- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.5 Cleaned him up! Pitched up on middle, he goes down on knee for a slog sweep, trying to put the part-timer away and ends up missing the line, zingers are alight and Saud has got the massive breakthrough of man in serious touch. Just drifted in and he missed it completely 77/45.4 Tremendous riposte! Lands it quicker on a length and it spins back a fair bit, he doesn't show restraint and tries to slug him again to midwicket, beaten by the guile and turn 58/18.2 Good length and whooshes away in the corridor, sudden away jag and he couldn't resist himself from following the path and gets a thick edge to the keeper, great diving catch by Haseebullah 70/28.4 Faheem Ashrat gets his second, slightly short and slanted into middle, he goes for the full-blooded pull and gets a top-edge that flies high into the night sky before settling into the fielder's hands at deep square 70/312.4 Sounds the death rattle! Goes fuller and gets enough seam movement to beat his ambitious swing down the ground, Gous bids adieu, sent packing. Third wicket for Faheem and Islamabad find themselves in a tricky situation 91/519.3 Snorter of a bouncer on middle, takes it on and tries to hook it away but ends up getting a top-edge to Haseebullah who jumps full stretch to his right and takes a gem, excellent knock from Nawaz, brought back the belief and scored vital runs tonight 156/813 Oh my word, Saud Shakeel has taken an absolute screamer at extra cover; that's quick reflexes as he swoops to his right and instinctively catches it, was a shortish ball at the stumps, he gave himself room and hit it really hard, came down the pitch as well but couldn't find the gap, he got in a good position and middled it too. Islamabad are in deep trouble now 91/617.2 Admonishes himself for miscuing the shot down the ground, a simple catch for Rilee Rossouw at long-on. Fraction short and angled into off, bat turned a bit when he pounded it downtown, pretty good height but just not enough distance 130/720 Shuffles across, back of a length and never really arrives at him, big swipe across the line and was seen hurtling down the pitch, gets himself run out 157/8Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL157/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.85)Did not bat: Salman IrshadFall of wickets: 1-58 (Kyle Mayers, 5.4 ov), 2-70 (Colin Munro, 8.2 ov), 3-70 (Salman Agha, 8.4 ov), 4-77 (Sahibzada Farhan, 9.5 ov), 5-91 (Andries Gous, 12.4 ov), 6-91 (Muhammad Shahzad, 12.6 ov), 7-130 (Haider Ali, 17.2 ov), 8-156 (Mohammad Nawaz, 19.3 ov), 9-157 (Naseem Shah, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KA Jamieson 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 0 Khurram Shahzad 4 0 29 1 7.25 0 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 4 0 33 0 8.25 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 29 1 7.25 1 0 Faheem Ashraf 3 0 25 4 8.33 0 0 Saud Shakeel 1 0 4 1 4 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3 Wide of the crease, short and wide, reaches out and swats it straight into the hands of Shahzad at point, pouched over his head height, Saud stands still in disbelief 28/13.3 Naseem is absolutely pumped up and punches the air ecstasy! Gets the big fish Allen as he lunges into a chip and Holder takes a sprawling running catch to his left, pouches it very low and the entire team's spirit is lifted after this wicket, got the toe-end, long time I saw Naseem celebrate with that kind of passion 28/29.5 Massive botch-up in the middle, Rossouw was haring to the striker's end and was sent back, Nawaz was never interested in a single, Rossouw gets a bruise on his elbow while he went for a full-length dive, direct hit and he was well short of his crease, this is exactly what the doctor prescribed for IU. 80/310.5 Looped up from over the wicket on middle, gentle delivery, he dances down the track and goes for an almighty heave, swallowed at long-on and both teams are exactly at same situation, IU were 84/4 at this stage as well 84/413.2 Slight twist in the tale, a back of a length ball on a tight off-stump line, goes flailing at it and it's perilously close to outside edge, on-field umpire rose the finger in agreement but Haseeb sends it upstairs, well there is a big deflection on the ultra-edge and Haseeb has to take the long walk back into the pavilion 104/514.3 Absolute wild scenes on the ground as Faheem cracks it straight to Holder at short cover who is claiming a catch, fielders jump on him to congratulate but umpire wants to have another look and they pause their celebrations. Fingers are underneath the ball, looks okay to me. Another turning point in the game, both teams' tendency to implode is evident. Clearly IU have the upper-hand now 112/616 Can you believe it? Gladiators staring into the abyss. Jamieson looks crestfallen walking slowly back to the dugout, tries to release pressure with a loft down the ground and gets caught at long-on, Nawaz running out of partners. Was a fuller delivery and he saw an opportunity to clear the rope. Next in, Wasim, he can hang around and hit the long ball 117/719 He does swing and gets a faint edge according to the on-field umpire who raises the finger quickly, it was a snorter in the channel and he threw the kitchen sink at it, troubled by the pace, trying to smash it across the line, ball is close to the bat. Wasim wants another opinion. There is a spike and he has to go 143/8Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL159/8 (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.01)Did not bat: Khurram ShahzadFall of wickets: 1-28 (Saud Shakeel, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (Finn Allen, 3.3 ov), 3-80 (Rilee Rossouw, 9.5 ov), 4-84 (Mark Chapman, 10.5 ov), 5-104 (Haseebullah Khan, 13.2 ov), 6-112 (Faheem Ashraf, 14.3 ov), 7-117 (Kyle Jamieson, 15.6 ov), 8-143 (Mohammad Wasim, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KR Mayers 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 Naseem Shah 4 0 31 2 7.75 1 0 Salman Irshad 4 0 31 2 7.75 0 0 JO Holder 4 0 40 1 10 3 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 20 1 5 0 0 Agha Salman 2 0 16 1 8 1 0 Muhammad Shahzad 0.5 0 16 0 19.2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Quetta Gladiators , elected to field 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
3 May 2025 - night match (20-over match)
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TV Umpires
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Match Referee
Points
Quetta Gladiators 2, Islamabad United 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsGladiators go to the top after Hasan Nawaz stars in tense win over United
In a match that could have gone either way, United's fielders shelled three catches in the final over for Gladiators to get over the line