladiators will be locking horns with the table-toppers of the ongoing PSL 7 – Sultans, in a must-win match as a defeat, may result in the elimination for the Gladiators.

The Gladiators, who suffered a frustrating defeat against Peshawar Zalmi in their last outing will be looking to regain their lost momentum. The 2019 champions heavily rely on their top order which features the likes of Jason Roy, James Vince, Will Smeed and in-form Ahsan Ali.

The side’s top-order, however, failed in their last fixture against Zalmi and only Smeed stood up for his team with a gritty knock.

The Gladiators’ middle-order also struggled to get going against Zalmi’s bowling attack and the side will be hoping to get back to the rhythm before the all-important face-off with the Sultans.

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Sultans, on the other hand, are enjoying an astonishing run in the mega event. They are currently leading the points table with seven victories out of the eight matches.

Just like the Gladiators, the Sultans too rely on their openers which includes the in-form Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.

The side, however, also possesses the firepower in their middle-order as Tim David, Khushdil Shah, and Rilee Rossouw can turn things around with their berserk hitting.

In the bowling department, the side has the services of the young Shahnawaz Dahani, alongside Rumman Raees, Blessing Muzarabani, and the veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir.

A victory against the Gladiators will help the Sultans to strengthen their top position on the points table as Lahore Qalandars close in with 10 points.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-8, Quetta Gladiators-4, Multan Sultans-4

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi’s skipper – Wahab Riaz held his nerve calm to dismiss the hero of Islamabad United Azam Khan in the 19th over; assisting his side to beat the latter by 10 runs in the 24th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7.

Set to chase 207, the United was peaking until the 19th over as the Zalmi skipper took the all-important wicket of Azam to turn the fortune in his side’s favour.

Came out to chase a mammoth, the United opener – Rahmanullah Gurbaz provided an astonishing start to his side. He scored a quickfire 46 off 19 balls with the help of five sixes and three boundaries.

His opening partner Mubasir Khan, however, contrasting but anchored innings as the side lost quick wickets as the number three batter Danish Aziz bagged a duck.

Mubasir too soon departed in the ninth over after scoring 21; causing his side to slip to 89-3. Following his dismissal, Azam stood up for his team and sailed the ball around the park.

The right-handed explosive batter appeared determined of guiding his side to the finishing but faltered in the 19th over; handing an easy catch to Ben Cutting at long-on boundary off Wahab’s length delivery.

The young batter smashed a terrific 85 off 45 balls, laced with six boundaries and seven sixes. The rest of the United batters, on the other hand, could not manage to contribute significantly and as a result, the side fell short of 10 runs; scoring 196/7 in the allotted overs.

For Zalmi, Salman Irshad bagged three wickets, while Wahab claimed two. Hussain Talat and Cutting, on the other hand, made one scalp each.

After opting to bat first, Zalmi’s opener – Mohammad Haris put on a show with his blistering knock. The young batter provided a flying start to his side; scoring his half-century off just 18 balls.

Haris’ heroics helped Zalmi amass the hundred in just eighth over. His opening partner from Afghanistan – Hazratullah Zazai, however, remained off-colour as he managed to score 13 on 12 balls.

Haris, on the other hand, stood firm and kept ticking the scoreboard. He scored a quickfire 70 off just 32 balls with the help of seven boundaries and five sixes before walking back to the pavilion in the 10th over.

Following his departure, the veteran Shoaib Malik and Yasir Khan scored crucial runs for the team. Yasir scored a quick 35 off 24 balls, while Malik’s astonishing 38-runs knock came for just 23 balls. The veteran smashed two boundaries and as many sixes in the course of his brilliant inning.

With their departure, the side then began to lose wickets at a consistent rate and in the end, was restricted to 206/8 in the allotted 20 overs.

For the United, Faheem starred; taking three wickets, while Waqas bagged two. Merchant de Lange, Liam Dawson, and Zahir Khan made one scalp each.

Following this victory, the Zalmi has now overtaken the United at the third position in the PSL 7 points table.

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and elected to bat first against Islamabad United in the 24th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, here on Thursday.

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Matches 16, Peshawar Zalmi-8, Islamabad United-8

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and Karachi Kings’ President – Wasim Akram revealed his conversation with the Kings’ captain Babar Azam during the death overs against Multan Sultans.

Taking to Twitter, Wasim clarified his discussion with Babar and said he was shocked to see the reaction of the netizens. He further stated that he was just questioning the bowlers’ plans as they were leaking a lot of runs in the death overs.

“Hello! Surprised to see reactions on my talking to Babar at the boundary last night. What I was saying was ‘why our bowlers are not bowling yorkers or slower ones offside off’.nothing else,” he tweeted.

“Babar is a wonderful boy and has tried his best. And what he wants for dinner,” he added.

Hello ! Surprised to see reactions on my talking to Babar at the boundary last night. What I was saying was ‘why our bowlers are not bowling yorkers or slower ones offside off’.nothing else . Babar is a wonderful boy and has tried his best. And what he wants for dinner 🥘 1/2

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) February 17, 2022

 

It is worth mentioning here that the Kings are yet to win a match in this year’s PSL. The former champions have played eight matches in PSL 7 so far and remained win-less.

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Multan Sultans have defeated Karachi Kings by seven wickets in the 23rd match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7.

MS 176-3 (19.3 overs)

Umaid to bowl the final over

MS 166-3 (19 overs)

Jordan comes to bowl his last

MS 146-3 (18 overs)

17.4: It was full outside off, he tries to carve a drive over cover but gets no elevation.

Hamza comes back

MS 138-2 (17 overs)

16.4: Full, wide and with pace. Rizwan slashed at it and it came off the bottom to meet the diving fielder who took it well.

Jordan comes back into the attack

MS 123-1 (16 overs)

Umaid continues

MS 105-1 (15 overs)

14.2: Wide and slow on a length, carved but goes to the deep fielder who does well to stay in, Masood could not get going in the recent overs and is now gone.

Hamza comes back

MS 99-0 (14 overs)

Umaid comes back

MS 96-0 (13 overs)

Nabi comes to bowl his last

MS 90-0 (12 overs)

Jordan comes back

MS 84-0 (11 overs)

Nabi comes again

MS 71-0 (10 overs)

Imad continues

MS 63-0 (9 overs)

Nabi continues

MS 57-0 (8 overs)

Imad comes back

MS 49-0 (7 overs)

Nabi comes into the attack

MS 44-0 (6 overs)

Jordan comes to bowl his first

MS 34-0 (5 overs)

Umaid comes into the attack

MS 24-0 (4 overs)

Hamza continues

MS 19-0 (3 overs)

Imad continues

MS 8-0 (2 overs)

Hamza to bowl from the other end

MS 3-0 (1 over)

Rizwan, Masood come out to chase, Imad to bowl the first

KARACHI KINGS VS MULTAN SULTANS (2ND INNINGS)

Karachi Kings have set a 175-runs target for Multan Sultans in the 23rd match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7.

KK 174-6 (20 overs)

Dahani comes to bowl the last over

KK 158-5 (19 overs)

Rumman continues

KK 148-5 (18 overs)

Muzarabani comes back

KK 140-5 (17 overs)

Rumman comes back into the attack

KK 129-5 (16 overs)

Dahani continues

KK 118-5 (15 overs)

14.6: Slower ball outside off, Rohail tried to work it through cover with an open bat face. It took a leading edge and went straight to cover. He was looking good but now has to go back to the pavilion distraught.

Muzarabani comes into the attack

KK 109-4 (14 overs)

Dahani replaces Khushdil

KK 99-3 (13 overs)

Tahir comes to bowl his last

KK 91-3 (12 overs)

11.2: It was a long hop on off stump, it came slowly and sat up. Sharjeel turned as he whacked another pull. He made good contact but not enough to clear the fielder in the deep who did not have to move

Khushdil comes into the attack

KK 83-2 (11 overs)

10.5: It was full and slow again, went wide to trap Joe who was on the run. He tried to repeat a swipe similar to the first ball but edged it and it went straight up. An easy catch to the fielder inside the ring.

Tahir comes again

KK 67-1 (10 overs)

Asif continues

KK 57-1 (9 overs)

Tahir continues

KK 53-1 (8 overs)

Asif comes back

KK 48-1 (7 overs)

Imran Tahir comes to bowl his first

KK 40-1 (6 overs)

Muzarabani comes to bowl his second

KK 35-1 (5 overs)

Dahani comes into the attack

KK 28-1 (4 overs)

Rumman continues

KK 19-1 (3 overs)

Muzarabani replaces Asif

KK 12-1 (2 overs)

1.1: The good length ball, shaping in. Babar looks to flick it on the on-side but misses it completely and it struck on his pads right in front of the stumps.

Rumman to bowl from the other end

KK 4-0 (1 over)

Babar, Sharjeel come out to bat for the Kings, Sultans’ Asif to bowl the first over

KARACHI KINGS VS MULTAN SULTANS (1ST INNINGS)

LAHORE: Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to bat first against Multan Sultans in the 23rd match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, here at Gaddafi Stadium.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: Babar Azam (c), Sharjeel Khan, Joe Clarke, Jordan Thompson, Mohammad Nabi, Rohail Nazir, Qasim Akram, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Umaid Asif, Mir Hamza

MULTAN SULTANS: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Shan Masood, Aamer Azmat, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, Asif Afridi, Rumman Raees, Imran Tahir, Blessing Muzarabani, Shahnawaz Dahani

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Matches 10, Multan Sultans-5, Karachi Kings-3

LAHORE: Former champions of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) – Quetta Gladiators have announced that top-order batter Ahsan Ali will be available for selection in the side’s next fixture against Multan Sultans on Friday.

The in-form right-handed batter sustained a thumb injury during his side’s faceoff with Lahore Qalandars. Following the injury, Ahsan remained unable to participate in the team’s last night clash against Peshawar Zalmi.

The Gladiators are currently in fifth place with six points. They will play their eighth match against Sultans on Friday here at Gaddafi Stadium.

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LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators’ Sohail Tanvir and Peshawar Zalmi’s Ben Cutting were fined for showing inappropriate gestures during the 22nd game of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7 on Tuesday.

The two cricketers will pay 15 percent of their match fees for breaching a Level 1 offense of the PSL Code of Conduct in separate incidents. Both of them accepted the charge and apologized for showing inappropriate gestures.

Tanvir also took to Instagram to clarify the buzz and apologized on his actions during the match.

 

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Match referee Ali Naqvi: “Such type of inappropriate gestures have no space in this great sport. The players need to always understand and remember their on and off the field responsibilities as they are role models and behaviour like this sends out a wrong message to the younger generation of cricketers. The HBL PSL 2022 is being played in good, positive spirits and I would like to see the players continue to fight hard inside the field of play but at the same time to remain within the parameters of the spirit of the game.”

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LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators’ Will Smeed fought hard with his gritty 99 but Usman Qadir’s astonishing spell assisted Peshawar Zalmi to beat Gladiators by 24 runs in the 22nd match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7.

Set to chase 186, Gladiators batters failed to get going. The opener Smeed, however, retaliated till the end with his valiant 99 off 60 balls, laced with 12 boundaries and three sixes.

Despite his heroic innings, the Gladiators could not manage to pull off the victory as the 20-years-old received no support from the other end. Gladiators’ skipper – Sarfaraz Ahmed remained the second top-scorer after Smeed; scoring a mere 25 off 21 balls.

For the Zalmi, Usman starred; taking three wickets, while Salman Irshad took two. Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz, and Hussain Talat struck out a batter each.

Batting first, the Zalmi managed to post 185/7 in the allotted 20 overs, thanks to the half-centuries from Shoaib Malik and Hussain Talat.

The Zalmi started the proceedings poorly as Naseem Shah removed their explosive batters – Hazratullah Zazai and Liam Livingstone cheaply in his first over.

With the side stranded at 6-2 in the second over, experienced batter Shoaib anchored the innings with Mohammad Haris; putting on a magnificent 52-runs partnership before the young batter perished after scoring a brilliant 29 off 17 balls, laced with six boundaries.

Malik then recorded another brilliant partnership with Talat and anchored the innings for the Zalmi. The pair batted brilliantly as both the batters went on smash half-centuries.

Talat scored 51 off 33, while Malik top-scored with 58 off 41 deliveries; smashing eight boundaries.

In the 19th over, Ben Cutting went hard at Sohail Tanvir; smashing four sixes to the left-arm pacer. Cutting’s astonishing cameo of 36 runs off just 14 deliveries with the help of four sixes and a boundary bolstered the side’s score.

For the Gladiators, Naseem Shah shone; taking four wickets, while Khurram Shehzad, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Ghulam Mudassar struck out a batter each.

Following this victory, Zalmi have now claimed the fourth position in the PSL 7 points table, while the Gladiators have been demoted to the fifth spot.

LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and elected to bat first against Quetta Gladiators in the 22nd match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, here at Gaddafi Stadium.

PLAYING XIs

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Jason Roy, Will Smeed, James Vince, Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Noor Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Naseem Shah, Ghulam Mudassar, Khurram Shehzad

Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz (c), Hazratullah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Mohammad Haris, Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat, Sherfane Rutherford, Salman Irshad, Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Umar

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Matches-19, Peshawar Zalmi-10, Quetta Gladiators-8