- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.4 Fraction short on leg-stump line, stays deep in the crease and powers a pull but finds the fielder at deep backward square to perfection, it's Haider Ali again who makes up for the drop, beautiful catch, steps back and makes it look so easy, a nice contribution from the captain 60/22.4 Fraction short and slanting in at middle and leg, nudged to the left of deep square and he gets a bit greedy, tries to scamper another run and looks to be struggling at striker's end, strong arm and the fielder pings a bang on target throw, Allen stretches fully but doesn't dive and Azam does well to get rid of the zingers quickly, think Allen wasn't expecting such a quick pick-up and a spot on throw, good work in the deep by Haider Ali 24/115.5 No signs of slowing, uses the depth of the crease, he lands it on a length and angles across off, goes big downtown and doesn't get the distance and the perfect timing, Holder hangs onto it brilliantly at long-on, splendid hundred, entertained the crowd royally, 226.1 strike rate. 194/3Extras18 (b 3, lb 5, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL263/3 (20 Overs, RR: 13.15)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Finn Allen, 2.4 ov), 2-60 (Saud Shakeel, 5.4 ov), 3-194 (Rilee Rossouw, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 42 1 10.5 1 0 Naseem Shah 4 0 55 1 13.75 0 1 BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 50 0 12.5 1 0 JO Holder 4 0 52 0 13 2 0 Agha Salman 2 0 21 0 10.5 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 1 0 21 0 21 0 0 Muhammad Shahzad 1 0 14 0 14 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.5 Short and attacks off-stump, swivel-pull straight into the hands of the fielder at short midwicket, big wicket! Islamabad off to a very poor start. Amir does Amir things. 2/20.2 Pleading for an lbw appeal, how often does he strike in first over? Has a knack of picking wickets with the new ball. On a length and jagged in, tenderizes front pad and looks very plumb, umpire took his time but there's wasn't any doubt, Mayers gone without troubling scorers 1/14 In the slot at middle, takes the aerial route, Chapman, is safe as a house in the outfield, stationed perfectly at long-on and he claims a catch, third ump still wants to be sure. That remained in the for a long time before finding a nest in Chapman's hands. Decent execution and got plenty of bat on it but just not enough distance 33/43 That is a sensational catch by Wasim Jnr backtracking at third man, lobbed it in the air and then recovered quickly to complete the catch, everything turning to gold for Quetta. That was a nothing shot, shorter around the line off, he got trapped on the backfoot trying to break free from the tangle and just sliced it in the air, Amir on fire 19/34.4 Spiteful bumper getting big on him at off, rushed into the pull and caught by Wasim at deep fine, brief cameo comes to an end but can't fault the approach when there's a mountain to climb, IU crumbling under the scoreboard pressure, find themselves in a massive spot of bother, have to take the game deep to prevent a massive dent to their NRR 43/57.1 Over the wicket, short and wide begging to be hammered and he throws his hands at it, finds Wasim Jnr, who has been a livewire in the field, swoops to his left at deep backward point and takes a wonderful low diving catch. This has been a mismatch of gargantuan proportions 58/76.2 Islamabad continue to lose wickets at regular intervals. Haider makes room to thwack a cut and he does but ends up nicking it to Kusal who takes a pearler to his right, quick reflexes, very agile with his glovework. Nothing working for Islamabad, was a carom bowl wide of off 53/69 Pattern continues, plants his front leg and miscues the skier, holes out to the man at wide long-on, Islamabad's woes with the bat continue. With the asking rate escalating to 18, he had to go but couldn't get fully under it, shake of the head as he slowly walks back to the pavilion 68/819.3 Zips in and wrecks the stumps as Imad tries to scoop it away, exposed his stumps and Wasim has the last laugh. Quetta rout Islamabad 154/1016.5 Googly and straightening down the line on middle, clears front leg and heaves it in the air, taken at deep midwicket, straight into the fielder's hands, Saud signals he bowled a carom ball 123/9Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL154 all out (19.3 Overs, RR: 7.89)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kyle Mayers, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Sahibzada Farhan, 0.5 ov), 3-19 (Salman Agha, 2.6 ov), 4-33 (Muhammad Shahzad, 3.6 ov), 5-43 (Mohammad Nawaz, 4.4 ov), 6-53 (Haider Ali, 6.2 ov), 7-58 (Azam Khan, 7.1 ov), 8-68 (Jason Holder, 8.6 ov), 9-123 (Ben Dwarshuis, 16.5 ov), 10-154 (Imad Wasim, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Amir 2 0 6 3 3 1 0 Khurram Shahzad 4 0 41 1 10.25 1 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 3.3 0 28 2 8 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 17 2 4.25 1 0 Faheem Ashraf 4 0 40 1 10 0 0 Hasan Nawaz 1 0 11 0 11 0 0 Saud Shakeel 1 0 9 1 9 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Islamabad United , 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
7 May 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Quetta Gladiators 2, Islamabad United 0
Match Coverage
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