18/02Result
26th Match (N), Pakistan Super League at Lahore, Feb 18 2022
Kings won by 22 runs
Player of the Match
Mir HamzaKarachi Kings
18/02Result
26th Match (N), Pakistan Super League at Lahore, Feb 18 2022
Kings won by 22 runs
Player of the Match
Mir HamzaKarachi Kings

Mariam: "It's game on if Karachi can get Fakhar out early. Otherwise it'll easily be 9/9"

Shahi: "I was expecting to go to bed early, alas the ~150 score means Qalandars will have to bat into the 16th over" Can this prove to be underestimation too or will conventional wisdom prevail?

James : "I think you underestimate Gregory's ability with the bat. He regards himself as a batting all rounder." He sure proved himself tonight

Anon: "150 is not much and we haven't witness a Qalandars' collapse this season yet. I'm hoping to see a contest out of this match. Gregory's inning might prove handy in the end. He certainly scored more runs than Sharjeel, Clark, Imad, Nabi and Jordan collectively. " Some arithmetic narrative to sum-up the innings

Rashid Khan, 4-0-17-4 hops in for a quick chat: It was all about length on this wicket. The hard length was hard to get off and I tried to stay there. Zaman's bowling early up and later on has been impressive, he's been bowling to plans well. The send-off from the fans has been amazing, I have to go back for national duty but the crowd in the stadium seemed to be full even when it wasn't. Don't want to try the reverse as I want the target to get knocked over before I come in.

9:20 pm: Rashid leads the way out for Lahore after a mid innings huddle for the team. They look in good spirits and will be optimistic on knocking down this total. Can they do it? We'll find out in a bit, follow this space for continues live updates

19.5
W
Zaman Khan to Usman Shinwari, OUT, Spooned to cover! Length ball outside off, makes room and tries to slash over cover but the leading edge goes to the fielder. Zaman finishes the innings with a wholesale deal on the wickets at the end

Usman Shinwari c Mohammad Hafeez b Zaman Khan 5 (25m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 45.45

Sjrn: "The Karachi Tailenders are getting plenty of exposure and practice these days" On the flipside of Multan's middle order

19.4
1
Zaman Khan to Mir Hamza, 1 run, Full on the stumps, the french cut went past leg stump to short fine
19.3
1
Zaman Khan to Usman Shinwari, 1 run, Full on the stumps, carved to long on along the turf
19.2
1b
Zaman Khan to Mir Hamza, 1 bye, Short over fourth stump, misses the pull but they run anyway. Keeper misses the underarm throw and the bowler misses the stumps on the non-striker's end
19.1
W
Zaman Khan to Gregory, OUT, Inside edge onto the stumps! It was full outside off, Gregory took one leg out and tried to carve it over cover but chopped it on. Zaman zig zags with his arms out in celebration. Gregory leaves having done the best he could have

L Gregory b Zaman Khan 27 (25m 16b 5x4 0x6) SR: 168.75

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | KK: 146/8 | RR: 7.68

  • Lewis Gregory27 (15b)
  • Usman Shinwari4 (9b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-29-1
  • Haris Rauf4-0-42-0

That was Shaheen's costliest over in the match, came in expected circumstances but from an unexpected source

18.6
1lb
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 1 leg bye, Makes room and the yorker follows him. Hits the pad and goes square
18.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Usman Shinwari, 1 run, A very low full toss on the block hole, opens his bat and turns it to cover and they scamper instinctively
18.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 1 run, Length outside off, makes room and carves it over cover. The fielder from deep cover point cuts it off as it was on the bounce

GD: "Tail enders are becoming dangerous with the bat" They do take chances and manage expectations well

18.3
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, no run, Yorker on the stumps, makes room to go over the bowler but hits it into the wicket back to Shaheen
18.2
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, FOUR, Comes down and meets the full one on the stumps as it came down. His hands went through and the ball went to the extra cover fence

Back over the wicket

18.1
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, FOUR, Short and into the body, swivel pulls with a shimmy into mid wicket and picks up four

Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | KK: 135/8 | RR: 7.50

  • Lewis Gregory18 (10b)
  • Usman Shinwari3 (8b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-42-0
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-19-1
17.6
1
Haris Rauf to Gregory, 1 run, Full outside off, driven over the bowler to long off

A productive over for Karachi. Gregory squeezed some water out of stone there. Can he do it against Afridi or will he wait it out?

17.5
1
Haris Rauf to Usman Shinwari, 1 run, Full on the stumps, makes room and drives to mid off. Striker was late to make it and the diving fielder threw it to the keeper who got off the bails but was a bit too late
17.4
1lb
Haris Rauf to Gregory, 1 leg bye, Full on the pads, misses it and the ball goes to point after thudding on the pad. They sneak a leg bye
17.3
4
Haris Rauf to Gregory, FOUR, Shortish and wide. It was slow and sat up for the slap over extra cover. 130 has been conquered early
17.3
1w
Haris Rauf to Gregory, 1 wide, Full and follows the batter who was on the move trying to make room. But it went beside on his left for a wide
17.2
4
Haris Rauf to Gregory, FOUR, Short outside off, crashes a cut behind point along the carpet to the boundary
17.1
0
Haris Rauf to Gregory, no run, Length outside off, opens the face and defends to point. Fielder throws to the non striker's end and it would have been out by a mile had he hit

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | KK: 123/8 | RR: 7.23

  • Usman Shinwari2 (7b)
  • Lewis Gregory9 (5b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-19-1
  • Rashid Khan4-0-17-4

Karachi has lost steam this innings and is looking to scrape every run possible. How much further can they go in three overs? WIll there be surprises?

16.6
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Usman Shinwari, no run, Yorker on off, gets behind it and squeezes it out to point
16.5
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Usman Shinwari, no run, Full on the stumps, stayed back and defended it to the bowler

Around the wicket

ABDUL AZIZ MEHS: "Someone please stop Rashid Khan." The good news is it's over, the bad news is the damage is heavy

16.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 1 run, Length on the body, tucked to cover
16.3
2
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 2 runs, Pulls a length ball on the body between deep mid wicket and long on to get two more
16.2
2
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Gregory, 2 runs, Full and slow on middle and leg, nudged to deep mid wicket and they scoot for two

Saim: "Let's blame Babar for his slow innings.."

16.1
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Usman Shinwari, 1 run, Good length on off, open faced defence goes to point

END OF OVER:
16 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | KK: 117/8 | RR: 7.31

  • Usman Shinwari1 (4b)
  • Lewis Gregory4 (2b)
  • Rashid Khan4-0-17-4
  • Mohammad Hafeez2-0-16-1

A grand finish to Rashid's bowling this season leaves Karachi in tatters. That spell was a daawat of action

15.6
1
Rashid Khan to Usman Shinwari, 1 run, Good length outside off, open faced tuck to point gets him a single

Rashid's last ball brings in a leg slip

Qalandars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4Fakhar ZamanAbdullah Shafique
2nd6Kamran GhulamAbdullah Shafique
3rd42Mohammad HafeezKamran Ghulam
4th11Mohammad HafeezPD Salt
5th1Mohammad HafeezHC Brook
6th55D WieseHC Brook
7th6D WieseRashid Khan
8th0Rashid KhanShaheen Shah Afridi
9th0Rashid KhanHaris Rauf
10th2Haris RaufZaman Khan

Pakistan Super League

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