09/03Result
27th Match (N), Pakistan Super League at Karachi, Mar 9 2019
United won by 49 runs
Player of the Match
Cameron Delport
Cameron DelportIslamabad United
09/03Result
27th Match (N), Pakistan Super League at Karachi, Mar 9 2019
United won by 49 runs
Player of the Match
Cameron Delport
Cameron DelportIslamabad United

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs | IU: 238/3 | RR: 11.90

  • Asif Ali55 (21b)
  • Cameron Delport117 (60b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-40-0
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-62-1

8.39pm A record-breaking innings from Islamabad after being asked to bat. Delport gets a standing ovation from his team-mates as they welcome him back. Luke Ronchi was out for a first-ball duck, but that seems a long time back now. Carnage from Delport, Asif and Walton has meant that Lahore need a record-breaking chase to win this game. We'll be back in 10 minutes with the chase.

List of records broken:
1) Highest PSL score of all time
2) Most PSL sixes (16) in an innings
3) Fastest PSL hundred (Cameron Delport, 49 balls) 4) Joint-fastest PSL half-century (Asif Ali, 17 balls)
5) Highest ever total in Karachi
6) Most expensive spell in PSL (Shaheen Afridi, 62 runs)
7) Least number of twos in a completed PSL innings (just one!)

Mazahir: "You missed my comment when under first 5 over I said about 400 runs atleast in this match. How did you miss that one.?" -- I remember your comment! Well, let's hope Lahore score atleast 162 now

Raj: "62 runs in 84 non boundary balls. Remaining 176 in 36 boundary balls. Carnage!"

19.6
1
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, 1 run, back of a length on middle, and he tries to pull. Hit in the air, and straight to deep midwicket, but that's been dropped by Agha Salman, and Islamabad finish on 238 for 3!

Final ball. Can Islamabad breach 240?

Asad: "First Umar Akmal.. Now Dolpert.. Whoever is leaving LQ, performing better in other teams, is this some formula or coincidence..? "

19.5
4
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, FOUR, yorker on leg, and flicked beautifully past deep backward square! Races across the grass for another four
19.4
0
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, no run, back of a length on middle, and Asif ducks under this. No wide given!

Sohaib Ahmed: "Talk about entertainment, this innings have been an absolute entertainment from the first ball."

Haris: "Played tennis ball cricket after office today and boundaries were longer than this ground. Not fair for bowler. "

19.3
0
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, no run, play and a miss. Full and wide outside off, and the attempted leg-side slog is missed
19.2
6
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, SIX, knee-high full toss, and whipped over square leg! Muscled to the leg side, and the 62metre six gets him the record for joint-fastest half-century in the PSL

Asif needs six for a well-deserved half-century. If he gets there in the next ball, it will be the joint-fastest fifty in PSL history

19.1
1
Haris Rauf to Delport, 1 run, full and wide outside off, and he drags a shot to wide long on for a single

One over to go. Islamabad could get 250 if they hit 24 more. Here's Rauf.

END OF OVER:
19 | 18 Runs | IU: 226/3 | RR: 11.89

  • Cameron Delport116 (59b)
  • Asif Ali44 (16b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-62-1
  • Haris Rauf3-0-28-0
18.6
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delport, 1 run, full and wide outside off,and Delport makes some room, before thick-edging a cut over to deep point. Shaheen concedes 62 in his four overs

Yasir: "i think that's Delport only second performance of this PSL and that's against LQ, you got feel for Fawad... Delpport played all seasons for Lahore and rarely helped them win a game"

18.5
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delport, no run, yorker on middle, a good comeback delivery. Dug away to the off side

Shailesh Panta: "Congratulations Saheen for half century..." -- In his sixties now...

18.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, 1 run, full and wide outside off, and he drills a flat-batted cut to deep point
18.3
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, SIX, full on middle, and he check-punches a shot over long on! Pure timing, no brute force this time. Proper bat swing, and then he allows the bat's face to do the rest. Jabbed over long on. Carnage.

Pk: "Graveyard to bowlers . Party palace feast for batsman"

18.2
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, SIX, slower ball, length on off, and Asif Ali simply flat-bats this shot over long on! Picks the change-up so well
18.1
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, FOUR, sweeeeeeeeeet Full on off, and he check-drives a shot right past Delport! Long-on tries to dive and stop, but his effort is futile

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | IU: 208/3 | RR: 11.55

  • Asif Ali27 (12b)
  • Cameron Delport115 (57b)
  • Haris Rauf3-0-28-0
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-44-1

Shahzad Jamal: "Catches win matches,, drop an easy catch, Now Delport is unstoppable,, enjoy hot batting"

17.6
1
Haris Rauf to Asif Ali, 1 run, full on middle, but swinging down leg. Flicked to short fine leg, and Delport's running towards the dangerous end. Direct hit from the fielder, but Delport's in
17.5
1
Haris Rauf to Delport, 1 run, length ball on off, and he drills this down to long on

That's the highest score in PSL. Beats LQ's 204 earlier this year

17.4
4
Haris Rauf to Delport, FOUR, he responds with a four! Full and wide outside off, and he slaps this through the covers! Races away for four
17.3
0
Haris Rauf to Delport, no run, full on off, and he drills this straight back to the bowler. Rauf collects, and has a shy at the batsman's stumps, but the ball hits Delport near his glutes. Rauf apologises right away, and the umpire has a chat with the bowler. Not sure why he was aiming at the stumps in the first place. Delport was well in. Frustration, perhaps?
17.2
4
Haris Rauf to Delport, FOUR, lucky! Full outside off, and he backs away to hammer this over cover. Thick outside edge past the keeper's left, and third man can't cut it off either. Fifty partnership already!
17.1
0
Haris Rauf to Delport, no run, length ball, wide outside off, and Delport backs away to make some room. Ball goes just inside the tramlines, so the umpire says that's a 'fair ball'

Mahd Khalid: "what are the stats for this ground? the pitch looks tailor made for batsmen and the boundaries are tiny, outfield is very quick too. what do you reckon is the par score?" -- Average first-innings score for T20s (last five games) here was 169. This score from Islamabad has torn that average score to shreds

17.1
1w
Haris Rauf to Delport, 1 wide, overpitched, wide outside off, and going further away. Umpire says that's wide

Three overs to go. Islamabad three short of 200.

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | IU: 197/3 | RR: 11.58

  • Cameron Delport106 (52b)
  • Asif Ali26 (11b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-44-1
  • Sandeep Lamichhane4-0-46-1

Kiran Timilsena: "Fan from Nepal feels bad to see our boy massacred. But hoping Fakhar zaman to fire"

16.6
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Delport, 1 run, full toss, wide outside off, and slapped to deep point

Mariam: "If Lahore lose, can they still qualify?" -- they need to win the next game to to increase their chances

16.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, 1 run, full on off, and he plays an inside-out drive to deep extra cover

around the wicket

16.4
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, SIX, tees off! Full on middle, but the slower ball is picked early. Front leg cleared, and ball's been hammered over cow corner
16.3
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Asif Ali, FOUR, full outside off, and he opens the bat's face, and plays a square drive. Flies off the bat's edge, and races away to the backward-point fence

Qalandars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st51AP DevcichFakhar Zaman
2nd14MH WesselsFakhar Zaman
3rd5MH WesselsHaris Sohail
4th9MH WesselsSohail Akhtar
5th54D WieseSohail Akhtar
6th12Sohail AkhtarAgha Salman
7th30Sohail AkhtarShaheen Shah Afridi
8th0Shaheen Shah AfridiHaris Rauf
9th9S LamichhaneHaris Rauf
10th5Rahat AliS Lamichhane

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PZ1073140.828
QG1073140.376
IU1055100.127
KK105510-0.673
MS103760.173
LQ10376-0.837