1.28am And that is all we have from this game - thanks for sticking around and hope you had fun. It's goodbye from Raghav, Binoy, Danyal and myself.
Wahab: The way he batted, he took the pressure away. The way he plays, he left no clues to the bowling team. We have just given the license to express themselves, it's good to give the guys that confidence because you know what they're capable of. [Things to improve] In the last three games we've been giving away wickets in quick succession. This is where we really have to work hard. The batter who is in really needs to [take responsibility].
Zazai: When I got selected in the PSL I was excited to play for Zalmi. My form was good in the nets and the coaches and players encouraged me and that's why I went out there with confidence. I prefer playing against the fast bowlers, but I've improved against spin recently and it was a 50-50 split tonight.
Hazratullah Zazai is the Player of the Match.
Imad: It's a mixture of good bowling and poor batting - they bowled really well. The thing is, they outclassed us in batting and bowling. They utilised the powerplay, we lost 3-4 wickets. If we'd got Zazai early we could have [done better]. We're still well placed and there are positives for us. Nothing to lose now - we have to win both games to stay in the tournament. We have to give ourselves a chance in both batting and bowling. We'll sit together tomorrow and come back hard - if we think we can't do it, then there's no point.
1.14am They needed this win so bad, and they've absolutely romped to it tonight. Barring that little blip in the last few overs of course. But that didn't matter one bit - this match was wrapped up much, much earlier. Superb bowling effort to reduce Karachi Kings to 108 - their lowest score - before Zazai came and finished the chase before Karachi could even think of a plan. What a totally stunning debut. Joint-fastest PSL fifty, off 17 balls, and 63 off 26 in all. It's a win that does wonders for their net run-rate, on top of the fact that they've now jumped to second place with 10 points. One more game to go and you'd think one more win will seal qualification. Karachi were tied on six points with Multan Sultans and were fourth place - they now go down to fifth because their NRR has been battered.
END OF OVER:11 | 2 Runs | PZ: 104/4 (5 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 9.45, RRR: 0.55)
- Rovman Powell2 (9b)
- Sherfane Rutherford2 (5b)
- Imad Wasim2-1-2-2
- Noor Ahmad3-0-19-1
END OF OVER:10 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | PZ: 102/4 (7 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 10.20, RRR: 0.70)
- Sherfane Rutherford1 (3b)
- Rovman Powell1 (5b)
- Noor Ahmad3-0-19-1
- Imad Wasim1-1-0-2
Faheem: "Having seen enough cricket I know it won't happen but would be super funny if Zalmi lost it from here"
Slip and gully for Powell
Here's Rutherford now. Slip and leg slip in place.
Haider Ali st †Walton b Noor Ahmad 16 (16b 3x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
END OF OVER:9 | (wicket maiden) | PZ: 99/3 (10 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 11.00, RRR: 0.90)
- Rovman Powell0 (2b)
- Haider Ali16 (16b)
- Imad Wasim1-1-0-2
- Abbas Afridi1-0-13-0
Awais: "Is this Malik third duck in a row?" --- Second. 2, 0, 0. Here's Noor again
Look at that now, a slip comes in
Shoaib Malik c Guptill b Imad Wasim 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Hazratullah Zazai b Imad Wasim 63 (26b 8x4 4x6) SR: 242.30
END OF OVER:8 | 13 Runs | PZ: 99/1 (10 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 12.37, RRR: 0.83)
- Hazratullah Zazai63 (24b)
- Haider Ali16 (16b)
- Abbas Afridi1-0-13-0
- Noor Ahmad2-0-16-0
Right, how many of you counting on the game ending this over? Imad Wasim coming on, around the wicket
Sunny: "Please change the score card of 2nd innings as Hazratulah Zazai took the strike on very 1st ball but you are showing Kamran Akmal 1st in scorecard" --- Thanks Sunny, we'll sort that out
