- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 and it's an early night for Tom Banton! Tried to loft him over square leg, it flies up into the air instead. Joe Clarke didn't have to move as it came right back down into his gloves, and Banton's struggles in the PSL continue 6/12.4 and Sarfaraz falls. Tried to open the face of the bat and run it down behind the wicket. Gets a faint tickle on it instead, and that's a soft dismissal for Quetta. Karachi have started brightly 17/28.4 and Gayle finally meets his downfall! Christian outfoxes him with a slower ball that put Gayle in two minds, checking his shot at a pivotal moment. Mohammad Amir at third man has a fairly simple catch 68/47.3 and the pressure finally tells. Ayub picks it up nicely off his hips and times it nicely, but there's nowhere near enough power on it and square leg barely has to move. Ayub falls after a stuttering innings. 55/312.5 gone! Length outside off, Azam looks to swat it on the leg side but cannot middle it and an easy catch for Christian at short midwicket 91/610.5 brilliant from Dan Christian. Was a length around fourth stump, Azam steers it towards short third man. It went straight to Waqas Maqsood but Nawaz wanted a run, and was halfway down before realising Azam hasn't moved. Christian stops himself in the run-up, collects the one-bounce throw, dives towards the stumps and flicks the ball on to them to find Nawaz short 76/514.6 the leg stump goes for a walk. A 140.9kph length ball at the stumps, Cutting was looking to create room once again and aims to go down the ground but misses it completely. Quetta are in a real danger of being bowled out here 104/718.2 a think edge to the wicketkeeper as Qais looks to swing it over deep midwicket. Was a length ball angling across and a good catch by Clarke, tumbling forward 121/1015.5 Caught at mid-off. Looked like a slower one from Amir. Fuller outside off, Shinwari looked to go over mid-off but got it from the toe end off the bat and Imad takes a simple catch 106/816.5 Arshad gets another. Was a length ball outside off, Hasnain looked to run it towards third man but ended up playing too fine. Into the wicketkeeper's gloves off the face of the bat 111/9Extras10 (lb 4, w 6)TOTAL121 all out (18.2 Overs, RR: 6.6)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tom Banton, 0.4 ov), 2-17 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 2.4 ov), 3-55 (Saim Ayub, 7.3 ov), 4-68 (Chris Gayle, 8.4 ov), 5-76 (Mohammad Nawaz, 10.5 ov), 6-91 (Azam Khan, 12.5 ov), 7-104 (Ben Cutting, 14.6 ov), 8-106 (Usman Shinwari, 15.5 ov), 9-111 (Mohammad Hasnain, 16.5 ov), 10-121 (Qais Ahmad, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 31 1 7.75 11 4 1 1 0 Mohammad Amir 4 0 14 1 3.50 14 1 0 1 0 Aamer Yamin 2 0 23 1 11.50 7 2 2 1 0 Waqas Maqsood 2.2 0 21 2 9.00 6 2 1 1 0 Arshad Iqbal 4 1 16 3 4.00 16 2 0 0 0 DT Christian 2 0 12 1 6.00 6 1 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 comes back again, rapped him on the pads, and Hasnain strikes! Sharjeel reviews, though that did look dead in front to the naked eye. The review's in vain, with ball tracking showing it crunching into middle and leg. Fairly ordinary use of the DRS system, that. 4/110.1 An excellent catch by Sarfaraz. Babar departs but you would believe there are not enough runs left. Coming to the delivery, it was a length ball around off, Babar looked to run it down to third man but the ball kept a bit low and he ended up edging it behind. It went fast and low to Sarfaraz's right and he did well to get low and pouch it with one hand 87/35.2 and the Clarke blitz finally comes to an end! It looked like it might be in the slot, and Clarke latched on to it, but long-on was in position and completes a straightforward catch. Not before Clarke smashes 46 off 23, and likely wins Karachi the game 59/2Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL126/3 (13.5 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sharjeel Khan, 0.4 ov), 2-59 (Joe Clarke, 5.2 ov), 3-87 (Babar Azam, 10.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Hasnain 4 0 18 2 4.50 15 3 0 0 0 Naseem Shah 2 0 23 0 11.50 4 3 1 1 0 Qais Ahmad 3 0 43 0 14.33 3 5 2 1 0 Usman Shinwari 2 0 10 1 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 2 0 11 0 5.50 4 1 0 0 0 BCJ Cutting 0.5 0 20 0 24.00 0 0 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Karachi Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
start 20.00, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days
20 February 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Karachi Kings 2, Quetta Gladiators 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 2 wickets)
- Quetta Gladiators: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Quetta Gladiators - 89/5 in 12.0 overs (Azam Khan 17, BCJ Cutting 4)
- Quetta Gladiators: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Karachi Kings - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.4: Review by Karachi Kings (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batsman - Sharjeel Khan (Struck down)
- Over 1.6: Review by Quetta Gladiators (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - JM Clarke (Struck down)
- Karachi Kings: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Babar Azam 4, JM Clarke 42, Ex 4)
- Karachi Kings: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 5
Match Coverage
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Iqbal picked up 3 for 16 before Clarke's 23-ball 46 reduced the chase to a formality