That is a massive win for Islamabad United, won by 9 wickets and finished the game with 4.1 overs to left. Excellent batting by Hales, gave a flying start with Stirling and outplayed Zalmi. Hales remain unbeaten at 82* and Stirling scored 57.
15.5
4
Cutting to Hales, FOUR, Hales finishes it off in style! Low full toss on off stump, hammers it down the ground to long-off for four
15.4
4
Cutting to Hales, FOUR, Easy picking! Full on leg stump, Hales flicks it away to wide of short fine leg fielder and also beat the long leg fielder for four more
15.3
0
Cutting to Hales, no run, good length ball, just outside off, inside out drive to extra cover
15.2
4
Cutting to Hales, FOUR, again short in length, Hales pulls it away and connected it well and finds the gap at deep midwicket for four
15.1
0
Cutting to Hales, no run, short in length, outside off, goes for the pull shot and misses it
END OF OVER:15 | 18 Runs | IU: 160/1 (9 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 10.66, RRR: 1.80)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz27 (16b)
- Alex Hales70 (49b)
- Sohail Khan3-0-45-0
- Ben Cutting1-0-7-0
14.6
0
Sohail Khan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, no run, Good yorker on target, digs out back to bowler
14.5
4
Sohail Khan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR, That is a duck pull shot! Short in length, down on one knee and pulls it away down to fine leg fence for four
14.4
6
Sohail Khan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX, Back to back sixes by Gurbaz! Short in length, this time played a cracking pull and it goes all the way over midwicket for another six
14.3
6
Sohail Khan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX, What a shot by Gurbaz! Full ball, on middle and leg stump, just a flick of the wrists and it goes way over deep midwicket fence for a big six, reminds me Dhoni helicopter shot!
14.2
1
Sohail Khan to Hales, 1 run, slower ball, fuller in length, on middle stump, heaved away to deep midwicket for a single
14.1
1
Sohail Khan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run, good length ball, outside off, nicely driven and excellent diving stop by Yasir at point
END OF OVER:14 | 7 Runs | IU: 142/1 (27 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 10.14, RRR: 4.50)
- Alex Hales69 (48b)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz10 (11b)
- Ben Cutting1-0-7-0
- Wahab Riaz3-0-22-0
13.6
0
Cutting to Hales, no run, big full toss on leg stump, pulls it to short fine leg and good stop by fielder
13.5
1
Cutting to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run, slightly short in length, pulled away hard on the bounce to deep midwicket fielder
13.4
2
Cutting to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 runs, again full ball, on middle and leg stump, comes down the wicket and drives to deep midwicket for couple of runs
13.3
1
Cutting to Hales, 1 run, Good yorker, comes down the wicket and digs out to off side for a quick single
13.2
2
Cutting to Hales, 2 runs, short in length, on leg stump, pulled away to deep square leg and good diving stop by Hussain
13.1
1
Cutting to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run, Full ball, on leg stump, flicked away to deep square leg for a single
END OF OVER:13 | 4 Runs | IU: 135/1 (34 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 10.38, RRR: 4.85)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz6 (8b)
- Alex Hales66 (45b)
- Wahab Riaz3-0-22-0
- Hussain Talat2-0-13-0
12.6
1
Wahab Riaz to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run, once again short in length, cuts it down to third man for a single
12.5
1
Wahab Riaz to Hales, 1 run, back of length just outside off, angles it down to third man for a single
12.4
0
Wahab Riaz to Hales, no run, good short ball, goes for the pull, misses it through to keeper
12.3
1
Wahab Riaz to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run, slower ball, on off stump, pushed to point and ran a quick single
