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Pakistan Super League 2016

Scorecard - 2nd Match, Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (05 Feb 2016)

Lahore Qalandars

125/8 (20) RR:6.25

Karachi Kings won by 7 wkts

MOM: Shakib Al Hasan
Karachi Kings

131/3 (15.5) RR:8.27

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16.2 - Amir to Rizwan, FOUR, tries to go fuller but ends up dishing out a full toss, Rizwan stretches on his front foot and carves out a drive through extra cover

15.0 - Shakib to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, this looked lovely after all the missed sweeping chances. Skips down the track and lofts the ball over extra cover for a boundary

13.2 - Imad Wasim to Rizwan, FOUR, that roared off the bat. Rizwan used his feet, came down and tonked this ball over Rizwan's head. All to easy when you can swing your bat through the line and find the middle of your wild bat

10.4 - Imad Wasim to Rizwan, FOUR, just a touch dragged down, Rizwan plonks his front leg forward, bends his knees and hammers the uppish sweep through mid-wicket

4.1 - Shakib to Delport, FOUR, broomed away with swagger! Gets on his knees and swipes his bat across his pad to tonk the ball through backward square leg

4.0 - Amir to Azhar Ali, FOUR, ah, thumped away! Stood up, lifted his hands and slapped the ball uppishly over the infield. Just a touch dragged down and that sped away

3.1 - Amir to Azhar Ali, FOUR, that's bashed! Straightened his knees, stood tall and thumps the ball through long-on with a bat-swing mimicking Tiger Woods's club whirlwind

1.5 - Amir to Azhar Ali, FOUR, that's a slap! Amir saw Ali advancing down the track, bowls it short but Ali is upto it. Hops in the air and upper-cuts it over backward point for an airy fairy boundary

0.3 - Shoaib Malik to Gayle, FOUR, there goes Gayle! BOOM! Puts on his dancing shoes and clobbers this flighted delivery over long-on! Sails over the infield and into the ropes

15.4 - Imad Wasim to Rizwan, SIX, t-o-n-k-e-d! And you don't even need to middle the shot with the bats these days. Came down the ball, extended arms to fetch the ball and heaved it over long-on for a maximum. Full swing of the bat and the ball vroomed over the ropes

8.2 - Imad Wasim to Maqsood, SIX, oh, that flew! Short ball and Maqsood clobbers it a tree-slashing bat swing and the ball sails over the long-on fences by a distance. Was the catch taken in the crowd?

19.5 - Tanvir to Rizwan, out Bowled!! And he's gonne now. Rather "scooped", if there's a term like that in cricket. Goes for another cheeky shot over the keeper with a sky-facing blade, Tanvir had angled this one in further and as a result, Rizwan misses it by a mile and the ball crashes into the stumps. Rizwan b Tanvir 37(31) [4s-3 6s-1]

18.4 - Amir to K Cooper, out Lbw!! Amir! Amir! Amir! A hat-trick for him. He keeps pulling out these stunners from his hat. Welcomes Cooper with a full and straight ball and the batsman ends us playing all around it. Rapped on the pads and the umpire raises his finger. Dubai and its Friday visitors erupt in joy. K Cooper lbw b Amir 0(1)

18.3 - Amir to Zohaib Khan, out Caught by Saifullah Bangash!! And Amir is helped to a hat-trick opportunity! Fullish ball outside off, Khan stretched forward to ramp this ball with a heaven-facing bat, couldn't get hold of it and hit it tamely to the wicket-keeper behind. Zohaib Khan c Saifullah Bangash b Amir 0(1)

18.2 - Amir to Dwayne Bravo, out Bowled!! Ah, gone! Full-blooded yorker swinging in from round the wicket, Bravo had made room for a batter-whip run into the leg-side, was deceived by the pace and was knocked over! Dwayne Bravo b Amir 14(14) [4s-1]

14.0 - Imad Wasim to Maqsood, out Caught by Bopara!! And trying to flush coal into the slowing Lahori steam engine, Maqsood perishes! The ball wasn't a wonderment..had the width tempting Maqsood to throw his bat at it. Maqsood ends up slicing the ball uppishly over cover-point and the man at backward point ran behind and snaffled that. Maqsood c Bopara b Imad Wasim 22(27) [6s-1]

9.4 - Shoaib Malik to Maqsood, out Delport Run Out!! That's a dive at cover - flung to his right, got hold of the ball and rifled the throw to bowler's end who took the bails off in a flash. Maqsood had just defended the ball and ran through. Delport responded a touch too excitedly, was half-way down the pitch and had to hurry back. Turns, dives but Iftikhar's dive was superlative. By a distance. Delport run out (Iftikhar Ahmed/Shoaib Malik) 17(22) [4s-1]

5.0 - Shakib to Azhar Ali, out Bowled!! That's the ball Shakib uses as prop to bid goodbyes. The arm-ball, the Shakib arm-ball, foxes Ali who has had his fair issues with spin. Dances down the track, fails to read the incoming ball which makes its way through the bat-pad gap. Bowled and some early trouble for Lahore. Azhar Ali b Shakib 18(16) [4s-3]

0.4 - Shoaib Malik to Gayle, out Caught by James Vince!! Malik has sent the big man back! Gayle wants to repeat the shot, charges down the ground, threw his bat at it but mistimes it to horror. Ball lobs to long-on who pounces onto a simple catch. Gayle c James Vince b Shoaib Malik 6(4) [4s-1]

9.2 - Shoaib Malik to Delport, no run, Delport had his two feet apart like a compass as he fetched this leg-stumpish delivery and attempted the half-pull half-reverse sweep. Manages to hit it straight to short third man...well just who leaped to his right but could only tip the ball away

14.2 - Z Gohar to Simmons, FOUR, excellent hit from Simmons. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Simmons backs away and loft-drives it inside-out over extra-cover, the ball just bounces in front of the boundary

12.5 - Zohaib Khan to Simmons, FOUR, oh that should have been stopped, but it's gone for four. Shortish and just outside off stump, Simmons cuts hard, the fielder at backward point fumbles

12.0 - Azhar Ali to Shakib, FOUR, very full and outside off stump, Shakib drives it along the ground through extra-cover

11.0 - Zohaib Khan to Simmons, FOUR, there is that excellent cut shot from Simmons. Shortish and outside off stump, Simmons times it from the middle of the bat and sends it to the left of backward point

7.5 - Dwayne Bravo to Simmons, FOUR, overpitched and punished. Easy ball for Simmons, who is well set now. That was full and in the slot, Simmons launches it over mid-off and it almost went all the way

7.3 - Dwayne Bravo to Simmons, FOUR, short delivery on the stumps, Simmons goes for the pull and sends it behind square on the on-side, beating Maqsood in the deep

5.3 - K Cooper to Simmons, no ball, FOUR, oh that's a no-ball as it was above waist height and a free-hit is coming up. Simmons just guided it away nicely past short third man for four

4.5 - Dwayne Bravo to Shakib, FOUR, that's nicely done by Shakib. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Shakib waits for the ball to come, opens the face of the bat at the last moment and guides it to third man

4.4 - Dwayne Bravo to Shakib, FOUR, short delivery outside off stump, Shakib hops and upper-cuts it over backward point and third man had no chance

3.2 - Z Gohar to Simmons, FOUR, this is cut away nicely by Simmons, he's very good with that shot, quickly rocks back and cuts it past backward point for four

3.1 - Z Gohar to Simmons, FOUR, that's muscled back over the bowler's head. Full and in the slot, Simmons smashes the lofted drive for four

15.5 - Delport to Shoaib Malik, SIX, the captain finishes off in style and the Karachi Kings begin their PSL campaign with a thumping win. Full delivery on the stumps, Malik gets down on one knee and slogs it all the way over deep mid-wicket

15.2 - Delport to Shoaib Malik, SIX, scores are level now! Good length delivery right in the slot, Malik launches it high in the air and clears the long-on boundary

12.3 - Zohaib Khan to Shakib, SIX, that's into the stands and the 100 partnership comes up in style. Zohaib Khan tries to follow Shakib as he makes room, but the batsman manages to time the slog to perfection and sends it over deep mid-wicket. Another crowd catch in the stands

7.4 - Dwayne Bravo to Simmons, SIX, Simmons wants to finish this early. Good length delivery from Bravo, Simmons steps out and lofts it back over the bowler's head for a maximum

5.3 - K Cooper to Simmons, SIX, the free-hit has gone all the way. Very full and on the stumps, Simmons slogs high into the sky and clears the deep mid-wicket boundary

3.5 - Z Gohar to Shakib, SIX, this is swung away across the line as well, this time the slog from the Bangladeshi all-rounder, he sends this over the cow corner boundary

3.4 - Z Gohar to Shakib, SIX, Shakib goes for the slog-sweep and he nails it from the middle of the bat. A spectator in the stands takes a clean catch. Shakib got into position early and smashed it over deep mid-wicket

13.4 - Delport to Shakib, out Caught by K Cooper!! End of a fantastic innings from the all-rounder and he's disappointed with himself that he could not finish this off. Very full and just outside off stump, Shakib slogs, but doesn't time it well and it goes straight into the bucket hands of Cooper at long-on. Shakib c K Cooper b Delport 51(35) [4s-3 6s-3]

1.5 - Z Gohar to James Vince, out Lbw!! Gone and Vince isn't happy at all. Murmurs as he walks away, and why not when you have a big inside edge on it. Gohar had fired it in, Vince looked to sweep it across the line, missed and eked out an inside edge onto his back leg. Looked like going down too. Horror decision. Keep the footage and watch it when you want to feel lucky. James Vince lbw b Z Gohar 3(7)

0.4 - Zia-ul-Haq to Nauman Anwar, out Caught by Yasin!! Have you ever heard of an early Christmas? This was that for Zia-ul-Haq. Short ball down leg, Anwar swivels-pulls it straight down the throat of short fine leg who was on high-alert to gobble that up with his palms. Talk about plans being executed to perfection and all. Nauman Anwar c Yasin b Zia-ul-Haq 0(1)

9.0 - Zohaib Khan to Simmons, 1 run, dropped. Full toss driven to the left of the bowler, who tries to dive to his left and take the catch, but it pops out and rolls to long-off

2.1 - Zia-ul-Haq to Shakib, no run, Dwayne Bravo has dropped a catch that you expect him to take left-handed and blindfolded. The ball was veering down, Hasan was early into his clip and the inside-edge flew high over the bowler. Bravo from mid-off sprinted to his left, caught it but then let it go

12.4 - Zohaib Khan to Shakib, 1 run, easily driven down to long-on and Shakib raises his bat as the crowd applaud from for scoring a fifty

11.5 - Azhar Ali to Simmons, 1 run, driven down to long-on and that's a fifty for Simmons. He's anchoring this innings nicely