Imad’s heroics in vain as Sultans edge Kings in nail-biter

MULTAN: James Vince’s blistering 75 and skipper Imad Wasim’s crucial 46-run knock went in vain as Multan Sultans held their nerves calm to edge Karachi Kings by three runs in the high-scoring Pakistan Super League (PSL) eight thriller on Tuesday.

KK 193/5 (20 Overs)

Abbas to bowl the final over

KK 175/4 (19 Overs)

Ilyas comes back

KK 157/4 (18 Overs)

Ihsanullah continues

KK 149/4 (17 Overs)

Abbas comes back

KK 140/3 (16 Overs)

Ihsanullah comes back

KK 137/3 (15 Overs)

Usama to bowl his last

KK 131/3 (14 Overs)

Khushdil comes to bowl his last

KK 120/3 (13 Overs)

Usama replaces Ihsanullah

KK 113/3 (12 Overs)

Khushdil continues

KK 109/2 (11 Overs)

Ihsanullah replaces Usama

KK 105/2 (10 Overs)

9.5: Back of a length delivery on middle and off stump. Vince tips it into the off side and sets off for the single, only to see that his partner send him back. By then, though, it is too late and Vince is stranded half-way down the track.

Khushdil continues

KK 102/1 (9 Overs)

Usama continues

KK 86/1 (8 Overs)

Khushdil Shah comes in

KK 79/1 (7 Overs)

Usama Mir comes into the attack

6.1: Full delivery on off stump that spins back in sharply. Wade is playing for the straight delivery and is beaten as the ball rips past the inside edge and thuds into the front pad.

KK 72/0 (6 Overs)

Abbas continues

KK 56/0 (5 Overs)

Ihsanullah comes to bowl his first

KK 51/0 (4 Overs)

Abbas Afridi into the attack

KK 39/0 (3 Overs)

Ilyas continues

KK 25/0 (2 Overs)

Carlos Brathwaite to bowl from the other end

KK 6/0 (1 Over)

Matthew Wade and James Vince come out to bat for the Kings. Mohammad Ilyas to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs MULTAN SULTANS (2nd INNINGS)

MULTAN: Multan Sultans’ skipper Mohammad Rizwan struck a magnificent century after Shan Masood’s half-century to bolster the home side to 196/1 against Karachi Kings in the 11th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight.

MS 196/2 (20 Overs)

Umar to bowl the final over

MS 183/1 (19 Overs)

Akif replaces Yamin

MS 164/1 (18 Overs)

Umar continues

MS 152/1 (17 Overs)

Yamin comes back

MS 138/1 (16 Overs)

Umar comes back

MS 124/1 (15 Overs)

Malik to bowl his last

MS 111/1 (14 Overs)

Tahir comes to bowl his last

MS 102/1 (13 Overs)

Malik continues to bowl

MS 95/1 (12 Overs)

Tahir comes again

MS 89/1 (11 Overs)

Malik continues

MS 84/0 (10 Overs)

Tahir continues

MS 74/0 (9 Overs)

Shoaib Malik into the attack

MS 69/0 (8 Overs)

Imran Tahir comes into the attack

MS 61/0 (7 Overs)

Imad comes back

MS 50/0 (6 Overs)

Mohammad Umar comes to bowl his first

MS 45/0 (5 Overs)

Akif continues

MS 35/0 (4 Overs)

Yamin continues

MS 19/0 (3 Overs)

Akif Javed comes in

MS 15/0 (2 Overs)

Aamer Yamin to bowl from the other end

MS 9/0 (1 Over)

Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood come out to bat for the Sultans. Imad Wasim to bowl the first over.

KARACHI KINGS vs MULTAN SULTANS (1st INNINGS)

MULTAN: Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to field first against home side Multan Sultans in the 11th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs 

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

Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Carlos Braithwaite, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ilyas, Ihsanullah

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-11, Karachi Kings-5, Multan Sultans-4