Waqas Maqsood defends eight off the final over to guide Islamabad United to a scintillating victory against Karachi Kings in the 21st match of the PSL 7.
KK 190-8 (20 overs)
Kings need eight runs off the final over, Waqas to bowl
KK 184-5 (19 overs)
Hasan to bowl his last
KK 168-5 (18 overs)
Faheem comes back
K 151-5 (17 overs)
Dawson comes back
KK 137-5 ( 16 overs)
Hasan comes back
KK 122-5 (15 overs)
Asif comes again
KK 109-5 (14 overs)
Waqas replaces Hasan
KK 99-5 (13 overs)
Asif continues
KK 90-5 (12 overs)
Hasan comes back
KK 81-5 (11 overs)
10.5: Asif strikes again! Tossed up, just outside off and turned sharply, Nabi tried to drive on the offside, went through the gate, got a slight inside edge back onto leg stump.
10.1: Part-time bowler Asif strikes on a very first ball. Short ball and Sharjeel could have been hit that anywhere in the ground but he hits it straight at the throat of deep midwicket fielder, substitute fielder Muhammad Musa took a sharp catch in the deep.
Asif Ali comes to bowl
KK 76-3 (10 overs)
9.6: Back of a length, Farhan heaved away to deep midwicket, Gurbaz running in and dives forward to take a lovely low catch
Waqas continues
KK 67-2 (9 overs)
Dawson continues
KK 62-2 (8 overs)
Waqas comes into the attack
KK 53-2 (7 overs)
Dawson comes back into the attack
KK 49-2 (6 overs)
Faheem comes again
KK 39-2 (5 overs)
Hasan comes into the attack
KK 31-2 (4 overs)
Faheem continues
KK 17-2 (3 overs)
2.4: Dawson strikes with his very first ball! arm ball, on middle and leg stump, Clarke goes deep in the crease, tries to play on the leg side, gets beaten by pace and angle and hits the pad plumb in line of leg stump
2.3: Zeeshan walks off the field as he is in some serious pain, Dawson to bowl the remaining over
2.2: Back of length with some pace and extra bounce, moves away, Babar goes back and tries to defend, squares up and gets a thick edge in the gloves of Azam who makes no mistake
Zeeshan continues
KK 16-0 (2 overs)
Faheem to bowl from the other end
K 9-0 (1 over)
Babar, Sharjeel come out to chase, Zeeshan to open the bowling attack for United
KARACHI KINGS VS ISLAMABAD UNITED (2ND INNINGS)
Islamabad United set a 192-runs target for Karachi Kings in the 21st match of the PSL 7, here at Gaddafi Stadium.
IU 191-7 (20 overs)
Jordan to bowl the final over
IU 185-7 (19 overs)
Umaid comes to bowl his last
IU 162-7 (18 overs)
Hamza replaces Umaid
IU 155-7 (17 overs)
16.3: Slower ball, short of a length, Asif looks to pull it over the leg, hits it well but straight at the throat of Farhan at deep midwicket and he took it with ease. That is the end of Asif’s cameo
Jordan replaces Nabi
IU 142-6 (16 overs)
15.4: Short in length, outside off, cuts away to gully, Asif goes far down the wicket to take a run, late response by Azam and Mir Hamza fired the throw in the hands of Umaid who’s underarm throw hits the stumps, Azam was well short of the crease.
Umaid comes again
IU 124-5 (15 overs)
Nabi continues
IU 113-5 (14 overs)
13.2: Back of the hand slower one, Dawson looks to sweep the ball but gets the leading edge, Imad takes an easy catch at the short third-man region to do the rest.
Thompson comes back
IU 107-4 (13 overs)
Nabi comes into the attack
IU 103-4 (12 overs)
Jordan replaces Hamza
IU 89-4 (11 overs)
10.4: Arm ball, on middle stump, Shadab goes back and tries to play a cut shot, beaten by pace and ball hits the top of middle and off stump
Imad comes to bowl his last
IU 79-3 (10 overs)
Hamza comes back
IU 73-3 (9 overs)
8.1: Back of a length, just outside off, Hales tries to hit up and over extra cover, mistimes it and slices high in the air, Babar at mid-off ran across towards his left and took a good catch
Umaid continues
IU 68-2 (8 overs)
Thompson replaces Jordan
IU 52-2 (7 overs)
Umaid comes to bowl his first
IU 47-2 (6 overs)
Jordan comes into the attack
IU 39-2 (5 overs)
Imad comes again
IU 33-2 (4 overs)
3.1: Good length ball, pitched on middle stump and swung back into the right-hander, Akhlaq tried to hit across the line, missed it and took it on the pad in line of middle stump.
Hamza continues
IU 26-1 (3 overs)
Imad continues
IU 25-1 (2 overs)
Hamza to bowl from the other end
IU 13-1 (1 over)
0.5: After hitting two on the first four balls, Gurbaz goes for the third one but this was a bit slower in the air and Gurbaz comes down the wicket to hit it over long-on, does not reach the length of the ball and hits high in the air, Babar at mid-off took a well-judged catch.
Hales and Gurbaz came out to bat for the United, Imad to lead the bowling attack for Kings.
KARACHI KINGS VS ISLAMABAD UNITED (1ST INNINGS)
LAHORE: Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to field first against Islamabad United in the 21st match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7, here at Gaddafi Stadium.
PLAYING XIs
Karachi Kings: Babar Azam (c), Sharjeel Khan, Joe Clarke, Jordan Thompson, Mohammad Nabi, Sahibzada Farhan, Qasim Akram, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Umaid Asif, Mir Hamza
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (c), Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Ali, Azam Khan, Hassan Ali, Liam Dawson, Faheem Ashraf, Waqas Maqsood, Zeeshan Zameer
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches-17, Islamabad United-11, Karachi Kings-6
