Hello again! The players are out in the middle. This should be an interesting chase
When you are unharmed till the 10th over and with Hafeez churning out runs like furniture from an IKEA factory, 182 can look about 10 runs short. This Sharjah pitch is a "tawa". Flat and allows you to throw your bat at just about anything. Hafeez's wicket inhibited the pace untill Afridi, still there thanks to a controversial decision, and Sammy joined hands to make the ball bleed. The late order assault compensated, well almost, for the quiet overs in the middle, and took the hosts to a score that looks comforting but is far from invincible. Much like how your board exam preparation feels. Join us in a few minutes for the reply...
19.6 -
Tanvir to Sammy, FOUR, luck with the brave and inside edges with Sammy. Low full toss swerving into a backed-away Sammy who throws his bat at it, ekes out an inside edge that runs behind without interruptions
19.5 -
Tanvir to Afridi, 1 run, low full toss on off, Afridi made room and crashes it with a horizontal bat through point. Sammy on strike for this last ball..
19.4 -
Tanvir to Afridi, SIX, here it is. Fuller length delivery, Afridi stoops a touch and launches this five-and-a-half ounce missile into an orbit straight down the ground
19.3 -
Tanvir to Sammy, 1 run, short of length delivery, Sammy mistimes the pull in front of deep mid-wicket
19.2 -
Tanvir to Sammy, SIX, reads this slower delivery like a hawk. Rocks back and clouted it over mid-wicket with a bat swing
19.1 -
Tanvir to Sammy, no run, angled in on back of a length, Sammy has his boot soles glued, stands tall and swings only to miss the ball altogether
18.6 -
Amir to Afridi, 2 runs, Amir wasn't happy with the throw from the sweeper. Signals to the stumps, indicating that the throw could have been closer. Another yorker length delivery, Afridi backed away and squeezed it out through cover. Amir finishes with 1/24
18.5 -
Amir to Sammy, leg byes, 1 run, off-pace? Sammy was early into his swiveling hoick, the ball takes the pad and lobs to cover-point. Steals the single and fist-pumps Amir
18.4 -
Amir to Sammy, no run, yorker slanted away outside off from over the wicket, Sammy threw his bat at it but found the ball zoot past the swing
18.3 -
Amir to Sammy, no run, and now channels his inner Wasim to let out a yorker length delivery, Sammy slides away and just manages to keep it out
18.2 -
Amir to Sammy, SIX, if Zalmi are the NASA, Sammy is their launcher. Length ball on off, Sammy backs away and tonks it over long-on. Not a chance. Into the crowd
18.1 -
Amir to Sammy, no run, bends back and sees Sammy duck under this short ball
17.6 -
Tanvir to Sammy, 1 run, yorker just outside off. No room to get under it but enough room to open the blade a touch to jam it out in front of cover
17.5 -
Tanvir to Afridi, 1 run, flicks this fuller length delivery to deep mid-wicket
Darren Sammy, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.4 -
Tanvir to Malan, out Caught by Imad Wasim!! Tanvir has his redemption but it's like getting a videogame instead of a playstation as your birthday gift. Gets Malan when he could have had Afridi. Anyway, the slower ball has worked. The list of the slow-ball deaths continue. Gets low, slog-sweeps and finds deep mid-wicket who ran across and cupped it inches inside the ropes. Malan c Imad Wasim b Tanvir 12(12) [4s-1]
Tanvir to Malan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
17.3 -
Tanvir to Afridi, 1 run, mistimes the heave to long-on for a single
17.2 -
Tanvir to Malan, 1 run, gets forward and taps it to cover for a single
17.2 -
Tanvir to Afridi, no ball, wait, what? Afridi was caught but then it's been given a no ball. In the mediocrity exam, Afridi's placement came a close second to Tanvir's high full toss. Shimmies down and throws his bat across the line. Bopara runs in and pouches it low in front of him at long-on but then mini-discussions including walkie-talkies finally led to the decision that the ball was found to be over the waist line. With Afridi half a metre outside his crease. Go, figure.
17.1 -
Tanvir to Afridi, FOUR, full toss veering down, Afridi half-turns and wrists it to the fine leg fence
Sohail Tanvir [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Amir to Afridi, 1 run, good over this. Hurls this very full to not allow Afridi to get under it. The batsman stoops and then crashes it to the sweeper. Much like a powered squeeze to get that single
16.5 -
Amir to Malan, leg byes, 1 run, full toss that dips on Malan who had made room, hits him on the pad and rolls away to allow the single
16.4 -
Amir to Afridi, 1 run, pressure cooker whistling and you open it to see the food taste all bland. Fullish on the pads, Afridi underwhelms, by his standards, with a clipped single to square leg
Shahid Afridi, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Roaring reception for Afridi!
16.3 -
Amir to K Akmal, out Caught by James Vince!! That was the knee-blow. How can you not gobble up a low full toss in this form? Swung his arms and lofted it straight to extra cover where Vince flings himself to his left to palm that. Timed but no elevation there. K Akmal c James Vince b Amir 30(20) [4s-2 6s-2]
Amir to K Akmal, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
16.2 -
Amir to K Akmal, no run, that has hurt Akmal! Straight on the back knee and he hops in his crease as he searches for the ball. Had misses the flick to a ball pitching outside leg to invite that LBW appeal. Sees the ball lie down dead in front of the stumps and then hops towards square leg to grimace
16.1 -
Amir to Malan, 1 run, short of length delivery angled in, Malan swivels to pull it to deep mid-wicket
Mohammad Amir [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Imad Wasim to K Akmal, FOUR, one bounce over the ropes! Gets on his knee and swings his arms to tonk this ball over Imad Wasim's head. Akmal is swinging just about fine. Did Hafeez share his lunch with him?
15.6 -
Imad Wasim to K Akmal, wide, goes past the tramline as he tries to bowl it wide
15.5 -
Imad Wasim to K Akmal, 2 runs, again sinks low and half-pulls/half-sweeps it through mid-wicket for a brace
15.4 -
Imad Wasim to K Akmal, SIX, that's the shot that makes these balls bleed. Widens his stance to pounce on this shorter delivery and protracts hands to hammer it cross-batted over deep mid-wicket
15.3 -
Imad Wasim to Malan, 1 run, turns this ball round the corner for a single
15.2 -
Imad Wasim to K Akmal, 1 run, even though the pitch might suggest otherwise, this is not Roland Garros. Lets out a flat-batted forehand shot and mistimes it to long-off
15.1 -
Imad Wasim to Malan, 1 run, fires it in on off, Malan gets behind the line and lonts it to long-off for a single
Imad Wasim [1.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Bopara to Malan, 1 run, off-pacer that holds in the pitch, Malan's drive is unintentionally lofted and gets him a single to long-off
14.5 -
Bopara to Malan, FOUR, another back of a length slower delivery with width, Akmal stoops a touch and late-cuts it wide of backward point
14.4 -
Bopara to K Akmal, 1 run, Bopara is the pace blackhole. Sucks it all out of the ball. With width this time and it's steered straight to backward point
14.3 -
Bopara to Malan, 1 run, stays put and just protracts his arms to push-drive the ball to deep extra cover
14.2 -
Bopara to K Akmal, leg byes, 1 run, misses out on this sweep and this delivery veering in takes the pad to run to fine leg
14.1 -
Bopara to Malan, 1 run, waits deep and with his bat lifted high, and punches this short of length delivery through extra cover
Strategic time-out! A much needed breather. For me, and for Usama Mir who has underwhelmed with 4-0-32-0.
13.6 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, no run, beaten! That's the way. Lets out a ripping legbreak outside off to beat Akmal's attempted steer to third man
13.5 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, SIX, Usama Mir could be seen grimacing. He is hurt. Not physically. This ball is on the roof after traveling over his head. Sees Akmal shimmy down and sees him assassinate the ball straight down the ground
13.4 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, no run, hint of width outside off, Akmal chops the ball to backward point
13.3 -
Usama Mir to Malan, 1 run, flighted delivery, Malan lofts it over cover, half-deliberately, for a single to the sweeper
13.2 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, 1 run, drifting down, Akmal flicks his wrists to get this ball to mid-wicket
13.1 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, no run, fired in on middle, Akmal made room and squeezed it out to cover
12.6 -
Bopara to Malan, no run, stands tall in his crease and drives the ball to mid-off
12.5 -
Bopara to K Akmal, 1 run, goes full and wide outside off, slower delivery as usual and it's clipped to deep mid-wicket
Dawid Malan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
12.4 -
Bopara to Tamim, out Caught by Simmons!! He goes now. A 35-ball 38 that played the foil to Hafeez stunner. Came down the pitch and lofted this ball while straightening his elbows, didn't get the distance and Simmons ran across from long-off and pouched it with both hands. Tamim c Simmons b Bopara 37(35) [4s-3]
Bopara to Tamim, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
12.3 -
Bopara to K Akmal, 1 run, was turning around with straightened knees to pull this ball which wasn't short enough, stifled appeal as Kamran managed to drag it off the inside half to mid-wicket
12.2 -
Bopara to K Akmal, no run, slower delivery angled in, Akmal waits for the ball and then bunts it hard into the pitch
12.1 -
Bopara to Tamim, 1 run, takes a baby stride forward and eases this gentle delivery gently to long-off
11.6 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, straight ball within the stumps, Tamim tucks it to deep mid-wicket, retains the strike with that run
11.5 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, no run, sees Tamim come down again and drags his length back. The batsman could only punch it back defensively
11.4 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 2 runs, throws his hands at the ball in the middle to go to his shimmy dance and ends up slicing the ball that bounces to the left of an incoming sweeper cover
11.3 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 2 runs, flatter delivery and Tamim was on his knee to slog-sweep this. Didn't get the desired power behind and Bopara slides at deep mid-wicket to save a couple
11.2 -
Usama Mir to K Akmal, 1 run, flicked away to short fine leg for a single. Easy peasy
11.1 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, half-an-appeal as Tamim went low to sweep, tickles this leg-stumpish delivery to short fine leg. A honking truck on my TV set signals 100 runs for the team
10.6 -
Bopara to K Akmal, 2 runs, off-pace, Akmal waits to welcome the ball with a clip off his pads, steals a single to mid-wicket using long strides and better communication
10.5 -
Bopara to K Akmal, FOUR, spanked! Short and wide, Akmal hops and thrashes the upper-cut over a leaping backward point
10.4 -
Bopara to K Akmal, no run, slides deep and punches this short of length delivery straight to one of the off-ring guarders
Kamran Akmal, right handed bat, comes to the crease
10.3 -
Bopara to Hafeez, out Lbw!! Okay, that "hole shot" had made Hafeez so confident that he goes for this ambitious sweep. Stood there and wasn't low to sweep. The slower delivery arrowed in and hit his back leg. HawkEye shows that it was missing leg. Only a wrong decision looked like sending this man back. Clap-clap for that innings. Hafeez lbw b Bopara 59(35) [4s-7 6s-3]
Bopara to Hafeez, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
New ball now being chosen. Ah, these T20 does provide its fair share of comedy. Expect someone to climb up under the dark Sharjah sky and pick it out
10.2 -
Bopara to Hafeez, SIX, that's a pie. Slower ball gone as wrong as your teenage years. Full toss. Swings his arms and swung the ball over deep mid-wicket. And shot was so bludgeoning that the ball finds a hole in the roof's vertical extension and sits there. Defying gravity and mocking that ball. "Holed", if I can coin a new term for this shot
10.1 -
Bopara to Tamim, 1 run, clearly doesn't rate Bopara's dibbly-dobblies high, comes down the track and goes full-blooded with this throw-the-bat shot, straight to sweeper in the deep
9.6 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, sees Tamim shimmy down, drops it short and Tamim adjusts with a bunted single to deepish mid-wicket
9.5 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, FOUR, googly that goes on with the angle from over the wicket, Tamim makes room and slaps it through backward point
9.4 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, 1 run, tapped to backward point with an open face
News: Afridi is padded up
9.3 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, went deep in his crease and punch-drove the ball to sweeper cover
9.2 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, 1 run, tossed up on off, Hafeez gets forward to drive this to extra cover, steals a single
9.1 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, no run, quickish legbreak turning away to give Hafeez the room to guide this to backward point
8.6 -
Bopara to Hafeez, 1 run, steered away to short third man as Hafeez runs a hurried single off this slightly wide ball outside off
8.5 -
Bopara to Tamim, 1 run, length ball way down leg, Tamim turns around and sort of slaps it with a closed face to deep square
8.4 -
Bopara to Hafeez, 1 run, biguls celebrate Hafeez's half-century! Shortish ball, Hafeez pulls it off the front foot for a single to deep mid-wicket
8.3 -
Bopara to Tamim, 1 run, arrowed in from wide of the crease, Tamim did all the things right. Turned around, rolled his wrists but ended up mistiming it to deep mid-wicket
8.3 -
Bopara to Hafeez, 2 wides, Hafeez can run off anything. Even off a slower bouncer down leg and after he has missed his pull
8.2 -
Bopara to Tamim, 1 run, makes room and throws his bat on this slightly wide full ball, crashes it to the sweeper in the deep
8.1 -
Bopara to Tamim, no run, a length ball that seemed to have bounced more. Tamim had to lift his bat high and higher to mistimes the tappy defence back
Ravi Bopara, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
7.6 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, so much of effort for a single. Skates out of his crease. One. Two. Three steps. Extends his arms but mistimes the heave to long-on. On the bounce to the fielder
7.5 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, 1 run, gets forward and drives this fuller length delivery to long-off
7.4 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, knives his bat in front as he kneeled and reverse-lapped it to short fine leg where a fumble made the run easier
7.3 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, 1 run, oh, almost! Just in front of short third man. Dives in front of him but this outside edge off the attempted square drive bounces just short
7.2 -
Usama Mir to Hafeez, FOUR, that's how you carve out butter for your morning toast. Legbreak turning away, Hafeez protracts his arms and slices it wide of backward point
7.1 -
Usama Mir to Tamim, 1 run, starts with a straight ball on middle, Tamim half-turns with a tuck shot to square leg
Usama Mir will try to put his feet on the decelerator, if there's one!
Usama Mir, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Shakib to Hafeez, no run, goes for the sweep but misses, ball takes the pads and runs in front of cover
6.5 -
Shakib to Hafeez, SIX, watch these balls when you want to be scared. Wide full toss outside off, Hafeez chose to go with a straight bat and thumps it over long-off. Sails away
6.4 -
Shakib to Tamim, 1 run, flatter and wide, Tamim slaps it through point and gets to the other end
6.3 -
Shakib to Tamim, FOUR, horror ball. Knee-high full toss. Tamim comes down and slams the mediocrity on that with a pull through mid-wicket
6.2 -
Shakib to Tamim, 2 runs, the partnership of 50 has been celebrated by a mediocre leg-side delivery that's tickled to fine leg
6.1 -
Shakib to Hafeez, 1 run, floats it up at slower pace, Hafeez comes down the track and drives it to long-off for a single
5.6 -
Tanvir to Hafeez, 1 run, this short ball comes in at a good pace to be slapped. Hafeez swivels elegantly and pulls but a sliding stop at deep mid-wicket but the party short
5.5 -
Tanvir to Tamim, 1 run, stoops and glides this fuller ball outside off to third man for a single
5.4 -
Tanvir to Tamim, no run, crashed but straight to point! Came down, threw his bat at it but couldn't beat the fielder
5.3 -
Tanvir to Hafeez, 1 run, straight ball on a length and Hafeez stands tall to tuck a single to mid-wicket
5.2 -
Tanvir to Tamim, 1 run, someone at the other end must be batting well when Tamim taps the ball to cover and hands his partner the strike
5.1 -
Tanvir to Tamim, no run, short ball speared down, Tamim tries to pull out a Gordon Greenidge one-legged pull. Doesn't connect, still tries to sneak in the single but the keeper cuts it off
4.6 -
Shakib to Hafeez, FOUR, another stunner. Uses his feet like you hit your TV remote buttons. Comes down and executes the inside-out lofted drive over extra cover to perfection
4.5 -
Shakib to Tamim, 1 run, saw Tamim coming down and hurled it flatter and further outside off, Tamim opens the face of the bat and adjusted to dab it to short third man
4.4 -
Shakib to Hafeez, 1 run, uses his feet again and drives this flatter delivery to extra cover
4.3 -
Shakib to Hafeez, SIX, ah, shot! Backs away and slams this over the bowler's head as he freed his arms. Nobody moved
4.2 -
Shakib to Hafeez, no run, slung in fuller on off, Hafeez yorks himself as he shimmied out
4.1 -
Shakib to Hafeez, no run, fired in on off, Hafeez shimmies out and gets the outside edge towards gully
Shakib Al Hasan, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
3.6 -
Tanvir to Tamim, no run, just a fuller length delivery outside off, Tamim gets forward to defend and takes his bottom hand off while doing so. Ball rolls square on the off-side, Tamim thinks of a run but then drains the plan out
3.6 -
Tanvir to Tamim, wide, veering down leg, Tamim turns to tickle and fails
3.5 -
Tanvir to Hafeez, 1 run, lovely fielding at deep square leg. Runs across and dives to keep this pull inside the boundary ropes
3.4 -
Tanvir to Hafeez, no run, a miscommunication that makes me feel that the cricket is being played in the stone age. No communication. Hafeez steered this ball to cover-point and Tamim just runs through. Belatedly turns around and gets back to the bowler's end to invite Hafeez's stares
3.3 -
Tanvir to Tamim, 1 run, dragged down just a bit, Tamim hauls his front leg in the air and pulls it to deep square leg
3.2 -
Tanvir to Tamim, no run, dramatic dance down the ground while making room, takes this length ball on off on the up but the punch finds extra cover
3.1 -
Tanvir to Tamim, FOUR, that flowed off Tamim's bat. Leaned in with a mammoth front foot stride and bulleted it away through cover
Sohail Tanvir, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
2.6 -
Amir to Tamim, 1 run, meets this cramped straight ball with wrists and flicks this one-legged to deep square leg
2.5 -
Amir to Hafeez, 1 run, this one's a touch wide and Hafeez steers it to third man
2.4 -
Amir to Hafeez, FOUR, just over mid-wicket's reach! Short ball, Hafeez swiveled and pulls it. Dangerously close but in this form, you do ride your luck
2.3 -
Amir to Hafeez, no run, on a good length, Hafeez bunts it into the ground and the ball rolls behind, Saifullah Bangash runs in and effects a direct throw at the striker's end but Hafeez was well in after aborting the sneaky single
2.2 -
Amir to Tamim, 1 run, a touch off-pace, Tamim bends low and flicks it off his pads to short fine, from where a direct hit just about manages to see Hafeez in
2.1 -
Amir to Tamim, no run, gets forward and blunts this length ball angled in
1.6 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, FOUR, the recipe for this ball is here: plonk your front leg forward, get low and sweep the pants off it. Over square leg and into the fences
1.5 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, no run, gets forward and defends this flatter delivery back
1.4 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, no run, some width and Hafeez crashes it out to cover
1.3 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, FOUR, "Go, fetch the ball bowler!". Puts on his dancing shoes, shimmies out and thumps this flighted ball over Imad Wasim's head
1.2 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, FOUR, flighted full outside off, he skips out and squeezed it away behind backward point
1.1 -
Imad Wasim to Hafeez, no run, fired in full, drifts in on middle and the batsman jams it out into the covers
Imad Wasim, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Amir to Hafeez, 1 run,
0.5 -
Amir to Hafeez, no run,
0.4 -
Amir to Hafeez, FOUR,
0.3 -
Amir to Hafeez, no run,
0.2 -
Amir to Tamim, 1 run,
0.1 -
Amir to Tamim, no run,
Tamim and Hafeez are at the crease. Tamim is on strike. Amir will open the attack
So, Ravi Bopara - Not in the England squad for the World T20 next month - Sent a strong message to the selectors. He might be old by T20 standards, but he just proved a point that he's not yet finished. On that note, let's bring curtains on this game. Why? Because there is one more PSL game waiting for you - Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators. That's due to start in 30 minutes from now. Hope to see you there!!
Afridi: Doesn't matter who wins or loses but these are the sort of matches that we should get. Will entertain the crowd and hopefully make PSL a great success. The start was exceptional and the game then came to an interesting point where we had to hold our nerve. I was not confident about Sammy bowling the 20th over, but it worked today. Sammy himself was very confident. I'm glad to have got a win.
Malik: The way Bopara batted was exceptional and I have no words to describe that knock. We need a third pacer in our team and I think that's where we lacked a bit. We'll probably bring that extra pacer in the next game.
Hafeez: We played according to a plan and I got good support from Tamim as well. We are working as a team, playing as a team and winning as a team. Great to be part of this tournament.
Mohammad Hafeez is the Man of the Match for his 35-ball 59
This will certainly go down as one of the most exciting and nerve-racking games in the PSL history. At one stage, Karachi Kings were sinking at 48/5 inside 9 overs. James Vince and Ravi Bopara combined well and stitched a 61-run stand before the former got out in the 15th over. Bopara though continued his onslaught and massacred a 33-ball 67 which helped his team nearlllllly fetch an improbable task. With 13 needed from the final over, Sammy consumed Bopara and some mindless swinging from the tailenders meant Karachi Kings fell short by 3 runs. But how crucial was that wicket from Wahab Riaz to knock out a threatening Tanvir? Well! I'll leave that debate to you...
19.6 -
Sammy to Amir, no run, Peshawar Zalmi win by 3 runs. Spare a thought for Ravi Bopara! He laid the foundation, did what all was needed to construct a building and then a subtle cyclone called Sammy comes in and spoils the party (blew it away). The emotions have gone wild - In both camps. Sammy goes on a celebratory run and his colleagues rally around to mob him. What a game! Coming to the final delivery: Sammy bowls an off-cutter outside off, kept it in the corridor of uncertainty and beats the booming blade of Mohammad Amir. Game over...
Mohammad Amir, left handed bat, comes to the crease
19.5 -
Sammy to Saifullah Bangash, out Usama Mir Run Out!! Crikey! This T20 cricket can give you heart-attacks. What a game and look at those tensed faces in the dug-out. Coming to the dismissal: It was a length delivery outside off, might be the slower one. Bangash swings and misses, Usama Mir calls him through to nab a bye and Kamran Akmal clatters the stumps with an accurate throw. Mir wasn't even in the picture. Usama Mir run out (K Akmal) 1(1)
Sammy to Saifullah Bangash, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
19.4 -
Sammy to Usama Mir, 1 run, full and wide, Mir gives it all, whacks it all along the ground but straight towards long-off
Saifullah Bangash, right handed bat, comes to the crease
5 needed from 3. Who wants to be a batsman? Who wants to be a bowler?
19.3 -
Sammy to Bopara, out Caught by S Yousuf!! And he's gone! Is this the game for Peshawar Zalmi? Full toss on the stumps, Bopara walks forward and lofts it straight down the throat of long-on. Bopara c S Yousuf b Sammy 67(33) [4s-5 6s-4]
Sammy to Bopara, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
19.2 -
Sammy to Bopara, 2 runs, shimmies down the pitch and loft-drives it over extra cover, the fielder from long-off makes a tumbling stop to keep the duo down to a couple
19.1 -
Sammy to Bopara, SIX, Ravi Bopara - You beauty! Whatttay shot that is. Nonchalant stuff from the Englishman. Waits for this length delivery and dismisses it out of his sight, smashed it over the deep extra cover fence, that's outta here
Usama Mir, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Darren Sammy, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Whew! What a game this has been. Sammy has the ball in hand. Fasten your seat belts folks. 13 needed from 6 balls
18.6 -
Riaz to Tanvir, out Bowled!! He's knocked 'em over. Just a glare and then turns his back. It was so pacy, the ball actually hit the base of leg-stump and crashed into the fine leg fence. Yes it was really, really pacy stuff. Full and aiming the base of leg-stump - Too good for Tanvir who fails to lay bat on ball. Looks to smack that through the leg-side but was beaten neck and crop - for pace. Tanvir b Riaz 23(17) [4s-2 6s-2]
Riaz to Tanvir, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
18.5 -
Riaz to Tanvir, SIX, "That will make up for the two dot balls" yelps Tom Moody on air. Totally agreed. Full delivery in the bashing zone for Tanvir, he clears his front leg and clubs this over the cow-corner fence
18.5 -
Riaz to Tanvir, wide, off-pace delivery, went well wide of off after Tanvir left that alone
18.4 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no run, another slower full delivery, Tanvir swings and misses
18.3 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no run, too full and outside off, dug out back towards the bowler
18.2 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no run, slower full delivery outside off, Tanvir has a big whoosh, misses it by a long way
18.1 -
Riaz to Tanvir, 2 runs, Oh! Is it a no ball? No it isn't. Thank heavens. Full toss hip-high, Tanvir slogs it over mid-wicket, sprints hard to complete the second
17.6 -
Tait to Bopara, FOUR, make that 26 off the over. Tait had a nightmare with the ball. By the way, the edges are flying today - Only to find the boundary ropes, on a length and around leg-stump, Bopara makes room and throws the kitchen sink at it - Only a trailin plug of it making contact, inside edge past leg-stump and keeper, finds the fine leg fence
17.5 -
Tait to Bopara, FOUR, that's the way to do it against fast bowlers. Just use the pace and massage it through the gap. Bopara has just executed that trick to perfection. Full and wide, Bopara sinks low and opens the bat face to steer it past backward point
17.4 -
Tait to Bopara, 2 runs, full and outside off, Bopara looks to drive hard, gets it off the inside half towards mid-wicket, brings up Bopara's fifty
17.4 -
Tait to Bopara, no ball, FOUR, Tait has overstepped! Free-hit time again... Full delivery angling down leg, Bopara flicks and inside edge flies between his legs, beats the fielder at backward square
17.3 -
Tait to Bopara, SIX, shot! It's the shot of the match for me. Waits deep inside the crease for this full delivery and smites it inside out over extra cover, that travelled the distance too
17.2 -
Tait to Tanvir, leg byes, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and serves up a pacy length delivery on middle and leg, Tanvir fails to clobber that through mid-wicket, sneaks in a leg bye
17.1 -
Tait to Tanvir, FOUR, that's what Tait's pace can do. It can get you wickets and also leak runs. Oh! You really have to feel for the bowlers. This was banged in short and got big on Tanvir who was trying to hook, a thick top-edge and it flies over the keeper, raced away in a hurry
Shaun Tait [3.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack
48 required from 18 now
16.6 -
Riaz to Bopara, no run, and guess what! It's a dot ball, slower back of a length delivery on the stumps, Bopara was trying to hoick that through the leg-side, he was early into the stroke. Misses it completely and gets pinged around the chest area
16.6 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no ball, 1 run, that slipped out of Riaz's hand, over waist-high full toss and Tanvir can only club it to deep square, he was taken aback by the pace and height on the delivery. Nevertheless a free-hit coming up...
16.5 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no run, slower delivery, the off-cutter outside off, Tanvir moves around the crease trying to heave it through mid-wicket, beaten for lack of pace
16.4 -
Riaz to Tanvir, no run, a swing and a miss! Good length curled in late and beat the flashing blade of Tanvir
16.3 -
Riaz to Bopara, 1 run, full and outside off, Bopara crouches low and sends the drive wide of long-off
16.2 -
Riaz to Bopara, SIX, fetch that! 100th six of the tournament. Full and in the slot, Bopara stays solid at the crease and launches it straight over the bowler's head, that's going towards the moon - Someone send it back please!
16.1 -
Riaz to Bopara, no run, good length delivery slipping down leg, Bopara fails to leg-glance, the ball tickles the pad en route to the keeper, the bowler and the keeper appeal - Not sure why. Cannot be lbw and Bopara didn't get any bat on that
Wahab Riaz [2.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack
Right then! 57 needed from 24
15.6 -
Aamer Yamin to Tanvir, FOUR, short and ample width on offer, Tanvir clears his front leg and mows it through mid-wicket, scorched off the surface, there's no stopping that!
15.5 -
Aamer Yamin to Tanvir, no run, off-speed delivery, across the left-hander, Tanvir heaves and fails to make any contact - Beaten for lack of pace
15.4 -
Aamer Yamin to Tanvir, SIX, see you tomorrow! Full toss on the stumps, Tanvir whacks it and sends it into the deep mid-wicket stands, a catch dropped in the crowd too
15.3 -
Aamer Yamin to Tanvir, no run, very full and outside off, just beside the tramline, Tanvir lets it be (assuming it to be a wide), but it wasn't to be
15.2 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, 1 run, hurled in short and angled in, Bopara mistimes the pull over mid-wicket, only a single on offer
15.1 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, FOUR, that's a candyfloss, full toss pleading to be put away - Bopara obliges as he smacks this wide of long-on, the fielder had no chance there
Aamer Yamin [3.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Tait to Bopara, 1 run, full and around middle and leg, Bopara flicks and gets it past square leg
14.5 -
Tait to Tanvir, leg byes, 1 run, pacy length delivery on leg-stump, Tanvir fails to pull, wears it on the thigh pad
14.4 -
Tait to Tanvir, no run, slower length delivery on middle, Tanvir mistimes the hevae to the leg-side
Sohail Tanvir, left handed bat, comes to the crease
14.3 -
Tait to James Vince, out Bowled!! C-A-S-T-L-E-D. Beaten for pace. Such a pleasing sight when a fast bowler knocks the stumps over - with raw pace I meant. Very full at 142ks and Vince couldn't get underneath it. Makes room slightly and ends up playing all around it. His stumps are all over the place as Tait pumps his fist in joy. James Vince b Tait 44(28) [4s-5 6s-1]
Tait to James Vince, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
14.2 -
Tait to Bopara, 1 run, full again, clipped behind square
14.1 -
Tait to Bopara, FOUR, full delivery on the pads, Bopara gets some pad on the tickle and it races away beating Kamran's dive to his left
Shaun Tait [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
Time-out!
13.6 -
Riaz to James Vince, no run, similar delivery, it was very close to be called as a wide but the umpire deems it as a legal delivery
13.6 -
Riaz to James Vince, wide, that slipped out of Riaz's hand, wild full toss wider of off, Kamran Akmal does well to collect that
13.5 -
Riaz to Bopara, 1 run, opens the bat face to send the drive through cover
13.4 -
Riaz to Bopara, 2 runs, hangs back to glide this short of length delivery towards third man, good running does the rest
13.3 -
Riaz to James Vince, 1 run, slower fullish delivery just outside off, Vince gets some inside edge on the drive, raced away past short fine
13.2 -
Riaz to James Vince, FOUR, length outside off, Vince backs away and slashes the flat-bat loft over mid-off, the fielder from long-off makes a desperate dive to save the boundary - A sprint and a dive but the ball wins the race
13.1 -
Riaz to Bopara, 1 run, short of length outside off, Bopara late-dabs to third man
Wahab Riaz [1.0-0-1-1] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Afridi to Bopara, 1 run, eased down to long-on
12.6 -
Afridi to Bopara, wide, fired wide of off, Bopara lets it go
12.5 -
Afridi to James Vince, 1 run, "An oscar winning appeal from Shahid Afridi" chirps Alan Wilkins on air. Tickles, tickles, tickles... This was flighted delivery just outside off, Vince gets some bat on the sweep, even if he didn't it struck Vince outside the line of off, Afridi though has his hands aloft and screams "HOWZAAAAAAT." Kamran Akmal joins the chorus. The umpire sings a melody - NOT OUT
12.4 -
Afridi to James Vince, FOUR, short and wide, Vince sits deep inside the crease and bludgeons the drive past cover
12.3 -
Afridi to James Vince, 2 runs, quicker outside off, Vince pulls along the ground through mid-wicket
12.2 -
Afridi to Bopara, 1 run, hangs back to steer this flat delivery towards backward point
12.1 -
Afridi to Bopara, SIX, tonked! Tossed up around off, Bopara drops to one knee and wallops a flat six over wide long-on
11.6 -
Aamer Yamin to James Vince, FOUR, full and wide, Vince backs away and manufactures some room to slice the cut over point, couple of bounces and into the fence
11.5 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, 1 run, short and sits up outside off, Bopara fetches the pull from there, as there was no pace he ends up dragging it through mid-wicket
11.4 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, no run, slower full delivery outside off, Bopara doesn't pick it, swings early and misses - Beaten by the lack of pace
11.3 -
Aamer Yamin to James Vince, 1 run, full and speared in on middle, Vince clears his front leg, only to mistime the heave towards long-on
11.2 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, 1 run, slower shortish delivery outside off, Bopara gives charge and toe-ends the biff to long-off
11.1 -
Aamer Yamin to Bopara, no run, would've been a wide had Bopara left that, but he fetches and chops the cut back towards the keeper
Aamer Yamin [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
10.6 -
Afridi to James Vince, FOUR, full and wide, Vince leans on his back leg and crunches the flat-bat drive past cover
10.5 -
Afridi to Bopara, 1 run, flights this one outside off, Bopara slaps it to sweeper cover
10.4 -
Afridi to Bopara, no run, shortish and drifting in, the googly, pushed back to the bowler
10.3 -
Afridi to James Vince, 1 run, tossed up just outside off, Vince plays a flowing drive through extra cover
10.2 -
Afridi to Bopara, 3 runs, quicker and wide of off, Bopara cuts square of the wicket and deep point makes a sliding stop, fires a wild throw and concedes an extra run on the overthrow
10.1 -
Afridi to James Vince, 1 run, flipper on middle and leg, Vince jumps down and mistimed the loft to long-on
9.6 -
Asghar to James Vince, 1 run, too straight, tucked away to deep mid-wicket
9.5 -
Asghar to Bopara, 1 run, fullish outside off, Bopara finds a single through extra cover
9.4 -
Asghar to James Vince, 1 run, allows the ball to slide in and wrists it through mid-wicket
9.3 -
Asghar to James Vince, 2 runs, driven past extra cover for a double
9.2 -
Asghar to James Vince, SIX, just over a leaping fielder! Vince shimmies down the track and smokes this flatter delivery over wide long-off, the fielder made a commendable effort to get there and time the jump but the power on the shot took it over the fence
9.1 -
Asghar to Bopara, 1 run, flighted and full on the stumps, Bopara advances and gets too close to the pitch of the delivery, manages to drill it past the non-striker
8.6 -
Afridi to Bopara, 1 run, opens the bat face and jabs this full delivery towards point to get off the mark
Ravi Bopara, right handed bat, comes to the crease
8.5 -
Afridi to Shakib, out Caught by Asghar!! Karachi Kings are in deep trouble now, half their side is back in the hutch. This was flatter and sliding in with the arm, the overspinner indeed. Shakib was trying to flick it towards mid-wicket - Was a tad early in doing so. Gets a thick leading edge which flies to Ashgar at backward point who dives forward and takes a tumbling catch. Shakib c Asghar b Afridi 1(4)
Afridi to Shakib, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
8.4 -
Afridi to Shakib, no run, looped up outside off, Shakib late-cuts but finds backward point
8.3 -
Afridi to James Vince, 1 run, worked away through mid-wicket
8.2 -
Afridi to Shakib, 1 run, too full on middle, Shakib flicks to long-on
8.1 -
Afridi to Shakib, no run, quicker on the stumps, Shakib blocks back
7.6 -
Asghar to James Vince, no run, floated up around off, pushed back to the bowler
Shakib Al Hasan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
7.5 -
Asghar to Shoaib Malik, out Caught by Sammy at !! Asghar strikes again. Sees Malik advancing and fires it full on the pads, Malik gets too close to the pitch of the delivery and as a result he mistimes the loft - Ends up skewing it off the toe-end and Sammy at long-on had the easiest of catches to take. Ran forward and clasped it with both hands - Made it look so easy. Shoaib Malik c Sammy b Asghar 8(7) [6s-1]
Asghar to Shoaib Malik, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
7.5 -
Asghar to Shoaib Malik, wide, full and wide, Malik looks to reach out but misses
7.4 -
Asghar to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, drifting in with the arm, on the stumps, punched off the back foot to long-on
7.3 -
Asghar to James Vince, 1 run, pushed past extra cover
7.2 -
Asghar to James Vince, 2 runs, slower and outside off, James Vince makes room and carves it through cover
7.1 -
Asghar to James Vince, no run, comes down the track and yorks himself, full delivery, manages to push the full ball back to the bowler
6.6 -
Afridi to Shoaib Malik, no run, quick and a tad short just outside off, Malik makes room to cut but was beaten for pace
6.5 -
Afridi to Shoaib Malik, no run, slower through the air, Malik punches and finds cover
6.4 -
Afridi to Shoaib Malik, no run, quicker around off, Malik defends
6.3 -
Afridi to Shoaib Malik, SIX, shortish and wide, Shoaib Malik dances down the pitch and deposits it over the wide long-off fence
6.2 -
Afridi to Shoaib Malik, no run, tossed up just outside off, Malik strides forward and drives to cover
6.1 -
Afridi to James Vince, 1 run, Vince gets an inside edge on the drive, the ball rolls away to short fine
Shahid Afridi, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Asghar to James Vince, 1 run, quicker on middle, flicked past square leg
5.5 -
Asghar to James Vince, FOUR, short and wide, James Vince makes room and dabs this late behind point
5.4 -
Asghar to James Vince, no run, full and straight, pushed back to the bowler
Shoaib Malik, right handed bat, comes to the crease
5.3 -
Asghar to Imad Wasim, out Imad Wasim Run Out!! Mindless cricket from Imad Wasim. He flicked this to deep mid-wicket and was way too casual in his running. He was just jogging to the other end in fact. The throw came in quickly and Imad Wasim still fails to show any urgency. Ashgar dislodges the ball realising that Wasim was too lazy in his approach. He was caught short by a few inches. He only had himself to blame there. Imad Wasim run out (S Yousuf/M Asghar) 0(2)
Asghar to Imad Wasim, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
5.3 -
Asghar to Imad Wasim, wide, drifting down leg, Imad Wasim doesn't bother with it
5.2 -
Asghar to Imad Wasim, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Wasim punches it to cover
Imad Wasim, left handed bat, comes to the crease
5.1 -
Asghar to James Vince, out Nauman Anwar Run Out!! This was a shortish delivery just outside off, Vince cuts it to point and rushes through for a quick single. Nauman Anwar was a bit slow to take off and he was caught short by an brilliant direct hit from Yousuf. Nauman Anwar run out (S Yousuf) 14(16) [4s-3]
Asghar to James Vince, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
Mohammad Asghar, comes into the attack
TV umpire pressed into service, for a run out check and guess what Anwar is gone. Unfortunately, his desperate dive also couldn't save him... OUT flashes the big screen
4.6 -
Riaz to Nauman Anwar, no run, slower full delivery targetting off, Anwar waits, waits, waits and then turns it tamely towards short mid-wicket
4.5 -
Riaz to Nauman Anwar, no run, full and slanted across, outside off, Anwar looks to launch it over mid-wicket, beaten
4.4 -
Riaz to Nauman Anwar, no run, backs away and slashes the cut straight to backward point
4.3 -
Riaz to James Vince, 1 run, gets forward and across to drive this wide of mid-off
4.2 -
Riaz to James Vince, no run, fullish outside off, Vince pushes it towards extra cover
James Vince, right handed bat, comes to the crease
4.1 -
Riaz to Simmons, out Bowled!! Wahab Riaz - You little ripper. This man can bowl and bowl. Bang on target first ball, he doesn't need any sighters, does he? Delivers a 140ks good length on middle stump and Simmons plays all around it. Made room but failed to cope with the pace, the length troubled him too. Simmons misses and his middle stump takes the beating. Simmons b Riaz 9(12) [4s-1]
Riaz to Simmons, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
Wahab Riaz, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
3.6 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, no run, makes room but cannot get his late-cut past backward point
3.5 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, FOUR, poor delivery, short and begging to be hit, down leg - Anwar helps it on its way with a whip behind square on the leg-side
3.4 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, no run, shortish on the stumps, Anwar tucks and finds mid-wicket
3.3 -
Tait to Simmons, 1 run, gets off strike with a nudge to mid-on
3.2 -
Tait to Simmons, no run, full and just outside off, smashed straight to deep mid-off
3.1 -
Tait to Simmons, no run, through Simmons' legs, full and speared in, Simmons tries to time - timing, eh? Oh no! Murder that (going by his intent) through mid-wicket, beaten by pace as the ball sneaks through
3.1 -
Tait to Simmons, wide, that's a dross from Tait, short and crawling down leg, Simmons gets into an awkward position as he tries as wild cross-batted heave, missed it by a country mile, wide called nonetheless
2.6 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, 1 run, full at 134ks, Simmons twirls his wrists on the flick and slots it to long-on
2.5 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, no run, slogged away but cannot get it past Sammy at mid-on who makes a full-length sprawling stop
2.4 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, FOUR, stays still and lets the ball come in this time - That's the way to do it Simmo! Full and in his swinging arc, Simmons clobbers the drive past cover, the fielders were just bystanders there
2.3 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, no run, short and wide, Simmons moves around the crease and messes up the timing on the strike, clattered but straight to backward point
2.2 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, leg byes, 1 run, shortish and slanted in around middle, Anwar fails to tuck and the ball dribbles off the pad towards square leg
2.1 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, FOUR, full and width on offer, Anwar bends his front knee and thrashes it through cover, raced away
1.6 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, 1 run, darted at 143ks, good length on middle, Anwar wrists to mid-on
1.5 -
Tait to Simmons, 1 run, sits back inside the crease and steers it with a flat-bat towards third man
1.4 -
Tait to Simmons, no run, good length around fifth, sixth stump corridor, Simmons looks to bash square of the wicket, no feet and no connection either
1.3 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, 1 run, shortish and angled in, Anwar drags the pull through mid-wicket, only a single on offer
1.2 -
Tait to Nauman Anwar, FOUR, half-volley on off-stump and Anwar swats it out of his sight, over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four, he was also helped by Tait's aggressive pace there
1.1 -
Tait to Simmons, 1 run, Tait sprints in and bowls a rib-tickler at 138ks, Simmons clips one-legged square on the leg-side
Shaun Tait, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, no run, brilliant first over from Aamer Yamin, another good length delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, pushed back
0.5 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, no run, action replay of the previous delivery, just that Anwar's intent was better, looking to punch but to no avail
0.4 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, no run, and now... It's a swing and a miss! Tad fuller and wider of off, Anwar chases with his feet stuck in blob, could only succeed in meeting with thin air
0.3 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, no run, Aamer Yamin ain't offering any width to work with, stump-to-stump line, Anwar can only dead-bat that
0.2 -
Aamer Yamin to Nauman Anwar, no run, curling in on a good length, blocked down the track
0.1 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, 1 run, gets the line right this time, short of length around off, Simmons chops to point and is off the mark with a single
0.1 -
Aamer Yamin to Simmons, wide, horror delivery first up, drifting down leg, Simmons tries to fetch, but was too far from his reach
Simmons and Nauman Anwar are at the crease. Simmons is on strike. Aamer Yamin will open the attack