- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 Gets a wicket straight away, though a lot of credit should go to Munro, who sprints in from deep midwicket and takes it low! Short of a length ball that cramps him for room. Sharjeel goes through with the pull, does not connect as well. The ball would have fallen in no-man's land if not for Munro's athleticism. 82/20.6 cleaned him up, and the Raees celebration is back!. Vince looked to clip it over midwicket, but with the ball shaping into the right hander, that was always a shot laden with risk. It pierces through the gap between bat and pad, and knocks back his off peg 5/114.4 Flat-bats it straight to long on! Big, big wicket for Faheem and United. Slower ball into the surface shoulder-high. Haider, I think, was a bit early into his shot being deceived by the slowness of the ball. Gets it off the bottom of his bat and RVD at long-on didn't have to move much to snap that up. 117/315.4 Waseem has strangled Wade down leg! Pacy short of a length ball around the hips. Wade looks for a pull, but can only get a glove on it and Azam dives to his right to complete a good catch. Timely wickets these for United. 125/419.3 Straight to Shadab Khan at extra cover and Malik departs! Low full toss outside off, Malik was looking to loft it over the fielder, but just does not get underneath it. Gets it off the toe-end of his blade straight to the fielder. 166/715.5 And is gone first ball! Oh, dear, that is such a massive wicket for United. Waseem it is who is making the telling blows. Banged in short, shoulder-high but the line here was the key. Was just a shade outside off, which meant Imad had to fetch for it. Gets the pull out but hits it hard straight to Asif Ali at midwicket. Imad goes for a golden duck! 125/518.2 Straight up and Azam Khan runs across to complete a decent catch diving forward! Banged in short, and the line is also excellent. Irfan backs away, eyeing a pull, gets a top-edge with the ball ballooning straight up. Azam calls for it and takes it close to where short-leg is generally stationed. 151/6Extras8 (lb 2, w 6)TOTAL173/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (James Vince, 0.6 ov), 2-82 (Sharjeel Khan, 10.2 ov), 3-117 (Haider Ali, 14.4 ov), 4-125 (Matthew Wade, 15.4 ov), 5-125 (Imad Wasim, 15.5 ov), 6-151 (Irfan Khan, 18.2 ov), 7-166 (Shoaib Malik, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Rumman Raees 4 0 26 2 6.50 9 2 0 2 0 Faheem Ashraf 4 0 25 1 6.25 12 4 0 0 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 4 0 38 2 9.50 8 5 1 2 0 TK Curran 4 0 42 2 10.50 8 3 3 1 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 40 0 10.00 7 4 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 In-swinging yorker on middle and Stirling is caught plumb in front! Top, top delivery. Stirling was looking to heave it away, but was undone by the length and hit on the pads. The ball, as they say would have missed off, missed leg and crashed into middle. 21/29.2 You miss, I hit, and hits Wasim does! Fires this in from the around the wicket angle, was the arm ball. RVD stays back looking to push it away, is undone by the pace off the surface. The ball sets back the leg stump. 80/314.4 waist high full toss that should have been dispatched. But he makes a meal of it and they try and sneak through a single. But a mix-up sees Colin Munro run-out at the non-striker's end. Munro is furious with Azam. He wasn't looking at Azam, and then all of a sudden saw him bearing down on him 136/415.6 finally. FINALLY! Off the last ball of his spell, Musa gets Azam. He tried to whip the full ball to midwicket, and actually connected quite well. But Haider was stood exactly where that ball was coming, and, perhaps too late, Karachi get rid of Azam 151/517.3 No way - has he really caught that! That is the catch of the tournament. It was absolutely pummelled through the onside, and, in Ravi Shastri's words, was heading to the boundary like a tracer bullet. But Niazi dives to his right to pluck that an inch off the ground. Even Amir has a smile on his face, and a look of disbelieving appreciation 165/6Extras8 (lb 6, w 2)TOTAL178/6 (18.2 Overs, RR: 9.7)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Hasan Nawaz, 1.3 ov), 2-21 (Paul Stirling, 4.1 ov), 3-80 (Rassie van der Dussen, 9.2 ov), 4-136 (Colin Munro, 14.4 ov), 5-151 (Azam Khan, 15.6 ov), 6-165 (Faheem Ashraf, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 19 1 4.75 7 0 0 0 0 Mohammad Amir 4 0 30 2 7.50 10 5 0 1 0 Muhammad Musa 4 0 48 2 12.00 10 9 1 0 0 AJ Tye 3 0 31 0 10.33 7 4 1 1 0 JK Fuller 3 0 37 0 12.33 4 1 4 0 0 Shoaib Malik 0.2 0 7 0 21.00 0 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Islamabad United , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
16 February 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Islamabad United 2, Karachi Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 1 wicket)
- Karachi Kings: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Sharjeel Khan 27, Haider Ali 19, Ex 4)
- Haider Ali: 50 off 38 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Karachi Kings: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Karachi Kings - 117/3 in 14.4 overs (MS Wade 14)
- Karachi Kings: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Karachi Kings - 173/7 in 20.0 overs (JK Fuller 12, AJ Tye 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Islamabad United: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (HE van der Dussen 21, C Munro 28, Ex 1)
- Islamabad United: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Islamabad United - 109/3 in 12.0 overs (C Munro 42, Azam Khan 18)
- C Munro: 50 off 24 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (C Munro 17, Azam Khan 29, Ex 4)
- Islamabad United: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 7
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