Multan Sultans (169/8) trounce Lahore Qalandars (89) by 80 runs in Match 28

[MenInG]

3 losses in a row now for Lahore Qalandars - one more and things will get very difficult for Lahore - what a turnaround that will be?

Multan and Karachi in the meanwhile locked in their own little battle for a place in the top 4!

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Multan Sultans

Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Usman Qadir, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaibullah, Shahnawaz Dhani, Imran Khan, Mohammad Umar, Hammad Azam, Johnson Charles, Obed McCoy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shimron Hetmyer, Waseem Muhammad


Lahore Qalandars

Sohail Akhtar (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Rashid Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Ben Dunk, Dilbar Hussain, Agha Salman, Maaz Khan, Zeeshan Ashraf, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Zaid Alam, Ahmed Daniyal, Callum Ferguson, James Faulkner, Seekkuge Prasanna, Sultan Ahmed, Tim David

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[SM1989]

Lahore have to bat first today if they win the toss. Its clear the pressure of chasing is getting to Fakhar and Hafeez who are woefully struggling on these UAE wickets.

 

[Chikkeh]

Lahore will win by a big margin

 

[Rana]

All MS need to do is,

1. Win the toss

2. Bat first

3. Score over 120

And the game is theirs.

 

[Gullycricket]

Sohail Akhtar is most useless cricketer ever. Total turn off

 

[Rana]

Sohail Akhtar is most useless cricketer ever. Total turn off

What? How? What exactly has he done wrong? I dont understand why this guy gets so much hate on this forum

 

[MRSN]

What? How? What exactly has he done wrong? I dont understand why this guy gets so much hate on this forum

Do you have something for mediocre cricketers? It seems you like them a lot.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

If Lahore lose this they’re most likely out. Karachi should beat Quetta and both Karachi and MS will have a higher nrr than them.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

What? How? What exactly has he done wrong? I dont understand why this guy gets so much hate on this forum

What has he done right? Specialist captain who can’t even lead

 

[MenInG]

Lahore Qalandars win toss and elect to bowl first against Multan Sultans

 

[Saj]

Either LQ are afraid to make changes or they don't have any decent replacements.

Very surprising that they've not made some changes today.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lahore have won the toss and will bowl first.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Either LQ are afraid to make changes or they don't have any decent replacements.

Very surprising that they've not made some changes today.

Although i feel for Daniyal in the last game i would have gone for Dilbar Hussain. Mr Hafeez though needs to pull his socks up as does Fakhar had both these players made a decent enough contribution Lahore would've won all 3 of their last games and they wouldn't have been in the mess they are now in.

 

[cricketerB94]

Their team is good. Their key players are just not clicking. Fakhar, Hafeez and Dunk are proven match winners but they are failing regularly.

 

[Justcrazy]

Qalandars XI:

Sohail Akhtar (capt.), Fakhar Zaman, Agha Salman, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), Tim David, James Faulkner, Rashid Khan, Ahmed Daniyal, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.

Sultans XI:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk/capt), Shan Masood, Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw, Johnson Charles, Khushdil Shah, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Blessing Muzarabani, Shahnawaz Dahani, Imran Khan.

 

[Justcrazy]

Shan and Rizwan to start proceedings for Mulatns

 

[Titan24]

Nicely done by Shaheen.

Like anyone, Shan was expecting an outswinger first up but Shaheen went with a straighter one.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Shaheen strikes first ball !!

 

[MenInG]

Bit unlucky Shan?

 

[shamaan]

Shaheen you beauty

 

[Justcrazy]

5 wide ... poor ball by shaheen

 

[Caved12]

I thought it was going to miss the stumps.

 

[Caved12]

Shaheen needs to chill and do his brother Rizwan a favour today by not bowling well

 

[Caved12]

Excellent over by Shaheen

 

[shamaan]

Love shaheen attitude

 

[Titan24]

Good aggression from Shaheen, would like to see more of it at international level too.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Shaheen has a habit of picking wicket in first over

 

[Justcrazy]

FOUR

Maqsood gets that away

 

[Caved12]

Bring Rauf and give Shaheen some rest

 

[MenInG]

Good aggression from Shaheen, would like to see more of it at international level too.

Apologies etc done - now its aggression

 

[Caved12]

If I were Rizwan, I would block all six balls

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Multans get going after early wicket

 

[Caved12]

Our best bowler vs our best batsman. Thank you Psl!

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Sad that Maqsood lost place in national team.

 

[Caved12]

I would pick Maqsood over Azam and Sharjeel any day.

 

[Rana]

Shaheen Afridi exposing how Rizwan will be clueless at the T20 world cup against proper fast bowlers up front. Now Junior Dala's and Ngidis to feast on

 

[Rana]

Put a fine leg and deep square leg, and bowl to Rizwan's pads. lets see how many runs he scores

 

[Titan24]

I would pick Maqsood over Azam and Sharjeel any day.

Its weird how every batsman selected other than Babar and Rizwan is looking out of touch while guys like Maqsood, Iftikhar, Asif, Malik who are not in the squad are outperforming the ones selected by some margin till now.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Its weird how every batsman selected other than Babar and Rizwan is looking out of touch while guys like Maqsood, Iftikhar, Asif, Malik who are not in the squad are outperforming the ones selected by some margin till now.

Babar is leading run scorer in the tournament, how is it out of touch ?

 

[Titan24]

Ball is seaming a bit today so far

 

[Titan24]

Babar is leading run scorer in the tournament, how is it out of touch ?

I said "every batsman selected other than Babar and Rizwan is looking out of touch".

 

[Ummii]

Rameez doesn't miss any chance to creating hype about over rated Haris Rauf

 

[Rafa]

Great comeback from MS after a very early Wicket. Maqsood has also performed very well in this tournament along with the usual consistent performer Rizwan.

 

[Titan24]

Thats some batting from Rizwan, hitting Rauf on both sides of the wicket in the matter of two balls.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

I said "every batsman selected other than Babar and Rizwan is looking out of touch".

My bad !!!

I agree now.

 

[SM1989]

LQ have lost the game with their decision at the toss. Anything above 120 will be too much. And Imran Tahir will destroy them in the 2nd innings.

 

[Rana]

Get out of here! 10 runs more than he should have had in this innings!

 

[Titan24]

Good comeback from Rauf.

Big wicket.

 

[Rana]

LQ have lost the game with their decision at the toss. Anything above 120 will be too much. And Imran Tahir will destroy them in the 2nd innings.

Got to hand it to Aqib Javed, even Trevor Bayliss would not be this bold in game strategy!

 

[Titan24]

My bad !!!

I agree now.

No worries.

Really hope guys like Fakhar, Hafeez, Azam Khan, Haider etc can up their game

 

[Saj]

Much-needed wicket for LQ.

Rizwan gone.

LQ doing a good job so far.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

How maqsood plays Rashid will reflect how hard he has worked since being out of national team.

 

[hitthestump]

Put a fine leg and deep square leg, and bowl to Rizwan's pads. lets see how many runs he scores

Aren't you tired of being repeatedly proved wrong about this guy?

 

[Titan24]

Must win match for LQ, if they want to keep their qualification in their own hands.

 

[Caved12]

Its weird how every batsman selected other than Babar and Rizwan is looking out of touch while guys like Maqsood, Iftikhar, Asif, Malik who are not in the squad are outperforming the ones selected by some margin till now.

lol, exposing the great work of Chief Selector

Mohammad Wasim has no idea what he is doing.

 

[Titan24]

New batsman was in, could have had a slip here in the hindsight especially when the ball is doing something.

Now a slip comes in

 

[Saj]

Wild shot by Charles.

MS in trouble here. They usually preserve wickets but they're middle and lower order will be tested today.

 

[Omer2002]

We have looked at tail enders like sharjeel...fakhar..azam.khan..asif ali that begs the question soaib maqsood surely cant do any worse can he

 

[Caved12]

Good bowling would make any great batsman look clueless no matter who they are. Remember Kohli and Rohit against Amir. This is where you just appreciate the bowler and simply say that he was unplayable. This is just how cricket works and that’s the reason why we all love this beautiful game of cricket.

 

[Caved12]

Shaheen was literally unplayable today.

 

[Caved12]

Wow Maqsood

 

[Ahmed216]

Maqsood needs to score a hundred or two to push his case.

 

[Omer2002]

Awsome batting maqsood

 

[Omer2002]

Is that what azam.khan.did to get in pak team

 

[Darkrai]

Maqsood is the type of player we need.

If we can give Asif and Ifti so many chances, why not Maqsood?

 

[Ahmed216]

Is that what azam.khan.did to get in pak team

No but we all know the standards are different for different individuals. Selectors not inclined to pick him will have to do it under pressure from former players,social media etc. 100 is that magical number that will get people on his side

 

[Rana]

Good bowling would make any great batsman look clueless no matter who they are. Remember Kohli and Rohit against Amir. This is where you just appreciate the bowler and simply say that he was unplayable. This is just how cricket works and that’s the reason why we all love this beautiful game of cricket.

LOL

Get used to it. The Honeymoon period will come to an end soon

 

[Ahmed216]

Maqsood is the type of player we need.

If we can give Asif and Ifti so many chances, why not Maqsood?

Ifti never got many chances. I think he too doesnt have people lobbying for him. And in few opportunities he got he wasnt bad by any means

 

[Rana]

Hafeez has been a joke in this leg of the PSL

 

[Caved12]

LOL

Get used to it. The Honeymoon period will come to an end soon

lol, you have been saying this for a long time now. Don't you get tired? Rizwan deserves nothing, but respect from all of us.

 

[Titan24]

Hafeez's impact in the batting, bowling as well as fielding has been pretty ordinary so far in this leg for a player for his caliber.

 

[Rana]

lol, you have been saying this for a long time now. Don't you get tired? Rizwan deserves nothing, but respect from all of us.

I just find it ironic how his fans can become so poetic when his weaknesses are exposed by a world class fast bowler up front, but the same fans can be brutal against the likes of Sharjeel Khan, Fakhar Zaman or even Babar Azam if they struggle against quality bowlers.

Rizwan fans are not Pakistan fans IMO. I stand by what I say

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I just find it ironic how his fans can become so poetic when his weaknesses are exposed by a world class fast bowler up front, but the same fans can be brutal against the likes of Sharjeel Khan, Fakhar Zaman or even Babar Azam if they struggle against quality bowlers.

Rizwan fans are not Pakistan fans IMO. I stand by what I say

I'm not Rizwan's biggest fan but you are seriously deluded. Look at what he's done this PSL, how he's performed in tests for the last few series in varying conditions and how he's done in t20 overall.

Guys like you ain't fans who just go on a barrage after 1 or 2 failed innings, which ain't fair.

 

[Titan24]

Things not going great for LQ so fat

 

[Saj]

Rossouw needs to kick on here.

25 off 21 isn't really good enough.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Insanely good decision by aleem dar. Even the batsman didn’t know he hit that

 

[Rana]

I'm not Rizwan's biggest fan but you are seriously deluded. Look at what he's done this PSL, how he's performed in tests for the last few series in varying conditions and how he's done in t20 overall.

Guys like you ain't fans who just go on a barrage after 1 or 2 failed innings, which ain't fair.

What good are all those runs for his team's cause if Multan do not qualify for the play offs? However his fans will be more than happy because at least Rizwan has done well for himself, who cares about the team eh?

 

[Justcrazy]

123 . 4

33 balls left

 

[Rana]

Our guys have no sense of humour

Pommie: "Batting main bohot maza aa raha hai"....*cringe*..."did you not understand what I said?"

Maqsood: "Wicket is a bit spongy its not coming on well"

 

[Justcrazy]

Great decision by Aleem Dar !

This man is a computer