Multan Sultans (175/5) defeat Islamabad United (171/8) by 5 wickets to register a triumphant start to PSL 11

[Ball Blazer]

Both Sultans and United are set to open up their PSL 11 campaign in match 4 of the tournament.

Renweed Sultans will be led by Ashton Turner this year. While United continue with Shadab Khan as their skipper.

Multan Sultans have won the toss and elected to bowl first

Islamabad United XI: Devon Conway, Andries Gous (wk), Sameer Minhas, Shadab Khan (capt), Mark Chapman, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Richard Gleeson, Salman Mirza, Salman Irshad

Multan Sultans XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Steve Smith, Ashton Turner (capt), Shan Masood, Josh Philippe (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Arafat Minhas, Peter Siddle, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shehzad Gul, Momin Qamar

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[finalfantasy7]

imo this matchup is 50/50,

multan cant be relying on phillipe to be thr only finisher, as nawaz is in bad form with the bat

 

[Ball Blazer]

HBL PSL 11 - Match 4

Update

Start of play delayed due to rain

 

[finalfantasy7]

covers are on, players head back into the dugout

 

[finalfantasy7]

Good tidy first over by Gul,

conway looked poor, timing was way off

 

[RidiculousMan]

Smith is showing a bit of Dad bod.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Smith is showing a bit of Dad bod.

hes always been a bit chubby

 

[jamie smith fan]

Sameer looking good

 

[finalfantasy7]

Conway is out, looked poor

 

[finalfantasy7]

Sameer looking good

yeh he looks in good touch, timing that ball very well

 

[PakFan2010]

Feels like Islamabad are massively behind the run rate.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Arafat showing his Skill against Nawaz in the same game

 

[finalfantasy7]

Feels like Islamabad are massively behind the run rate.

yeh, gous is gone also

 

[finalfantasy7]

Minhas has gone, 3 down in 9.3 overs

 

[finalfantasy7]

Chapman playing good, can shadab support him

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Islamabad flopping Sultans rocking

 

[finalfantasy7]

no shadab gets bowled, 4 down

 

[Ball Blazer]

Going to be another high-scoring thriller

 

[finalfantasy7]

how did haider ali get picked?

 

[Justcrazy]

110 . 4

IU need a strong finish here

 

[Justcrazy]

36 balls to go , can they get to 180 from here

 

[Rana]

uncharacteristic, boring innings by IU

 

[Justcrazy]

Chapman is playing well here so far , if he is there till the end , IU will get a good total.

 

[Justcrazy]

O U T

Nawaz strikes

130 . 5

30 balls to go.

 

[PakFan2010]

Smith makes catching look very easy.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Good innings by chapman

 

[Justcrazy]

134 . 6

24 balls to go.

 

[finalfantasy7]

a typical useless innings by haider ali, 13balls from 12

 

[RahulBose]

how did haider ali get picked?

Because it is PSL, retirement league of cricket.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Because it is PSL, retirement league of cricket.

so how is mark chapman playing in it along with other internationals

i think the current boring ipl match you were watching has caused this brain fart moment

 

[Rana]

how did haider ali get picked?

Probably through friendship contacts like Shadab

 

[RidiculousMan]

Imad Wasim batting is now a net negative. You're better off playing him at no. 11 and if you are 9 down, you just declare.

 

[Justcrazy]

172 is the target for Sultans

 

[RahulBose]

so how is mark chapman playing in it along with other internationals

i think the current boring ipl match you were watching has caused this brain fart moment

lol.... one semi good Chapman is the saving grace for your old people league.

Good for you. Psl can do worse.

 

[RidiculousMan]

lol.... one semi good Chapman is the saving grace for your old people league.

Good for you. Psl can do worse.

What are you doing in a PSL thread then? Just trying to trash talk it?

 

[Rana]

Why did they turn the lights off?

 

[RahulBose]

What are you doing in a PSL thread then? Just trying to trash talk it?

The thing final fantasy was doing on the ipl thread.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Philippe is a talent. Next Aussie whiteball WK Batter

 

[RidiculousMan]

Mirza getting reality check against the best batter in history after Bradman

 

[RidiculousMan]

Absolute crime that Smith is in the best T20 form of his life. Playing in Pakistan and fans can't watch him live in the stadium.

 

[Rana]

Australian Khorremshehr Missiles by Smith and Phillipe

Big Bombs!

 

[Josh]

Mirza getting reality check against the best batter in history after Bradman

Another future prospect getting thrashed. Thought the guy is a good bowler and Shaheen blocking his place

 

[RidiculousMan]

Another future prospect getting thrashed. Thought the guy is a good bowler.

He's 32. Hardly a future prospect. He was in good form. Used his form in WT20 26. All good. If he doesn't perform. Move on.

 

[Josh]

He's 32. Hardly a future prospect. He was in good form. Used his form in WT20 26. All good. If he doesn't perform. Move on.

Ah already 32

 

[Cric1234]

Islamabad showing they know how to win plenty of experienced players.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Special meeting ongoing in the game

 

[Cric1234]

This partnership put the game in Multans favour.

 

[JattMaula]

Special meeting ongoing in the game

View attachment 163154

Iced water bottle, a soda as mixer, a tissue box, paper cups. Just add a bottle of haram hard liquid and it becomes my college night.

 

[Cric1234]

Game is Multans unless a few wickets fall quickly.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sultans need 41 runs in 33 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

Turner needs to bat through here.

 

[Justcrazy]

39 from 30 balls .... a few wickets can change the game here.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Islamabad flopping Sultans rocking

 

[Justcrazy]

F O U R

crucial boundary , it releases some pressure

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Find someone who looks at you the way Multan Sultans look at Australia

 

[Deewana Mastana]

ARAFAT MINHAS

YOU BEAUTY

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Bang Bang Bang

 

[PakFan2010]

Multan will win the PSL.

Australian professionalism.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Special meeting ongoing in the game

View attachment 163154

No wonder he's still T20 captain

 

[Cric1234]

Islamabad were 10-15 runs short here.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Brainless captaincy not to give Faheem Ashraf a single over, especially when one of your front-line bowlers is going at 16 RPO. Faheem bowled beautifully on this pitch last season for QG.

Shadab taking his cue from Salman.

 

[Rana]

Professional performance by the Sultans

 

[Cric1234]

Both teams are play off contenders looks between 5 teams currently have ruled out Pindiz Peshawar and Hyderabad unless Im wrong and one of them does well.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Peter Siddle has almost like a Cristiano Ronaldo demeanor. Uplifting the youngsters, smiling with the teammates and a fierce competitor on the pitch. Proper team player! Great signing!

 

[Katwalindian]

Peter Siddle has almost like a Cristiano Ronaldo demeanor. Uplifting the youngsters, smiling with the teammates and a fierce competitor on the pitch. Proper team player! Great signing!

But indians said he is washed....... the guy is bowling at 145 while on other hand their youngsters in IPL are bowling 130 pies...

 

[BreadPakoda]

But indians said he is washed....... the guy is bowling at 145 while on other hand their youngsters in IPL are bowling 130 pies...

Even Ashton Turner isn’t washed out. He may have failed at international cricket but he’s still got it when it comes to PSL. Captain and a legit PSL super star.

 

[Katwalindian]

Even Ashton Turner isn’t washed out. He may have failed at international cricket but he’s still got it when it comes to PSL. Captain and a legit PSL super star.

Ahston Turner is only 32....don't be surprised if he play for Australia again but siddle is 42....

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Shadab Khan | Islamabad United skipper: I think it was 15 to 20 runs short from the par score, but I think that’s the first game. I think we didn’t get the momentum when we needed. We lost wickets back-to-back there and I think Momin bowled well. He was brave enough to bowl on that length. I think credit to him as well and I think a learning point for us is don’t give back-to-back wickets because every time you got a partnership because you had a few 20s, 30s partnership, but you just couldn’t take one longer. I think that’s what was the missing part, but still it’s the first game and hopefully we will learn from this. Definitely, experience mattered how they played. The condition was not that easy, but I think how they play, running between the wickets was a standout.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Ashton Turner | Multan Sultans skipper: Before the game, I asked the side to play with confidence, but it can be difficult. We’re a newly established side. We have some history, but we’ve got a lot of new faces, so there’s not a lot of body of evidence to allow us to play with confidence. But now we’ve got a win under our belt, and hopefully we know that T20 cricket’s a game of momentum, and hopefully we can grab that momentum and run with it now. We actually had quite a few quality contributions across the playing order. Momin was, you know, he’s exciting, right? He’s a young player. He’s got so much potential, but, you know, there’s a few guys that we had a couple of tough selection calls as well, because we’ve got a lot of quality cricketers who didn’t get opportunities tonight. So it’s pleasing that the guys who did get the nod were able to contribute and get us over the line. Yeah, and I would probably throw a blanket over the whole PSL. You know, it’s an exciting competition to be a part of. You can feel the anticipation with the general public. We know that all of the teams are really well supported, but in particular, we’re feeling that support for Multan. And, you know, it’s a great tournament to be a part of. And, you know, everyone’s happy and smiling whilst we’re winning games of cricket, and long may that continue.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Multan Sultans look like a solid unit, and the team to beat along with Lahore Qalandars.

Islamabad United are better than this. Unless he is injured, Faheem Ashraf bowling zero overs is a shocking decision. Also, Devon Conway needs to step it up quick. He is opening the batting with a youngster playing his first PSL. Therefore he needs to be the one to take the responsibility of looking to play a big innings at a healthy strike-rate. 26 off 22 is criminal in this day and age for someone with his level of experience, who is out there facing the first ball of the innings.