Right, this has been lots of fun, especially since we got to see a trend bucked. Thanks a lot for sticking with us, and catch you in the next game.

Qais Ahmed's 3/21 gets him the Player of the Match award. "We need to improve in the field. We give at least 10-15 runs away in the field, and that's a huge amount of runs in T20 cricket," Rizwan says. "We're struggling to build partnerships in the middle order, but Qais and Nawaz bolwed brilliantly and stifled our momentum. I'm in a bit of pain, and we're awaiting X-Rays on my foot. Hopefully it's all good."

Hasnain's bromance with Steyn continues, talking about how much he's learning from him. He talks about how he asked Steyn to bowl a bouncer at Dhani's head, because the Multan bowler fears the short delivery. Tongue firmly in cheek, though

Sarfaraz is hugged by Azam Khan, Dhani and Steyn share a laugh and a cuddle, Hasnain smiles that sweet smile of this, Sarfaraz has a joke with Dhani. Lovely spirit this match ends in.

One was a run-out! But I was wrong, clearly

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | QG: 176/7 | RR: 8.80

  • Qais Ahmad2 (3b)
  • Shahnawaz Dahani4-0-44-3
  • Sohail Khan4-0-33-1

8.42pm: That was a lot of fun, especially with Dhani bowling some real heat at the end but not always finding the right length. A few of you have pointed out that he's currently down as RMF which I agree is incredibly harsh - will have a word with the scorers! Superb start for Quetta thanks to T20 debutant Usman Khan, racing to 89 for 1 at the halfway stage. They lost impetus through the middle, with Faf du Plessis particularly culpable, but a couple of handy cameos from Azam Khan and Mohammad Nawaz dragged them up to 176. Is this finally the night that we see a total defended in PSL6? Join us shortly to find out...

19.6
W
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT, rushes him with a back-of-a-length ball at 144.8kph, and Nawaz is late on the pull shot. It loops up, and Rizwan settles underneath it for a simple catch!

Mohammad Nawaz (3) c †Mohammad Rizwan b Shahnawaz Dahani 20 (15m 10b 4x4 0x6) SR: 200.00

Last ball

19.5
4
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, Nawaz you little beauty! Dhani misses his length again, slightly overpitching. Nawaz gets across to the off side, down on one knee, and slog-slaps him over backward square. One bounce and over the rope. How good!
19.4
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, yorker outside off stump, Qais throws the bat but can't beat the man at extra cover on the edge of the ring. Qais smacks his bat into his pad in frustration but he's got Nawaz back on strike, which is crucial
19.3
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, length ball, plinked down to long-on on the bounce. Nawaz wanted the second but Qais sent him back. Should have taken it on, I think - more important to have him on strike at this stage and wouldn't matter much if Qais was run out
19.2
4
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, the first was brain, this is brawn. Misses his length slightly, in the slot, and Nawaz powers the drive through wide mid-off for four. Races to the fence!
19.1
4
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, ooft, how to describe this shot?! Fullish outside off, and Nawaz shuffled across looking to lap him behind square on the leg side. But he realised it wasn't there for him, so opened the face, and squeezed it away through wide third man while down on one knee. Genius!

Final over. Quetta desperate to scrap up towards 175 or thereabouts, but it's a long way short of what they might have got...

Amin: "Man. Dhani's reactions are super refreshing. Like the joys of a kid when they get a new toy."

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs | QG: 162/6 | RR: 8.52

  • Mohammad Nawaz7 (5b)
  • Qais Ahmad1 (2b)
  • Sohail Khan4-0-33-1
  • Shahnawaz Dahani3-0-30-2
18.6
1
Sohail Khan to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, banged in, and Nawaz can only plink it into the leg side

Adnan: "@kamran, how can you forget Shaheen?"

18.5
4
Sohail Khan to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, in the slot, Nawaz throws the bat, and it flicks away for four down to fine leg. Thought it might have been off the pad, but in fact Nawaz inside-edged it through his legs

Haroon: "How horrendous of you to say just to include a liability Rizwan should not keep . While keeping he will miss important chances and the game would be gone. It's ok to support someone but you ruin the team for him is not cool " -- Horrendous? I'm only a ball-by-ball commentator mate, not a Pakistan selector!

18.4
1
Sohail Khan to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, nails a yorker, grunting in his delivery, which Qais jams into the leg side for a scampered single
18.3
0
Sohail Khan to Qais Ahmad, no run, wide on the crease, lands a wide yorker, which Qais can only dig out back to the bowler

Kamran Ashraf: "Really nice to see Pakistan producing many 150 kmph bowlers. Hasnain, Dahani, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah all can click 150!!!"

18.2
1
Sohail Khan to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, length ball, slugged down to Vince at long-on on the bounce
18.1
0
Sohail Khan to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, length ball which shapes away off the seam and beats Nawaz's outside edge

Sohail to bowl the 19th. Qais is the new batsman, at the non-striker's end. Round the wicket

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | QG: 155/6 | RR: 8.61

  • Mohammad Nawaz1 (1b)
  • Shahnawaz Dahani3-0-30-2
  • Carlos Brathwaite4-0-43-0
17.6
W
Shahnawaz Dahani to Cutting, OUT, yorker, nailed on the boot, huge appeal but Mr Yaqoob isn't interested. Rizwan calls for the review. Very full, old-fashioned toe-crusher which smacks Cutting on the cap of the boot as he looked to jam his bat down. No bat, says Illingworth. Crashing into the base of leg stump, and Dhani has another!

BCJ Cutting lbw b Shahnawaz Dahani 10 (17m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

17.5
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, fullish outside off, and slashed out towards cover. 145.1kph!

Nawaz strides out at No. 7.

Salman: "@Hamza -- Azam took your words too literally"

Bilal Raja: "Someone saying Go Azam Go and Azam took seriously and he's gone :D"

17.4
W
Shahnawaz Dahani to Azam Khan, OUT, yorker, hit in front, big appeal... given! Azam reviews Was this sliding down? Hint of reverse actually - angling down leg but nipped back. If there's no bat involved Azam is in trouble, and UltraEdge confirms no bat. Pitching in-line, impact in-line, hitting leg stump halfway up. Gone! Azam's fun comes to an end

Azam Khan lbw b Shahnawaz Dahani 17 (22m 10b 2x4 1x6) SR: 170.00

Hamza: "Go Azam Go ... Go Azam Go ..."

17.3
6
Shahnawaz Dahani to Azam Khan, SIX, aaaaaaaand BOOM! Length ball, Azam frees his arms and clubs it disdainfully over Dhani's head for a straight, flat six. Slower ball, which he picked early, and flat-batted it 83 metres over the rope

Nauman: "Azam Khan is a liability in the field, slow to move, can't dive. There is no way he can even be considered seriously with his current "frame"" -- Stick him behind the stumps and let Rizwan do the hard yards on the boundary!

17.2
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Cutting, 1 run, slower ball, banged in, and pulled to square leg again
17.1
2
Shahnawaz Dahani to Cutting, 2 runs, banged in on a length, pulled hard through square leg. Brathwaite down to cut it off

Shahnawaz Dhani has two overs left. Will he bowl the 20th as well? Here he is for the 18th as Quetta look to push up towards 175

END OF OVER:
17 | 9 Runs | QG: 145/4 | RR: 8.52

  • Azam Khan11 (8b)
  • Ben Cutting7 (5b)
  • Carlos Brathwaite4-0-43-0
  • Imran Khan3-0-22-1

Malli: "Matt seems to be the biggest fan of Azam khan in this world" -- Ha! Got to love a young power-hitter, Malli

16.6
0
Brathwaite to Azam Khan, no run, wide yorker, Azam tries to squeeze it out towards third man with an open-faced steer but can't lay bat on ball
16.5
1
Brathwaite to Cutting, 1 run, full and wide, dug out towards long-off. Brathwaite sticking to his plan
16.4
1
Brathwaite to Azam Khan, 1 run, tries that one-knee lap-sweep again to another full, wide one, but the connection isn't as good this time, and it dribbles into the leg side for a single
16.4
1w
Brathwaite to Azam Khan, 1 wide, sprayed very wide outside off this time, another wide

Ritesh: "16.2 that reminded of certain Moin Khan.."

Hammad: "This boundary from Azam Khan so much reminded me of his dad"

16.4
1w
Brathwaite to Azam Khan, 1 wide, wide yorker again, a fraction wider, and it's given as a wide this time

Sultans 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st63JM VinceMohammad Rizwan
2nd2Shan MasoodMohammad Rizwan
3rd21RR RossouwMohammad Rizwan
4th4Sohaib MaqsoodMohammad Rizwan
5th37Mohammad RizwanKhushdil Shah
6th4Mohammad RizwanCR Brathwaite
7th8Sohail KhanMohammad Rizwan
8th0Imran TahirSohail Khan
9th15Imran TahirImran Khan
10th0Imran KhanShahnawaz Dahani

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
IU1082160.859
MS1055101.05
PZ1055100.586
KK105510-0.115
LQ105510-0.589
QG10284-1.786