END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | LQ: 182/4 | RR: 9.10

  • Phil Salt26 (13b)
  • Rashid Khan1 (1b)
  • Shahnawaz Dahani3-0-31-1
  • Blessing Muzarabani4-0-48-0

9.25 PM: Lahore Qalandars will take this after laboring through the middle overs when it looked that they might struggle notching up 170 runs. But a late-overs flourish from Mohammad Hafeez and Phil Salt have taken them to a competitive total. The platform was laid by Fakhar Zaman and Kamran Ghulam at the top of the order. While the latter struggled to inject some impetus into the innings after the powerplay, Fakhar carried on his merry way to bring up yet another half-century, his fifth in six innings in PSL 2022. The Sultans' spinners did decently during the middle-overs, tying up the batsmen and not giving much away. But it's the batsmen who've got a daunting task at their hands to chase down this total. We'll be back in a jiffy with the live action!

Abrar: "182 by Multan yesterday, and today they have to chase the same score. "

Multan Sultans need 183 runs to win

19.6
2
Shahnawaz Dahani to Salt, 2 runs, Off-cutter, just inside the tramlines, Salt shuffles across and bunts it down the ground, scampers back for two
19.5
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Rashid Khan, 1 run, Banged in short, rocks back and swipes it into the leg-side, just one there
19.4
1
Shahnawaz Dahani to Salt, 1 run, Slower delivery, drags it quite wide of off, miscues his swing through the line down to long-off

Rashid Khan strolls out

Akademos: "180 is going to be a very competitive total! But it is MS and you can never rule them out!"

19.3
W
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Hafeez, OUT, Picks out long-off! Off-cutter, dug into the pitch, flat-batted down the ground but does not get enough wood on it to clear the fielder stationed down the ground

Mohammad Hafeez c Anwar Ali b Shahnawaz Dahani 43 (46m 29b 1x4 3x6) SR: 148.27

19.2
2
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, Shuffles outside off-stump again, mistimes his drive in front of the cover fielder, fetches two more
19.1
0
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, Full and wide outside off, swishes through the line and nicks it through to the keeper
19.1
1nb
Shahnawaz Dahani to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 no ball, Sees the batsman shuffling across the off-stump but fires it wide outside off; fails to land it on the strip and it's been called a no-ball

Dahani to bowl the last

END OF OVER:
19 | 18 Runs | LQ: 175/3 | RR: 9.21

  • Phil Salt23 (11b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez41 (25b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani4-0-48-0
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-1
18.6
2
Muzarabani to Salt, 2 runs, Goodness me, that's a missed chance for the Sultans. Slower ball, outside off, Salt tries to loft it up and over the off-side but skies it in front of deep point. Shan Masood and Abbas Afridi converge but there's a total lack of communication and neither of them goes for it and it lands safely
18.5
1
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Excellent riposte, well-executed yorker outside off, glides it to backward point
18.4
6
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, SIX, Heaved over the leg-side! Slowie again, Hafeez is deep in his crease, swipes it across the line but does not get enough distance on it but enough to carry over the boundary as Anwar Ali tries to palm it back inside the rope but to no avail
18.3
1
Muzarabani to Salt, 1 run, Friendly full-toss on the stumps, he's late on his attempted mow across the line. They're checking for a no-ball above waist-height but that looks just about fine
18.2
2
Muzarabani to Salt, 2 runs, Full, wide of off, Salt shuffles across and hammers it down the ground, easy two there
18.1
6
Muzarabani to Salt, SIX, Mauled! Geez, that's made a cracking sound off the bat. Off-cutter on the pads, Salt stands tall and muscles it over the on-side. Three sixes in a row and these two are now injecting pace into this late-overs flourish

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | LQ: 157/3 | RR: 8.72

  • Mohammad Hafeez34 (23b)
  • Phil Salt12 (7b)
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-1
  • Blessing Muzarabani3-0-30-0
17.6
6
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Hafeez, SIX, Swiped for six more! Picks the back of the hand slower ball early as he shuffles way outside off his off-stumps and hacks it across the line over the wide long-on boundary. Much needed impetus from the Professor

Najam: "Blessing Muzarabani has Javagal Srtinath in him, reminds me of the time when Saeed Anwar elegantly used to play him."

17.5
6
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Hafeez, SIX, Thwacked! Tries to go pace-on but serves up a juicy full-toss on the stumps, just has to find the middle of the bat as he twirls his wrists and sends it soaring over the deep midwicket boundary
17.4
1
Abbas Afridi to Salt, 1 run, Slower delivery, outside the stumps, hangs back and slaps it over the off-side, there's protection there in form of a sweeper cover
17.3
0
Abbas Afridi to Salt, no run, Back of the hand slowie, very wide of off, Salt tries to scythe it away into the off-side, gets deceived by the loop. Excellent stuff by Afridi
17.2
1
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Friendly full-toss, middle and leg, mistimed heave into the leg-side

Ahsan Butt: "Professor needs to ramp up here!"

17.1
2
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, Leg-cutter, very full on the stumps, digs it out towards deep midwicket and they scamper back, good running

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | LQ: 141/3 | RR: 8.29

  • Mohammad Hafeez19 (19b)
  • Phil Salt11 (5b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani3-0-30-0
  • Khushdil Shah3-0-27-0
16.6
1
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Takes the pace off it again, Hafeez steers it off the face but can't get it through the in-field
16.5
2
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, Slower delivery, outside off again, Hafeez tries to mow it across the line but skies it off the toe-end, it lands safely in the vacant real estate in the on-side
16.4
2
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, Change of pace, just outside off, punched aerially in front of deep point and they hustle back
16.3
4
Muzarabani to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, Lapped beautifully! Fractionally short, outside off, Hafeez shuffles outside off and ramps it nicely in front of the short thirdman fielder. Welcome boundary for the old-timer

Dude: "Adding Salt to Multan's injury :p"

16.2
1
Muzarabani to Salt, 1 run, Almost yorker length, off-stump line, squeezed through the off-side

Sultans 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14Shan MasoodMohammad Rizwan
2nd44Sohaib MaqsoodMohammad Rizwan
3rd0Sohaib MaqsoodRR Rossouw
4th20Sohaib MaqsoodTH David
5th11Khushdil ShahTH David
6th11Anwar AliKhushdil Shah
7th9Khushdil ShahAbbas Afridi
8th7Imran TahirKhushdil Shah
9th2Imran TahirB Muzarabani
10th12Imran TahirShahnawaz Dahani

Pakistan Super League

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