Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 13 Runs 2 Wkts | KK: 170/7 | RR: 8.50

  • Joe Clarke24 (18b)
  • Umaid Asif0 (1b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-33-3
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-31-1

Lahore Qalandars need 171 runs to win. We'll be back in a jiffy with the run-chase

9.25 PM: Quite an action-packed innings that from the Karachi Kings. Lahore Qalandars would be the happier of the two sides going into the break having restricted the home side in the latter half. The Kings openers set up what looked like a decent launching pad with Sharjeel Khan taking much of the honors for his red-hot 60 off 39. The Qalandars needed to see the back of him to stem the flow of runs and Mohammad Hafeez provided the all-important breakthrough on the very first ball he bowled. Babar Azam having played second fiddle to Sharjeel Khan's blazing knock couldn't up the ante during the middle overs. The Kings promoted the likes of Mohammad Nabi and Aamer Yamin up the order to get some impetus but that didn't work out either. Haris Rauf was the pick of the bowlers for the Qalandars for his 3/33 as he alongside his skipper restricted the Kings to 4/46 in the last five.

19.6
1
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 1 run, Banged into a middle and leg-stump line, swatted away towards deep midwicket, just one there
19.5
1b
Haris Rauf to Umaid Asif, 1 bye, Back of a length, pace-on, Asif slashes hard but this it too quick, hustles through to the other end to bring Clarke back on strike
19.4
5b
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 5 byes, An absolute comedy of errors, fired into middle and leg, Clarke skips down the track but fails to get any wood of it, the keeper throws it back to the bowler who misses his shy at the non-striker's. To add to the drama, Wiese running around from long-on parries it along the carpet and it trickles away to the boundary skirtings for five-byes

Haris Rauf on a hat-trocl as Umaid Asif strolls out

19.3
W
Haris Rauf to Imad Wasim, OUT, Holed out to deep midwicket! Round the wicket angle to the LHB, bangs it in short, Imad half-heartedly pulls it, does not get the right connection and Rashid scoots in to take a stunning catch just inches off the turf

Imad Wasim c Rashid Khan b Haris Rauf 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Imad Wasim joins Joe Clarke

19.2
W
Haris Rauf to Sahibzada Farhan, OUT, Dragged back onto the stumps! A ferocious yorker, wide outside off-stump, Farhan jams his bat at it, inside-halves it onto his pads from where it ricochets onto the timberwork behind. Haris Rauf is ecstatic and he lets it all out

Sahibzada Farhan b Haris Rauf 8 (5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

19.1
6
Haris Rauf to Sahibzada Farhan, SIX, Swung away over deep backward square! Pace up from Rauf but it's straying down, Farhan swivels and slams it high and handsome over the leg-side

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | KK: 157/5 | RR: 8.26

  • Sahibzada Farhan2 (3b)
  • Joe Clarke23 (16b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-31-1
  • Haris Rauf3-0-26-1
18.6
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, Full and wide outside off, looks to go up and over the off-side, does not get it out of the middle and is lucky that it lands between three converging fielders
18.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, 1 run, Yorker, outside off, punched down to long-on, excellent execution again
18.4
1b
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 bye, Slower delivery, down the leg-side, shuffles across way too far as he looks to ramp it over the short fine leg fielder, a fumble from Ben Dunk allows the change of strike
18.3
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, 1 run, Off-cutter, dances down the wicket again but toe-ends his attempted loft down to wide long-on
18.2
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, FOUR, Sliced over the off-side, skips down the track to this high full-toss and gets enough bat on it to evade the sweeper cover fielder
18.1
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, Darted in outside off, the newcomer can only jam his bat down and dig it out to sweeper cover. Exemplary yorker-bowling execution

Mahad K: "KK is ruining itself by playing around with the batting lineup. We need guys like Farhan on the crease who can get us to the 190 . There's no way that would happen with non specialist batsmen."

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | KK: 148/5 | RR: 8.22

  • Joe Clarke17 (13b)
  • Sahibzada Farhan0 (0b)
  • Haris Rauf3-0-26-1
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-23-1
17.6
2
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 2 runs, Slower delivery, Clarke sits back and swats it towards deep midwicket
17.5
2
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 2 runs, Fired into the blockhole, Clarke meets it on the full and places it into the off-side, scurries back for a couple
17.4
2
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 2 runs, A tad fuller, Clarke wants to work it across the line, gets a leading edge that just evades Shaheen Afridi

Sahibzada Farhan in now

17.3
W
Haris Rauf to Gregory, OUT, Gregory perishes! Short-pitched delivery over the stumps, hits high on the splice as Gregory gives himself room and wants to club it over the off-side. It's skied and Shaheen does exceptionally well to run back from short cover and grab it

L Gregory c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Haris Rauf 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Kamal : "KK have a lot to introspect with their approach and batting order. Considering, chasing team invariably wins KK might find herself losing this match too unless some fireworks erupt and bowler go for absolute kill"

17.2
1
Haris Rauf to Clarke, 1 run, Length ball, just around off, stoops low and looks to ramp it over the keeper, toe-ended into the vacant off-side
17.1
1
Haris Rauf to Gregory, 1 run, Hard length, 144 k's, off-stump channel, bunted into the off-side

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | KK: 140/4 | RR: 8.23

  • Joe Clarke10 (9b)
  • Lewis Gregory1 (1b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-23-1
  • Zaman Khan4-0-39-1
16.6
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, no run, Wonderfully bowled again, takes out the pace off it and it's wide outside off, too, Clarke swipes across the line but it crawl underneath his bat

Nice and tight stuff from the skipper

16.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 1 run, A touch fuller, middle and leg-stump line, prodded into the on-side
16.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, 1 run, Banged in short, Clarke is late on his front-foot pull as he miscues this into the on-side, lands safely in the vacant real estate there
16.3
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, no run, Slower delivery, wide outside off, Clarke swishes across the line but fails to make any connection. Hang on, there's an appeal from behind the stumps and Shaheen decides to go upstairs. Replays confirm that the bat is miles away from the Kookaburra, could have been that clucking sound of the handle

Lewis Gregory the new man in

16.2
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Aamer Yamin, OUT, Taken at short cover! Full-toss, angling across him, Yamin looks to clobber it across the line but outer-halves it, no distance on this and Haris runs around takes a tumbling catch

Aamer Yamin c Haris Rauf b Shaheen Shah Afridi 9 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 150.00

16.1
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, 1 run, Overpitched, angling away, dug out towards short cover who is meandering at the edge of the circle

Shaheen Afridi returns

Prashant: "These unnecessary decisions of playing around with your batting order will cost KK this match too. "

Qalandars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st24Fakhar ZamanAbdullah Shafique
2nd24Fakhar ZamanKamran Ghulam
3rd42Mohammad HafeezFakhar Zaman
4th74SR PatelFakhar Zaman
5th10SR PatelD Wiese

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS1091181.253
LQ1064120.765
PZ106412-0.34
IU10468-0.069
QG10468-0.708
KK10192-0.891