12/03Result
29th Match, Pakistan Super League at Rawalpindi, Mar 12 2023
Zalmi won by 13 runs
Player of the Match
Mohammad HarisPeshawar Zalmi
12/03Result
29th Match, Pakistan Super League at Rawalpindi, Mar 12 2023
Zalmi won by 13 runs
Player of the Match
Mohammad HarisPeshawar Zalmi

5.45pm: So these two will meet again in the first eliminator next week. Islamabad United could have moved up to second with victory, but instead stay third, a place ahead of Zalmi. It will be Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars who contest Wednesday's qualifier, with United and Zalmi playing off on Thursday to face the loser of that clash. United made a real hash of their chase here, barely getting a partnership together until Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim swindled 55 off 24 to take the game into the final over. It wasn't to be, as 29-year-old Khurram Shahzad, playing only his third T20, made a name for himself. Anyway, we're not quite done for the day, with the evening match between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings - top against bottom - to come. Thanks for your comments today, see you again in the knockouts. Bye!

19.4
W
Khurram Shahzad to Fazalhaq Farooqi, OUT, yorked 'im, Part 2! Full and straight, beats a tentative prod and smashes off stump. Shahzad nails his brief and Zalmi have won by 13 runs, exorcising some of their Pindi demons in the process

Fazalhaq Farooqi b Khurram Shahzad 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Farooqi is last man in

19.3
W
Khurram Shahzad to Faheem Ashraf, OUT, yorked 'im! Shahzad finishes it! Surely. Superbly bowled, 139kph at the base of off stump. Ashraf has the big wind up but can only drop his bat in time to squeeze the ball into leg. Off fly the bails, and off fly the Zalmi players in pursuit of Shahzad

Faheem Ashraf b Khurram Shahzad 38 (18m 13b 2x4 4x6) SR: 292.30

19.2
6
Khurram Shahzad to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, KABOOM! Ashraf plants one in the stands! Low full toss and he clobbers across the line, the ball sails over deep midwicket as the United flags swirl around the ground

"The only thing that was left in this Rawalpindi week of runs was 50 runs being chased off the last 3 overs," chirps Afeef

19.1
1
Khurram Shahzad to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, just misses his yorker, 139kph on off and swung out to deep midwicket

Khurram Shahzad, who bowled the first over and none since, will attempt to close out the win for Zalmi

IU need 21 from six, just beyond Ashraf's heroics the other night. Forecaster syas they are a 7% shot - which would be good enough for Lloyd Christmas

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | IU: 159/8 (21 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.36, RRR: 21.00)

  • Mohammad Wasim13 (10b)
  • Faheem Ashraf32 (11b)
  • Salman Irshad4-0-38-0
  • Aamer Jamal3-0-28-2
18.6
1lb
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, 1 leg bye, back of a length with pace off, beats the bat and squirts off the hip for a single - which means Wasim, rather than Ashraf, will have the strike for the final over
18.5
1
Salman Irshad to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, short of a length with pace off, pulled without timing through midwicket
18.4
6
Salman Irshad to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, full toss, tonked for six! Ashraf is doing it again for Isb... presses forward and belts the ball high over the head of long-on
18.3
1b
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, 1 bye, back of a length with pace off, Wasim swings and misses but Ashraf was already charging down for a bye
18.2
4
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, FOUR, short ball, hauled away for four! Wasim whirls on the pull and slots it through deep backward square
18.1
1
Salman Irshad to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, full and straight, ramped into his helmet grille! Ashraf wears it, via a combination of body and gloves, and is alert enough to run as Wasim calls him through

Irshad to bowl, 35 needed from 12. Forecaster hasn't budged for IU

END OF OVER:
18 | 19 Runs | IU: 145/8 (35 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 17.50)

  • Faheem Ashraf24 (8b)
  • Mohammad Wasim9 (7b)
  • Aamer Jamal3-0-28-2
  • Salman Irshad3-0-26-0

"I didn't slightly doubt IU winning the the match against Multan, I'm sure of a win today too." Ashraf does have form, you're right, Fatima

17.6
1
Aamer Jamal to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, full and wide, 126kph and Ashraf can't get under this one. Driven to long-off
17.5
1lb
Aamer Jamal to Mohammad Wasim, 1 leg bye, fires an attempted leg-stump yorker into the pads. Asking for lbw but it was well down leg
17.4
1
Aamer Jamal to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, round the wicket, back of a length and swatted down the ground, just a single to long-on on the bounce

Forecaster has jumped to... err, 3.5%

17.3
6
Aamer Jamal to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, pumped over long-off! Jamal is getting taking apart here... misses his yorker again, Ashraf blooters an 82m six straight back down the ground

M.A: "Is there is only me who is expecting win of IU." Well, is he?

17.2
4
Aamer Jamal to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, back of a length, 130kph and Ashraf collars him again, smoked past long-on! Hit hard and flat to the right of the man back
17.1
6
Aamer Jamal to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, cleaned out down the ground! Full on middle, in the slot for the left-hander, Ashraf bops him over long-on in no-nonsense style

IU need 54 from 18, as Jamal returns

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs | IU: 126/8 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.41, RRR: 18.00)

  • Mohammad Wasim9 (6b)
  • Faheem Ashraf6 (3b)
  • Salman Irshad3-0-26-0
  • Sufiyan Muqeem4-0-37-3
16.6
0
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, no run, another slower ball, Wasim completely loses his shape looking to swing it leg side. Fails to connect
16.5
0
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, no run, full length outside off, pace off and Wasim swings blindly

"Must say this match is still wide open considering Faheem's heroics the other day," declares OsmanZ

16.4
1
Salman Irshad to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, full, straight, 142kph. Ashraf squirts a wristy flick through the covers
16.3
1
Salman Irshad to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, pace off, Wasim was across in front of his stumps, nurdles into the leg side

United 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AD HalesHasan Nawaz
2nd21Sohaib MaqsoodAD Hales
3rd11C MunroAD Hales
4th33C MunroRahmanullah Gurbaz
5th35Shadab KhanRahmanullah Gurbaz
6th11Asif AliRahmanullah Gurbaz
7th0Asif AliFaheem Ashraf
8th0Faheem AshrafHasan Ali
9th55Faheem AshrafMohammad Wasim (1)
10th0Fazalhaq FarooqiMohammad Wasim (1)

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
LQ1073140.915
MS1064120.5
IU106412-0.708
PZ105510-0.452
KK103760.756
QG10376-1.066