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Bowlers star as Kings thump Qalandars to seal maiden PSL 8 triumph

KARACHI: James Vince and Imad Wasim led Karachi Kings to pile a mammoth 185/5 before Akif Javed-led bowling attack powered the home side to a dominating 67-run victory over arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the eighth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

LQ 118 (17.3 Overs)

Akif comes back

LQ 118/8 (17 Overs)

Ben Cutting comes to bowl his first

LQ 106/6 (16 Overs)

Yamin comes back

LQ 97/5 (15 Overs)

Tahir comes to bowl his last

LQ 91/5 (14 Overs)

Imad comes to bowl his last

LQ 88/4 (13 Overs)

Akif continues

LQ 86/2 (12 Overs)

Tahir comes back

LQ 79/2 (11 Overs)

Akif replaces Imad

LQ 70/2 (10 Overs)

Imran continues

LQ 66/2 (9 Overs)

Imad continues

LQ 56/2 (8 Overs)

Imran Tahir comes in

LQ 50/2 (7 Overs)

Imad replaces Yamin

LQ 47/2 (6 Overs)

Amir continues

LQ 44/1 (5 Overs)

4.2: Fast, skiddy and through his defence as Fakhar loses his shape on a mistimed pull and that’s a massive wicket for Karachi Kings

Yamin continues

LQ 39/0 (4 Overs)

Mohammad Amir comes to bowl

LQ 31/0 (3 Overs)

Aamer Yamin comes into the attack

LQ 24/0 (2 Overs)

Akif Javed to bowl from the other end

LQ 7/0 (1 Over)

Fakhar Zaman and Tahir Baig come out to bat for the Qalandars. Imad Wasim to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs LAHORE QALANDARS (2nd INNINGS)

KARACHI: Opener James Vince played an anchoring 46-run knock before skipper Imad Wasim’s brisk 25 bolstered Karachi Kings to pile 185/5 against arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in the eighth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

KK 185/5 (20 Overs)

Shaheen comes to bowl the final over

KK 176/4 (19 Overs)

Rauf to bowl the 19th

KK 167/4 (18 Overs)

Shaheen replaces Zaman

KK 150/4 (17 Overs)

Haris replaces Raza

KK 141/4 (16 Overs)

Zaman continues

KK 130/4 (15 Overs)

Raza comes to bowl his last

KK 127/4 (14 Overs)

13.2: Spears in a toe-crusher and it wrecks the stumps! This is a perfect yorker right at the base of the stumps and too good for Vince who was late in jamming his bat down.

Zaman comes back

KK 120/3 (13 Overs)

12.6: Malik cleared his front leg in a bid to crunch it to the covers, ultra-edge shows a conspicuous deflection and Malik walks back the pavilion

Haris comes back

KK 115/2 (12 Overs)

11.1: Haider lost his shape while loading up for a full lofted sweep and left a big gap and it crashed into the middle stump.

Dawson comes to bowl again

KK 102/1 (11 Overs)

Raza comes again

KK 91/1 (10 Overs)

Dawson continues

KK 80/1 (9 Overs)

Raza continues

KK 75/1 (8 Overs)

7.1: Loopy delivery, hacked away behind square. Wade puts in a full-length dive while running second and is well out of the picture! Keeper does well to remove the zingers quickly.

Liam Dawson comes into the attack

KK 69/0 (7 Overs)

Sikandar Raza comes to bowl his first

KK 61/0 (6 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

KK 49/0 (5 Overs)

David Wiese comes into the attack

KK 34/0 (4 Overs)

Zaman continues

KK 25/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

KK 17/0 (2 Overs)

Zaman Khan comes to bowl from the other end

KK 9/0 (1 Over)

James Vince and Matthew Wade come out to bat for the Kings. Skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs LAHORE QALANDARS (1st INNINGS)

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the much-hyped clash of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

PLAYING XIs

Karachi Kings: James Vince, Matthew Wade, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim (c), Ben Cutting, Irfanullah Niazi, Aamer Yamin, Akif Javed, Mohammad Amir, Imran Tahir.

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Fakhar Zaman, Tahir Baig, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-15, Karachi Kings-9, Lahore Qalandars-6

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