Lahore Qalandars [168/7] reach PSL 7 final with stunning 6-run victory over Islamabad United [162]

[MenInG]

Islamabad on the rise, Lahore desperate to make amends for many years of disappointments...The stage is set for a mega thriller.

Winner gets a berth in the final to play against Multan Sultans

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Squads:

Lahore Qalandars Squad: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hafeez, Harry Brook, Samit Patel, Philip Salt(w), David Wiese, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Ben Dunk, Fawad Ahmed, Dean Foxcroft, Matty Potts, Sohail Akhtar, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Maaz Khan, Akif Javed, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ahmed Daniyal, Syed Faridoun

Islamabad United Squad: Will Jacks, Alex Hales, Shadab Khan(c), Azam Khan(w), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Liam Dawson, Hasan Ali, Athar Mahmood, Zahid Mahmood, Waqas Maqsood, Marchant de Lange, Zafar Gohar, Nasir Nawaz, Muhammad Musa, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Huraira, Zeeshan Zameer, Muhammad Akhlaq, Mubasir Khan

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[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which side will win Eliminator 2 between Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvIU</a></p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/status/1497163563563167779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[Major]

Due to rain lahore might qualify..... High chance for the game to be abandoned and lahore being higher on the table going through.....

Also hearing thay paul stirling is back in pakistan

 

[MenInG]

Due to rain lahore might qualify..... High chance for the game to be abandoned and lahore being higher on the table going through.....

Also hearing thay paul stirling is back in pakistan

Irish batter Paul Stirling has once again rejoined Islamabad United and is available for tonight's HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season Eliminator 2 against Lahore Qalandars.

A relaxation of Covid rules sees the Irishmen immediately eligible to compete upon arrival in Pakistan as soon as he registers a negative PCR test. Earlier, the PCB had stated that anyone arriving from outside Pakistan would have to quarantine for three days before being allowed to play.

Stirling played the first five games of the HBL PSL 7 for United before leaving for international duty, a quadrangular series and the World Cup qualifiers.

He's the second high-profile returnee for Islamabad United who initially left the bio-bubble. England batter Alex Hales departed early citing the mental fatigue of bio-bubbles, before returning for Thursday's Eliminator against Peshawar Zalmi, with his contribution to United's victory earning him the player of the match award.

https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/n...amabad-united-available-for-tonights-eliminat

 

[MenInG]

 

[FollowThru]

In my experience, weather apps are good only for Temperature and not much reliable for rain, particularly when predicted % is in 20s and 30s.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

I am hoping Qalandar boys to win this. MS vs LQ will be a cracking final.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Hopefully Lahore bat first so we can see some entertainment with the bat before Shaheen the Eagle wrecks havoc in the Islamabad batting line up.

 

[Major]

Hopefully Lahore bat first so we can see some entertainment with the bat before Shaheen the Eagle wrecks havoc in the Islamabad batting line up.

ur first post in the thread always comes back to bite back.. First the Alex hales one now this.

Lets see what happens today

 

[YousafTheBeast]

ur first post in the thread always comes back to bite back.. First the Alex hales one now this.

Lets see what happens today

Very rarely am I ever wrong twice.

 

[Rana]

LQ’s best chance is to bat first and to play Phil Salt as an opener

 

[PakEngFan]

LQ’s best chance is to bat first and to play Phil Salt as an opener

The only reason why salt is playing due to him being a foreigner. If a Pakistani wicket keeper put on a performance like his he would have been dropped long ago.

 

[Rana]

Can’t wait to watch some of the Pak players on display in this thriller.

Fakhar
Shadab
Asif
Azam
Hassan
Rauf
Shaheen

Really exciting players

 

[Rana]

Uncle Hafeez possibly playing his last ever PSL game. He needs to deliver today if Lahore are reluctantly chasing! Wiese and others have failed to rescue them this season

 

[Major]

Can’t wait to watch some of the Pak players on display in this thriller.

Fakhar
Shadab
Asif
Azam
Hassan
Rauf
Shaheen

Really exciting players

watch out for athar mehmood

 

[Major]

Shaheens captaincy just got exposed.


Batting first on a pitch and ground where they pitch was wet and would suit the bowlers.. Terrible stuff from Shaheen Afridi, shows his inexperience in reading pitch

 

[pakistani pride]

Rain?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Shaheens captaincy just got exposed.


Batting first on a pitch and ground where they pitch was wet and would suit the bowlers.. Terrible stuff from Shaheen Afridi, shows his inexperience in reading pitch

Islu fans already getting jittery, Shaheen looking to give the fans what they want, a game that lasts 40 overs and not 10.

 

[shamaan]

Good Decision by Shaheen to bat first.

 

[Firebat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and opted to bat against Islamabad United in the PSL 7 Eliminator 2! <br><br>Stirling and Wasim Jr come in for ISLU, while LQ are unchanged.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvIU</a> <a href="https://t.co/cdAfrrD2NW">pic.twitter.com/cdAfrrD2NW</a></p>— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/PakPassion/status/1497212693576572933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[Major]

Islu fans already getting jittery, Shaheen looking to give the fans what they want, a game that lasts 40 overs and not 10.

umm its called reading the pitch.

The pitch is dark thus its wet and was never rolled. You roll a pitch when its dried. On a soft pitch the bowler has advantage and batsmen is at loss

 

[shamaan]

Come on Abdullah Perform !

 

[Firebat]

Shaheens captaincy just got exposed.


Batting first on a pitch and ground where they pitch was wet and would suit the bowlers.. Terrible stuff from Shaheen Afridi, shows his inexperience in reading pitch

I doubt Shaheen just went out to the toss and decided there and then to bat, must have been a thinktank decision.

 

[SM1989]

umm its called reading the pitch.

The pitch is dark thus its wet and was never rolled. You roll a pitch when its dried. On a soft pitch the bowler has advantage and batsmen is at loss

LQ's middle order have struggled in 2nd innings recently when there is scoreboard pressure. So good decision to bat I would say in a crunch game.

 

[Firebat]

Faheem Ashraf failed a fitness test, thus is replaced by Wasim Jr.

 

[asadee]

Faheem injured. What luck for Lahoris

 

[Rana]

Fakhar and Salt opening

 

[Rana]

Typical soft dismissal

 

[silentkiller187]

this is what happens when you go hard early, no thought process in that shot whatsoever big wicket for IU

 

[Major]

and fakahar is gone

 

[Major]

I doubt Shaheen just went out to the toss and decided there and then to bat, must have been a thinktank decision.

he is the captain, its his decision not thinkthanks

 

[Rana]

Fakhar is too double minded against spin

 

[silentkiller187]

IU been hugely boosted with return of hales and stirling have to be favorites now.

 

[Rana]

Terrible from LQ

Islamabad on fire now

 

[silentkiller187]

game set and match already?

 

[Major]

And this is why pitch report is impt. Lahore crumbling to a part timer

 

[Savak]

LQ kept on sticking with the mediocre Salt.

 

[ARK Rafay]

LQ kept on sticking with the mediocre Salt.

More like mediocre management

 

[Rana]

Kamran tuk tuk

 

[silentkiller187]

think tank strategy fair enough however anyone with an ounce of cricket knowledge knows just by taking one glance at the pitch they should have bowled first

 

[shamaan]

Should have batted hafeez at 4.

 

[SM1989]

think tank strategy fair enough however anyone with an ounce of cricket knowledge knows just by taking one glance at the pitch they should have bowled first

They took their record of chasing in lahore in the last few matches into account, which is fair enough.

 

[Rana]

Get to 170 still

 

[Rana]

That’s it Abdullah!

Maar puttar hor maar!!

 

[CricVet]

Lorio, very disappointed even being a Karachi fan. I hoped for a final between LQ and MS, but that sounds very unlikely now. LQ better get rid of Hales early or else, it would be a drubbing.

 

[ha5is12]

Abdullah shafique will have a long long career for pakistan in the 2 longer formats

 

[Rana]

Hor maar Abdullah!!

 

[shamaan]

What a shot shafique

 

[CricVet]

Shawa, maro marooo...make it a game!

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Come on, let's send Lahore out! They are such a lame team and their fans are irritating. We can do it(

 

[Ahmed216]

Good to see abdullah work on his technique so quickly. That bat is not coming across today it coming down straight.
Seriously good recovery from LQ this

 

[Firebat]

Wow this partnership between Shafique and Ghulam is unbelievable.

 

[Villager6964]

Abdullah coming on his own in this match.Good to see. He has decent talent.

 

[Villager6964]

Lahore Lahore ae.
Jit ke hi aawan ge.

 

[silentkiller187]

good partnership Lahore defo back in it thought they were down and out after 2 early wickets

 

[Ahmed216]

Abdullah on fire in a big match. Great signs

 

[ha5is12]

Excellent from Abdullah. Hopefully he takes that opening spot from Imam in one days

 

[Villager6964]

Hasan Ali being smashed in his first over.
Very poor T20 bowler.

 

[PakPremi]

Not even pinch of performance from Salt. Kamran a very useful player.

 

[Villager6964]

Abdullah didn't look bothered when they lost 2 quick wickets.

 

[Ahmed216]

They needed to play Shady carefully

 

[Villager6964]

Kamran Ghulam is only good for 20s and 30s.not good enough.

 

[Villager6964]

Somehow they have to score 175-180.
It looks a decent pitch to bat on

 

[Rana]

Come on Hafeez don’t bottle it and don’t slow it down!

 

[Omer2002]

Stupid shot from.Gulam...there is spin in this wicket shados first over was poor you cant take liberties. Lahore will miss Rashid big time

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Shafiq playing crucial innings under pressure.

 

[Rana]

180 would be good

 

[CricVet]

Kamran did his job. The foundation is restrengthened for a good total. Abdullah needs to stay.

 

[CricVet]

awful throw

 

[Firebat]

What a huge let off for Shafique, no chance Hafeez would have made that 2nd.

Bit too eager for that half century.

 

[Rana]

Hafeez killing the game again

 

[Firebat]

Partnership-breaker Shadab.

 

[Ahmed216]

Premeditated stroke leads to shafique's end. That should have been hit towards mid wicket.

 

[Mirpur express]

Hafeez comes in to & scores 7 of 9 to put pressure on Abdullah & the result is there !!! Clueless reading of the game !! Hafeez should call it a day

 

[CricVet]

Let see if the target can still be around 150-160 which IU should reach by 19th over.

 

[Firebat]

That's an amazing run-out, Maxwell stuff from Wasim Jr.

Glove-work from Azam was a little suspicious, maybe deserved a second look.

 

[FollowThru]

Every innings Prof has been involved in a run out. Sign of decline in game awareness.

 

[CricVet]

That's an amazing run-out, Maxwell stuff from Wasim Jr.

Glove-work from Azam was a little suspicious, maybe deserved a second look.

The ball still looked touching the gloves while popping out. Definitely out!

 

[CricVet]

Amazing how bablu was able to grab that ball. This fat man can dive.

 

[Rana]

80-2 in 10

124-5 in 17

44-3 in 7 overs!