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Islamabad United (183/8) beat Quetta Gladiators (179/6) by 2 wickets in Match 21 of PSL8
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United need 35 runs in 22 balls.
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No pun intended
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31 from 18 balls , IU should win this.
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4 & 6 by Azam khan..
What a matured innings by him..
What a matured innings by him..
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IU doing well here , , Quetta needs miracle here
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Another Six by Azam...
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Azam gone... Another twist...
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Azam is weak against short stuff
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If that is the case, why do these sides feed spinners to him?
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Hasan Ali gone
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Did we expect him to do anything else?
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Odwin is a finisher for the opponent team
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Faheem on fire :AAG:
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Credit to Azam khan for using his mind and taking it deep. Haven't seen any Pakistani batter doing it ever.
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Shadab Khan | Islamabad captain: I thought both teams were looking to lose tonight I guess, but we played better and won. But lots to learn, our bowling let them score 180 and we collapsed while batting but cricket is a game where we can learn a lot. As a senior player and captain I take responsibility for both my bowling and batting tonight. I played an irresponsible shot and did not bowl well. The main concern was about me in those departments. At the end of the day, if we get 2 points that's what matters. This year we don't have the bowling to limit other sides to low totals. If you are looking for an excuse you can say that. The physio says it will take time as all 3 departments you are involved in and often the ball hits the same finger. No excuses but still the recovery is going on [on his injured hand].
Fazalhaq Farooqi | Player of the Match: Our plan was simple, we tried for wickets if there was help and we tried and got the results. I got swing early on and took 3 wickets. There are a lot of Pathans in the Islamabad team and we go out a lot and it feels nice.
Fazalhaq Farooqi is the Player of the Match.
Sarfaraz Ahmed | Quetta captain: The comeback was great. Outstanding batting by Nawaz and Najib. If we had taken our chances at the start, the game could have gone a bit differently. Definitely there are positives from the season but if we had won more, it would have been better. Two catches from Munro landed in no-man's land and had we taken that wicket, would have helped. Too many slower balls at the end and had we bowled a hard length like Naseem Shah and Naveen did, we could have had a better result. We will try our best in the remaining games.
Azam Khan: When Munro was going we thought we had the game in our hands but they came back well. Really happy about it. Faheem finished it off nicely. I always play as a floater in the Islamabad side. Last game I came at 5, this game came at 6 and I'm really thankful to the franchise for giving this role to me. We are really happy we qualified. From 19/4 they finished at 180 which was a worrying sign for us but we are good. It was a crunch match, Quetta was the first team who gave me the chance to play the PSL and I'm really thankful always for that.
Fazalhaq Farooqi | Player of the Match: Our plan was simple, we tried for wickets if there was help and we tried and got the results. I got swing early on and took 3 wickets. There are a lot of Pathans in the Islamabad team and we go out a lot and it feels nice.
Fazalhaq Farooqi is the Player of the Match.
Sarfaraz Ahmed | Quetta captain: The comeback was great. Outstanding batting by Nawaz and Najib. If we had taken our chances at the start, the game could have gone a bit differently. Definitely there are positives from the season but if we had won more, it would have been better. Two catches from Munro landed in no-man's land and had we taken that wicket, would have helped. Too many slower balls at the end and had we bowled a hard length like Naseem Shah and Naveen did, we could have had a better result. We will try our best in the remaining games.
Azam Khan: When Munro was going we thought we had the game in our hands but they came back well. Really happy about it. Faheem finished it off nicely. I always play as a floater in the Islamabad side. Last game I came at 5, this game came at 6 and I'm really thankful to the franchise for giving this role to me. We are really happy we qualified. From 19/4 they finished at 180 which was a worrying sign for us but we are good. It was a crunch match, Quetta was the first team who gave me the chance to play the PSL and I'm really thankful always for that.
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Bazid is a resident of Islamabad. He's been a supporter of IU throughout. Thought this was a known thing.
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Now shadab should sit out till the playoffs please. No need of aggravating the injury. Rumman, Munro, Hasan, anyone can captain in the meantime.
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Now seeing Umar do well hurts me real bad. I had hoped for him to become something great starting from 2009. But gave up on him after 2015 wc. (instead of developing, he had only regressed in those 7 years).
Now every time he does well, it just brings out all those memories of him becoming something.
Maybe if some county somehow signs him up for a full season (FC/LA/t20). Or he can move to some well managed psl franchise (MS?)
Now every time he does well, it just brings out all those memories of him becoming something.
Maybe if some county somehow signs him up for a full season (FC/LA/t20). Or he can move to some well managed psl franchise (MS?)
Faheem Ashraf smashed three consecutive boundaries in the final over of the match to help Islamabad United complete a nervy chase of the 180-run target against Quetta Gladiators. Colin Munro’s blazing half-century had put Islamabad United into a commanding position by the end of the Powerplay, before a spectacular middle-order collapse threatened to derail the home side’s chase but Azam Khan and Faheem’s calm contributions ensured they achieved their fifth win of the season.
Quetta Gladiators were condemned to a horrible start to their innings after being put into bat first by Shadab Khan. The wickets kept tumbling for the visitors as they were reduced to 17-4 in the sixth over with Fazalhaq Farooqi’s nippy swing and accurate lines accounting for two scalps in the initial burst.
The pair of Najibullah Zadran (59 off 34) and Mohammad Nawaz (52 off 44) added 104 runs off 64 deliveries for the fifth wicket, reviving Quetta Gladiators’ innings. Najibullah was the aggressor of the two as he reached his fifty off 28 balls and smoked a total of five boundaries and three sixes in his brilliant knock.
Nawaz’s dismissal in the 17th over off Fazalhaq brought Umar Akmal to the crease, who slammed a quick-fire 43 not out off just 14 balls to propel Quetta Gladiators’ score to 179-6. Umar batted with an explosive strike-rate of 307.14 and walloped five maximums and two fours in his breezy knock.
In reply, Naseem Shah struck early to remove Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a duck but Alex Hales and Munro launched a breathtaking counterattack to rack up 51 runs in the first four overs. Hales was soon dismissed for 12 off 9 by Naveen-ul-Haq when he tried to force a slower delivery through cover but directed it straight to Najibullah.
Munro continued his charge on the other end, smacking four sixes and five fours in his 29-ball 63 and was removed by Iftikhar Ahmed in the eighth over as he searched for another maximum. From 96-2, Islamabad United crashed to 111-6 in the 12th over but the top-order blitz meant Azam and Faheem could afford to be circumspect in their approach and take the game deep.
The seventh-wicket partnership between the two yielded 58 runs in 44 balls before Azam (35 off 25) and Hasan Ali’s wickets in the penultimate over of the chase bowled by Umaid Asif added some late drama. Faheem (39 not out off 31) then drilled three fours in succession off Odean Smith to pull off a two-wicket triumph for his side.
Umaid registered 3-37 while Nawaz finished with figures of 2-17 in his four overs following his impressive outing with the bat.
Scores in brief:
Quetta Gladiators 179-6, 20 overs (Najibullah Zadran 59, Mohammad Nawaz 52, Umar Akmal 43 not out; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-25, Faheem Ashraf 2-29)
Multan Sultans 183-8, 19.3 overs (Colin Munro 63, Faheem Ashraf 39 not out, Azam Khan 35; Umaid Asif 3-37, Mohammad Nawaz 2-17)
Player of the match – Fazalhaq Farooqi (Islamabad United)
Quetta Gladiators were condemned to a horrible start to their innings after being put into bat first by Shadab Khan. The wickets kept tumbling for the visitors as they were reduced to 17-4 in the sixth over with Fazalhaq Farooqi’s nippy swing and accurate lines accounting for two scalps in the initial burst.
The pair of Najibullah Zadran (59 off 34) and Mohammad Nawaz (52 off 44) added 104 runs off 64 deliveries for the fifth wicket, reviving Quetta Gladiators’ innings. Najibullah was the aggressor of the two as he reached his fifty off 28 balls and smoked a total of five boundaries and three sixes in his brilliant knock.
Nawaz’s dismissal in the 17th over off Fazalhaq brought Umar Akmal to the crease, who slammed a quick-fire 43 not out off just 14 balls to propel Quetta Gladiators’ score to 179-6. Umar batted with an explosive strike-rate of 307.14 and walloped five maximums and two fours in his breezy knock.
In reply, Naseem Shah struck early to remove Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a duck but Alex Hales and Munro launched a breathtaking counterattack to rack up 51 runs in the first four overs. Hales was soon dismissed for 12 off 9 by Naveen-ul-Haq when he tried to force a slower delivery through cover but directed it straight to Najibullah.
Munro continued his charge on the other end, smacking four sixes and five fours in his 29-ball 63 and was removed by Iftikhar Ahmed in the eighth over as he searched for another maximum. From 96-2, Islamabad United crashed to 111-6 in the 12th over but the top-order blitz meant Azam and Faheem could afford to be circumspect in their approach and take the game deep.
The seventh-wicket partnership between the two yielded 58 runs in 44 balls before Azam (35 off 25) and Hasan Ali’s wickets in the penultimate over of the chase bowled by Umaid Asif added some late drama. Faheem (39 not out off 31) then drilled three fours in succession off Odean Smith to pull off a two-wicket triumph for his side.
Umaid registered 3-37 while Nawaz finished with figures of 2-17 in his four overs following his impressive outing with the bat.
Scores in brief:
Quetta Gladiators 179-6, 20 overs (Najibullah Zadran 59, Mohammad Nawaz 52, Umar Akmal 43 not out; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-25, Faheem Ashraf 2-29)
Multan Sultans 183-8, 19.3 overs (Colin Munro 63, Faheem Ashraf 39 not out, Azam Khan 35; Umaid Asif 3-37, Mohammad Nawaz 2-17)
Player of the match – Fazalhaq Farooqi (Islamabad United)
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