Right, Qalandars have leapfrogged United in the points table with their third win, but both teams reckon they can do much better. The next game is coming up in an hour's time. Do change tabs and enjoy all the action. For now, cheers and bye..
Right, Qalandars have leapfrogged United in the points table with their third win, but both teams reckon they can do much better. The next game is coming up in an hour's time. Do change tabs and enjoy all the action. For now, cheers and bye..
Shaheen Afridi | Winning captain - It was a good cricket match, credit goes to Islamabad, for coming so close. I have worked on my bowling in the nets and so have all the bowlers. With the bowlers we have, anything around 170 can be defended, but we did have a middle-order collapse, which needs to be corrected. Enjoying captaincy a lot
Shaheen Afridi | Winning captain - It was a good cricket match, credit goes to Islamabad, for coming so close. I have worked on my bowling in the nets and so have all the bowlers. With the bowlers we have, anything around 170 can be defended, but we did have a middle-order collapse, which needs to be corrected. Enjoying captaincy a lot
Shadab Khan | Losing captain - Myself and Munro should have finished the game, but I played a bad shot at the wrong time. This score was chaseable, they have one of the best bowling line-up in the tournament and we should respect it. Need to correct some minor things in the next match.
Shadab Khan | Losing captain - Myself and Munro should have finished the game, but I played a bad shot at the wrong time. This score was chaseable, they have one of the best bowling line-up in the tournament and we should respect it. Need to correct some minor things in the next match.
Zaman Khan | Player of the Match - Shaheen just told me to enjoy the situation and I did just that. He was telling me to use the variations.
Zaman Khan | Player of the Match - Shaheen just told me to enjoy the situation and I did just that. He was telling me to use the variations.
18:12 Local Time, 13:12 GMT, 18:42 IST: Islamabad United will wonder how they've lost this game. 39 needed from the last five overs, with 8 wickets in hand, is usually a straightforward chase. But then, they lost the plot completely - Shadab holed out and was followed by Munro in the next over. The pressure then got to Azam Khan and Asif Ali, who couldn't quite find the boundaries. It came to 12 off the final over and young Zaman Khan held his nerve superbly, using the variations to good effect and conceding only 3 in the 20th over. The openers didn't get going, but when Munro and Shadab added 100 for the third wicket, you'd have thought that the game was over. Not so for this classy Qalandars bowling line-up who did quite a job to gift their team the win.
18:12 Local Time, 13:12 GMT, 18:42 IST: Islamabad United will wonder how they've lost this game. 39 needed from the last five overs, with 8 wickets in hand, is usually a straightforward chase. But then, they lost the plot completely - Shadab holed out and was followed by Munro in the next over. The pressure then got to Azam Khan and Asif Ali, who couldn't quite find the boundaries. It came to 12 off the final over and young Zaman Khan held his nerve superbly, using the variations to good effect and conceding only 3 in the 20th over. The openers didn't get going, but when Munro and Shadab added 100 for the third wicket, you'd have thought that the game was over. Not so for this classy Qalandars bowling line-up who did quite a job to gift their team the win.
19.6
Zaman Khan to Faheem Ashraf, no run, low full-toss outside off - Faheem swings and misses, through to the keeper and the Qalandars have won it by 8 runs
19.6
Zaman Khan to Faheem Ashraf, no run, low full-toss outside off - Faheem swings and misses, through to the keeper and the Qalandars have won it by 8 runs
Faheem Ashraf, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Faheem Ashraf, left handed bat, comes to the crease
19.5
Zaman Khan to Asif Ali, out Caught by Wiese!! Qalandars have won it in the death! Asif finds Wiese in the deep and it's curtains for United - on a good length and at the stumps, Asif clears his front-leg on the lofted drive, but he doesn't get enough on the shot - Wiese stays calm in front of the ropes at long-off and takes the catch. What a find he's proving to be, young Zaman. Asif Ali c Wiese b Zaman Khan 14(12) [6s-1]
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