- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14 And he's gone right after the milestone, Abbas has the last laugh. Bit of anticlimactic end, he would be gutted with himself, still one over left and he could have done some severe damage. Abbas fires a pinpoint accurate yorker on middle just like his uncle Umar Gull used to do and the disturbs the furniture. Fakhar wanted to guide it behind square on leg and couldn't connect 152/67.5 Bustling in, lands it on a length and it gets a hint of inward seam movement towards middle, he is in a good position to hit it straight down the ground, just found the fielder at long-on to perfection but what a sensational knock, no dull moment in it, a quickfire 65, back to back fifties in PSL. This time he just couldn't generate enough power to clear the fielder, some respite for Karachi, their first wicket but Lahore bat deep and they are set to post a massive total. Started to rain and the ground staff are ready to bring on the covers. Umpires are taking their time and see if they can wait a bit to see if it passes away but no, it has got heavier in just a few minutes, Disappointing for the fans and players. This is the highly-anticipated high-octane clash that PSL fans look forward to. We do have extra 30 minutes for this game. Let's hope it's a passing shower 90/110.4 Shrieking for a lbw and up goes the finger. Slackens his pace and shorter in length, ball straightens a touch and thunders into the front pad, looks pretty adjacent and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Review has been taken and it's three reds 121/210.5 Shuffles across his stumps and is unable to slog it behind square, another well-disguised slower one and he is early through the shot, ball clatters the stumps, massive breakthrough! 121/311.5 Wow, that's an absolutely screamer, like a cheetah closing in on its prey, Jamal dives to his left, went airbone at mid-off and plucked it out of thin air. It was bit short and angled across off, he cracks it imperiously. Super stuff but the idea is right as Lahore wants to accelerate and make full use of the death overs 131/413.3 Stone dead lbw. Sends this one on a touch fuller length and gets a hint of inward nip back and the ball crashes onto his front pad, prompts an lbw appeal and Ahsan Raza agrees, up goes the finger. Actually it hit the back pad as he missed a flick. A lot going in the favor of bowler. He is walking off after taking the review, doesn't have a strong case. Pitching outside off, impact in line and hitting middle-stump, Raza continues to walk off 149/514.4 Pace-off fraction short delivery meandering away outside off, swing and a miss, he leaves his crease and Asif Ali cannot make his ground, not even in the picture and Tim Seifert hits the bull's eye, keep running Asif, it's been a procession of wickets after the rain delay 153/814.3 Abbas at deep square snaffles it above head height while moving to his right, excellent catch, Abbas is having a great day! This was pitched a touch short and he got him in a tangle, he took the short ball and swung hard but just not enough to clear the ropes 153/7Extras8 (b 1, w 7)TOTAL160/8 (15 Overs, RR: 10.66)Did not bat: Haris RaufFall of wickets: 1-90 (Mohammad Naeem, 7.5 ov), 2-121 (Abdullah Shafique, 10.4 ov), 3-121 (Daryl Mitchell, 10.5 ov), 4-131 (Sam Billings, 11.5 ov), 5-149 (Sikandar Raza, 13.3 ov), 6-152 (Fakhar Zaman, 13.6 ov), 7-153 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 14.3 ov), 8-153 (Asif Ali, 14.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mir Hamza 3 0 20 1 6.66 1 0 Hasan Ali 3 0 42 1 14 1 0 Abbas Afridi 3 0 27 4 9 2 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 0 37 0 12.33 0 0 Aamer Jamal 3 0 33 1 11 3 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.1 Around the wicket, makes a mark straightaway with a crackerjack, hits the top of off and sets the zingers alight. Got the huge scalp of Warner who stepped leg-side to access gaps in cover, the ball skidded on he ends up deflecting it back onto the stumps, Lahore desperately needed that wicket 40/14.4 Beautiful bowling, brings his heaps of experience to the fore, undone him by his sleight of hands, gives it more flight and tempts him to go big, he steps leg-side and cracks a cut but gets the upper part of the blade, and is being pouched at point, huge wicket, both swashbuckling openers have been dismissed, Lahore keep the balance 57/26.4 Lobbed up full and outside off, he was looking to clear midwicket and Rishad once again shows his master, guile, control and set of skills, prompts an error, lures him with extra bit of flight and Raza takes a spectacular catch at wide long-on, the ball was swooping at him but he lunged forwards fully to gobble it up. Third umpire took another look and indeed the fingers are underneath the ball, just needed one look to be sure 74/39.2 Full again and slanting in at middle, tries to flick it away and misses it, looks plumb and the umpire didn't have any hesitation to raise the finger, could be a big moment in the game, it has sent upstairs for double-check. Ball was fired in full and faster than the previous delivery, couldn't connect in time. Nothing on the ultra-edge. Pitching outside off, impact in line and barely clipping the leg-stump so the on-field decision stands. Handy contribution and most importantly at a brisk pace 100/411.2 Drags his length back, gives some room. he had to go big, there's no time, sliced in the air to the fielder behind square on off; Naeem takes a wonderful catch, eyes locked on the ball tracked it from the bat, in the air and then into his hands behind deep cover-point 116/514.1 Asking too much from Mitchell, eh? Well he delivers the goods, over the wicket, speared full and wide, he chases it and edges it straight to the man at short third. Another twist in the tale, most importantly it's a dot. Nabi punches the air in frustration but he has played a gem of an innings 161/6Extras9 (lb 3, w 6)TOTAL168/6 (14.3 Overs, RR: 11.58)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (David Warner, 3.1 ov), 2-57 (Tim Seifert, 4.4 ov), 3-74 (James Vince, 6.4 ov), 4-100 (Saad Baig, 9.2 ov), 5-116 (Khushdil Shah, 11.2 ov), 6-161 (Mohammad Nabi, 14.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 3 0 41 0 13.66 1 0 Asif Afridi 2 0 26 1 13 0 0 Haris Rauf 3 0 40 2 13.33 1 0 Sikandar Raza 2 0 21 0 10.5 0 0 Rishad Hossain 3 0 28 1 9.33 0 0 DJ Mitchell 1.3 0 9 2 6 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Karachi Kings , 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
4 May 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Karachi Kings 2, Lahore Qalandars 0
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