26/02Result
7th Match (D/N), Pakistan Super League at Karachi, Feb 26 2021
Sultans won by 7 wkts (22b rem)
Player of the Match
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad RizwanMultan Sultans
26/02Result
7th Match (D/N), Pakistan Super League at Karachi, Feb 26 2021
Sultans won by 7 wkts (22b rem)
Player of the Match
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad RizwanMultan Sultans

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs | LQ: 157/6 | RR: 7.85

  • Samit Patel26 (20b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3 (3b)
  • Sohail Khan4-0-24-0
  • Shahnawaz Dahani4-0-39-2

4.43 pm Feels like a significantly under par total for the Qalandars. Most of the order stumbled along moving at, or less than, 100 strike rate, Hafeez was the only one to get into a good rhythm, breezed past 50 going at a strike rate of 200, then lost his wicket in a dysfunctional mixup with Samit Patel. Stuttering finish to the innings after his wicket fell for the Qalandars. Sultans will be firm favorites to chase this down. Stay with us for the start of the reply shortly.

19.6
1b
Sohail Khan to Patel, 1 bye, there's a hole in Samit's bat. Thigh high full toss on fifth stump, swings straight through the ball. Afridi calls him through to pinch a bye as Rizwan's throw misses the striker's stumps, would've had him short had it hit.
19.5
1
Sohail Khan to Shaheen Shah Afridi, 1 run, another yorker on off, scuffed out to long-on.

Around the stumps to Afridi now.

Sohail Iqbal : "Sohail khan should not drop catch because it was a crucial time". Sohail Khan should not drop that catch because he's a professional cricketer! If you're at this level, not too many boundary chances come easier than that.

19.4
1
Sohail Khan to Patel, 1 run, pinpoint yorker on off stump at 140 kph, jammed out to deep third man.
19.3
1
Sohail Khan to Shaheen Shah Afridi, 1 run, length ball on leg stump, mistimed heave behind square for a long single to allow Samit to have the strike.
19.2
1
Sohail Khan to Patel, 1 run, yorker on the stumps, jammed out through point for a single.
19.1
1
Sohail Khan to Shaheen Shah Afridi, 1 run, full on the stumps, flicked out for a single to get off the mark.

Straight after that drop, Sohail is on to bowl the final over.

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | LQ: 151/6 | RR: 7.94

  • Samit Patel24 (17b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi0 (0b)
  • Shahnawaz Dahani4-0-39-2
  • Shahid Afridi4-0-41-0
18.6
4
Shahnawaz Dahani to Patel, FOUR, dropped! Ghastly effort by Sohail Khan at deep third man! Short ball outside off, Samit went to uppercut this but it's basically catching practice for Sohail placed perfectly on the boundary. He gets overexcited charging in too much though and snatches at this with very hard hands at head height, it clangs off and goes over his head bouncing once over the rope. Dreadful. That was 3/10 on difficulty but Sohail struggled like a clubbie on that effort.

That'll go some way toward smoothing over his role in the Hafeez runout!

18.5
6
Shahnawaz Dahani to Patel, SIX, in the slot on fifth stump, gets the yorker length wrong for the first time and Samit makes him pay swatting this flat over long-off.
18.4
0
Shahnawaz Dahani to Patel, no run, another picture perfect yorker at 147 kph on off stump, jammed out but trickles to the keeper.
18.3
W
Shahnawaz Dahani to Wiese, OUT, bounced out! After a pair of yorkers to start off the over, bangs it in short on the stumps and beats Wiese for pace on the hook, spikes a top edge out to deep backward square leg. Semi-theatrical catch taken staring into the sun, battles it off well enough to claim this on his haunches a few yards inside the rope.

D Wiese c Brathwaite b Shahnawaz Dahani 13 (11m 8b 1x4 1x6) SR: 162.50

Prasu: "Recognized batsman sacrificing their wkt is a reareity in cricket, it has to come as an instinct, bcos batsman dont get trained to thriw away their wkt, so blaming Samit is unfair there". It is the bizarre dichotomy of playing very much for yourself as a batsman in what is superficially a team game.

18.2
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Patel, 1 run, yorker again on off stump at 144 kph, jammed out through point.
18.1
2
Shahnawaz Dahani to Patel, 2 runs, yorker on middle, flicked away to deep backward square leg.

Dahani back.

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | LQ: 138/5 | RR: 7.66

  • David Wiese13 (7b)
  • Samit Patel11 (12b)
  • Shahid Afridi4-0-41-0
  • Usman Qadir4-0-31-1

usamah: "Patel just cost Lahore about 20-30 runs there by not giving up his own wicket. Hafeez was looking good and in form." Next lesson for The Professor to give to Samit in the change room: Playing for the Team 101 - better to sacrifice your wicket for the set batsman.

17.6
6
Shahid Afridi to Wiese, SIX, full and wide, heaves this high and deep down the ground over long-off, big blow to end the over.
17.5
1
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 1 run, short and wide, slapped to wide long-off.

Humza : "Really hard to take that wicket as a LQ fan Samit really should have ran it Hafeez/wiese would have been destruction in death overs but not to be :("

17.4
1
Shahid Afridi to Wiese, 1 run, short and wide, slapped behind point.
17.3
0
Shahid Afridi to Wiese, no run, flights this again short on middle stump, googly spins in at 83 kph, Wiese nearly swings over the top of it but bottom edges it into the ground, fielded by the keeper diving left.
17.2
4
Shahid Afridi to Wiese, FOUR, flights this one too short on fifth stump at 86 kph, glacially slow by Afridi's standards, and it sits up to cut away behind point.

Cornered tiger: "Very selfish from samit there. How on earth could he think his wicket was more important than Hafeez's". Cricket is a very selfish game my feline friend!

17.1
0
Shahid Afridi to Wiese, no run, zips this in flat and full on off, defended back to Afridi.

Afridi back for his last over.

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | LQ: 126/5 | RR: 7.41

  • David Wiese2 (2b)
  • Samit Patel10 (11b)
  • Usman Qadir4-0-31-1
  • Sohail Khan3-0-19-0

Shabaz: "15.4 didn't pitch on the 22 yard strip so according to the updated rules should be a no-ball right?" That was my understanding, but perhaps we are both wrong.

16.6
1
Usman Qadir to Wiese, 1 run, overpitched full on the stumps and driven to long-on.
16.5
1
Usman Qadir to Patel, 1 run, good length ball, punched away for another run.
16.4
1
Usman Qadir to Wiese, 1 run, short and wide, goes back to flick this through the ring.
16.3
1
Usman Qadir to Patel, 1 run, good length ball, tapped away for a drama-free single this time.
16.2
W
Usman Qadir to Patel, OUT, chaos! Samit had to sacrifice himself but instead Hafeez is left stewing as he walks off. Short ball outside off, chops this into the covers. In the 17th over, Hafeez was in run on contact mode. Samit is taking a long time to get the wheels turning in his innings and after tapping that ball into the off side, did take a few steps down the pitch before ball-watching got the better of him. Hafeez was almost at the striker's end before trying to turn back. Samit really should have just fallen on his sword but instead steps back into his crease as the relay from Brathwaite to Qadir is done without panic and he whips the bails off. Horrendous sequence to lose the incredibly devastating Hafeez in his current form.

Mohammad Hafeez run out 60 (57m 35b 3x4 5x6) SR: 171.42

16.1
1
Usman Qadir to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, full on off, driven in the air down the ground for one.

END OF OVER:
16 | 9 Runs | LQ: 121/4 | RR: 7.56

  • Mohammad Hafeez59 (34b)
  • Samit Patel8 (8b)
  • Sohail Khan3-0-19-0
  • Usman Qadir3-0-26-1

Ahmedi: "28 runs in 2 overs before strategic time out and only 7 runs in the next 2 overs 2 wickets. Good comeback by Multan."

15.6
1lb
Sohail Khan to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 leg bye, wide yorker attempted, Hafeez shuffles way outside off to paddle through fine leg but can't get underneath the length and it ricochets off the feet into the leg side.

Sultans 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1Mohammad RizwanCA Lynn
2nd29JM VinceMohammad Rizwan
3rd110Sohaib MaqsoodMohammad Rizwan
4th19Sohaib MaqsoodRR Rossouw

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
IU1082160.859
MS1055101.05
PZ1055100.586
KK105510-0.115
LQ105510-0.589
QG10284-1.786