MULTAN: Dawid Malan and Reeza Hendricks’ brisk half-centuries, followed by a combined bowling effort led Multan Sultans to a 55-run victory over Karachi Kings in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 campaign opener here on Sunday.
KK 130/8 (20 Overs)
Dahani to bowl the final over
KK 127/8 (19 Overs)
Willey bowls the penultimate over
KK 118/8 (18 Overs)
Abbas replaces Mir
KK 113/8 (17 Overs)
16.6: Full ball on middle stump, Hamza missed a big swing with the bat, hit the pad in line of middle stump, huge shout for lbw and up goes the finger
Ali comes to bowl his last
KK 102/7 (16 Overs)
Mir bowls his last
KK 101/7 (15 Overs)
14.5: Full ball on middle stump, Hasan tried to play across the line, missed it and took it on the pad in front of stumps, huge shout for lbw and up goes the finger.101
14.3: Full and fast on middle stump, goes through the bat as it goes down and hits the base of the middle stump.
Mohammad Ali comes back
KK 100/5 (14 Overs)
13.4: Back of length just outside off, looks like it holds a bit in the pitch, Nawaz chips it to extra cover for a dolly.
13.2: Short in length, just outside off, Malik once again gave himself some room and cuts it hard straight at the throat of Mir at backward point.
Abbas replaces Iftikhar
KK 95/3 (13 Overs)
Mir bowls his third
KK 89/3 (12 Overs)
Iftikhar continues
KK 71/3 (11 Overs)
Mir continues
KK 67/3 (10 Overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed comes to bowl his first
KK 62/3 (9 Overs)
8.6: Tossed up, on middle stump, Shan went for the slog sweep, hit the bottom part of the bat and it went flat straight in the hands of David Willey at deep midwicket.
Usama Mir comes into the attack
KK 59/2 (8 Overs)
Dahani continues
KK 41/2 (7 Overs)
Abbas Afridi joins the attack
KK 36/2 (6 Overs)
Shahnawaz Dahani brought into the attack
KK 26/2 (5 Overs)
Willey bowls his third
KK 14/2 (4 Overs)
Ali continues
KK 12/2 (3 Overs)
2.3: An unwanted start to Saad Baig’s PSL 9 as he fell for a golden duck.
2.2: Back of a length, just outside off and angling across, Vince went for the pull shot, got a thick outside edge and Mohammad Ali at third man took a good catch.
Willey continues
KK 10/0 (2 Overs)
Mohammad Ali to bowl from the other end
KK 1/0 (1 Over)
Shan Masood and James Vince come out to open for Karachi Kings. David Willey to bowl the first over.
MULTAN SULTANS vs KARACHI KINGS (2nd INNINGS)
MULTAN: Dawid Malan and Reeza Hendricks scored brisk half-centuries to take home side Multan Sultans to 185/2 in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 campaign opener against Karachi Kings here on Sunday.
MS 185/2 (20 Overs)
Hasan bowls the final over
MS 172/2 (19 Overs)
Sams bowls the penultimate over
MS 161/2 (18 Overs)
Shamsi bowls his last
MS 144/2 (17 Overs)
16.1: Slower delivery on middle stump, Malan goes for the big shot on the leg side, mistimed it and goes high in the air, deep midwicket fielder took it with ease.
Sams comes back
MS 138/1 (16 Overs)
Hasan replaces Shamsi
MS 126/1 (15 Overs)
Hamza bowls his last
MS 120/1 (14 Overs)
Shamnsi replaces Malik
MS 107/1 (13 Overs)
Sams brought back
MS 98/1 (12 Overs)
Malik returns
MS 93/1 (11 Overs)
Hasan comes back
MS 89/1 (10 Overs)
Shamsi continues
MS 81/1 (9 Overs)
Nawaz brought into the attack
MS 70/1 (8 Overs)
Tabraiz Shamsi joins the attack
MS 63/1 (7 Overs)
Hasan Ali brought into the attack
MS 53/1 (6 Overs)
Shoaib Malik comes to bowl
MS 47/1 (5 Overs)
Hamza bowls his third
MS 35/1 (4 Overs)
Daniel Sams comes into the attack
MS 23/1 (3 Overs)
2.1: Mir Hamza bowls full on middle stump and it swung back in, Rizwan tried to play across the line, missed it and hit the pads, huge shout for lbw and up goes the finger.
Hamza continues
MS 17/0 (2 Overs)
Mohammad Amir Khan to bowl from the other end
MS 10/0 (1 Over)
Mohammad Rizwan and Dawid Malan come out to open the innings for the Sultans. Mir Hamza to bowl the first over.
MULTAN SULTANS vs KARACHI KINGS (1st INNINGS)
MULTAN: Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first against home side Multan Sultans in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 campaign opener here on Sunday.
PLAYING XIs
KARACHI KINGS: Shan Masood (c), James Vince, Saad Baig, Mohammad Nawaz, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Amir Khan.
MULTAN SULTANS: Mohammad Rizwan, Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 21, Karachi Kings 5, Multan Sultans 5, Tied 1, No Result 2
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