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Umar Akmal, bowlers propel Quetta Gladiators to easy win

He may have been cast out into the wilderness by the Pakistan cricket team, but Umar Akmal found a way back into the country's collective conscience with an unbeaten 50-ball 76

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal
75(50) 7x4 - 3x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 12 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
5 0 10 12 11 13 6 18
Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq
49(32) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
1 4 8 6 9 0 9 12

Best performances - Bowlers

Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz
O4
M0
R18
W2
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
O4
M0
R25
W2
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Not many players divide opinion as much as the Akmal brothers. Both of them had excellent games here, but it was the younger Umar's little gem, an unbeaten 75, that helped the Gladiators off to a winning start, after they found themselves in a spot of bother at 34 for two. He started with a flurry of boundaries, rotated the strike expertly through the middle and batted through to the end to see his team home. He had support from his captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, as the duo stitched a vital 62-run stand for the fourth-wicket, despite some frenetic running between the wickets. That's all from us. Thanks for joining

19.4
6
Pollard to Umar Akmal, SIX, finishes it off in style, with a massive six over deep mid-wicket after having curbed his attacking instincts through the middle stages. That's the match, a fairly convincing win for the Gladiators
19.3
1
Pollard to Smith, 1 run, full on middle, squeezed to long-on to level the scores
19.2
0
Pollard to Smith, no run, length on middle, defended back to the bowler
19.1
1
Pollard to Umar Akmal, 1 run, length on middle, pushed to cover

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | QG: 153/4 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 3.00)

  • Dwayne Smith10 (7b)
  • Umar Akmal68 (48b)
  • Sameen Gul4-0-36-0
  • Umaid Asif4-0-42-1
18.6
0
Sameen Gul to Smith, no run, short ball, Smith wants to duck under it, doesn't get low enough and the ball doesn't rise high enough resulting in a blow to his shoulder
18.5
1
Sameen Gul to Umar Akmal, 1 run, slower ball, length outside off, steered to third-man

Gladiators 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0SR WatsonAhmed Shehzad
2nd34SR WatsonRR Rossouw
3rd37Umar AkmalRR Rossouw
4th62Sarfaraz AhmedUmar Akmal
5th28DR SmithUmar Akmal

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PZ1073140.828
QG1073140.376
IU1055100.127
KK105510-0.673
MS103760.173
LQ10376-0.837