10.31 pm Lahore more than double up Islamabad tonight, winning by 119 runs. They've now won five straight over Islamabad after this dismantling. More importantly, Lahore are now in pole position at the top of the table with one match left to play. Meanwhile, not only have Islamabad lost but their net run rate took such a hammering tonight that Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi are both in with a chance of overtaking Islamabad for second place on the table if their franchise can win their last two matches and Islamabad loses their final match, which is against Zalmi. Peshawar plays Multan tomorrow so that match is effectively an eliminator for who can still chase down Islamabad for second place.
Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan is speaking on field right now. Most of the interview is in Urdu but there's a snippet of English in there when asked about his team's performance where he shrugs and says, "Catches win matches." That's all that needed to be said in English to sum up why and where he lost this match. Fakhar Zaman dropped on 1 and 71 before making 115 in the end.
Maruf : "I know I'm late but just taking my chance to say fakhar Zaman beat IU by 8 runs "
Fakhar Zaman is named Player of the Match for his century.
That'll do it for today's live coverage. Come back tomorrow for a key showdown between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi. Until then, take care!
Mohammad Wasim (1) c †Billings b Haris Rauf 8 (19m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 72.72
END OF OVER:15 | 6 Runs | IU: 107/8 (120 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 7.13, RRR: 24.00)
- Mohammad Wasim8 (10b)
- Fazalhaq Farooqi0 (1b)
- David Wiese3-0-17-1
- Haris Rauf2-0-16-1
Strategic timeout called.
END OF OVER:14 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | IU: 101/8 (126 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 7.21, RRR: 21.00)
- Fazalhaq Farooqi0 (1b)
- Mohammad Wasim3 (4b)
- Haris Rauf2-0-16-1
- Rashid Khan4-0-21-4
Hamza: "Why isn't Azam Khan batting?" For those joining us late, he injured his left hand while keeping wicket in the field and has gone to the hospital for x-rays. He is unavailable to bat. So Islamabad are now down to their last wicket.
Hasan Ali c Abdullah Shafique b Haris Rauf 18 (17m 13b 1x4 2x6) SR: 138.46
Taha: "Zaman Khan was the one who set this innings up. Kept IU explosive top order batsmen in a shell and took out two of them"
Wajih Rizvi: "The LQ bowling attack is simply put Unfair to all other teams in PSL 8. "
END OF OVER:13 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | IU: 96/7 (131 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 7.38, RRR: 18.71)
- Hasan Ali14 (9b)
- Mohammad Wasim2 (3b)
- Rashid Khan4-0-21-4
- Sikandar Raza1-0-14-0
4 for 21 in four overs on a pitch that had produced centuries in three consecutive innings. Take a bow Rashid Khan.
Leg slip joins slip now.
Rashid Khan is my Man of the Match. There were only four wickets taken combined on this pitch yesterday and he's taken four in this spell.
Asif Ali b Rashid Khan 7 (21m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 87.50
END OF OVER:12 | 14 Runs | IU: 93/6 (134 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 7.75, RRR: 16.75)
- Hasan Ali13 (7b)
- Asif Ali7 (7b)
- Sikandar Raza1-0-14-0
- Rashid Khan3-0-18-3
