RAWALPINDI: Experienced opener Martin Guptill played a magnificent 86-run knock under pressure and held his nerves calm to bolster Quetta Gladiators to edge Karachi Kings by four wickets in a low-scoring thriller.
QG 168/6 (19.5 Overs)
Yamin to bowl the final over
QG 157/5 (19 Overs)
Amir to bowl the 19th
QG 146/5 (18 Overs)
Musa comes to bowl
QG 132/5 (17 Overs)
Fuller comes to bowl his last
QG 108/5 (16 Overs)
Amir comes back
QG 97/5 (15 Overs)
Shamsi comes back, to bowl his last
QG 92/5 (14 Overs)
Musa continues
QG 86/5 (13 Overs)
Imad Wasim comes to bowl his first
QG 80/5 (12 Overs)
Musa replaces Fuller
QG 67/5 (11 Overs)
Shamsi comes again
QG 64/5 (10 Overs)
Fuller comes again
QG 58/4 (9 Overs)
Shamsi continues
QG 50/3 (8 Overs)
Fuller continues
QG 48/3 (7 Overs)
Tabraiz Shamsi brought in
QG 43/2 (6 Overs)
James Fuller into the attack
QG 37/2 (5 Overs)
Mohammad Musa comes into the attack
QG 26/1 (4 Overs)
Yamin continues
QG 21/1 (3 Overs)
Amir continues
QG 15/1 (2 Overs)
Aamer Yamin to bowl from the other end
QG 10/0 (1 Over)
Omair Bin Yousuf and Martin Guptill come out to open for the Gladiators, Mohammad Amir to bowl the first over.
KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (2nd INNINGS)
RAWALPINDI: Wicketkeeper batter Adam Rossington struck a magnificent half-century before a late onslaught by skipper Imad Wasim and Aamer Yamin propelled Karachi Kings to 164/6 against Quetta Gladiators in the 22nd match of the Pakistan Super League.
KK 164/6 (20 Overs)
Pretorius to bowl the final over
KK 154/6 (19 Overs)
Naveen to bowl the 19th
KK 136/6 (18 Overs)
Naseem continues, to bowl his last
KK 127/5 (17 Overs)
Naveen comes back
KK 123/4 (16 Overs)
Naseem replaces Aimal
KK 113/4 (15 Overs)
Nawaz comes to bowl his last
KK 107/4 (14 Overs)
Aimal replaces Nawaz
KK 92/4 (13 Overs)
Pretorius comes back
KK 80/4 (12 Overs)
11.2: Tossed on a length from round the wicket angle, Shoaib premeditates, puts on the dancing shoes and muscles it over mid-on, didn’t get the desired elevation and distance and fired it straight to Umar Akmal, who pouches it safely.
Nawaz replaces Pretorius
KK 77/3 (11 Overs)
Naveen replaces Naseem
KK 71/3 (10 Overs)
Pretorius replaces Aimal
KK 64/3 (9 Overs)
Naseem replaces Nawaz
KK 60/3 (8 Overs)
7.3: Aimal bowls a shortish ball outside off, Qasim plays an upper-cut off the backfoot and he steers it to Naseem Shah at deep backward point who takes a brilliant catch, tumbles to the ground but hangs onto it.
Aimal replaces Naveen
KK 57/2 (7 Overs)
Nawaz replaces Pretorius
KK 53/2 (6 Overs)
Naveen-ul-Haq comes into the attack
KK 37/2 (5 Overs)
Dwaine Pretorius comes in
KK 27/2 (4 Overs)
3.3: Aimal bowls a shorter delivery and Tayyab mistimes the slog and it goes straight to Naveen-ul-Haq at deep square.
Aimal continues
KK 23/1 (3 Overs)
Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack
KK 13/1 (2 Overs)
Aimal Khan to bowl from the other end
KK 9/1 (1 Over)
0.1: Naseem Shah darts in a brute delivery on a shorter length, that’s a lovely line, with a hint of movement it draws the outside edge of Matthew Wade’s bat and through to the keeper.
Adam Rossington and Matthew Wade come out to open for Karachi Kings. Naseem Shah to bowl the first over.
KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (1st INNINGS)
RAWALPINDI: Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the 22nd match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.
PLAYING XI
Karachi Kings: Adam Rossington, Matthew Wade, Tayyab Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Qasim Akram, Imad Wasim (c), James Fuller, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Musa
Quetta Gladiators: Martin Guptill, Omair Yousuf, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nawaz, Umar Akmal, Dwaine Pretorius, Naseem Shah, Naveen-ul-Haq.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 15, Quetta Gladiators 10, Karachi Kings 5
