Lahore Qalandars defeat Multan Sultans by 9 wickets to qualify for the semi-finals of PSL 5

[MenInG]

Lahore Qalandars Squad:Sohail Akhtar (c), Ben Dunk (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Samit Patel, David Wiese, Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Faizan, Dilbar Hussain, Haris Rauf, Usman Shinwari, Salman Irshad, Maaz Khan

Multan Sultans Squad:Zeeshan Ashraf (wk), Shan Masood (c), Rohail Nazir, Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Ali Shafiq, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Usman Qadir, Bilawal Bhatti, Mohammad Ilyas

 

[MenInG]

Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and will bowl first

 

[ataullah]

No Afridi, tahir and tanvir. Good for qalandars

 

[Shoaibbtt]

No Afridi, tahir and tanvir. Good for qalandars

I expected this would happen. They’ve got a tight schedule so best give them rest.

 

[ataullah]

Seems like not many people interested now with empty stadium. It's so sad considering how great it was

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Fakhar Zaman, Sohail Akhtar (capt), Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Farzan Raja, Dilber Hussain


wats multan XI?

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Seems like not many people interested now with empty stadium. It's so sad considering how great it was

The last 2 games were crackers even without the crowd.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Fakhar Zaman, Sohail Akhtar (capt), Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Farzan Raja, Dilber Hussain


wats multan XI?

Moeen Ali, Shan Masood (c), Zeeshan ashraf (wk), Asad Shafiq, Ravi bopara, Junaid Khan, usman Qadir, ali shafiq, khushdil Shah, rohail nazir, bilawal bhatti

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I reckon has chose wisely to bowl first. Multan XI in terms of batting looks weak

 

[Rellu_Katta]

really? Multan sultan and Karachi kings have been abs shameless in terms of providing youngsters any chances

and now to finsih it, the idiots have brought in the great ASAD SHAFIQ in their team

are these guys proper gutter-eaters....

i am abs fumed at this selection.... hope they lose in an insulting way today and in the smies

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Shaheen is not 100 percent today.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

And wow what a beautiful yorker.

 

[Mamoon]

And some people wanted Moeen to captain Multan. He is a joke of a player. No wonder his international career is almost over.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

really? Multan sultan and Karachi kings have been abs shameless in terms of providing youngsters any chances

and now to finsih it, the idiots have brought in the great ASAD SHAFIQ in their team

are these guys proper gutter-eaters....

i am abs fumed at this selection.... hope they lose in an insulting way today and in the smies

They needed to bring in someone useless, so who’s more useless than asad shafiq?

 

[last_knight]

Is it only me or anyone also finds Hafeez chucking ?

 

[Rellu_Katta]

They needed to bring in someone useless, so who’s more useless than asad shafiq?

could have brought in like of Harris-the u-19 middle order player, abs pleasure to watch
or even huraira, the u19 opener
of the best Harris Sohail or Abid Ali

 

[Danyaalr01]

So if LQ win, QG are officially out of the tournament. Even if they beat KK I don't see them getting their NRR good enough to beat PZ.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

And some people wanted Moeen to captain Multan. He is a joke of a player. No wonder his international career is almost over.

Moeen was on fire prior to this tournament in SA plus Moeen is a guy you want with how he’s led his team to victory in at least 2 english county championships

 

[Danyaalr01]

How quick is Shaheen bowling?

 

[Shoaibbtt]

So if LQ win, QG are officially out of the tournament. Even if they beat KK I don't see them getting their NRR good enough to beat PZ.

Yep if lahore win they’ll finish on 3 and yea no chance QG will surpass zalmi with their NRR.

 

[PakPremi]

Shan Masood has not only led well as captain but is also showing good intelligence as a batsman.

 

[Omer2002]

The team Lahore have now my predictions are that if they win they will go on to win the tournament

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Rubbish piece of fielding from fakhar.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

could have brought in like of Harris-the u-19 middle order player, abs pleasure to watch
or even huraira, the u19 opener
of the best Harris Sohail or Abid Ali

Huraira was someone I was very impressed with as well. Harris was also a good lower order power hitting allrounder.

 

[Abdullah719]

So if LQ win, QG are officially out of the tournament. Even if they beat KK I don't see them getting their NRR good enough to beat PZ.

I think QG need to beat KK by around 150 runs. Or chase 100 in ~3 overs.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

So far so trash from rauf

 

[sweep_shot]

LQ can go through even if they lose.

MS should win this easily.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Lovely simple stuff from Weise!!! Go on big lad!!!

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Goodbye to the useless shafiq

 

[PakPremi]

Oh dear Shafiq that was the only match he was going to get to play. Poor on Multan not selecting a promising youngster instead.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Oh dear Shafiq that was the only match he was going to get to play. Poor on Multan not selecting a promising youngster instead.

You better off sending Ali Shafiq

 

[ammar_merry]

haris getting phainti from hack

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Rubbish absolute gund from Haris

 

[Mueez]

That yorker from Shaheen...

 

[b.lesner]

Rubbish absolute gund from Haris

Brilliant batting instead

 

[Omer2002]

Haris has been abs rubbish this tournment he mit
Ight even lose his place in pak team forget wahab and amir to come back

 

[PakPremi]

Not a big fan of khushdil but he deserves more chances than Asif Ali got.

 

[b.lesner]

haris getting phainti from hack

He isn't hack, his mind is far superior than hack.

 

[ammar_merry]

149.6 last ball

 

[last_knight]

Khushdil Shah control is 100% in this innings.And according to some he is a hack.

 

[Rana]

Gun player!

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Dilbar bowls fast but he tries too much.He needs to settle down and bowl as fast he could.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Khushdil is a great finisher. He has potential. Happy to see him performing.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Khushdil is another grade B hack.He won't be able to do jack in international cricket.

 

[Abdullah719]

Rohail )

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Another wonderful Yorker by Shaheen.

 

[neonoir]

Khushdil the finisher we need at 6 in the T20 world cup. He averages 48 in list a with a strike rate of 99 with 8 centuries.

The clueless management have to select him, if they gave hack asif a chance surely khusdil deserves one.

 

[Mueez]

SHAHEEN.

You beauty.

 

[Energy]

Looks like it will be between Khushdil and Iftikhar on who to take as the middle order squad member.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Shaheen
Amir
Wahab
Hasnain
Haris/naseem

 

[ARK Rafay]

Looks like it will be between Khushdil and Iftikhar on who to take as the middle order squad member.

They should both be in the XI.

 

[ammar_merry]

Rauf lol

 

[Energy]

Haris has been absolutely rubbish in this PSL. Garbage bowling. Shows you how little success can make a desi mind go for a toss.

 

[ethan hunt]

Qalandars are destroying their own product.
Playing an injured Rauf continuously.

 

[ZamanFan]

Whatta bowl by Shaheen to gwt Rohail. Unplayable for 90% of world class batsmen. He is hitting 145+ clicks this season.

Best wicket of PSL, Reminds of Wasim Akram inswing toe crusher into the right hander and middle stump.

 

[ethan hunt]

Dilbar is an amazing talent. Just needs to cut down on the gimmicks and bowl fast Yorkers.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Haris has been woefully out of form.He is not 100 percent fit.

 

[Titan24]

Thats brutal stuff from Khushdil and poor from Haris

 

[Zeshan547]

Khushdil and our legendary captain has made sure this time again we won't make the cut.

 

[Mueez]

Whatta bowl by Shaheen to gwt Rohail. Unplayable for 90% of world class batsmen. He is hitting 145+ clicks this season.

Best wicket of PSL, Reminds of Wasim Akram inswing toe crusher into the right hander and middle stump.

Agree.

 

[Abdullah719]

Haris has been absolutely rubbish in this PSL. Garbage bowling. Shows you how little success can make a desi mind go for a toss.

Sohail Akhtar himself mentioned that Haris Rauf (amongst their other pacers) isn't fully fit. Can't go from bowling 150k yorkers to 135k tripe in a couple of months.

 

[Rana]

Mark Butcher is so much banter

 

[Titan24]

Haris has been struggling with fitness and also on Pakistani wickets, wasnt too impressive in national T20 cup as well.

 

[Rana]

3 overs 50 for Rauf

6 overs 100

9 overs 150

 

[Titan24]

70 runs of 29 balls

 

[ARK Rafay]

Haris has been ok on Pakistani wickets but he's struggling in this PSL. He doesn't look 100% fit. Bowling below 140KPH at the death is not his trademark.

 

[Mueez]

Khushdil has played a wonderful knock.

Definitely deserves a chance in the Pakistani team.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Sohail Akhtar himself mentioned that Haris Rauf (amongst their other pacers) isn't fully fit. Can't go from bowling 150k yorkers to 135k tripe in a couple of months.

Yeah obviously! he was bowling 150ks in BBL and those Yorkers were treat to watch.I hope he gets fit fully.

 

[ARK Rafay]

This was some level of batting by Khushdil Shah.

 

[Hasan123]

Khusdial looks a much better player than Asif Ali.

 

[Kingpin786]

idoitic approach from lq team management it is better to play fit salman irshad than half fit haris rauf

 

[Titan24]

Khusdial looks a much better player than Asif Ali.

Ofcourse he is, he averages 47 in List A cricket with 8 centuries. In T20s sometimes start hitting straight away is difficult

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel
Babar
Haider
Hafeez
Malik
Khushdil

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Great batting by Khushdil and horrific PSL for Haris continues. 50 from 3 is pathetic for any level bowler.

 

[Titan24]

Key is Khushdil was 8 from 9 which shows few balls are needed to set the eye even in T20s and sometimes they aren’t available especially at no 5, 6 and then he scored 62 off next 20 balls.

 

[Titan24]

Sharjeel
Babar
Haider
Hafeez
Malik
Khushdil

Keeper?

 

[Batsman e Azam]

We have already conceded 20-25 runs extra. I still hope that Qalandars can win this.

 

[Titan24]

Sohail Akhtar himself mentioned that Haris Rauf (amongst their other pacers) isn't fully fit. Can't go from bowling 150k yorkers to 135k tripe in a couple of months.

True. Definitely wasn’t looking 100%.

 

[b.lesner]

Could anyone tell me why farzan raja only bowled 2 overs with economy of 5.5