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Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
110(64) 10x4 - 4x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 22 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
8 22 18 5 5 20 17 15
JM Vince
JM Vince
75(34) 7x4 - 6x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
4 8 15 2 9 7 10 20

Best performances - Bowlers

Abbas Afridi
Abbas Afridi
O4
M0
R55
W2
Eco13.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Khushdil Shah
Khushdil Shah
O4
M0
R25
W1
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs 1 Wkt | KK: 193/5 (4 runs required, RR: 9.65)

  • Imad Wasim46 (26b)
  • Irfan Khan1 (1b)
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-55-2
  • Mohammad Ilyas3-0-38-0

10:14pm Right. That is a wrap from us for tonight. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you. Do join us tomorrow as Islamabad United take on Peshawar Zalmi. Until next time, this is me (Shashwat) signing off on behalf of Thilak and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo! Goodbye, goodnight and take care!

Mohammad Rizwan, the Multan Sultans captain, is also the Player of the Match: (On the Multan leg) The crowd supported us very much and showed a lot of love. Hopefully we will get as much support in all the other cities as well. I did not play well early on. The ball was coming onto the bat. Shan was playing well so I took my time. Shoaib bhai and Imran bhai were bowling brilliantly in the middle overs. I want to give credit to our bowlers. At the half-way stage, we thought we were 10-15 runs short. The way Abbas bowled the last over, the way Ihsanullah has been bowling this tournament, the way Ilyas bowled - they should be given credit. Cricket presents a new challenge every day and we hope that we can continue this momentum moving forward.

Imad Wasim, Karachi Kings captain: We had it in the bag. We could not finish it off. It is unfortunate but we lacked game awareness in the end. I think the intent was really nice. In the middle overs, we slowed it down. In T20 cricket, we have to finish games. We have not been able to do that (this season). We have to sit and talk. If we lose one more, we might be out of the competition. It is just a matter of clicking and believing in ourselves.

Andy Flower: It is our last game in Multan this year and this was a great way to finish it. It was a brilliant atmosphere and brilliant for our young Pakistani bowlers to finish off the game like that. Rizwan was making a lot of decisions out there. It was a tough game to captain. Vince played outstandingly. We did really well to win it after Vince's onslaught.

10pm Well, it will take some time for me to get over that game. It ebbed, flowed, twisted, turned and ultimately, the swung the Sultans' way. Abbas, tasked with bowling the final over, held his nerve just when it mattered. Cutting and Imad, after getting the Kings so close, would be ruing how they let this game slip.

All that aside, this was a perfect advertisement for the PSL. The game had so many thrilling performances - right from Rizwan scoring a hundred to Vince producing a sensational knock. Ihsanullah breathed fire throughout his spell, with Khushdil's spell of 1-25 also playing a major role in the Sultans' victory. Don't forget how tidily Malik bowled either, and how both teams kept fighting until the very end. Slightly unfortunate result for the Kings, considering how close they came but you have to admire how the Sultans kept believing a pulled that victory out of the bag.

19.6
1
Abbas Afridi to Imad Wasim, 1 run, Sultans win! Back of a length delivery outside off stump. Imad backs away and powers it down the ground. Long off, though, can cut it off and that hands the Sultans their fourth successive victory! What an ending, what a game!

5 runs needed off the final ball. A boundary will ensure a Super Over. A six, and the Kings will win

19.5
1
Abbas Afridi to Irfan Khan, 1 run, slower delivery on a length outside off stump. Irfan fetches it and drags it down to long on for just a single

Irfan Khan is the new batter at the crease. 6 needed off 2 balls. Where is this game heading?

19.4
W
Abbas Afridi to Cutting, OUT, drilled straight to long off! Oh my! Another twist in the tale! Slower delivery on a length outside off stump. Cutting looks to fetch it and smash it over long off but the lack of pace means that he can't generate enough power. He arrows it straight down Pollard's throat, who gobbles up the chance with minimal fuss!

BCJ Cutting c Pollard b Abbas Afridi 12 (23m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 120.00

19.3
0
Abbas Afridi to Cutting, no run, slower delivery on a length outside off stump. Cutting has a wild swipe at it and only connects with fresh air. More drama!

6 off 4 now, and the wheels seem to have come off for the Sultans. Can Cutting finish it with one blow?

19.3
1w
Abbas Afridi to Cutting, 1 wide, another wretched wide delivery outside off stump. Cutting shoulders arms as the umpire indulges in some more exercise

7 off 4, and this has suddenly become the Kings' game to lose

19.2
6
Abbas Afridi to Cutting, SIX, and smacked into oblivion! Slower delivery that lands right in the arc. Cutting clears his front leg and clatters it over deep mid wicket and into next week! That went a 107 metres!

Abbas is now feeling the pinch. 13 off 5

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st72MS WadeJM Vince
2nd33JM VinceHaider Ali
3rd8Shoaib MalikHaider Ali
4th35Shoaib MalikImad Wasim
5th43Imad WasimBCJ Cutting
6th2Imad WasimIrfan Khan

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
LQ1073140.915
MS1064120.5
IU106412-0.708
PZ105510-0.452
KK103760.756
QG10376-1.066