That's it from us tonight. Keep your eyes peeled for Danyal Rasool's report. For Danyal on comms, I'm Peter Della Penna. Off day tomorrow. Come back on Friday for more PSL action. Until then, take care!
Alex Hales named Man of the Match: "It was obviously a really big chase and I thought we had to knock the teeth out of it early. I felt like the pitch was getting slower as the game went on so my plan was to be really attacking in the Powerplay and get the run rate below 10 and fortunately that worked tonight. It was quite nice with the new ball and pace on the ball, but it was spinning quite a lot in our innings and the slower balls were holding so that makes our chase even more impressive. We've had two really good team wins. We had our backs against the wall a few days ago in the chase and got over the line. To chase such a big total with different guys contributing at different times is really good."
Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim: "In the Powerplay we were short 20 runs the way we started. We have to sort it out. Credit to Hales and at the end Asif Ali. It wasn't spinning and then suddenly it started spinning. I think it was the dew. I gave Nabi the 18th over because he was the best bowler tonight. I would be very annoyed if I didn't give him four overs. You don't lose the tournament if you lose the second game so it's just the start of the tournament. I think we'll rectify the errors and come back very hard. Sharjeel I think he played brilliantly. The class he showed, it's like he's back and is very much up there with the best batsmen in Pakistan and I hope he can keep batting like that. I think we bowled well but a couple of overs didn't go according to plan."
10.52 pm Islamabad make simple work of a target which appeared lofty on paper but in reality was well under par thanks to a dreadful Powerplay and finish to the innings by Karachi Kings. Islamabad on the other hand had a sensationally fiery Powerplay thanks to Alex Hales.
Waqas Maqsood to bowl the final over.
END OF OVER:19 | 13 Runs | IU: 196/5 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 10.31, RRR: 1.00)
- Asif Ali20 (8b)
- Iftikhar Ahmed49 (37b)
- Mohammad Amir4-0-44-1
- Mohammad Nabi4-0-26-1
Scores are level now.
Down to a run a ball equation now.
END OF OVER:18 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | IU: 183/5 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 10.16, RRR: 7.00)
- Asif Ali7 (2b)
- Iftikhar Ahmed49 (37b)
- Mohammad Nabi4-0-26-1
- Mohammad Amir3-0-31-1
Hussain Talat lbw b Mohammad Nabi 42 (51m 31b 4x4 0x6) SR: 135.48
First boundary conceded by Nabi, couldn't have come at a worse time for Karachi. Islamabad would have to do something spectacularly clumsy to lose from here now.
END OF OVER:17 | 14 Runs | IU: 169/4 (28 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.94, RRR: 9.33)
- Iftikhar Ahmed42 (35b)
- Hussain Talat42 (29b)
- Mohammad Amir3-0-31-1
- Mohammad Nabi3-0-12-0
Amir replaces Arshad.
END OF OVER:16 | 6 Runs | IU: 155/4 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.68, RRR: 10.50)
- Iftikhar Ahmed32 (31b)
- Hussain Talat39 (27b)
- Mohammad Nabi3-0-12-0
- Arshad Iqbal3-0-30-1
Mudassar: "@waseem. Remember gully cricket rules? If you bat then cant bowl early :) NABI had the same case"