We are back. Ehsan Adil is rehearsing his run-up. Now, he's set to go, Tamin on strike..
Lahore Qalandars have given themselves a fair shot with the bat in what is a very crucial game. Especially taking into account that they lost their talisman Chris Gayle for a first ball blob, it looks a decent effort. Delport walked in at no. 3 and looked impressive in the way he paced his knock. Took his time early on to get a feel for the pitch which is fairly sluggish and two-paced. He found excellent support in the form of Umar Akmal and that partnership gained a lot of momentum as it went along with both going on to register half-centuries. However, given the way that Peshawar Zalmi have been going in this competition so far, we are in with a fight on our hands. Stay tuned for the chase..
19.6 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, FOUR, and Akmal finishes it off in style to reach a half-century. Makes some room, and hoists it wide of long-off as Junaid missed out on the yorker
19.5 -
Junaid Khan to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, ah, what's going on with Sammy? The ball can't stop following him. And it's a third very difficult chance which he has put down. Low full toss outside off, Bravo's weight was leaning back as he slices it wide of short third man. Sammy stretches his hands to his right, gets fingertips - or probably a bit more than that - but can't hold on
19.4 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 1 run, interesting field placement this, and it's working. There's a deep backward point in place and Junaid is bowling to his field. Full and wide outside off, Akmal can only stretch out and slice it to the man
Dwayne Bravo, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.3 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, out Caught by Malan!! End of a fine, fine knock which has kept Lahore in with a real chance. Paced his innings so well, and changed gears impressively after his fifty. Couldn't get hold of this one though. Slower short ball which holds up on his attempted pull, he gets it right off the bottom of the bat and spoons it to deep mid-wicket. Delport c Malan b Junaid Khan 78(61) [4s-6 6s-3]
Junaid Khan to Delport, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
19.2 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, FOUR, low full toss which has been pumped to the right of long-on. Loads of bottom hand as Delport picked the bones out of it
19.1 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 1 run, sliced past backward point. Junaid actually fired it full and wide after seeing Akmal back away. However, he manages to stretch and run it behind square by using the pace. Deep point had to be quick, which he was
Junaid Khan [3.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack
18.6 -
Riaz to U Akmal, 1 run, good surprise ball. Akmal must have been expecting one near his toes. Instead, gets a brisk one gunning for his rib-cage and is late on the pull. Mistimes it to deep mid-wicket
18.5 -
Riaz to Delport, 1 run, cramps Delport for room by following him, keeps it near the blockhole too and watches it being squeezed down to long-on
18.4 -
Riaz to Delport, 2 runs, smoke! Slower back of a length delivery wide of off, Delport smacks the flat-batted swat very hard towards long-off. The velocity is such that the fielder is taken aback and tumbles to the floor in an attempt to stop. Allows the batsmen to run back for the second
18.3 -
Riaz to U Akmal, 1 run, very full ball angled away outside off, Akmal squeezes the drive to deep point
18.2 -
Riaz to U Akmal, 2 runs, this one is slighly shorter than the previous one and allows Akmal to carve it over the covers. Wide enough of the sweeper for a couple
18.1 -
Riaz to Delport, 1 run, good stuff from Riaz, slingy full ball which is difficult to get underneath, slapped to mid-off
17.6 -
Tait to Delport, 1 run, pitches this one up and dangerously wide of off, Delport can't quite get under the ball as he tries to loft it down the ground, drills it to mid-off
17.5 -
Tait to U Akmal, 1 run, shortish outside off, chopped behind backward point
17.4 -
Tait to Delport, 1 run, follows Delport with a length ball to cramp him up as he was moving leg-side, he swipes hard but only manages a thick inside edge behind square
17.3 -
Tait to Delport, 2 runs, and again. But this time it will only be a couple as the ball is cut off by deep backward square. Short again from Tait and Delport was ready on the back foot to lace it along the carpet through square leg
17.2 -
Tait to Delport, SIX, this time he stands his ground and muscles the short ball over the square leg ropes. Boy, he timed that well. Took on the fury of Tait's pace and gave it a fair waft
17.1 -
Tait to Delport, no run, moves towards the leg-side and eventually can't reach out for a short and wide delivery
Shaun Tait [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Riaz to Delport, 1 run, Riaz has followed a Delport as he was backing away with a toe-crusher, hits him smack-bang on the boot, might have eked out an inside edge or so the umpire though before the ball dribbles away in front of backward point
16.5 -
Riaz to U Akmal, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, probably an off-cutter, dabbed down to third man
16.4 -
Riaz to U Akmal, FOUR, my goodness, that's a scorching stroke. Akmal finds out that playing conventional cricket works at any stage. Length ball slanted away outside off, Akmal prods across and blazes a punch on the up through extra-cover. Raced away
16.3 -
Riaz to U Akmal, no run, excellent yorker outside off, Akmal is beaten while trying to squeeze it out
16.2 -
Riaz to U Akmal, FOUR, Sammy has been presented with another difficult chance, and he's put it down again. Didn't even get a hand in the end. Pitched up wide of off, Akmal tries to launch it down but gets it right off the bottom of the bat. Goes hard and flat to long-off's right where Sammy covers good ground before diving with both hands but he ended up sticking his arms too far out. Went right between them
16.1 -
Riaz to U Akmal, FOUR, flayed away over backward point. Lots of room given with the angle from over the wicket, allows Akmal to just flash his hands at it and carve it over the infield
Wahab Riaz [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 1 run, overcooks another attempted yorker into a low-full toss, Akmal drills it to long-on
15.5 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, 1 run, fullish just outside off, Delport drives it carefully down to long-off
15.4 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, no run, I don't think Delport even saw that. A blatant full toss and it's through Delport before he attempts a push. Almost grazed off-stump on the way to the keeper
15.3 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 1 run, length ball just outside off, Akmal is just swinging blindly right now, chops it off the inside edge onto pad and collects a single in front of extra-cover
15.2 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 2 runs, a whole-hearted effort from Riaz at third man saves a couple of runs for his team. Ironically enough, it's off the bowling of Junaid - the same man who had costed Riaz via a poor misfield. Length ball outside off, it's outside Akmal's swinging arc, he still goes through with the slog and the resulting outside edge flies away fine. Riaz hurries across and sticks his left arm out to flick it back in
15.1 -
Junaid Khan to U Akmal, 2 runs, woah, look at those wrists. He's picked that length ball up from outside off and whipped it over square leg in the gap
Junaid Khan [2.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Asghar to Delport, SIX, shocking ball to cap off a rather ordinary over from Asghar. Darts it down leg with the length being very short, Delport moves with the turn and wallops the pull over long-leg to send the umpire's arms skywards
14.5 -
Asghar to U Akmal, 1 run, clipped with the angle through mid-wicket
14.4 -
Asghar to Delport, 1 run, slashed away to deep cover. Another drag-down with sufficient width on offer, but Delport couldn't quite get hold of it
14.3 -
Asghar to Delport, FOUR, a really well assembled half-century from Delport. The importance of this knock can't be stressed enough, on what looks a difficult pitch to bat on. Gets there by slapping a half-tracker behind square with a pull
14.2 -
Asghar to U Akmal, 1 run, arm-ball which slides on towards middle and leg, nudged down to long-on
14.1 -
Asghar to U Akmal, no run, shortish outside off, doesn't bounce quite enough to satisfy Akmal's expectations and he chops the cut to cover-point
Mohammad Asghar [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
Strategic time-out!
13.6 -
Tait to Delport, no run, such a clever follow-up delivery. Slower, fuller and wider outside off. Delport's feet are stuck in a blob as he might have expected another throat-seeker and simply sticks out his bat looking to push it away. Beaten on the outside edge
13.5 -
Tait to Delport, no run, slips in a brisk bouncer which drives Delport into evasive action. He ducks underneath it just in time to escape
13.4 -
Tait to U Akmal, 1 run, uses all the pace on this short of length delivery and glides it to third man
13.3 -
Tait to Delport, 1 run, back of a length delivery on middle and leg, clipped in front of mid-wicket for a rushed single. Could have been tricky had the throw at the non-striker's end found its target as Delport was being lazy and plonking his bat rather than sliding
13.2 -
Tait to U Akmal, 1 run, short of length delivery wide of off, punched through the covers
13.1 -
Tait to Delport, 1 run, worked down to long-on
Shaun Tait [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Riaz to U Akmal, FOUR, Riaz is a grumpy man. He has every reason to be. His compatriot in the field has let one sneak right under his hands. Driven on the up to the left of mid-off, Junaid ends up over-running the ball with the slide and allows it to go underneath his palms
12.5 -
Riaz to U Akmal, 2 runs, shuffles across to a back of a length delivery on the stumps and clips it wide of fine leg before haring back for two
12.4 -
Riaz to Delport, 1 run, nudged down to long-on
12.3 -
Riaz to Delport, FOUR, short of length delivery angled into the body, Delport moves inside the line of it and simply glances it away fine. Again, once it clears short fine leg, there is no doubting the result
12.2 -
Riaz to Delport, FOUR, a good chunk of luck falls Delport's way. Nowhere near short enough to be pulled, Delport still commits to the stroke and nearly chops it on off a thick bottom edge. Instead, the ball whistles past off-stump and past the outstretched arms of the keeper
12.1 -
Riaz to Delport, no run, length ball outside off, driven on the up to cover
Wahab Riaz [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Afridi to Delport, 1 run, might have been the googly which turns after being darted on leg, Delport picks it and works it through mid-wicket
11.5 -
Afridi to U Akmal, 1 run, whipped down to long-on
11.4 -
Afridi to U Akmal, 2 runs, that's sliced in the air, Sammy runs back from backward point, stretches his arms but can only manage fingertips. Wasn't quick enough to cover the ground, or maybe I am being too harsh? Initially though, Afridi forced Akmal to reach out for an inside out drive by tossing it wider and getting it to dip and he could never really control the stroke. Lives to fight another day
11.3 -
Afridi to Delport, 1 run, flatter on the pads, nurdled round the corner
11.2 -
Afridi to U Akmal, 1 run, driven with the turn to sweeper cover
11.1 -
Afridi to U Akmal, FOUR, that's very very well played. Even Afridi is impressed with the stroke. Created his own length by going deep in the crease and plays the back-cut effectively to hit the smallish gap between short third man and backward point
10.6 -
Sammy to Delport, no run, fullish and slanted away outside off, Delport prods across and drives to extra-cover
10.5 -
Sammy to U Akmal, 1 run, allows the off-cutter to come on before dabbing it wide of short third man where the fielder is forced into a slide to stop
10.4 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, short of length and angled into the body to tuck the batsman up, nudged through mid-wicket
10.3 -
Sammy to U Akmal, 1 run, picks a short of length delivery from off and clips it through mid-wicket
10.2 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, punched down to long-off
10.1 -
Sammy to Delport, FOUR, Delport has looked good since coming in. Looks at relative ease on a sluggish pitch. This time transfers his weight back after judging the length early and pulls it behind square off the middle
9.6 -
Afridi to Delport, 1 run, pushes it through slightly quicker this time, the line remains leg-stumpish, glanced behind square for a single
9.5 -
Afridi to U Akmal, 1 run, turning away from a back of a length just outside off, dabbed wide of short third man
9.4 -
Afridi to Delport, 1 run, sees it being tossed up very full on leg, nurdles it round the corner
9.3 -
Afridi to Delport, no run, no run this time as mid-wicket intercepts the flick and moves across quickly to stop
9.2 -
Afridi to U Akmal, 1 run, drifting in with the arm to end up on the pads, nudged wide of mid-wicket
9.1 -
Afridi to Delport, 1 run, gives it some air on leg stump, flicked through mid-wicket
Shahid Afridi, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
8.6 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, full and Delport lays into the drive to long-off
Umar Akmal, right handed bat, comes to the crease
8.5 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, out Caught by Tamim!! Azhar looks to heave one out of the park and falls in the process. Didn't get hold of it at all as the bat-face may have turned slightly on impact and lobs it down to long-on. Azhar Ali c Tamim b Sammy 25(26) [4s-3]
Sammy to Azhar Ali, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
8.4 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, loads of encouragent from the keeper. Keeps yelping "good bowling Sammy" after a short of length delivery is tucked down to long-on
8.3 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, 1 run, fullish on middle, whipped to deep mid-wicket who is quick in skating to his right and prevents the second run
8.2 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, punched wide of extra-cover
8.1 -
Sammy to Delport, no run, off-pace full ball just outside off, driven gently to extra-cover
7.6 -
Asghar to Delport, 1 run, another one which is fired on leg-stump. Just round-arm darts these with no intention to get turn. Delport ekes out an inside edge onto pad while looking to glance it away and hurries across
7.5 -
Asghar to Azhar Ali, 1 run, wristed down to long-on. Not a lot of turn which enables Azhar to close the bat-face without much danger
7.4 -
Asghar to Delport, 1 run, short and sliding away outside off, slashed to deep point
7.3 -
Asghar to Azhar Ali, 1 run, turns away from a length on off after being fired in, Azhar doesn't commit early, and works it beside the pitch gently before scampering across for a well judged single
7.2 -
Asghar to Delport, 1 run, darted down leg, it's well down and could have been a wide had Delport not been so intent on prying and flicking it behind square
7.1 -
Asghar to Delport, no run, flatter on off, Delport hangs back and blocks
6.6 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, FOUR, poor ball. Drags it down with ample width on offer, Azhar slaps it off the front foot past backward point offering sweeper cover no semblance of an opportunity
6.5 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, no run, short ball outside off, hurries onto Azhar's attempted pull and he mistimes it off the splice towards extra-cover
6.4 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, keeping it on a back of a length, worked through mid-wicket
6.3 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, 1 run, clipped away through mid-wicket
6.2 -
Sammy to Delport, 1 run, slower bouncer which grips the surface and actually turns away outside off, Delport rolls his wrists on the ball to control the bounce and swats it down to long-on
6.1 -
Sammy to Azhar Ali, 1 run, slower length ball on off, Azhar nudges it down towards long-on after leaning forward
Darren Sammy, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Asghar to Delport, no run, pushed through flatter and faster outside off, Delport meekly drives to cover
5.5 -
Asghar to Delport, SIX, goes down on one knee and clouts the slog-sweep over deep mid-wicket. Got it on a perfect length to execute the stroke and then allowed his long levers to do the damage
5.4 -
Asghar to Azhar Ali, 1 run, sliding into the pads, clipped through mid-wicket
5.3 -
Asghar to Delport, 1 run, flatter on middle and leg, punched down to long-on
5.2 -
Asghar to Azhar Ali, 1 run, sliding in with the arm towards middle and leg, tucked wide of mid-wicket
5.1 -
Asghar to Azhar Ali, no run, shortish and skidding on outside off, Azhar is hurried on the cut shot and chops it to cover
Mohammad Asghar, comes into the attack
4.6 -
Riaz to Delport, no run, the ball is quite evidently stopping and coming from all I gather so far. Holds up on Delport from a short of length, and he chops it onto pad off the inside edge while attempted to punch it through the covers
4.5 -
Riaz to Azhar Ali, 1 run, short of length delivery which manages to rise towards Azhar's mid-riff, he stands on his toes to ride the bounce and clips it to deep backward square
4.4 -
Riaz to Azhar Ali, no run, tucked to mid-wicket
4.3 -
Riaz to Delport, 1 run, adjusts his pace on seeing Delport give the charge, means that Delport has nothing to work with on the attempted slog and drags it off the inside half of the bat wide of mid-wicket
4.2 -
Riaz to Delport, no run, back of a length delivery on off, defensively pushed towards mid-off from the crease
4.1 -
Riaz to Delport, no run, that's nearly planted a kiss on the off-stump. Awfully close. Stays a touch low from a length to sneak past the inside edge of Delport's attempted off-drive, and nearly .. so nearly
Wahab Riaz, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
3.6 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, no run, half-volley on off, squeezed to mid-off
3.5 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, no run, softly punched to point before taking a few strides down the pitch looking for a silly single. Sent back
3.4 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, FOUR, wrong lines. Fine leg is up in the ring and Tait dishes an offering on the hips. Azhar rolls his wrists on the ball and glances it wide of the man
3.3 -
Tait to Delport, 1 run, dabbed down to third man
3.2 -
Tait to Delport, 2 runs, sliced through the point region. Opened the bat-face on impact and splits the two fielders who give chase and haul it in
3.1 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, 1 run, all the pace on this short of length delivery is sucked out after landing, Azhar angles it down to third man
2.6 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, no run, superb deception. Delport flashed his cards too early in advancing down, Junaid makes a fool out of him with a slower short ball. Delport ends up being very very early in the attempted pull and fails to connect
2.5 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, no run, very full ball on off, Delport hurries to get his bat down and jams it to mid-off
2.4 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, 2 runs, flogged off the pads, a really whippy pick-up stroke which would have made a sub-continent player proud. But there is protection in the deep on the on-side
2.3 -
Junaid Khan to Azhar Ali, 1 run, angling away on a short of length, dabbed down to third man
2.2 -
Junaid Khan to Azhar Ali, FOUR, gives the charge and slaps it over mid-on. That's imperious from Azhar. Despite the bowler shortening his length after seeing him come, he has enough room for an unhindered swing of the arms. Absolutely spanked
2.1 -
Junaid Khan to Azhar Ali, no run, length ball on off stump, Azhar moves half-forward to block
1.6 -
Tait to Delport, no run, pitched up outside off, Delport mistimes the drive to cover
1.6 -
Tait to Delport, 5 wides, oops, I put the mockers on him. After all my praise, he follows it up with a wild delivery down leg. No way Akmal is going to get that
1.5 -
Tait to Delport, no run, Tait's bowled five deliveries right on the mark. Impressive. Okay, he's strayed one down leg but that's allowed. Length ball on middle and off, Delport clears his front leg to stay leg-side of the ball and flat-footedly punches it to mid-off
1.4 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, 1 run, fullish on middle, Azhar maintains his posture on this occasion and works it wide enough of mid-on with a closed bat for a single
1.3 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, no run, prods forward to a length ball before punching to mid-off
1.2 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, no run, slings in a full delivery angled towards leg to topple Azhar's head. He badly overbalances while looking to flick and is rapped on the pad. Big appeal from Tait but it's turned down. HawkEye shows the ball clipping leg. Fair enough
1.2 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, wide, falling down the leg-side with the arm, Azhar fails to get bat on his attempted glance
1.1 -
Tait to Azhar Ali, no run, tests the bounce on a short of length, straightens slightly on off and Azhar carefully pats it back
Shaun Tait, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, no run, hangs back this time and blunts it out
0.5 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, no run, zippy back of a length delivery on off, Delport presses forward to defend
0.4 -
Junaid Khan to Delport, FOUR, wow. What a start for Delport. Drives a length ball on the up, rather just punches it firmly off the front foot past a diving mid-off
Cameron Delport, left handed bat, comes to the crease
0.3 -
Junaid Khan to Gayle, out Lbw!! Oh, massive. Junaid is rapturous in his celebrations and roaring his lungs out. Stayed low slightly from a back of a length while being angled in, Gayle is horribly tardy while looking to work it through the on-side and hit on the knee-roll. Would it have gone down leg? Geez, looks very dodgy. Might not have been the best decisions going around but all that matters is that the big Jamaican is gone. Gayle lbw b Junaid Khan 0(1)
Junaid Khan to Gayle, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
0.3 -
Junaid Khan to Gayle, wide, slanted well down leg, Gayle couldn't have possible laid bat on it
0.2 -
Junaid Khan to Azhar Ali, leg byes, 1 run, skiddy ball which thuds on Azhar's thigh pad after he was beaten for pace on the flick, rolls away behind square for a leg-bye
0.1 -
Junaid Khan to Azhar Ali, 2 runs, driven sweetly through the covers. Not even close to a half-volley outside off, Azhar leans across after a good forward stride and plants the full bat-face before threading the ring. Didn't extend his arms though and the ball is chased down
Azhar Ali and Gayle are at the crease. Azhar Ali is on strike. Junaid Khan will open the attack
That's what a cliff-hanger is like. As Afridi mentioned, it opens up the competition nicely with plenty depending on every match. Phew. I need to lie down after this one. Will be back for tomorrow's double header. See you then. Cheers!
Azhar: We needed this win. Was a pressure game for us. The guys held their nerve well. If you don't take catches in this format, you won't win. Just need to be focused and do better in the field. Obviously it was tough. At one stage we got wickets in the middle. But one big over changed it. Before he [Adil] got hit for six, I told him that if you get through this ball we will win, but then he conceded six.
Afridi: Congratulations and credit to Lahore for playing better cricket than us. Dew came into effect and the ball was getting wet so it wasn't that difficult a task. This result opens up the competition nicely.
Delport: We found a bit hard to bat out there. There was a bit for the bowlers and the focus was on building partnerships. Big win for our team. We've played some good cricket but not capitalized on big moments.
Cameron Delport is MOM
Just imagine what Ehsan Adil must have gone through before that final ball. The plethora of emotions. Hoping for the best, while fearing the worst at the same time. And in the end, a low full toss does the trick. Doesn't allow Riaz to get underneath and wins it for his team. What a match we have had here. Tip-toed on either side, sent both dugouts into trauma, before being decided off the final ball. Lahore Qalandars needed this more badly than their rivals to be honest. After putting on a decent score with the bat, they seemed to have pulled things back nicely by picking wickets during the middle overs. But then a partnership blossomed between Malan and Shahid Yousuf which threatened to blow things apart. Ended up being 16 to defend off the final over. A six from Riaz on the fourth ball sent Lahore captain Azhar Ali jumping in agony. However, Adil followed it with two low full tosses which proved to be enough.
19.6 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, 1 run, Adil has come through the test. Lahore Qalandars do just enough to register their second win in the tournament. It's a low full toss which Riaz can only drag through mid-wicket along the carpet. Woosh, relief
Six required off the final ball! It's happened before, and has often destroyed some careers.
19.5 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, 2 runs, it's another full toss which hasn't been made optimum use of. Riaz swishes hard but the bat turns on impact and he can only drag it wide of long-on
19.4 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, SIX, this is crazy! With 14 required off 3, Riaz slaps it straight back over long-off. Adil misses with the yorker, and provides length which is enough for Riaz to swipe hard and get under it
19.3 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, 2 runs, a dropped catch, but more importantly it's a ball off which a boundary hasn't been scored. Adil changes his plan and bangs it in short, Riaz slices his flat-batted attempt over extra-cover where Azhar runs back but doesn't even get a hand while tumbling down
19.2 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, no run, excellent delivery. On a yorker length on the stumps, Riaz squeezes it back down the pitch where Adil sticks out a boot and cuts it out
16 off 5 now. Nearly in Lahore's bag
19.1 -
Ehsan Adil to Riaz, no run, oh dear. He's missed out on a full toss. It's there to be dispatched on the pads, but Riaz is too late
Ehsan Adil [3.0-0-25-0] is back into the attack
18.6 -
K Cooper to Junaid Khan, no run, slower short of length delivery around off which is chopped off a thick under edge and onto the pitch. The ball doesn't go anywhere despite Junaid nearly swinging off his feet
18.5 -
K Cooper to Riaz, 1 run, ha, try hitting that. Speared into the blockhole and Riaz should be credited for keeping it out. They rush across the single as the ball is plugged on the popping crease
18.4 -
K Cooper to Junaid Khan, 1 run, now follows Junaid as he backs away, the only thing he can do is pat it down to long-off after being cramped up
18.3 -
K Cooper to Junaid Khan, no run, a big swing and miss. Cooper smartly bowled it wide of off seeing Junaid wind up. Wide enough to take it out of his reach
18.2 -
K Cooper to Junaid Khan, no run, no foot movement at all to a length ball, simply pats it away towards extra-cover
Junaid Khan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.1 -
K Cooper to Malan, out Lbw!! Indeed, what a massive delivery this could prove to be. Cooper couldn't have bowled a better ball. Cannons it right into the blockhole in line with leg-stump to sneak under Malan's swinging willow and smack him on the back pad. This could go a long way in ensuring a win for Lahore. Malan lbw b K Cooper 42(35) [6s-3]
K Cooper to Malan, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
Malan is on strike with 18 required off 12. Big first ball.
17.6 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, 1 run, backs away to open up the off-side and retains strike with a punch to sweeper cover
17.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to Riaz, 1 run, slower ball which grips and bounces spongily to catch the splice of Riaz's forward push, bobs in front of extra-cover. More crazy running which results in a throw at the striker's end. Malan would have been in even with a direct-hit
17.4 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, 1 run, the bottom hand comes off as Malan is deceived by a slower ball and pushed well in front of the body towards long-off
17.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to Riaz, 1 run, almost a yorker on middle, Riaz gets his bat down in time to glance it to short fine leg
17.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Riaz, no run, slower and fuller outside off, deceives Riaz for lack of pace and has him lunging out to defend
17.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Riaz, wide, gets the line wrong with another off-cutter, falls away down leg
17.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, 1 run, a short of length off-cutter on off, clipped through mid-wicket
Dwayne Bravo [3.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
K Cooper to Riaz, no run, oh, crazy. Crazy. Riaz pats a length ball towards extra-cover and takes a couple of strides down which prompts his partner to come hurtling out of the blocks before being given a "no". A direct-hit could have been curtains
Wahab Riaz, right handed bat, comes to the crease
16.5 -
K Cooper to Sammy, out Caught by Zohaib Khan!! The umpires have gone upstairs to check if it's a case of a bump-ball, or has Sammy scooped it straight in the air. No, it's the latter. Yorker length delivery just outside off, lands on the pitch before the bat comes down, and is then spooned straight to the fielder at extra-cover. Lahore keep fighting back by ticking away at the wickets. Sammy c Zohaib Khan b K Cooper 6(4) [6s-1]
K Cooper to Sammy, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
16.4 -
K Cooper to Sammy, SIX, that's the hitting prowess which Sammy brings. So much power on the bottom hand. Short of length delivery on middle, Sammy makes room and flat-bats the heave over wide long-on
16.3 -
K Cooper to Sammy, no run, had to hurry to get his bat down as the ball skidded on rapidly from a back of a length, keeps it out
16.2 -
K Cooper to Sammy, no run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, deceives Sammy for the lack of pace and beats him
Darren Sammy, right handed bat, comes to the crease
16.1 -
K Cooper to Malan, out S Yousuf Run Out!! The zing bails are flashing after Cooper flicked the ball back on to the stumps in his followthrough. Oh yes, Yousuf is short of his ground. Skiddy back of a length delivery which cramps Malan for room and he chops it at his feet. They decide to take the single on, needless if you ask me, and pay the price. Cooper had the head-start which put him in pole position ahead of Yousuf. Catches him a yard short. S Yousuf run out (K Cooper) 16(11) [4s-3]
K Cooper to Malan, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
Kevon Cooper [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Ehsan Adil to Malan, 1 run, fullish on the pads, flicked to deep mid-wicket
15.5 -
Ehsan Adil to Malan, SIX, a massive strike which has tilted the balance considerably in favour of Peshawar. Adil resorts to a slower ball which is picked and gobbled by Malan. Backs away slightly and heaves it over wide long-on
15.4 -
Ehsan Adil to S Yousuf, 1 run, speared in full around off, Yousuf hammers it to long-on
15.3 -
Ehsan Adil to Malan, 1 run, slammed down to long-off. Very full ball which doesn't allow Malan to get underneath it
15.3 -
Ehsan Adil to Malan, wide, Malan lets it go expecting a wide, and wide he gets. Hmm, looked close to me on the naked eye. Might have been with the tramline actually
15.2 -
Ehsan Adil to S Yousuf, 1 run, slower bouncer employed after seeing the batsman charge at him, Yousuf adjusts and plays a controlled pull through mid-wicket
15.1 -
Ehsan Adil to Malan, 1 run, dropped at extra-cover. Tough chance but a chance nonetheless. Full ball outside off, Malan drills it hard to the right of the fielder who dives across and manages to get a hand on it. But can only parry it down to long-off
Ehsan Adil [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Just in case you are not aware, Shane Watson - who plays for Islamabad United - will be going home due to an abdominal injury. Evem Andre Russell has injured his leg making his future participation uncertain. And now Bravo looks to be hobbling around. Pity that this tournament is being ravaged by injury
14.6 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, 1 run, fullish and driven down to long-off
14.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, 2 runs, slower and fuller outside off, Malan squeezes the drive square of the wicket and scampers back for a couple
14.4 -
Dwayne Bravo to S Yousuf, leg byes, 1 run, a brisk full ball angled down leg, good variations in pace as Yousuf seemed to be expecting a slower one and is tardy on the flick. Misses it, and the ball deflects off the pad in front of backward point
14.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to S Yousuf, no run, another slower ball and this time it's outside off, Yousuf gives the charge looking to heave it away but can't lay bat on ball as it doesn't bounce enough
14.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to S Yousuf, wide, slower full toss which dips sharply to sneak under Yousuf's slog but the line was down leg
14.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, leg byes, 1 run, here's the two-paced nature of the pitch coming into play. This off-cutter skids on from a back of a length to thud into Malan's knee-roll after his bat was late to come across. They sneak in a leg-bye though
14.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to Malan, no run, slower short of length delivery outside off, Malan has no pace to work on and cuts it to backward point
Dwayne Bravo [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Adnan Rasool to S Yousuf, FOUR, massive over. 20 runs off it. And Peshawar are back in the contest with a surge. Fired in on the stumps, again not full enough to foil Yousuf's premeditated sweep. He crunches it to the deep backward square boundary
13.5 -
Adnan Rasool to S Yousuf, FOUR, woah, the tide is turning. Lahore, surely not. But what brilliant improvisation. Brings out the reverse lap this time and paddles it fine
13.4 -
Adnan Rasool to S Yousuf, FOUR, swept away! Fired through on a length where Yousuf had premeditated the shot. Gets it away behind square
13.3 -
Adnan Rasool to Malan, 1 run, darted down leg-side aiming to cramp the batsman for room, not very smart. Malan is able to pull it hard behind square and had it not been for an agile deep backward square, it would have been a boundary. He moved smoothly and put in the slide to flick it back
13.2 -
Adnan Rasool to Malan, SIX, right, here goes Malan. Enough of flight on the off-break to get under the loft, extends his arms in a nice followthrough to make a decent contact which clears the long-off ropes
13.1 -
Adnan Rasool to S Yousuf, 1 run, flat and short outside off, cut away towards deep point
Adnan Rasool [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Delport to S Yousuf, 1 run, angled in on middle and leg, wristed down to long-on
12.5 -
Delport to S Yousuf, no run, beaten again by a similar delivery. Not getting his front foot across enough to increase chances of a connection
12.4 -
Delport to S Yousuf, no run, good length ball wide of off, has Yousuf reaching out for it on the drive, holds its line enough to beat the outside edge
12.3 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, length ball angled in on middle, nudged down to long-on
Shahid Yousuf, right handed bat, comes to the crease
12.2 -
Delport to Afridi, out Caught by U Akmal!! The Afridi bomb has been defused without much of a flutter. No boom-boom tonight, and Peshawar Zulmi are now in all sorts. Backs away exposing all his stumps to the bowler as he was running in, Delport sticks to the basics and bowls it full and straight. A huge slog ensues, which is botched up and culminates in a slice down to long-on. Akmal is safe as houses under it and takes it with a reverse-cup. Afridi c U Akmal b Delport 9(6) [4s-1]
Delport to Afridi, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
12.1 -
Delport to Afridi, FOUR, a low full toss which has been whipped hard wide of long-on, and through a chasing Umar Akmal at long-on. He could have done better than just sticking his right hand out
11.6 -
K Cooper to Afridi, 1 run, skiddy back of a length delivery on off, Afridi opens the bat-face on impact to pat it wide of cover
11.5 -
K Cooper to Afridi, 2 runs, walks inside the line of a length ball and scoops it over short fine leg. Got it high on the bat but just enough to clear a chasing Gayle at short fine leg. The Jamaican does well to cut off the boundary though
11.4 -
K Cooper to Malan, 1 run, angled away outside off, short again, Malan cuts it wide of backward point who hustles across and slides to stop
11.3 -
K Cooper to Afridi, 1 run, slightly short outside off, dabbed wide of backward point
11.2 -
K Cooper to Malan, 1 run, pitches this one up on middle and off, worked wide of mid-wicket
11.1 -
K Cooper to Malan, 2 runs, back of a length outside off and it's been punched through the covers. Could have been the much required boundary they need, if not for a tumbling sweeper cover
Kevon Cooper [1.0-0-9-1] is back into the attack
10.6 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, fullish and driven down to long-on
10.5 -
Delport to Afridi, 1 run, walks across the stumps slightly and flicks it from middle stump through mid-wicket
10.4 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, off-cutter which grips from a length on off, Malan plays it late and glances it in front of short fine leg
Shahid Afridi, right handed bat, comes to the crease
10.3 -
Delport to K Akmal, out Caught by Azhar Ali!! Oh no, this is the last thing Peshawar needed. After taking a sufficient amount of time to get in, Akmal has thrown it away. Backs away a touch and tries to slog a length ball into orbit, couldn't make a clean connection and slices it to deep mid-wicket. Compared to the previous catch he took, this is a doddle for Azhar. Still, he just about holds on with the ball threatening to pop out. K Akmal c Azhar Ali b Delport 18(20) [4s-1]
Delport to K Akmal, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
10.2 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, very full outside off, driven nicely down to long-off
10.1 -
Delport to K Akmal, 1 run, fullish on off, Akmal forces it with a closed-bat through square leg
Strategic time-out!
9.6 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, no run, slightly early in closing the bat-face, nudges it back to the bowler off a thick leading edge which goes all along the carpet
9.5 -
Zohaib Khan to K Akmal, 1 run, driven with the turn down to long-off
9.4 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, 1 run, pushed through the air, punched down to long-on
9.3 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, SIX, tossed up and that's enough for Malan. He decides to break the shackles and does so with aplomb. Big stride forward on a bent back knee and nails the slog-sweep over the mid-wicket fence
9.2 -
Zohaib Khan to K Akmal, 1 run, drifting in with the arm on middle and leg, worked down to long-on
9.1 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, 1 run, flatter and turning in on the stumps, nudged down to long-on
8.6 -
Delport to K Akmal, no run, fullish on middle and leg, glanced to short fine leg
8.5 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, fullish off-cutter which has been chipped down to Akmal at long-off. He loads up and fires a direct-hit at the non-striker's end. Absolutely needless
8.4 -
Delport to Malan, no run, dabbed to backward point
8.3 -
Delport to K Akmal, 1 run, driven on the up through the covers
8.2 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, half-volley driven nicely through extra-cover. There is a thought given to a couple but sweeper cover is too quick
8.1 -
Delport to K Akmal, 1 run, closes the bat-face on a length ball on off to work it through the acres of space in the on-side
7.6 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, no run, flicks it gently with the turn towards mid-wicket
7.5 -
Zohaib Khan to K Akmal, 1 run, tossed up outside off, eased down to long-off
7.4 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, 1 run, pushed gently wide of cover
7.3 -
Zohaib Khan to Malan, byes, FOUR, the keeper's appealing after the ball nutmegged him, and the umpire's signalled byes. It hit nothing on the way. Malan pre-meditated a reverse-sweep to a ball spinning down leg, a very difficult task. Couldn't make a connection, and the low bounce even deceived the keeper
7.2 -
Zohaib Khan to K Akmal, 1 run, a bit more air on this from round the wicket, driven to sweeper cover
7.1 -
Zohaib Khan to K Akmal, no run, slightly short outside off, cut to point
Zohaib Khan, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Delport to K Akmal, 1 run, nudged down to long-on
6.5 -
Delport to Malan, 1 run, back of a length delivery slanted away outside off, Malan waits for it before dropping the ball with soft hands in front of backward point
6.4 -
Delport to Malan, no run, looks for an expansive drive to a length ball which holds up on him. As a result, he has to reach out for it and hits it well in front of the body with the bottom hand coming off. Spoons it in the air in front of mid-off. Akmal sets off frantically at the non-striker's end, and then runs back at an angle after being sent back. Interestingly, it was his brother Umar Akmal who tried to effect his run-out but missed the stumps
6.3 -
Delport to Malan, no run, skiddy back of a length delivery on middle, Malan hangs back and defends
Dawid Malan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
6.2 -
Delport to Tamim, out Caught by Rizwan!! He's hit that, surely has. Yes. Dabbed straight into the keeper's gloves. Made a woody sound and the umpire heard it. Shortish and wide of off, Tamim tries to be cheeky, but couldn't get enough of a connection with an open bat to beat the keeper. Didn't get it off the middle I guess, nicked it behind. Tamim c Rizwan b Delport 30(22) [4s-4 6s-1]
Delport to Tamim, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
6.1 -
Delport to K Akmal, 1 run, back of a length delivery which is punched past a diving bowler down to long-on
Cameron Delport, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, no run, pitched up outside off, driven to cover
5.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, FOUR, with no protection in the deep on the off-side, this is not the line to be bowling. Inches short of the blockhole wide of off, and with the form Tamim is in, he is only seeing gaps. Squeezes the drive past backward point
5.4 -
Dwayne Bravo to K Akmal, 1 run, fullish seam up delivery on the stumps, wristed down to long-on
5.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, 1 run, slower ball on middle and leg, nurdled round the corner
5.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to K Akmal, 1 run, Akmal gets unlucky and lucky on the same ball. First his glance finds short fine leg with pin point precision. Then he hesitantly sets off for a single after being called through by his partner, and would have been gone for all money if the stumps were gunned down by the throw
5.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to K Akmal, no run, slower and fuller off-cutter on middle, gently worked beside the pitch
Dwayne Bravo [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
4.6 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, 1 run, turning into the pads, nudged through the mid-wicket region
4.5 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, no run, flicked to mid-wicket
4.4 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, FOUR, it's been an underwhelming introduction by the offie. The focus is just on firing it through. This time he ends up dropping it short outside off, Akmal camps back and slashes it through the off-side
4.4 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, wide, hurled down the leg-side, way too wide
4.3 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, 2 runs, this time the angle takes it a little further wide of off, allows Akmal to rock back and punch it square of the wicket and scurry back for a couple
4.2 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, no run, darted across middle, with the round the wicket angle even to the right-hander, softly driven off the back foot to extra-cover
4.2 -
Adnan Rasool to K Akmal, wide, fired down the leg-side, wide called after Akmal couldn't reach out with his sweep
4.1 -
Adnan Rasool to Tamim, 1 run, drifting in with the arm from round the wicket, Tamim prods across and clips it in front of square leg for a quick single
Adnan Rasool, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
3.6 -
K Cooper to Tamim, 1 run, length ball on middle and leg, nudged wide of mid-wicket
3.5 -
K Cooper to Tamim, no run, better. On a good length on middle, patted back down the pitch
3.4 -
K Cooper to Tamim, FOUR, now a leg-stump half-volley which has been flicked away with ease through mid-wicket. This is cannon-fodder with the kind of form Tamim is in
3.3 -
K Cooper to Tamim, leg byes, FOUR, this is not on. Just no. After seeing his captain leading from the front in the field, Cooper drifts down leg-side. Although Tamim couldn't get bat on the flick, it runs away fine off his pad
Kamran Akmal, right handed bat, comes to the crease
3.2 -
K Cooper to Hafeez, out Caught by Azhar Ali!! Azhar Ali has pulled off a ripper! Simply sensational. Hafeez ran down the track, went through with the loft despite the length being pulled back and spooned it off the splice wide of mid-off. Azhar sprints to his left, stretches every sinew of his arms - both of them - and plucks it before his momentum caused him to tumble. Hafeez c Azhar Ali b K Cooper 9(7) [4s-2]
K Cooper to Hafeez, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
3.1 -
K Cooper to Hafeez, FOUR, thrashed past a diving backward point. That's a tripe ball - short and wide - and Hafeez slaps it off the back foot
Kevon Cooper, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
2.6 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, SIX, oh no! A decent over has just turned into a mediocre one. Short ball but Adil goofs-up with the direction. It's down the leg-side. Allows Tamim to swivel across and help the pull along over long leg. Simply whipped it with an upward bat-swish
2.5 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, no run, the attempted slower ball goes awry in the form of a full toss, but Tamim is done in by the lack of pace and hits it tamely to cover
2.4 -
Ehsan Adil to Hafeez, 1 run, middle stump half-volley which is whipped nicely wide of a diving mid-wicket fielder who manages to get a hand with the dive and take the pace off a certain boundary
2.3 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, 1 run, half-volley punched in front of mid-off for a quick single
2.2 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, no run, Tamim is not happy. He is fuming here as Adil fires in a throw at the striker's end. He was well within his right to do so with the batsman wandering out of the crease after nudging it back. But Tamim doesn't see it that way. Up in arms!
2.1 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, no run, skips out of the crease, converts it into a full ball and slaps it to extra-cover
1.6 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, 1 run, nudged wide of mid-wicket
1.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, FOUR, hops to ride the bounce of a short of length delivery outside off and upper-cuts it with no one down at third man
1.4 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, 2 runs, short of length delivery which is glanced away fine, Rasool gets to the ball quickly from fine leg and sends Tamim's heart racing as he has to hurry back for the second. The keeper is not at the stumps though. Collects the throw and tries to relay it back on at the striker's end. By that time, Tamim would have made his ground
1.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, FOUR, that's Tamim written all over it. A flourishing cover-drive to a length ball. He is so good with these. Plants his foot across and allows his hands to come down on the ball before crashing it in the gap
1.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, no run, and again a batsman looking to pull a ball which doesn't get up much from the pitch, ends up cramping Tamim for room and dies under his bottom edge through to the keeper
1.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to Tamim, no run, Bravo announces his arrival with a bouncer first ball, Tamim hunches under it
Dwayne Bravo, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Ehsan Adil to Hafeez, no run, short of length delivery which lulled Hafeez into a pull, but the bounce is low and sneaks under the bottom edge through to the keeper
0.5 -
Ehsan Adil to Hafeez, no run, careful, careful. Tried to work a fullish ball from off stump into the on-side, add to that the away swing and the odds are terribly against Hafeez. He does well not to close the bat completely and even though it spoons off a leading edge, it drops well in front of mid-on
0.4 -
Ehsan Adil to Hafeez, FOUR, cracking stroke over backward point. The ball started swinging early from the arm, allowed Hafeez to lean across and carve it away over the infield
0.3 -
Ehsan Adil to Hafeez, no run, that's a rip-snorter. Darting away from a short of length on off, has Hafeez feeling for it only to miss it by a mile
0.2 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, 1 run, strays on the pads this time, clipped behind square
0.1 -
Ehsan Adil to Tamim, no run, lovely first ball. Floated on a length with the angle leaving the left-hander outside off, Tamim gets a big stride across to block and is comprehensively beaten on the edge
Tamim and Hafeez are at the crease. Tamim is on strike. Ehsan Adil will open the attack