Pakistan Super League 2016

Scorecard - 3rd Qualifying Final, Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (21 Feb 2016)

Islamabad United

176/3 (20) RR:8.8

Islamabad United won by 50 runs

MOM: Sharjeel Khan

Peshawar Zalmi

126/10 (18) RR:7

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19.5 - Riaz to Khalid Latif, FOUR, full ball outside off and Khalid slams it past the non-striker, raced away to the long-on boundary

19.0 - Hasan Ali to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, full toss on the pads, Sharjeel Khan smites it over mid-wicket and the fielder from long-on had no chance

18.2 - Hasan Ali to Khalid Latif, FOUR, full and in the slot for Latif who carves it through extra cover, pinged off the middle and raced away!

15.0 - Hasan Ali to Khalid Latif, FOUR, and Khalid Latif makes full use of the free-hit, full ball outside off and Latif bludgeons it wide of mid-off

13.4 - Tait to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, that's deft! Saw plenty of room on this full delivery and just opened the bat face to steer it to the third man fence

11.1 - Sammy to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, that's muscled! Slower length ball outside off, Sharjeel Khan makes room and thrashes the drive through cover, sped away to the fence

10.3 - Riaz to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, length and ample width on offer, Sharjeel Khan cuts square on the off-side and jeez! It just flew off the bat, no feet movement but the timing was sublime

9.2 - Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, that's some shot! Gets down and sweeps this quicker full delivery behind square on the leg-side

9.0 - Asghar to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, and again! This time biffs this flattish delivery back over the bowler's head

7.2 - Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, a misfield from Hafeez and Islamabad United can finally see a boundary in their scorecard. Cut away behind backward point and Hafeez's desperate dive at deep point wasn't good enough

3.5 - Tait to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, that's S-M-A-S-H-E-D. Picks the slower ball and lifts the drive over mid-on, played the ball late and ensured the ball met the meat of the bat

3.0 - Hasan Ali to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, Islamabad united are off to a brisk start here. Full on off-stump and Sharjeel Khan drives through the line, past the non-striker. Didn't try to overhit the ball, sublime timing!

2.2 - Hasan Ali to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, brilliant! That's right from the West Indian school. One legged pull and strong wrists from Sharjeel Khan who times the pull to perfection, that fine leg fence has been kept busy so far

1.4 - Tait to Dwayne Smith, leg byes, FOUR, full and speared down leg, Smith fails to get bat on the tickle and it races away to the fine leg fence off his boot

1.3 - Tait to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, a bit too straight from Shaun Tait who was looking for an inswinging yorker. Fired on leg-stump and Sharjeel flicks nonchalantly, raced away to the fine leg fence

0.3 - Hasan Ali to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, wah! Just a flick of the wrist and it raced away. Length delivery on the stumps, not much of swing on this one and Sharjeel twirls his wrists on the flick, over mid-wicket and into the fence

16.3 - Tait to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, full toss and he's smoked that back over the bowler's head, all power on that occasion!

15.2 - Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, Take a bow Sharjeel Khan! Becomes the first man to hit a 100 in the PSL. And what a way to get there! Lofts one straight down the ground and does a sajda after acknowleding the applause from the elated crowd. Jumps high in the air while getting to the other end and gets a handshake from his partner too

13.5 - Tait to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, ah, shot! Short ball outside off and Sharjeel Khan upper-cuts it on the back foot, Shaun Tait's pace took care of the rest, went all the way over the third man fence

12.5 - Riaz to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, that's a bonzer! Full and in the swinging arc for Sharjeel Khan who dismisses it out of his sight, kept his head still and powered this over wide long-on fence

11.4 - Sammy to Sharjeel Khan, no run, eased to cover where the fielder makes a good effort to stop the single

11.3 - Sammy to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, Sammy has his hands on head! Shortish slower delivery, ill-directed. Down leg and Sharjeel Khan pulls it over the fine leg fence, just over the ropes but he has middled the shot

9.3 - Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, more aggression from Sharjeel Khan who stakes down the track and mows a flighted delivery over the cow corner fence

8.5 - Asghar to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, that's monostrous! Drops to one knee, picks this full ball and sends it sailing over the long-on fence

8.3 - Asghar to Sharjeel Khan, SIX, superb stroke! Dances down the pitch and tonks this flat delivery over the cow corner fence, that went straight into the stands

19.4 - Riaz to Sharjeel Khan, out Sharjeel Khan Run Out!! 1 run completed. Sharjeel Khan walks off to a warm gesture from Peshawar Zalmi. He gets a pat on the back from a couple of the fielders and crikey! What a gem of knock this has been. Coming to the dismissal: He drives a full ball back towards the bowler, Riaz sticks his left hand and richochets the ball towards mid-wicket. Sharjeel Khan squeezes a single and looks for a double. Wahab flings the ball to Hasan Ali who flicks the bails and sees Sharjeel Khan struggling who slips while trying to get back. Sharjeel Khan run out (Riaz/Hasan Ali) 117(62) [4s-12 6s-8]

13.2 - Tait to Haddin, out Bowled!! TIMBAAAAAH - Gone first ball and Shaun Tait is chuffed to bits. Bowls a toe-crunching yorker at the base of leg-stump and Haddin had exposed all his stumps. Backed away and failed to get under the ball and sees his bails flying. Shaun Tait is on a hat-trick now. Haddin b Tait 0(1)

13.1 - Tait to Dwayne Smith, out Lbw!! Shaun Tait ends Smith's scratchy stay at the crease. It was a slower delivery pitched up around middle and leg. Smith with his feet stuck in blob plays a cross-batted slog and misses it completely. Was beaten by the lack of pace. Hit him in front of leg the umpire has his index finger up in a flash. In fact the replays show that it was going to disturb the leg-peg. Dwayne Smith lbw b Tait 19(37)

12.1 - Riaz to Dwayne Smith, 1 run, chopped to backward point and brings up the 100-run stand.

12.0 - Sammy to Dwayne Smith, 1 run, fetches a full delivery with a crossed bat and gets it off the inside half to deep square leg

11.5 - Sammy to Sharjeel Khan, 1 run, into the pads and he works it towards mid-wicket for a sharp single

8.1 - Asghar to Dwayne Smith, 1 run, Smith brings up the team's 50 with a single down to long-on

17.2 - A Russell to Afridi, FOUR, just an ugly swish of the bat but you know what? He gets a boundary to third man! Swings his bat like a grass-slasher and the outside edge runs through third man. As long as the runs come, edges or middle don't matter

16.4 - Sami to Afridi, FOUR, full ball on the stumps, a backed-away Afridi swings his bat looking to squeeze it out and the outside edge runs through third man. A much needed four!

12.3 - Imran Khalid to Sammy, FOUR, what a follow-up! Fuller and flatter, Sammy gets under it and cannons the loft through extra cover

11.5 - Irfan to Sammy, FOUR, low full toss outside off this time, Sammy flogs the drive through cover and it speeds off this turf to the fences

7.5 - A Russell to K Akmal, FOUR, short ball sitting up pretty, Akmal rolls his wrists while swiveling and got the ball to deep backward square leg fence

4.3 - Sami to K Akmal, leg byes, FOUR, length ball veering down, he looks to tuck it fine. Sort of resembled a lift-your-bat-and-let-go too. Off the thigh pad and off she goes

3.3 - Badree to Malan, FOUR, flatter delivery, Malan backs away and gets under this with a loft over the inner circle. Goes over extra cover and Russell, despite his fielding prowess, had no chance

3.0 - Irfan to K Akmal, FOUR, width on offer this time, he stands taller in his crease and late-cuts it wide of a diving backward point

2.5 - Irfan to K Akmal, FOUR, that's a squash forehand. Stands tall, takes the shortish ball on and flogs it over mid-on, one bounce over the ropes

2.1 - Irfan to K Akmal, FOUR, poor ball. Full toss wide of off, Akmal protracts his hands and punches it through cover

0.4 - Irfan to K Akmal, FOUR, venom-free short ball, he swivels and picks it up with a pull over mid-wicket

17.3 - A Russell to Afridi, SIX, do we have something in store here? Full ball on middle, Afridi gets forward and carves it ruthlessly over cover. Middled to the extent that it clears the boundary e-a-s-i-l-y

17.1 - A Russell to Afridi, SIX, go Afridi! Stretches forward to make the ball a full toss and then ramps it over short fine leg. It carries all along!

14.2 - A Russell to Afridi, SIX, helicoptered away! This match is just not over. Bends low, reaches out and swings it high over the cow corner

14.0 - Sami to Afridi, SIX, turn back the clocks. Afridi's here. Smoked! Length ball, Afridi turned around in his crease and launched this length ball over cow corner

8.3 - Imran Khalid to K Akmal, SIX, been long since I saw the ball being assassinated. Drifting in, Akmal gets on his knees and helps it with a slog-sweep over mid-wicket

6.4 - Badree to K Akmal, SIX, take that! Tuk-tuks out of his crease and lofts this delivery over Badree's head. Kept sailing over the fence

18.0 - A Russell to Asghar, out Bowled!! Islamabad United win by 50 runs and storm into the final. And what a picture-perfect finish. Yorker swerving in, Asghar was standing outside leg and had a tame poke hoping to keep the ball out. Missed and the leg-stump was pegged back. Asghar b A Russell 0(2)

17.4 - A Russell to Afridi, out Caught by Dwayne Smith!! And the threatening cameo's over. Back of a length, Afridi clubbed it across the line, got it high but couldn't get the distance. Smith at deep mid-wicket waited inches inside the ropes to take the catch that's seeing people queueing out of the stadium. Afridi c Dwayne Smith b A Russell 38(17) [4s-2 6s-4]

16.3 - Sami to Hasan Ali, out Caught by Misbah!! Another one and the end's nigh! Back of a length outside off, Ali looks to club it over mid-on, not in control and ends up slicing it to Misbah at extra cover. Hasan Ali c Misbah b Sami 1(4)

15.2 - Irfan to Riaz, out Caught by A Russell!! And cameras pan to Kamran Akmal in the dugout - had his mouth covered with his hands in disbelief and disappointment. Short of length ball, Riaz looks to slog it out of the park, employs a flat bat and mistimes it to long-on. Riaz c A Russell b Irfan 1(3)

14.4 - A Russell to S Yousuf, out Bowled!! Russell churns out that moment that Islamabad might look back at. Not Afridi's wicket but this sixth wicket makes the equation near impossible. Yorker speared at the basr of the stumps, Yousuf misses to dig it out and is bowled. S Yousuf b A Russell 4(5)

12.5 - Imran Khalid to Sammy, out Bowled!! You don't often see that. Last ball was a stumping appeal and this has taken the leg-stump's throat. Quick delivery fored on leg-stump, Sammy had his feet glued to the crease. Just turns around to tickle it fine, is late and the leg-stump's pegged back. Sammy b Imran Khalid 9(8) [4s-2]

12.2 - Imran Khalid to Hodge, out Caught by (sub)Kamran Ghulam!! His struggle is over. Perishes. Imran Khalid gives it more tweak, the ball responds with more turn and Hodge ends up mistiming it. Had to extend his hand further to reach out but couldn't get well behind the loft over cover. Caught by the sweeper. Hodge c (sub)Kamran Ghulam b Imran Khalid 5(11)

10.2 - Imran Khalid to K Akmal, out caught!! Akmal's gone! Sped to his 45 but couldn't carry on. Imran Khalid sees Akmal shimmying down, rips it wide of off. Akmal extends his arms to reach out and ends up getting up a soft outside edge. Haddin moves to his left, snaffles the ball and flicks the bails off. K Akmal c Haddin b Imran Khalid 45(32) [4s-5 6s-2]

8.5 - Imran Khalid to Hafeez, out Caught by Asif Ali!! A gargantuan six, a cheeky single and then a wicket. Horror delivery that's dragged down, Hafeez pulls but mistimes it. Perhaps held in the pitch a bit, took the bat's toe-end and it's an easy catch deep mid-wicket. Runs in and grabs it with ease. Hafeez c Asif Ali b Imran Khalid 8(14)

3.5 - Badree to Malan, out Caught by Haddin!! And there's the first breakthrough. Wrong'un hurled at pace outside off, Malan stays put and looks to punch-drive it. Ekes out an outside edge that's snaffled well by the half-squatting close-in keeper. Malan c Haddin b Badree 7(12) [4s-1]