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Lahore Qalandars (226/5) thrash Islamabad United (107) by 119 runs in Match 26 of PSL8
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Losing his wicket.
Rana
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If IU can’t chase 220 here (they like to chase)
They ain’t chasing 180 against LQ in Lahore either
Lahore are set to be champions once again
They ain’t chasing 180 against LQ in Lahore either
Lahore are set to be champions once again
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Poor foorwork by mubasir
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Rashid Khan is a beast in the middle overs. No wonder he is golden in Franchise leagues all over the world.
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Shadab had the right idea against Rashid
You can’t pick him. Just get one knee down and swing for the fences
You can’t pick him. Just get one knee down and swing for the fences
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Useless Mubasir departs again. Its been 2 years of psl for him, and he hasnt even been ordinary. Kia dekha hai isme logo ne, who have hyped him to the moon on this forum? He is even worse than the likes of kamran ghulam/tayyab tahir/hussain talat types. Hope he gets dropped for good.
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From Islamabad United:
Azam Khan sustained an injury on the ring finger of his left hand.
He will not be available to bat in the second innings of the PSL Match 26, against Lahore Qalandars.
Azam Khan sustained an injury on the ring finger of his left hand.
He will not be available to bat in the second innings of the PSL Match 26, against Lahore Qalandars.
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Shaheen taking great care of his body with that dive in a dead rubber
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Frustrating to see teams take risks against Rashid Khan in the middle overs, why not just see him out and go after the other bowlers?
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IU completely hammered here
Islamabad officially have the largest amount of useless overhyped players in Pakistan:
asif ali
Faheem ashraf
Wasim jnr
Hassan Ali
And put shadab in that mix too.
Absolute clowns - all of them.
In a couple of years Azam Khan will join that list too.
asif ali
Faheem ashraf
Wasim jnr
Hassan Ali
And put shadab in that mix too.
Absolute clowns - all of them.
In a couple of years Azam Khan will join that list too.
Justcrazy
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4 for 21 in four overs on a pitch that had produced centuries in three consecutive innings. Take a bow Rashid Khan.
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Lahore bowling is too good. I will be surprised if they do not play the finals.
Replace Shadab with Hasan Ali. Shadab can bat and bowl reasonably well and is a gun fielder.
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The LQ kit is too similar to IU kit. Why can’t they use home and away kits??
What an eyesore
What an eyesore
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This is the last wicket , Azam Khan will not bat because of injury.
Exactly
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It’s ISLU’s home kit and LQ’s away kit.
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Without KK in playoffs, I don’t see any team stopping LQ from winning this season.
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So now IU won’t go easy on PZ
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Shaheen Shah Afridi | Lahore captain: Fakhar played a brilliant innings, credit to him, whenever he scores big we win. We have belief in our bowling that we can defend. We were talking in the huddle before we went out, that we have 130 to defend and we went about with that mindset. It happens in the game, Haris is a good fielder [on Haris dropping a return catch]. We will look to give bench players a go and give the main players a rest for the next game.
Fakhar Zaman | Player of the Match: When I was dropped on 1 I knew it was my day. The wicket was good for the first 10 overs, then it played a bit slower. I told Billings also if we stay till the end, we can make a big score. I decided to attack Shadab because he is the one who can get you out. Any opener who scores runs in T20 games helps the team to a big score, I'm lucky when I score Lahore win. Think so, even when we play domestically here, you get scores of 350-400 in 50-over cricket. Credit to the curator for making such kind of pitches.
Shadab Khan | Islamabad captain: Catches win matches and from there they got the momentum. Fakhar outclassed us after that drop. As I said previously as well, we are not a bowling side that will concede 200 every game. The chase was not easy against their bowling team and if you regularly concede 200, then it's hard. In the playoffs, a lot of things will change and hopefully the result also goes our way.
Zaman Khan: I want to thank Allah first of all. Lahore supported me a lot, it's like a family, I get to learn a lot from Shaheen bhai and Haris bhai. Shaheen bhai told me tonight to win the game and bowl length balls. The balls were skidding on and there was swing on offer as well.
Fakhar Zaman | Player of the Match: When I was dropped on 1 I knew it was my day. The wicket was good for the first 10 overs, then it played a bit slower. I told Billings also if we stay till the end, we can make a big score. I decided to attack Shadab because he is the one who can get you out. Any opener who scores runs in T20 games helps the team to a big score, I'm lucky when I score Lahore win. Think so, even when we play domestically here, you get scores of 350-400 in 50-over cricket. Credit to the curator for making such kind of pitches.
Shadab Khan | Islamabad captain: Catches win matches and from there they got the momentum. Fakhar outclassed us after that drop. As I said previously as well, we are not a bowling side that will concede 200 every game. The chase was not easy against their bowling team and if you regularly concede 200, then it's hard. In the playoffs, a lot of things will change and hopefully the result also goes our way.
Zaman Khan: I want to thank Allah first of all. Lahore supported me a lot, it's like a family, I get to learn a lot from Shaheen bhai and Haris bhai. Shaheen bhai told me tonight to win the game and bowl length balls. The balls were skidding on and there was swing on offer as well.
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Fakhar Zaman punished Islamabad United for letting him off twice by belting a swashbuckling century that earned defending champions Lahore Qalandars a place in the 15 March HBL PSL 8 Qualifier in Lahore with a thumping 119 runs victory in front of another full-house at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Fakhar made the best of the dropped catches at two (by Asif Ali off Hasan Ali) and 72 (by Hasan Ali off Shadab Khan) to score 115, his second HBL PSL century, as Lahore Qalandars posted 226 for five after electing to bat first.
Islamabad United, which has already qualified for the play-offs, had no chance against a world-class Lahore Qalandars bowling attack after they managed 50 for two in the PowerPlay overs before Rashid Khan ran through the middle-order on way to figures of four for 21 as the home side was spun out for 107 in 15.1 overs with Azam Khan absent hurt after injuring his left hand while keeping wickets.
The 119-run defeat was the heaviest in the history of HBL PSL, while it was Lahore Qalandars’ second successive victory over Islamabad United by a margin of over 100 runs. The champions had recorded a 110-run victory at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Lahore Qalandars’ opponent on 15 March at the Gaddafi Stadium will be decided on Sunday in Rawalpindi when Islamabad United will take on Peshawar Zalmi at 2pm. Meanwhile, Friday’s winner between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans will become the third side to qualify for the play-off, with the winner of Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans match in Rawalpindi on Saturday will complete the play-offs line-up.
Returning to their tested and successful winning formula of batting first, Lahore Qalandars lost an in-form Abdullah Shafique on the third ball before Fakhar Zaman and Kamran Ghulam stitched a 122-run second wicket partnership off 62 balls to put the defending champions back on track.
The partnership ended when Kamran perished after scoring a 30-ball 41 with four fours and two sixes. At that stage, Fakhar found another depending ally in Sam Billings as the two batters added 70 off 43 for the third wicket. Lahore Qalandars did well to collect 72 runs in the final five overs after they were 122 for one at the halfway stage.
The star of Lahore Qalandars’ imposing 226 for five was Fakhar Zaman, who destroyed Islamabad United bowlers with his trademark and signature shots to walk away with the player of the match award.
Fakhar, who was dropped on the fourth ball he faced by Asif Ali in the first slip, drove elegantly, pulled convincingly and slog-swept emphatically to send Islamabad United bowlers on a never-ending leather hunt.
Fakhar’s 57-ball 115 included eight fours and eight sixes. His first 50 runs came off 24 balls with six fours and two sixes, while his second 50 runs came off 26 balls with two fours and four sixes. It required an excellent catch by Mohammad Wasim at deep backward square leg off Hasan Ali to terminate Fakhar’s onslaught that thoroughly entertained an excited and jubilant crowd.
Fazalhaq Farooqi, who dismissed Abdullah Shafique in the first over, added the scalps of Billings and David Wiese to finish with figures of three for 40.
In their chase, Islamabad United started aggressively but it was a very brief period where they looked like in some sort of control. The dismissal of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (15) and Colin Munro (11) off Zaman Khan inside the PowerPlay with Azam Khan unavailable to bat meant it was just the delay of the inevitable.
Wrist spinner Rashid Khan sealed Islamabad United’s fate when he accounted for Shadab Khan (12), Mubasir Khan (3), Asif Ali (7) and Faheem Ashraf 4) before Haris Rauf returned to account for Hasan Ali (18) and Mohammad Wasim (8) to wrap up a comfortable win for the title-favourites.
Scores in brief
Match 26 – Lahore Qalandars beat Islamabad United by 119 runs
Lahore Qalandars 226-5, 20 overs (Fakhar Zaman 115, Kamran Ghulam 41, Sam Billings 32; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-40)
Islamabad United 107 all out, 15.1 overs (Alex Hales 18, Hassan Ali 18; Rashid Khan 4-21, Haris Rauf 2-16, Zaman Khan 2-17)
Player of the Match – Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
Fakhar made the best of the dropped catches at two (by Asif Ali off Hasan Ali) and 72 (by Hasan Ali off Shadab Khan) to score 115, his second HBL PSL century, as Lahore Qalandars posted 226 for five after electing to bat first.
Islamabad United, which has already qualified for the play-offs, had no chance against a world-class Lahore Qalandars bowling attack after they managed 50 for two in the PowerPlay overs before Rashid Khan ran through the middle-order on way to figures of four for 21 as the home side was spun out for 107 in 15.1 overs with Azam Khan absent hurt after injuring his left hand while keeping wickets.
The 119-run defeat was the heaviest in the history of HBL PSL, while it was Lahore Qalandars’ second successive victory over Islamabad United by a margin of over 100 runs. The champions had recorded a 110-run victory at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Lahore Qalandars’ opponent on 15 March at the Gaddafi Stadium will be decided on Sunday in Rawalpindi when Islamabad United will take on Peshawar Zalmi at 2pm. Meanwhile, Friday’s winner between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans will become the third side to qualify for the play-off, with the winner of Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans match in Rawalpindi on Saturday will complete the play-offs line-up.
Returning to their tested and successful winning formula of batting first, Lahore Qalandars lost an in-form Abdullah Shafique on the third ball before Fakhar Zaman and Kamran Ghulam stitched a 122-run second wicket partnership off 62 balls to put the defending champions back on track.
The partnership ended when Kamran perished after scoring a 30-ball 41 with four fours and two sixes. At that stage, Fakhar found another depending ally in Sam Billings as the two batters added 70 off 43 for the third wicket. Lahore Qalandars did well to collect 72 runs in the final five overs after they were 122 for one at the halfway stage.
The star of Lahore Qalandars’ imposing 226 for five was Fakhar Zaman, who destroyed Islamabad United bowlers with his trademark and signature shots to walk away with the player of the match award.
Fakhar, who was dropped on the fourth ball he faced by Asif Ali in the first slip, drove elegantly, pulled convincingly and slog-swept emphatically to send Islamabad United bowlers on a never-ending leather hunt.
Fakhar’s 57-ball 115 included eight fours and eight sixes. His first 50 runs came off 24 balls with six fours and two sixes, while his second 50 runs came off 26 balls with two fours and four sixes. It required an excellent catch by Mohammad Wasim at deep backward square leg off Hasan Ali to terminate Fakhar’s onslaught that thoroughly entertained an excited and jubilant crowd.
Fazalhaq Farooqi, who dismissed Abdullah Shafique in the first over, added the scalps of Billings and David Wiese to finish with figures of three for 40.
In their chase, Islamabad United started aggressively but it was a very brief period where they looked like in some sort of control. The dismissal of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (15) and Colin Munro (11) off Zaman Khan inside the PowerPlay with Azam Khan unavailable to bat meant it was just the delay of the inevitable.
Wrist spinner Rashid Khan sealed Islamabad United’s fate when he accounted for Shadab Khan (12), Mubasir Khan (3), Asif Ali (7) and Faheem Ashraf 4) before Haris Rauf returned to account for Hasan Ali (18) and Mohammad Wasim (8) to wrap up a comfortable win for the title-favourites.
Scores in brief
Match 26 – Lahore Qalandars beat Islamabad United by 119 runs
Lahore Qalandars 226-5, 20 overs (Fakhar Zaman 115, Kamran Ghulam 41, Sam Billings 32; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-40)
Islamabad United 107 all out, 15.1 overs (Alex Hales 18, Hassan Ali 18; Rashid Khan 4-21, Haris Rauf 2-16, Zaman Khan 2-17)
Player of the Match – Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
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What if LQ have to chase 200 in finals? Easy win for IU
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That’s up to Shadab if he wants to still chase
He's a test match prospect and possibly in odis no one has hyped him up in this format.
Attack who they have a complete bowling line up.
LQ will lose if they are asked to bat second. They have yet to win a match chasing.
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Well, as long as Shaheen doesn’t bat at 6 when chasing they have a better chance
