Ahsan hits fifty as Gladiators beat Kings by eight wickets

Quetta Gladiators defeated Karachi Kings by eight wickets and 25 balls to spare

QG 115-2 (15.5 overs)

Gladiators require 14 off 30 deliveries

Gregory continues

QG 100-2 (15 overs)

Imran continues

QG 85-2 (14 overs)

13.3: It’s a mix-up and Duckett perishes.

Gregory to bowl his first

QG 81-1 (13 overs)

Nabi continues to bowl his last

QG 78-1 (12 overs)

11.2: Smeed marches down the track and carves it over the off-side. It’s airborne but flat, Tom Lammonby takes a stunner, dives forward and gobbles the ball cleanly.

Imran comes back

QG 76-0 (11 overs)

Nabi comes again

QG 71-0 (10 overs)

Imad to bowl his last

QG 66-0 (9 overs)

Nabi continues

QG 61-0 (8 overs)

Imad comes back

QG 54-0 (7 overs)

Nabi comes to bowl his first

QG 51-0 (6 overs)

Ilyas continues

QG 34-0 (5 overs)

Imran replaces Imad

QG 28-0 (4 overs)

Ilyas comes into the attack

QG 19-0 (3 overs)

Imad continues

QG 13-0 (2 overs)

Yamen to bowl from the other end

QG 2-0 (1 over)

Imad to bowl the first over for Kings

KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (2nd INNINGS)

Karachi Kings set a target of 114 runs for Quetta Gladiators in the fourth match of the PSL 7

KK 113 (17.3 overs)

17.3: Naseem strikes back! After being dismantled for a six, bowls a short ball. Imad looks to hook the ball but fails to clear the boundary rope. Naseem claims his best bowling figure in the T20s (5/20). Kings bundled out for 113.

Naseem to bowl his last

KK 107-9 (17 overs)

Tanvir to bowl his last

KK 100-9 (16 overs)

15.3: Ilyas looks to power the ball over the mid-wicket boundary but could not time the ball. Iftikhar settles himself well to take an easy catch at the deep mid-wicket boundary.

Naseem comes again

KK 94-8 (15 overs)

Tanvir comes back to bowl his third

KK 84-8 (14 overs)

Nawaz to bowl his last

KK 82-8 (13 overs)

12.4: Yamen attempts to sail the ball for the third boundary, timed the ball well but could not get the elevation. Naseem made no mistake and took a comfortable catch at the long-off boundary.

Faulkner comes again

KK 70-7 (12 overs)

11.5: Babar looks to drive another one for a boundary but gets deceived by the extra bounce, nicking the ball behind to Sarfaraz.

Hasnain comes back into the attack

KK 59-6 (11 overs)

Faulkner comes into the attack

KK 55-6 (10 overs)

9.1: Taha looks to turn the tables, attempts to heave the ball over long-on but fails to time the ball enough

Nawaz comes again

KK 46-5 (9 overs)

Iftikhar comes to bowl his first

KK 42-5 (8 overs)

Nawaz continues

KK 37-5 (7 overs)

6.3: Gregory looks to walk across the line but chops it onto the middle stump. Naseem gets his third

Naseem comes again

KK 33-4 (6 overs)

Nawaz comes into the attack

KK 30-4 (5 overs)

4.2: Two in two! Naseem gets Nabi for a duck, an outswinger and Nabi nicks the ball straight into the gloves of Sarfaraz

4.1: Strikes straightaway. Lammonby looks to pull the ball but does not get out of the sweet part of his bat, finds the short midwicket fielder who dives forward and gobbles it

Naseem comes into the attack

KK 26-2 (4 overs)

Hasnain continues

KK 18-2 (3 overs)

2.6: Tanvir on fire! Clarke looked to flick the ball for a single but gets an inside edge and the ball crashes onto the off-stump.

2.3: Tanvir provides an early breakthrough to the Gladiators. Sharjeel, who looked to pull the ball over the boundary, mistimed it and handed a simple running catch to Duckett.

Tanvir continues

KK 15-0 (2 overs)

Hasnain to bowl from the other end

KK 9-0 (1 over)

Tanvir to bowl the first over for the Gladiators

KARACHI KINGS vs QUETTA GLADIATORS (1st INNINGS)

KARACHI: Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Karachi Kings in the fourth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), here on Saturday.

SQUADS

Karachi Kings: Babar Azam (c), Sharjeel Khan, Joe Clarke, Muhammad Nabi, Tom Lammonby, Lewis Gregory, Imad Wasim, Amir Yamin, Mouhammad Imran Jr, Mohammad Taha Khan, Muhammad Ilyas

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Will Smeed, Ahsan Ali, Ben Duckett, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sohail Tanveer, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Hasnain, James Faulkner, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Ashar Qureshi

Head to Head Record

Matches- 12, Karachi Kings-5, Quetta Gladiators-7, N/R-0