Lahore Qalandars (144/5) defeat Islamabad United (143/9) by 5 wickets in a thrilling encounter

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So we are back on track but in a different country.

So who will win this clash?


START TIME 4:00 PM GMT, 8:00 PM LOCAL


Squads:

Islamabad United – Shadab Khan (c), Ahmed Saifi Abdullah, Ali Khan, Akif Javed, Asif Ali, Brandon King, Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Akhlaq, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Umar Amin, Usman Khawaja, Zafar Gohar and Zeeshan Zameer

Lahore Qalandars – Sohail Akhtar (c), Ahmed Danyal, Ben Dunk, Callum Ferguson, Dilbar Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, James Faulkner, Maaz Khan, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Hafeez, Rashid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Seekuge Prasana, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sultan Ahmed, Tim David, Zaid Alam and Zeeshan Ashraf

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[Major]

is the match being broadcasted for free on facebook? I heard PCB did sign a deal with Facebook. Dont know if its paid or free

 

[Firebat]

Lahore Qalandars win the toss and elect to bowl first.

 

[Firebat]

Today's teams:

 

[Rafa]

Lahore look very strong on paper.

Fakhar, Hafeez, Rashid, Dunk, Faulkner, Afridi, Rauf too much firepower in the side.

 

[Tabishbeigh]

Sohail Akhter can be utilised as a manager, if not for a parchi, I don’t know what he is doing in the team. His poor skills are likely to affect the other batsman around him especially the opener.

 

[Gunner786]

Is it on sky sports?

 

[Yasir_ch]

Shukkar rabba. Looking forward to see this very much.Very disappointed I was hoping to see dilbar Hussain in playing 11.

 

[Firebat]

Is it on sky sports?

According to Sky Sports twitter, its on sky sports mix (416)

 

[Extra_Cover]

Excited for some cricket in a while now.

 

[Yasir_ch]

Man this bazid khan is awful.Time to put him on mute.

 

[Extra_Cover]

LQ playing kit is hideous

 

[Extra_Cover]

Shaheen loves bowling to lefties

 

[silentkiller187]

10 mins into the coverage and Rambo already has called shaheen, shahid afridi multiple times. Nice to see some consistency from the beginning

 

[Extra_Cover]

Wow Pakistan's fielding standards look shambolic and with this new policy of having obese cricketers in national setup its not going to improve anytime soon

 

[Yasir_ch]

Very good first over by Shaheen here.Should have had the wicket of usman

 

[Yasir_ch]

LOL Faulkner.He is not good enough.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Why there's no fake crowd noise?

 

[Extra_Cover]

Faulkner looks unrecognisable and I wonder what he is still doing in cricket. 2015 was a long time back.

 

[silentkiller187]

LOL Faulkner.He is not good enough.

On what basis or in comparison with whom

 

[shamaan]

Good response

 

[Saj]

Haris Rauf's fielding has been really poor for a while.

Terrible drop by him earlier.

 

[silentkiller187]

Good response

Probably trying to steal an over and maybe a wicket which they have done so, hasn’t been to expensive so tactics worked so far

 

[silentkiller187]

Let’s see what rohail can do, built some hype on this forum let’s see if he performs

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Is it just me or islu batting line up look's really mediocre?

 

[Extra_Cover]

Surprisingly the wicket looks nice to bat on.

 

[Poison]

Uzzie (could prove me wrong) will really struggle to score runs on these wickets. Just gives the impression he never wants to dig in when the going is tough (bar *that* Dubai knock)

 

[Rana]

Faulkner is only 31! I thought he was like 37-38 the way he doesnt seem to feature at all for Australia or IPL anymore

 

[Firebat]

Rohail comes in at #3 and goes in 5 balls

 

[Saj]

Some very ordinary batting by IU so far.

Slog or bust approach.

Looking rusty.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Very sloppy and poor from Isb so far. With Shadab at 4 worrying signs for Isb.

 

[silentkiller187]

No wonder why azam khan has gone past rohail in the pecking order, very ordinary

 

[sharmaji]

If Shadab does well at no 4, will that help him get a chance to bat higher in Pak T20 team ?

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Well i have notice one thing about shadab batting.. he has beaten lots of fly's with his bat .

 

[silentkiller187]

If Shadab does well at no 4, will that help him get a chance to bat higher in Pak T20 team ?

Hope not, for Pakistan’s sake

 

[Saj]

Wicket looks a bit 2 paced at times.

Lower targets expected, so teams will need to think about their approach especially at the start of the innings.

 

[silentkiller187]

People were mocking Faulkner. This is what you call experience it’s not always about pace. Much better than most that pak has to offer.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Hahaha wanna be smith

 

[Saj]

Clueless batting from IU.

Trying to hit everything out the ground on a wicket that isn't allowing for such shots at the moment.

 

[sharmaji]

Yeah, I don't think he will be a good no.4 either. He could play well at 6/7.

Hope not, for Pakistan’s sake

 

[Walawalkar]

Wow Faulkner

 

[Firebat]

If our cricketers were good at catching, Islamabad would have already lost their top 4, in the first 32 balls of the match. Won't be a high scoring game

 

[Extra_Cover]

Isb with some classic self-explosion mode. Faulkner must be thinking he is bowling great atm.

 

[Major]

Chacha ifti is here

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Really poor pitch.
As expected uae disaster for pak batsmen

 

[UzmanBeast]

is the match being broadcasted for free on facebook? I heard PCB did sign a deal with Facebook. Dont know if its paid or free

Unfortunately it is paid. I can't find any other place to livestream the match. PCB should have kept the YouTube Livestream for convenience.

 

[sharmaji]

Iftikhar Ahmed, Rashid Khan, James Faulkner and Haris Rauf look 2-3 years older than their official age.

 

[Saj]

Shadab at 4 really?

I'm not sure that is very wise.

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Saj]

Mediocre innings from Khawaja - looked like he was struggling to time the ball.

 

[Ahmed216]

No surprises the batting has been poor

 

[b.lesner]

Today's teams:

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How did Mohammad faizan get a go ahead of Agha Salman

And Islu playing with 2 and half foreign players

 

[Titan24]

As expected LQ’s bowling lineup delivering and IUs batting after early departure of openers struggling so far.

 

[Rafa]

Very sluggish Islamabad innings so far. Hope the Famous finisher takes Islamabad to a respectable total.

 

[imshally81]

Please hit Rashid.. .

 

[wajid]

There is some firepower down the order for Islamabad. Can get a decent total here

 

[imshally81]

Iftikhar gone

 

[Rafa]

Chacha gone.

 

[Yasir_ch]

Here comes the "Josh" butler

 

[silentkiller187]

I’ve seen more from asif Ali in that one shot then his whole pakistani career

 

[shamaan]

Rashid is a genius

 

[shamaan]

LQ Bowling is the best in the tournament

 

[Saj]

Husain Talat looked like he had never seen Rashid Khan bowl.

Looked absolutely clueless.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Wondering how all these hacks/frauds end's up in same team??

 

[AAli98]

Best batsman (Hasan Ali) yet to bat.. paks best 2 hitters Fakhar & Hasan

 

[marlonbrowndo]

This leg of the PSL is a completely different tournament

 

[silentkiller187]

IU tailender are better than their actual batsmen

 

[Rana]

Do PCB hire the cheapest pitch curator when they are using the UAE as a home venue?

 

[Rana]

150 and IU will be in the game big time, most likely they will win

 

[Rafa]

PSL part in Pakistan was so exciting, every match going down to the wire and teams chasing in the end.

This looks like completely opposite to the spectacle we saw before.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Best batsman (Hasan Ali) yet to bat.. paks best 2 hitters Fakhar & Hasan

Shadab
Ifti
Talat
Faheem
The Great Asif ali

 

[Rana]

Need to rotate the strike. IU are not trying to do this at all

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Do PCB hire the cheapest pitch curator when they are using the UAE as a home venue?

Or do they even ?

 

[Rana]

Countdown to Asif Ali providing a soft catch to long on or long off....

even though he can see the ball very well and has more time than others with his batting!

 

[Rana]

Ben Dunk having a shocker behind the stumps!

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Countdown to Asif Ali providing a soft catch to long on or long off....

even though he can see the ball very well and has more time than others with his batting!

Now ..
14.3 asif ali hauled this into long on went sky high.. has to go

 

[imshally81]

Asif Ali gone

 

[silentkiller187]

Professor showing the youngsters how it’s done

 

[Rana]

Asif Ali gone! What a waste of a cricketer!

 

[Firebat]

The Islamabad batting only starts (and ends) with Hassan Ali.