14.0 -
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1.3 -
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3.0 -
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
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]