Islamabad United defeat Lahore Qalandars by 49 runs in Karachi to qualify for the play-offs

[MenInG]

So the first game in Karachi is upon us!

Should make for a great spectacle and would be nice to see a full stadium watching this game.

Both teams talking big but Islamabad have the advantage of confidence due to their position in the points table.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Isloo need to win to stay in it.

 

[MenInG]

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[lahoriyah1234]

When is the match starts?

 

[DRsohail]

Hope masood pay today, watching and hoping for a cracker.

 

[MenInG]

When is the match starts?

Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United (starts 7pm PST)

 

[m.shah]

Any way to watch it in India?

 

[Stalin]

Any way to watch it in India?

None.
May be you can use VPN and watch it on willow.

 

[ataullah]

Any news on crowd?

 

[IM NOT YOU]

toss shortly. if anybody has news on the squad please share!

 

[Markhor]

LQ are bowling first.

 

[Theo_14]

Not even a full house

 

[MRSN]

Not even a full house

Karachi crowds always disappoints but lets wait and see.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Any way to watch it in India?

search willow on ustreamix

 

[MenInG]

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Karachi crowds always disappoints but lets wait and see.

Lahore or Faisalabad would have been a full house.

But yea full house only to be expected for Karachi Kings' games.

 

[Brilliance]

None.
May be you can use VPN and watch it on willow.

LOL ! This is exactly what I have been doing for the last one month. Are you from IOK somehow ?

 

[MenInG]

 

[Red Devil]

Not even a full house

Pretty sure it'll fill up when the match starts. Getting in the stadium is not straight forward with all the security checks.

 

[Ertugrul_Bey]

Due to security measures, it will take time for the Stadium to fill up.
The

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Any way to watch it in India?

Download PTV sports Android App. However if you find any website for PC, do mentione here.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Download PTV sports Android App. However if you find any website for PC, do mentione here.

No do not mention on here.

 

[a_tahir]

Not even a full house

Takes time coz of security measures.
Don't get so happy.

 

[Shafi]

Umair Masood got rewarded by dropping. Not only Inzi but also these franchises are afraid of young emerging batsman.
And people call these owners passionate. How? By dancing or fake jumping?

 

[Titan24]

Umair Masood got rewarded by dropping. Not only Inzi but also these franchises are afraid of young emerging batsman.
And people call these owners passionate. How? By dancing or fake jumping?

Its not the owners who decide the playing Xi, its the team management.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Lahore or Faisalabad would have been a full house.

But yea full house only to be expected for Karachi Kings' games.

Its much better than Dubai Deserted Empty Stadiums. Mind you its not even Karachi home team playing, so i am still v happy to see its happening in pak.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

They should have opened the stadium 3 hours before the match even then it would have not filled up.

Half the ground doesn't even look prepared with nothing on the roofs.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

This is at least better than what the UAE had in all the matches there.

 

[a_tahir]

SSA has been promoted to Left Arm Fast

 

[asadee]

Out

 

[Titan24]

Beauty from Shaheen, first ball

 

[Deewana Mastana]

What a start by Lahore

 

[Theo_14]

Plenty of blue seats - hopefully they fill up.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shaheen needs to work really hard on his fitness as he prone to injury.

 

[Rayyman]

Wat A catch

 

[Titan24]

Liked the national anthem touch at the start

 

[Dark_Horse]

Shaheen and Hassan with new ball could be crucial for us in worldcup for early wickets

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Plenty of blue seats - hopefully they fill up.

There's plenty of colours that are empty lol

 

[Deewana Mastana]

These boundaries are tiny

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Damn the boundaries are very short. Expect 180+ here.

 

[RobinJay]

Also, for everyone saying it isn't a full house, tickets for this game went on sale what, 4-5 days ago? All rest of the games went out pretty quick and quite quickly. This is one of the shifted matches.

 

[MMHS]

Ronchi was my Fantasy Team Captain

 

[Titan24]

Shaheen and Hassan with new ball could be crucial for us in worldcup for early wickets

Hassan with the new ball would be great but with Junaid and Amir, it wont be that easy as Hassan can bowl at any time of the innings while Junaid and Amir prefer new balls.

But lets see, in terms of form Hassan and Shaheen definitely deserve the new ball.

 

[hussain.r97]

Boundaries are way too short, and the outfield is lightning fast. Expecting a huge total.

 

[Titan24]

Outfield is really fast

 

[Theo_14]

Also, for everyone saying it isn't a full house, tickets for this game went on sale what, 4-5 days ago? All rest of the games went out pretty quick and quite quickly. This is one of the shifted matches.

Still had 4-5 days to purchase the tickets, it wasn’t exactly last minute. Its weekend as well.

 

[Fahdi]

Boundaries are way too short. Looks ridiculous, they haven't learned from last year

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Despite NSK being a decent size ground, why have they brought the boundary so much in to make it so short?

 

[Dark_Horse]

Hassan with the new ball would be great but with Junaid and Amir, it wont be that easy as Hassan can bowl at any time of the innings while Junaid and Amir prefer new balls.

But lets see, in terms of form Hassan and Shaheen definitely deserve the new ball.

Unless there is no one behind there should be simple rule you should be able to ball at every stage of game

 

[Titan24]

Boundaries are way too short. Looks ridiculous, they haven't learned from last year

May be to encourage a high scoring contest.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

And we thought that those in IPL were worse

 

[RobinJay]

Still had 4-5 days to purchase the tickets, it wasn’t exactly last minute. Its weekend as well.

8 games in a week. Can't expect em to sell like hotcakes.

 

[Theo_14]

8 games in a week. Can't expect em to sell like hotcakes.

For a country that is “starving for cricket” you’d expect a full crowd with ease.

 

[Sadozai]

Boundaries are too small

 

[RobinJay]

On the other hand, these boundaries are embarrassing.

 

[topspin]

Karachi crowds always disappoints but lets wait and see.

Hence why I was never a fan of switching to Karachi. The flagship stadium of Pakistan will always be Gaddafi .

These boundaries are unacceptable but this is what you get with the Karachi cricket mindset I guess.

 

[Fahdi]

They have another cricket ground between the boundary and the stands

 

[JibranAnsari]

Boundaries are like 30 meters in from the actual boundaries , i think for security reasons.

 

[a_tahir]

Is this a women's game going on?
Why're the boundaries so small?

 

[babajee]

We might see the highest ever PSL total today.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

With such a fast outfield they should have kept the boundaries slightly back.

 

[topspin]

Par score 220-240

 

[coy0607]

Ball coming on, lightning fast outfield and very small boundaries

200 is minimum

 

[CricVet]

Are we gonna see an embarrassing 300?

 

[coy0607]

Rahat might go for a 100 runs today

 

[JibranAnsari]

For a country that is “starving for cricket” you’d expect a full crowd with ease.

Its too much for the people to go through to get into the stadium , the parking places are far away. Due to security reasons there is strict checking and people have to wait for a long long time to get into the stadium.

 

[CricVet]

Ridiculous boundaries fit for a peewee league

 

[Titan24]

PCB made sure of a high scoring match today. Not a bad strategy in my opinion to entertain the crowd with 4s and 6s.

 

[topspin]

Karachi should lose it's hosting rights for this.

 

[Fahdi]

May be to encourage a high scoring contest.

Karachi has a fast outfield and a good pitch. Even with decent sized boundaries you'd easily see scores of 180+. With these boundaries any decent batting performance should result in 200+

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

A lot of room in the outfield was occupied by the workers for construction in the stadium. The far sides of the outfield is basically ruined. It would have been dangerous for the fielders if the boundaries were stretched.

 

[babajee]

Asif Ali and Faheem will be lethal today.

 

[a_tahir]

Phil salt can't play leg spin.
4 dismissals in 12 balls

 

[Titan24]

Salt became too greedy, they were going at a decent rate already.

 

[hussain.r97]

Hence why I was never a fan of switching to Karachi. The flagship stadium of Pakistan will always be Gaddafi .

These boundaries are unacceptable but this is what you get with the Karachi cricket mindset I guess.

Schedule 8 games in Lahore, I'm sure you won't end up with 8 sellout crowds. The crowd is acceptable considering the sheer amount of games, and the fact that this game was only moved to Karachi 4-5 weeks ago.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Asif Ali and Faheem will be lethal today.

When has faheem ever been lethal with bat?

 

[a_tahir]

Plenty of blue seats - hopefully they fill up.

Why're u getting so happy?

Wait for the final or the karachi matches. You'll see a full crowd

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Islamabad need to calm down a bit as they are doing quite well already.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why're u getting so happy?

Wait for the final or the karachi matches. You'll see a full crowd

That goes without saying.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Boundaries are fit for Women's cricket, 240 is on