- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.3 Hasan Ali gets the prized scalp at a critical juncture of the innings; he wasn't going to stop and sticks to his methods, tries to clear the long-on on this low full-toss on off, finds Adam Milne in the deep who takes a spectacular running low catch to his right 150/31.3 Back of a length, angled across off, fetches it from the wider line and lofts it in the air but didn't get the timing and middle, easy catch for Abbas Afridi at mid-on who doesn't make any mistake, Naeem got the toe-end and tried to drag it from a wider line; looks very crestfallen while taking the long walk back to the pavilion 12/13.5 Hasan Ali is on fire, picks his second! Hits the deck hard and keeps it on nagging off-stump line, he tries to close his bat in a bid to work it down the leg-side but ends up getting a leading edge that pops up and Minhas takes the simplest of the catches and Karachi are jubilant to see the back of dangerous Shafique 25/218.4 Pace-off and slightly short, pushing it across off, this time he finds the fielder to perfection, Hasan Ali backtracks, tumbles but didn't lose the ball, caught at short third region but what a fine knock by the reliable Mitchell. This was a well-disguised slower one, never really arrived at him 188/517.6 Fraction short and zips in at middle, Billings takes the aerial route and hasn't got all of it, Irfan charges in from deep and pouches it comfortably at wide long-on. Didn't get the middle but he had to go 178/419.6 Fired in a yorker, follows him as he moves leg-side, once again squirted out into the covers, hurries for the second, Rishad is well short of his crease at non-striker's end and Lahore finish on 201 which is certainly defendable 201/6Extras6 (b 1, lb 2, w 3)TOTAL201/6 (20 Overs, RR: 10.05)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Mohammad Naeem, 1.3 ov), 2-25 (Abdullah Shafique, 3.5 ov), 3-150 (Fakhar Zaman, 15.3 ov), 4-178 (Sam Billings, 17.6 ov), 5-188 (Daryl Mitchell, 18.4 ov), 6-201 (Rishad Hossain, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AF Milne 4 0 31 0 7.75 11 6 0 0 0 Hasan Ali 4 0 28 4 7 13 3 1 1 0 Abbas Afridi 4 0 47 1 11.75 9 7 2 0 0 Fawad Ali 3 0 30 0 10 3 4 0 1 0 Khushdil Shah 3 0 36 0 12 5 0 4 1 0 Arafat Minhas 2 0 26 0 13 2 0 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Hits a good length and gets it to curl back slightly from wide of off, vociferous appeal for a caught behind and the on-field umpire raises the finger in agreement but Warner takes the review straightaway. He wanted to slap that away through point. Well there is a spike when the ball passes the bat so it's another early departure for Warner. Shaheen strikes in his first over! 0/16.2 Oh, he will admonish himself for this! Changes his stance for a switch and finds Mitchell at backward point to perfection. He tries this adventurous dinky shots and that's the way he bats; with asking rate creeping up he thought he had to target the spinner but the execution was poor; was a low full-bunger 39/30.4 Slip in place. CASTLED! Gobsmacks him with a heat-seeking inswinger into the pads, no extravagant movement, tries to whip it away casually and ends up deflecting it back onto the stumps. Karachi already in tatters! The centurion against Multan has to go 0/27.1 Billings thinks he edged it but the on-field umpire remains unmoved. Changes his stance to reverse-sweep and Billings was pretty animated and convinced, prompting his captain to send it for further examination. There are murmurs as the ball passes the gloves and it's a massive breakthrough. The deluge is getting suffocating for KK. Was a tossed up delivery with not much room to break free 45/47.5 Flights it up a touch on off, he likes it, prances down the track and skied it up, taken by Mitchell at long-on; safe as a house anywhere on the field. That was in the air for a long time and Niazi will be gutted to miss out an opportunity to play a match-winning and take his team out of this tricky situation 46/518.4 Chopped it on back onto the stumps; gave himself room by backing away for a cut. It was a leg-cutter on back of a length and on a tighter off-stump line, Khushdil's fireworks end with Lahore just one wicket away from a big win 134/98.5 Quicker delivery well outside off, shuffles across a touch to cut it and ends up nicking it to the keeper; Karachi Kings are staring into the abyss. Spinners have completely pushed Karachi back and Minhas goes without troubling the scorers. Lahore right on top and Warner looks disconsolate in the dug-out. Plenty of overs left, big defeat will also give a massive dent to the NRR 47/69.5 Stun silence in the crowds and long faces in Karachi's camp. Easiest of the catches, taken at short backward point by Zaman as he slices it in the air and it's a sorry-looking scorecard, no application, resistance and imagination at all 50/715.4 Shuffles across his stumps to scoop it away but it was too quick and bang on target for thee; Shaheen saw him moving across and did the right thing; sounds the death rattle with a full pacy delivery and it knocks over Hasan. His entertaining cameo ends. Shaheen does the job 98/819.1 Dragged on! Over the wicket, tossed up and he tries to whip it down the leg-side but ends up making a big mess of his stumps. Lahore win it at a canter. It was a back of the hand delivery that didn't bounce at all 136/10Extras9 (lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL136 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 7.09)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (David Warner, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (James Vince, 0.4 ov), 3-39 (Tim Seifert, 6.2 ov), 4-45 (Shan Masood, 7.1 ov), 5-46 (Irfan Khan, 7.5 ov), 6-47 (Arafat Minhas, 8.5 ov), 7-50 (Abbas Afridi, 9.5 ov), 8-98 (Hasan Ali, 15.4 ov), 9-134 (Khushdil Shah, 18.4 ov), 10-136 (Adam Milne, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 34 3 8.5 13 5 1 2 0 Zaman Khan 3 0 16 0 5.33 9 2 0 0 0 Asif Afridi 2 0 21 1 10.5 7 3 1 0 1 Haris Rauf 4 0 23 1 5.75 13 2 1 0 0 Rishad Hossain 4 0 26 3 6.5 14 2 2 0 0 Sikandar Raza 2.1 0 13 2 6 8 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Lahore Qalandars , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days
15 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Lahore Qalandars 2, Karachi Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Lahore Qalandars: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Fakhar Zaman 26, DJ Mitchell 23, Ex 2)
- Fakhar Zaman: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Lahore Qalandars: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Lahore Qalandars - 106/2 in 11.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 50, DJ Mitchell 40)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 55 balls (Fakhar Zaman 54, DJ Mitchell 44, Ex 2)
- DJ Mitchell: 50 off 30 balls (8 x 4)
- Lahore Qalandars: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Over 16.4: Review by Karachi Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Abdul Muqeet, Batter - SW Billings (Struck down)
- Lahore Qalandars: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 6
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.2: Review by Karachi Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Abdul Muqeet, Batter - DA Warner (Struck down)
- Over 7.1: Review by Lahore Qalandars (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - Shan Masood (Upheld)
- Karachi Kings: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Karachi Kings - 95/7 in 15.0 overs (Khushdil Shah 18, Hasan Ali 26)
- Karachi Kings: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (97 balls), Extras 9
Match Coverage
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