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Monday 26 February 2018

Karachi Kings Overcame Peshawar Zalmi By Five Wickets On Sunday


Shiny bowling, Karachi Kings overcame Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets on Sunday at Dubai International Stadium.
Kings chased their 132-athlete target by 19.4 overs. Zalmi's bowling made the chase, apparently safe, a bit difficult for the Kings, leading the match to the final, but the captain, Imad Wasim, sealed the victory for Kings with two balls to spare.
A late attack from Dwayne Smith, including fast limits at the end, gave Zalmi a fighting chance after Peshawar's batting order collapsed in the face of bowling and aggressive placement by Karachi Kings.
Zalmi lost 8 wickets for 79 runs before Smith took command and helped Zalmi score 48 in the last four doubles and give Kings a fight target to win.
This was Peshawar Zalmi's second lowest total in any PSL match, the lowest result being 126 against Islamabad United in Dubai on February 21, 2016.
Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Irfan took two wickets each, three of Zalmi's scouts left after being exhausted.

Sunday 25 February 2018

Islamabad United Beat Multan Sultans by 5 Wickets


Islamabad United recorded its first win after defeating Multan Sultans in Dubai on Sunday.
Talat Hussian was professed man of the match. The 22-year-old scores 48  not out 34 balls, to save the team from Imran Tahir's magic spell and win a five-wickets victory for his team. Islamabad United scored 86 at the loss of five wickets by 15 overs. United seemed to take the lead since 30 runs were needed for 28 deliveries. Faheem helped him to continue the target by scoring 12 points on 20 balls. Walton contributed 28 scores to the success of the team. Imran Tahir chose three important wickets. Hussain Talat has been named Man of the Match.
Earlier, Islamabad United in first bowling limited Multan Sultans to 113 scores. Captain Ruman Raees eliminated the drummer Kumar Sangakkara earlier on the score of 6 points. Mohammad Sami dismissed D Bravo for 6, while Multan struggled to 15-2.
Shoaib Malik again showing his class made 35 points (36) key balls for his team to show a small combat target. Kieron Pollard showed some resistance with his 28 fast runs, but was LBW Andre Russell. Ruman Raees picked up three key windows. Fast bowler Muhammad Sami and pacer Andre Russell took 2-2 each.
Earlier, Islamabad United won the draw and opted for a bowl against Multan Sultans in today's first game that was delayed due to the rain. Ruman Raees is captain while Misbah is not fit yet. United made two changes in the team. Sahibzada Farhan and Steven Finn, while Samit Patel and Iftikhar Ahmed are out. Multan, meanwhile, were unchanged.

Saturday 24 February 2018

Quetta Gladiators Won Nine Wickets Against Lahore Qalandars


Quetta Gladiators won nine wickets against Lahore Qalandars in the second game of the tournament held at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday.
Muhammad Nawaz and Jofra Archer played their vital role in winning the Gladiators' victory. Nawaz has launched the most economical spell in the history of the Pakistan Super League. Her bowling stats tonight were: two wickets in four overs with a maiden while giving only four runs. Archer took three wickets in 4 overs spell.
Speaking at the post-match presentation, Nawaz said: "My plan was not to make room for the scouts and to maintain a good line and length. I want to make the best bowling prize in this PSL." Gladiator openers, Asad Shafiq and Shane Watson, left no stone to rule the game everywhere during the battles. Where Watson took charge, Shafiq helped him turn the strike frequently. The partnership between the pair ended in 11.4 overs when the team score was in 92 runs.
Watson (66) was dared by Sunil Narine. He scored five fours and six each.

Peshawar Zalmi Beat Islamabad United By 34 Runs


Umaid Asif and Ibtisam Sheikh took Peshawar Zalmi for a 34-scores win against Islamabad United at Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. For Zalmi, Asif got four wickets while Sheikh three, while defending PSL champions dominated Misbah XI in every aspect of the match.
Kamran Akmal and Tamim Iqbal laid the groundwork for the team's heats, pushing the field and scoring 176 for the loss of six wickets in the 20 overs allowed. The innings saw Akmal score 53 of 32 deliveries and Tamim Iqbal with 39 of 29 balls.
Faheem Ashraf was the choice of the United bowlers claiming two wickets. Rumman Raees is leading Islamabad United as Misbahul Haq is resting after a hamstring injury today, according to Cricinfo. This is the fourth game of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018.

Second Innings
United’d Chadwick Walton, Luke Ronchi, Asif Ali and Hussian Talat leave early, while XI Misbah hit a serious problem in their first match.
Zalmi lost to newcomers Multan Sultans in the opening game of the tournament on Thursday as Sultans, playing their first PSL, defeated Darren Sammy's XI by seven wickets.
Kamran Akmal gave the defending champions a good start. He scored a 32-ball 53 before leaving that way.

Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars


The Quetta Gladiators will face the Qalandars of Lahore in the fifth match of the Pakistan Super League to be held in Dubai. Both teams will play their second match in the competition. This match will be held in Dubai as previous matches and will be played on February 24th. The match will start at 21:30 PST (16:00 GMT).
Both teams, Quetta and Lahore, are losing their losses in their opening match and hope to reverse in this second match. Unfortunately for one of these two teams, this will lead to another defeat and make their qualifying task for the playoffs much more difficult.
What is very interesting to watch is that the Qalandars would have a solid batting formation, but they were scored in their opening match by the Sultans of Multan by 43 points - a huge margin in this format of the game.
Disappointing Lahore captain Brendon McCullum would be the fact that, despite the presence of bowlers like Raza Hasan, Shaheen Afridi, Sunil Narine, Mustafizur Rahman and Yasir Shah, they watched the Sultans at 179 in their 20 overs - a high score for a land in Dubai.
In response, they were eliminated for 136 with captain McCullum being fired for a duck and only Fakhar Zaman scored a 49.
Quetta's story was something similar but at least they managed to limit their opposition, Karachi Kings to 149/9 in their 20 overs. At one point, it seemed like the Kings would arrive at 160, but Shane Watson grabbed a three-iron and did not allow them to even touch 150.
The Gladiators did not have the kind of stick performance they needed on slow ground to overtake them. They fell to 15/3 and never really recovered with only Umar Ami's 31 and Mohammad Nawaz's 30 guiding them to any form of respectability.
Now in this match, the Qalandars are hoping their hitters and bowlers are both fine, while the Gladiators hope to improve their batting department.

Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi


The Islamabad United team will face Peshawar Zalmi's match in the fourth game of the Pakistan Super League 2018. This match will be held in Dubai as the previous three matches and will be played on February 24th. The match will start at 4:00 am PST (11:30 GMT).
Misbah ul Haq led the Islamabad United team to a title victory in the first season of the Pakistan Super League, but the team lost some ground in the second edition last year. They had a reasonable group stage in which they finished with eight points from their eight stipulated games, the same number of points they had won in the first season, but that unfortunately did not allow them to finish in the first two.
What that meant was that they just had an opportunity to advance in the playoffs, but they were stopped in this playoff by the Karachi Kings. Islamabad United, under Misbah again, hopes they can change that around this year.
It would be interesting to see who leads the United stick in this match as some of their players still play international cricket. Alex Hales, for example, is involved with England in their tour in New Zealand while JP Duminy leads South Africa in a T20 series against India that ends Saturday, a day before that match.
Andre Russell is back after a doping ban and he will have Shadab Khan for the company, while Mohammad Sami and Rumman Raees will lead the bowling attack.
Peshawar Zalmi had a strong performance / depressing performance against the Multan Sultans in their opening match. We expected them to win against first-timers and that's exactly what they did / they fell dramatically in this game.

Friday 23 February 2018

Multan Sultans Have Beat Lahore Qalandars by 43 Runs


The Multan Sultans defeated the Lahore Qalandars by 43 points in the third match of the Pakistan Super League played Friday at the Dubai Cricket Stadium. Sultan with the help of Kumar Sangakkara, 63 hits, completed by the 48 (28) points of Malik, set the target of 180 points for the Qalandars of Lahore in the third match of the PSL 3. In response, Qalandars lost the last seven wickets for four points in 15 balls. From 132/3 in 14.5 to 136 all out 17.2 overs. The Qalandars were all over 136.
Junaid Khan won the first hat-trick of the third edition of the PSL while he finished with figures of 3/24 in four overs. Imran Tahir was awarded the Man of the Match title as he picked up three wickets, giving 27 points in four outings.The first match of Qalandar, Ahmed Shehzad and Sangakkara provided a good start by teaming up with 88 runs. Ahmed Shehzad was fired Mustafizur Rehman, courtesy of the Qalandars. The opening scored 38 runs.
Sohaib Maqsoob is the new drummer who managed to win. Maqsood scored 4 points. He was overthrown by Yasir Shah. Sangakkara took off with a score of 63 on a score of 44. Fakhar Zaman took his safety in overtime, his innings included five four and three six.Skipper Shoaib Malik once again looked good today as he scored 48 points (28), crushing 3 six and two to four. Mustafizur Rahman chose the bowler taking 2 wickets for his team. He finished with 22/2 in four overs. Leggi Yasir Shah chose eaten to get a wicket.
Earlier, the Qalandars of Lahore won the draw and decided to take first place against the Sultans in the third match of the Super League of Pakistan played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium. The Qalandars made a change in the team - the side that played against Peshawar Zalmi yesterday. Darren Bravo replaces Hardus Viljoen.
Yesterday, Multan Sultans recorded his first victory by defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 7 wickets in the first match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 3). Multan Sultans reached the target in 19.1 overs with the brilliance of Malik and Sangakkara.  Sangakkara scored a handful of 57 runs breaking three sixes and two four.
The Karachi Kings defeated Quetta Gladiators by 19 points in the second PSL game played today. Colin Ingram for his briliant shot was declared Man of the Match.

Karachi Kings Beat Quetta Gladiators by 19 Runs


DUBAI: Karachi Kings defeated Quetta Gladiators by 19 points in the second game of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 3) played at Dubai Cricket Stadium on Friday. Quetta Gladiators lost the first wickets by chasing Karachi Kings' 150-point target in PSL 3's second game. Shane Watson was the first to score 1 point. He was executed by Mr. Rizwan. Asad Shafiq was the second to be released by Imad Wasim.
The star player Pieterson was the third to come out, scoring only 6 points. He was captured by Bopara off Tymal Mills. The Galdiators are currently 40 / 3.Imad took 2 crucial wickets for his team by firing Asad Shafiq and Rilee Rossouw. Umar Amin scored 31 points on 31 balls hitting four limits.
Boom Boom Afridi has managed to get a wicket and maybe a good catch of his career. He fired Gladiator captain Sarfraz Ahmed who contributed 7 points. Afridi completed his four-overs quota with 23 / 1.Muhammad Aamir picked up a wicket in his 4 overs giving 20 points. Colin Ingram for his brilliant shot was declared Man of the Match.
Earlier, the kings of Karachi led by Imad won 149 points for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Karachi Team is led by Imad Wasim while Pakistan Cricket Team skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has retained his place as captain for the gladiators of Quetta.
Opening drummers Khurram Manzoor scored 35 points against 39 points. Babar Azam scored only 10 points for his team after being caught by Sarfraz Ahmed off Rahat Ali. Manzoor was overtaken by Anwar Ali's Asad Shafiq in 13th place, which brought Ravi Bopara to the field. quickly scored 41 runs of 21 balls, breaking five fours and 2 sixes. Shannon Watson was chosen bowler as he took 3 wickets for his team. Anwar Ali and Jofra Archer respectively had 2-2 wickets.
Quetta Gladiators has been the second team twice in the previous two editions of the league with a burning desire to win the trophy.

Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators Match


The Karachi kings play the champions in defense of the Quetta Gladiators in the second game of the second season of the 2018 Pakistan Super League. This match will be played on February 23 in Dubai. The match will start at 4:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m.).
With two poor seasons, the Kings of Karachi seem to have finally broken the whip and managed to transform their team for this third season. In the first year of the PSL, the Kings were the only side to be knocked out, while in the second season they scraped the semifinal, but then lost the game easily to give a chance to make the final.
This season they have a new captain in the form of Imad Wasim but it will be important that he not miss his bowling mojo as a result. It's going to be an important transition. Shahid Afridi remains a part of the squad despite not being a captain.
Also making the Kings training will be the England captain, Eoin Morgan and Lendl Simmons, while the domestic chat will be led by Babar Azam. Azam had a good form for him in his first part of his career and a good PSL season will help him endlessly.
Mohammad Amir leads the pace of the bowling attack and with Afridi and Wasim leading the pack of spinners, is a strong bowling line for the Kings.
The big question is whether the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Jason Roy and Sarfaraz Ahmed, who will lead the Quetta Gladiators, will be tested by this set of Karachi players. Sarfaraz has, at his disposal, Asad Shafiq, who is another test taker, but can adjust his game, Umar Amin and Shane Watson, an umpire who is often kicked out but has regained his revenge.
The Gladiators are a very imagined side, having made the PSL Final twice but lost both times and they would like to make it three in a row in an attempt to conquer their first title. And to do that, it would be vital for them to start with a win.

Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars Match


It is the third game of this season's third Super League of Pakistan and the first Multan Sultans take over the Lahore Qalandars in Dubai. This match will be played on February 23 in Dubai. The match will start at 9 PST (4:00 GMT).
With the first game out of the way, the Multan Sultans will be feeling much better and much less nervous about entering this second round of their first season of the Pakistan Super League. But nothing like winning your first game and that's exactly what the Multan side did.
Led by Shoaib Malik, they first restricted Peshawar Zalmi to 151 and then made a legal chase with five balls to spare.
Malik skipper Sultans will seek to win two wins in two games when they play a team like Lahore Qalandars, who did not have the best of the first two seasons. In fact, the Qalandars, who started the first two seasons as a favorite, did not even make the playoffs.
Yes, two seasons for the Qalandars and finished fifth in both, to leave them in the top four.
Can Captain Brendon McCullum guide you to something different? He can expect the support of an early talent in Fakhar Zaman, who, like McCullum himself, has the attitude of following the cupcakes of the word.
And the curious of Sunil Narine and Yasir Shah can make a net of deception around the Multans in this third match of the PSL?
The big problem for the Qalandars is finding a last-minute substitute for Chris Lynn, who was excluded from the competition even before the first ball was knocked over. Lynn shifted his shoulder in an international against New Zealand on February 21.
The Qalandars also had to bring Denesh Ramdin as cover for Mustafizur Rahman, who may not play in this game. As for their other bowling options, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan and Mitchell McClenaghan will also seek to add value to the side, but it will be interesting to see how the course in Dubai should play - very entertaining. The surface could force them to come in with a spinner extra instead of three pacers.

Thursday 22 February 2018

Multan Sultans Win by Seven Wickets


Kumar Sangakkaa and the responsible beating of Shoaib Malik helped the Multan sultans defeat defending champions Peshawar Zalmi in the first game of the third edition of the Pakistan Super League in Dubai on Thursday.
After opting to give a bowl first, Sultans produced an impressive show with the bowl to restrict Darren Sammy's Zalmi to only 151 for the loss of six wickets in their 20 overs. Mohammad Hafeez finished as the best scorer for Zalmi with 59 out of 52 with the help of six fours and a six.
For the sultans, left arm high-ranking Mohammad Irfan was the star of the show while claiming two wickets and only delivering 19 races. In pursuit of 152, the sultans underwent an initial coup when opener Ahmad Shahzad left unmarked.
However, Sangakkara stabilizes the innings, first with Sohaib Maqsood and then with captain Malik to ensure there are no obstacles for the new entrants, when the sultans crossed the victory with five balls to spare.
Sangakkara finished the entries with the maximum score of 57 out of 51 balls with the help of three and two six while Malik scored 42 wins out of 30 balls with the help of two and two six.
For Zalmi, pacer Wahab Riaz was the most successful player of the night when he claimed two wickets.

Karachi Kings Team 2018


After a few really disappointing seasons, the Karachi Kings will want to do a lot better in this third season of the Pakistan Super League.
They made some interesting choices regarding the retention of players from the previous season. Leaving Chris Gayle, they managed to keep Pakistani Usman Khan and Usama Mir even as Ravi Bopara gets another shot. Its dibbly-dobbly medium-pacers could be useful on slow and slow surfaces.
The team will be led by Imad Wasim and will also have Babar Azam and Mohammad Amir in their lineup, making them a highly dependent team of their Pakistani players for a good performance in the third PSL season. Wasim is one of the biggest stars to come in this format of the game.
In a very interesting news, the legendary Shahid Afridi decided to join the Kings of Peshawar Zalmis and Mohammad Rizwan was traded against Sohail Khan of Lahore Qalandars. Of course, that meant they could target strangers during the PSL draft and their Platinum pick was Colin Ingram. It was followed by Mitchell Johnson's diamond pick and a round of gold selection of smashing opener Luke Wright for the side.
David Wiese, Tabish Khan and Mohammad Irfan Jnr are among the others who will participate this season. and Hasan Mohsin while additional players are Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan and Saifullah Bangash, who could be involved in a few matches.
The kings of Karachi will be backed by news that six of their seven foreign cricketers have agreed to play in Pakistan. After selecting Lendl Simmons, Colin Ingram, Joe Denly, Ravi Bopara, David Wiese, Tymal Mills and Eoin Morgan as foreign players, the top six names on the list have all said they would be ready to play in the PSL for these games which will be played in Pakistan too.
The only player who will leave the competition early will be English captain Eoin Morgan. Morgan will not stay on the team for as long as the PSL finals, during which matches will be played in Karachi and Lahore.
The group was bought by Anyman Group owned by Salman Iqbal for a whopping $ 2.4 million. They named former South African international coach Mickey Arthur as director while Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistan's former legs coach, will be his assistant and bowling coach.

Islamabad United Team 2018


Having won the first season of the Pakistan Super League, Islamabad United will want to make certain they could have positioned up a first-rate performance within the third season as properly. Going into the PSL Draft, the crew had retained Misbah-ul-Haq as their skipper and he became joined with the aid of eight other gamers they'd decided to maintain with.
Those protected West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell, who had neglected out final season due to a doping test ban, leg-spinner Shadab Khan who comes into the match with a recognition to behold, fellow Windies leg-spinner Samuel Badree and Pakistani seamer Mohammad Sami. amongst others are Rumman Raees, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt and Asif Ali.
At some point of the PSL Draft, Islamabad United delivered South African all-rounder JP Duminy as their Platinum pick out before bringing in former Aussie and Kiwi keeper Luke Ronchi. Pakistani all-rounder Faheem Ashraf changed into added in as their Gold select, and this became accompanied by England keeper-batsman Sam Billings and Zafar Gohar.
The side named Sahibzada Farhan and Hussain Talat as their emerging gamers even as the supplementary players who might be part of the squad for a few games are England hard-hitting batsman Alex Hales, speedy bowler David Willey and home gamers Mohammad Hasan and Mohammad Hasnain.
Under-19 bowler Hasnain picked up an injury leading into the tournament and may not feature in the first few games of the event not less than.
In what is going to be interesting news for the Islamabad United enthusiasts, Waqar Younis has joined the facet as their fast bowling teach. earlier, they'd misplaced the offerings of Wasim Akram to Multan Sultans, but the signing up of Waqar will do their facet no damage whatsoever.
The facet has been bought through the UAE Capital challenge group for $1.5 million US bucks and that they have positioned some very able minds in fee of the aspect.
Former Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram, who become the mentor of the Islamabad United squad, has decided to quit and be a part of the newest franchise, Multan. Australia’s Dean Jones is the top educate whilst Shoaib Akhtar is the bowling instruct for Islamabad United.
The crew is beautifully balanced on paper and they could cross in with a selection of combos. additionally, with the type of coaches they have got, it'll be very disappointing in the event that they do now not move very a long way within the tournament.