Lahore Qalandars [143/6] defeat Peshawar Zalmi [140/6] by 4 wickets in PSL 6

[Titan24]

If LQ wins this, it would be the first tike ever in PSL history that they will be winning their first match

 

[Extra_Cover]

Amad is a much better bowler than Faheem which is his competition. In fact Amad is a much better bowler when he bowls full into stumps.

 

[Titan24]

Thats a beauty from Wahab

 

[Heisenberg111]

Ball by Wahab there, Dunk had no answer.

 

[Rana]

Hafeez before 100 is going to make this interesting

 

[Last Monetarist]

Is the pitch sluggish or the quality of batting not all that good?

 

[Rana]

Little bit of drama?

 

[Titan24]

Saqib learning some reverse here from Wahab by the looks of it.

 

[Titan24]

Is the pitch sluggish or the quality of batting not all that good?

Pitch is pretty good and ball is coming onto the bat. There is bit of bounce, spin and reverse on offer creating a good contest between bat and ball.

 

[Titan24]

It looks out

 

[Titan24]

LQ messing it up

 

[Rana]

Saqib is a very good bowler

 

[Rana]

PSL low quality being covered up by England’s players stepping up and performing up to now

 

[Titan24]

Saqib is a very good bowler

With the reverse going he is looking pretty good. Reverse comes into play in the day matches not sure if much will be there in the evening ones

 

[UzmanBeast]

PSL low quality being covered up by England’s players stepping up and performing up to now

He's using his brain and bowling at the stumps.

Boundaries are long, so the risk factor of bowling full is lower.

Good bowler.

 

[UzmanBeast]

That rickshaw with the review sign needs to be softer, just deafening and annoying.

 

[MHN1293]

Why O you qalandar fans fear a loss when the man left on the crease is the galaxy boss.

 

[LeedsGreen]

Saqib is a very good bowler

i said this on another thread and was criticised by people calling him a useless pick

 

[Rafa]

This could go down to the last over with Wahab bowling a tight one.

 

[MHN1293]

boundary on the last ball of the over reeives the pressure.

 

[Titan24]

Imran bowled well for his first match but, I think over did the slower balls on occasions.

 

[Titan24]

Gift from Wahab

 

[Rana]

Just when a match is going well and down to the wire

Our resident player and captain bowls an absolute joke of a delivery

 

[Rafa]

No ball expected from Riaz. Rashid Khan handy batsman to have in the lower order.

 

[MHN1293]

This could go down to the last over with Wahab bowling a tight one.

That was not tight at all from Wahab. That should be the game for qalandars if they dont mess this up further.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Wahab will be Wahab. Decade in international cricket and he is still consistent.

 

[Rafa]

What looked like could be a good ending to the match has been finished in a matter of 3 balls.

 

[MHN1293]

lol Wahab with all the reverse swing on offer is still getting a smacking.

 

[BigShak]

Aamir Sohail embarrassing himself in the commentary box

 

[Rana]

Rashid Khan is a hilarious character.

 

[Heisenberg111]

Rashid Khan is good under pressure.

 

[MHN1293]

Rashid khan for mom? on psl debut.

 

[Rafa]

Rashid did bulk of the scoring in the partnership when there was some tension building around. A very valuable player.

 

[Rana]

Very ordinary bowling performance by Ammad

I’m heartbroken. He is a better bowler than this

 

[Extra_Cover]

If there was a definition of unorthodox then it has to be that last shot from Rashid.

 

[Rana]

A platinum pick winning a game for LQ

When have they ever had this luxury?

 

[Titan24]

Good match. Bowlers from both sides came into play. Congrats to LQ and some positives for PZ as well

 

[MHN1293]

Lahore needs to win the next game as well with rashid there. when he leaves they wont be able to replace him.

 

[Titan24]

Wahab’s no ball changed the momentum at the wrong time I think

 

[Energy]

Qalandars win so ballay ballay. But a lazy, rusty, shocker of a T20 game overall.

Lack of crowd obviously hurting, but the quality of Pakistani batsmen have been poor. Need someone to set the tournament on fire by putting up a show.

 

[Heisenberg111]

Rashid Khan has great talent with the bat.

 

[MHN1293]

Qalandars win so ballay ballay. But a lazy, rusty, shocker of a T20 game overall.

Lack of crowd obviously hurting, but the quality of Pakistani batsmen have been poor. Need someone to set the tournament on fire by putting up a show.

You have got Afridi, Braithwaith, Hales and asif ali coming up.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Yet another boring match of the tournament. I hope the team batting first scores around 160-170 to make it a good entertaining match throughout.

 

[Firebat]

Lahore Qalandars, 2020 runners-up, got off to a winning start with a four-wicket victory against Peshawar Zalmi in the second match of HBL PSL 6 at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday. Qalandars, who had never won their opening match in any of the five previous editions, made history in the 19th over.

Qalandars chased down the 141-run target for the loss of six wickets with nine balls to spare. Mohammad Hafeez anchored the Qalandars innings with an unbeaten 33 off 26 balls, hitting five fours.

Rashid Khan, Qalandars’ platinum pick, blasted his way to 27 as he smashed three fours and a six, which sealed the match, in his undefeated 15-ball knock.

Both batsmen contributed an unbroken 34-run partnership for the seventh-wicket. Before the two came together, Qalandars found themselves in a spot of bother following back-to-back dismissals of Samit Patel (eight off 11 balls) and David Weise in the 16th over as Saqib Mahmood, who returned two for 22, bowled the former and trapped the latter in front of stumps.

Zalmi captain Wahab Riaz also accounted for two batsmen as he finished with the figures of two for 30.

Qalandars were provided an excellent start by Shaheen Shah Afridi. The left-arm quick induced a leading edge off Imam-ul-Haq on the first ball of the match with a delivery that shaped away from the left-handed batsman to provide the first breakthrough.

Shaheen bowled impeccable lengths, denying the opposition batsman any opportunities to score against him, and finished with three for 14 in four overs, which bagged him the player-of-the-match award.

Zalmi’s troubles compounded with the introduction of Rashid, who bowled economical spell of 4-0-14-0 in his HBL PSL debut.

Peshawar were reeling at four for 46 in the eighth over, before Ravi Bopara and Sherfane Rutherford got together and stitched a valuable 64 runs for the fifth-wicket. Bopara, who featured for Multan Sultans in the fifth edition, top-scored with a 44-ball 50. His innings included six boundaries.

Rutherford, picked by Zalmi in the diamond category, scored 26 off 27. His first of two sixes, was the first of the match, hit off David Wiese’s bowling in the 13th over.

After the departure of both batsmen, Amad Butt, batting at number seven, contributed a quickfire unbeaten 23 off 11 balls. His two maximums were hit in the 20th over, which helped the side to a decent finish at 140 for six.

Qalandars’ Mohammad Salman Mirza, making his debut in the HBL PSL after he was drafted in the side as a replacement for injured Dilbar Hussain, ended-up with two for 35. He accounted for Pakistan internationals Kamran Akmal (five off 10) and Haider Ali (first-ball duck), in his opening spell.

Scores in brief

Lahore Qalandars beat Peshawar Zalmi by four wickets

Peshawar Zalmi 140-6, 20 overs (Ravi Bopara 50, Shoaib Malik 26, Sherfane Rutherford 26, Amad Butt 23 not out; Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-14, Mohammad Salman Mirza 2-35)

Lahore Qalandars 143-6, 18.3 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 33 not out, Rashid Khan 27 not out, Ben Dunk 22; Saqib Mahmood 2-22, Wahab Riaz 2-30)

Player-of-the-match: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)

 

[Thunderbolt14]

There is one female commentator among the lot who is really good and can have a decent career ahead of her (don't know her name but she might be Urooj). She is leagues ahead of the other commentators and even analysts like Zainab Abbas.

People these days would rather listen to Katrina Kaif in the commentary box rather than a technical analyst.