Lahore: until the 11th, Karachi Kings was sailing; Run-A-Ball necessary, eight wickts in hand, all ready to consolidate their number two place in the HBL Pakistan Super League.
Quetta Gladiators, placed in fifth place, meanwhile, stayed in search of an advance. And when he finally arrived in the form of a high flight opener, Tim Siefert, mystery an increase of the pacemaker Mohammad Wasim caught by Rileeuw in Long-on in 12, the gladiators assured that the kings did not breathe again.
The next five Wickets fell into the 33 -ball space, when Quetta stole the game for five races just for her second victory this season here at the Gaddafi stadium on Friday night.
After the expulsion of Seifert, Shan Masood was the next to follow, with Wickt Kusal Mendis goalkeeper taking a flying capture of Khurram Shahzad bowling in the next before a Quetta Saud Shakeel captain Khushdil Shah ..
Abrar could have taken another wickt in the next ball if Wasim had cling to the ball after a diving attempt to take a capture of Mohammad Nabi’s trip. But the veteran Afghan did not stay too long, since Amir returned in 16 to get it out.
Khurram returned in 17 to see a DRS governing to confirm the dismissal of LBW of Abbas Afridi and Wasim took his second when catching Omair Bin Yousuf before the brilliant final of Faheem Ashraf by the restricted kings to 137-8 in search of 142, the lowest score defended in the PSL in the Venue.
The Kings begin to the persecution were decent despite the veteran pacemakers Mohammad Amir hitting in the first time to say goodbye to the captain and Kings opener David Warner.
Seifert and James Vince hit the first two six Khurram and Amir Kings in the next two overs. Seifert led Khurram for three more limits in the room to put Kings in the driving seat.
Vince hit Wasim on the side and cut the pacemaker through the square when the kings crossed 50 in the power game, Seifert cleared Faheem long and beaten through the same region for a limit in the eighth. However, he saw Vince perish in Saud’s left arm turn in the next when Kings reached 82-2 in the middle stage before the Siefert Wickt activated a collapse.
Previously, the gladiators were removed by 142 in 19.3 overs in a first input revolted as the Faheem explosive 43 of 27 balls, including four four and three six, supported the total after the first collapses and a show of an unstable medium order.
The Saud starter began the procedures with an elegant four of Mir Hamza’s opening delivery, but the second of Hasan Ali (3-33) secondly survived the tide.
He dismissed the Saud and Finn Allen openers in rapid succession, leaving Quetta in 8-2. Rosssouw (10) briefly countered with two limits, just to fall to Hasan, dragging one to his stumps at 29-3 by the room.
Mendis (36 of 22) provided stability, stroking five limits, including a late skilled cut and a four cut. However, Nabi’s arm ball represented Mark Chapman), reducing Quetta to 45-4 after six overs. Mendis and Hasan Nawaz (35 of 34) added 24 races, but Mendis’s aggressive blow ended when ABBAS Aphridi James Vince in Long-on, leaving Quetta at 69-5.
The arrival of Faheem injected impulse. He and Hasan Nawaz added 59 for the sixth wickt, with Faheem breaking a six and four discounts on Hasan in a 15th 15th of 19.
His exhausted six Abbas further increased to Quetta beyond the 100. Hassan Nawaz’s sandy stand ended when he hid to Vince in the palace Fawad Ali, and Warner’s Warner, the Hamza Wickt maid, saw Wasim cleaned by a perfect yorker and Amir by Warner.
Faheem’s brave effort was arrested for an impressive capture of a single hand of Abbas Wickt Seifert goalkeeper, and Khurram’s exhaustion, through Hasan’s direct success, concluded the tickets with a total good enough to win at the end.
MARKER
Quetta Gladiators:
Saud Shakeel C Shan B Hasan 6
Finn Allen C Abbas B Hasan 0
Rilee Rossouw B Hasan 10
KUSAL MENDIS C VINCE B ABBAS 36
Mark Chapman B Nabi 4
Hasan Nawaz C Vince B Fawad 35
Faheem Ashraf C Seifert B Abbas 43
Mohammad Wasim B Hamza 1
Mohammad Amir C Warner B Hamza 0
Khurram Shahzad is exhausted 1
Abar Ahmed not 2
Extras (LB-2, NB-1, W-1) 4
Total (everything, 19.3 overs) 142
Fall of Wickts: 1-7 (Saud), 2-8 (Allen), 3-20 (Rossouw), 4-44 (Chapman), 5-69 (Mendis), 6-128 (Hasan), 7-131 (Wasim), 8-131 (AMIR), 9-139 (Faheem)
Bowling: Hamza 4-1-24-2, Hasan 3.3-0-33-3 (1W), Nabi 4-0-21-1, Khushdil 1-0-12-0, Fawad 3-0-19-1 (1nb), Abbas 4-0-31-2
Karachi Kings:
David Warner C Rossouw B Amir 4
Tim seifert c rossouw b wasim 47
James Vince C Rossouw B Saud 30
SHAN MASOOD C MENDIS B KHURRAM 9
Omair bin Yousuf LBW B Wasim 11
Khushdil Shah C Saud B ABRAR 0
Mohammad Nabi C Khurram B Amir 4
Abbas Afridi LBW B Khurram 0
Hasan Ali was not 24
Mir Hamza was not 3
Extras (LB-3, NB-1, W-1) 5
Total (for eight wickts, 20 overs) 137
No batting: Fawad Ali
Fall of Wickts: 1-4 (Warner), 2-77 (Vince), 3-93 (Seifert), 4-96 (Shan), 5-97 (Khushdil), 6-102 (Nabi), 7-107 (Abbas), 8-115 (OMAIR)
Bowling: Amir 4-0-25-2 (1W), Khurram 4-0-31-2, Ast 4-0-15-1, Wasim 4-0-22-2, Faheem 2-0-30-0 (1nb), Saud 2-0-10-1
Result: Quetta Gladiators won by five races.
Party player: Faheem Ashraf
Posted in Dawn, April 26, 2025
