Lahore Qalandars (197/6) defeat Islamabad United (131/9) by 66 runs in Match 27 of PSL 7

[Last Monetarist]

Lahore are already through to the knockout round, while Islamabad are virtually through barring a miracle turnaround in the net run-rate by Quetta Gladiators.

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Squads:

Lahore Qalandars:

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

Islamabad United:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Muhammad Akhlaq, Shadab Khan(c), Liam Dawson, Azam Khan(w), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Waqas Maqsood, Zeeshan Zameer, Colin Munro, Marchant de Lange, Zafar Gohar, Muhammad Musa, Zahir Khan, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Huraira, Athar Mahmood, Mubasir Khan

Points Table:



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[James]

Should be a good watch.

 

[Rana]

Who does the scheduling? There was a double header yesterday on a weekday but one match on the weekend

 

[James]

Double header back on tomorrow [MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION]

 

[FollowThru]

Watch out for Abdullah Shafique.
He's frequently failed to cross the threshold but his brief stay at crease against KK indicated that he's now willing to take a leap of faith.

Can sense a big innings coming from him today.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Who does the scheduling? There was a double header yesterday on a weekday but one match on the weekend

If I recall correctly Lahore has holiday on Friday unlike Karachi (on Sunday).

 

[Last Monetarist]

If I recall correctly Lahore has holiday on Friday unlike Karachi (on Sunday).

Nope, the weekend in Lahore is the same as Karachi or any major city in Pakistan. Friday is a full working day.

 

[Alamgeer]

Abdullah shafiq dropped for Rana Sohail Akhter.

 

[PakEngFan]

Abdullah shafiq dropped for Rana Sohail Akhter.

Won’t be watching this rubbish. Pathetic from the management and Shaheen.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Shaheen wins the toss and elects to bat first.

Teams:

 

[Last Monetarist]

Islamabad make a late change as Hassan Ali got injured after the toss, Lahore have allowed them to draft in Marchant de Lange as replacement.

 

[Rana]

Won’t be watching this rubbish. Pathetic from the management and Shaheen.

Correct decision

Tuk Tuk mentality batsmen only survive up to an extent as openers

 

[Rana]

Another Tuk Tuk player gone

 

[Rana]

Rana Steyn Ashraf

 

[cricketerB94]

Bad luck continues with LQ this season again. Their team is good, and it was good last year. This year, the players are not performing up to their potential. Last year, their main players - Fakhar, Hafeez and Dunk- were out of form.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Islamabad make a late change as Hassan Ali got injured after the toss, Lahore have allowed them to draft in Marchant de Lange as replacement.

The Match Referee, Roshan Mahanama, allowed Islamabad to make the late change applying rule 1.2.1 of the playing conditions.

 

[PakEngFan]

Correct decision

Tuk Tuk mentality batsmen only survive up to an extent as openers

He’s already achieved more then the player he’s been replaced with.

 

[PakEngFan]

Lol at people wanting Waseem over Faheem.

 

[Savak]

Good recovery by Lahore after being 3 down for nothing

 

[PakEngFan]

Good recovery by Lahore after being 3 down for nothing

Thanks to waseem bowling a pathetic over.

 

[Justcrazy]

125 . 4

33 balls to go

 

[PakEngFan]

Waseem to the recuse again.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lahore should be targeting 190 here at least , they way they are placed here

 

[Justcrazy]

SIXXX

solid start to the over

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Dawson strikes , IU strike at crucial stage

 

[shamaan]

LQ have recovered very well

 

[Justcrazy]

This is going to be interesting chase.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Islamabad has given the most important fielding position to their most unfit player.

 

[PakEngFan]

Outstanding innings by Harry Brook. Very Impressive.

 

[PakEngFan]

Islamabad has given the most important fielding position to their most unfit player.

They have an awful bowling line up.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Great hundred by Brooks. Very impressive.

 

[liam26]

Whose Harry Brook, got a ton here.

 

[Ahmed216]

Seems rana ji has matured a bit

 

[Justcrazy]

Big chase for IU here , it will be very interesting

 

[Justcrazy]

Gubraz has played a good cameo here so far

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Gurbaz gone

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Shaheen is beast new ball bowler , two wickets in two balls !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

United need 154 runs in 96 balls.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Time to see if Azam can hit Rashid like he did Afridi and other spinners

 

[PakEngFan]

Lol people want Faheem out for waseem. Faheem looks a tendulkar in front of waseem. I said multiple times waseem jr is no better then a 9 or 10.

 

[Justcrazy]

United need 132 runs in 72 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lahore have picked wickets at regular intervals

 

[as-95]

Who was in charge of the draft for Islamabad? Team looks horrible. Batting looks toothless... Bowling average too. Surprised they've performed better than Karachi.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Who was in charge of the draft for Islamabad? Team looks horrible. Batting looks toothless... Bowling average too. Surprised they've performed better than Karachi.

They had an ATG line up at the start.

Hales
Stirling
Munro
Shadab
Asif
Azam

Proper gun line up was drafted.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate is over 14 now

 

[PakPremi]

There seem to be many Pakistani bowlers better than Waseem. Both Dhani and Waseem have been quite disappointing this time around.

 

[as-95]

They had an ATG line up at the start.

Hales
Stirling
Munro
Shadab
Asif
Azam

Proper gun line up was drafted.

hales left for IPL
shadab injury.

what happened to the rest. Dont mention Azam in here lol. Pretty much a tailender LOL.

 

[PakPremi]

Asif Ali should have batted before Danish and there was no point swnding Waseem as a pinch hitter whwn they were ahead of run rate,and hust needed someone to stay in and keep scoreboard ticking at good rate.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

hales left for IPL
shadab injury.

what happened to the rest. Dont mention Azam in here lol. Pretty much a tailender LOL.

Stirling left for international duty (this was known at the start).

I think munro and shadab are injured.

They have went from a tier 1 batting lineup to a minnow level now.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lahore bowling is too strong to chase anything over 175

 

[cricketerB94]

Lahore bowling is too strong to chase anything over 175

Lol. I think they are the only team who could not defend more than 200 twice this season.

 

[PakPremi]

IU are missing Shadab as bowler,batsman and captain. Big loss as he was pretty good in all three till he got injured.

 

[PakPremi]

Afridi is bowling with good controls as he is maturing as a player. He can also beome good captain.

 

[Hassaan HS]

Harry Book produced a sensational unbeaten century as Lahore Qalandars further consolidated their number-two spot in the HBL Pakistan Super League 7 with a crushing 66-run win over Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Saturday night.

The 22 year-old England batter Brook (player of the match) scored the maiden T20 century of his young career with a series of scintillating shots that brought rich entertainment for the vociferous - packed to capacity home crowd that backed the home side with incredible passion.

Brook came into bat with the Qalandars in a spot of bother at 12 for three with Phil Salt (2), Kamran Ghulam (0) and Mohammad Hafeez (2) back in the dugout inside the first 15 balls of the match.

But Brook was unfazed as he started the repair work with the leading run-getter of the tournament Fakhar Zaman (51 off 41 balls, four fours, one six). The duo added 101 runs for the fourth-wicket in a mere 63 balls. Fakhar registered his sixth 50-plus score of the season. The left-hander took his runs tally for the HBL PSL 7 to 521 before falling to Zahir Khan.

Brook reached his 100 off 48 balls and finished unbeaten on 102 (49 balls, 10 fours, five sixes) with Qalandars posting 197 for six in their 20 overs.

Faheem Ashraf who took two early wickets for United finished with three wickets for 28 in his four overs, he was the most successful United bowler in an otherwise Brook dominated Qalandars innings.

Meanwhile United’s heavy defeat has done considerable damage to their net run-rate and has provided Gladiators an outside chance of qualifying as the fourth team in the play-offs if they beat Karachi Kings tomorrow and United suffer another heavy defeat in their last group match (Peshawar Zalmi) which is also a part of the Sunday double-header.

Other performers

United had pinned their hopes on Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a quick start, the Afghanistan opener hit two fours and a six in his 20 off 11 balls before falling to Shaheen Shah Afridi. The Qalandars skipper then dismissed the other opener Mubasir Khan on the next ball as United were set on the back foot.

Liam Dawson contributed 31 off 26 balls before falling to Qalandars in-form speedster Zaman Khan. United never got going after the early hiccups and kept losing wickets at regular intervals in their mammoth chase. Danish Aziz scored an unbeaten 30 but that only helped United reduce the margin of their defeat. United finished their 20 overs at 131 for nine.

Leg-spinner Rashid Khan signed-off for the Qalandars for the HBL PSL 7 season with two wickets for 19 in four overs. Shaheen, Zaman and Haris Rauf took two wickets each. Zaman, Qalandars emerging pick for the season has now taken his wickets tally for the tournament to 15.

Player of the match Harry Brook: “It was good fun to be out there and try post a good score for the team. I have always said that I want to be a match winner and bat in the hardest situations. It is good fun, the crowd last few games has been phenomenal and it is great fun to play in front of them, these have been one of the biggest crowds I have played in front of and I have really enjoyed the experience.”

Scores in brief:

Lahore Qalandars 197 for 6, 20 overs (Harry Brook 102 not out, Fakhar Zaman 51; Faheem Ashraf 3-28)

Islamabad United 131 for 9, 20 overs (Liam Dawson 31, Danish Aziz 30; Rashid Khan 2-19, Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-28)

 

[BunnyRabbit]

IU team is currently worse than national t20 cup teams or around at par with Abbotabad Falcons or Hyderabad Hawks.

 

[James]

Updated PSL points table:

 

[MenInG]

Highlights

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