END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | QG: 167/9 (14 runs required, RR: 8.35)

  • Akeal Hosein9 (13b)
  • Aftab Ibrahim3-0-26-2
  • Mohammad Ali4-1-19-3

Multan Sultans end their last home fixture with a victory! They were superior in the crunch moments and their seam bowlers were magnificent; Mohammad Ali, David Willey, and Abbas Afridi can be counted on to deliver the goods. Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, and Rilee Rossouw all got starts, but nobody could hang around for long enough to keep the asking rate in check. This Multan team only needs a sniff to get back in the game. Mohammad Ali was the standout performer again, picking 3/19, and his fellow bowling spearhead David Willey picked three vital wickets as well. The youngster Aftab Ibrahim didn't look nervous in his first game and held his end of the bargain while Abbas Afridi and Usama Mir played their roles well too. It would have been closer had any of those top batters taken it deep. Multan were able to dominate the last five overs while batting first and carried the momentum in the bowling as well

Mohammad Ali, Player of the Match: I try to improve my performance after each game and aim to minimize errors, just simple plan to target good areas and do what the situation demands. I'll give credit to four-day cricket, all our legends Wasim bhai, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar have become legends by playing four-day cricket which covers white-ball cricket and T20 as well. I'll miss Multan crowd's support and I hope they'll keep supporting us.

That wraps up the first of the double-header. The second game between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi is almost an hour away, so we'll look forward to your company for that game. But for now, from Rvel Zahid, it's goodbye and thank you for joining us!

19.6
W
Aftab Ibrahim to Abrar Ahmed, OUT, Abrar perishes! Through the gate from from over the wicket, exposed his stumps and he is bang on target, hits the bottom of off-stump and Multan have won comfortably in the end by 13 runs, sharp contrast in both teams' death bowling

Abrar Ahmed b Aftab Ibrahim 12 (6b 1x4 1x6) SR: 200.00

19.5
0
Aftab Ibrahim to Abrar Ahmed, no run, Holds his nerve and doesn't give him much leeway, good length and slanting in, following him and he backs away to steers behind square on off but can't connect

Bhu one: "You guys didnt post my comment when Reeza hit 72m six to get to 72. Now Mohhamad Ali's has bagged 13 tournament wickets when he had just given 13 runs in this match! Come on! 2 coincidences! Ya gotta post this."

19.4
6
Aftab Ibrahim to Abrar Ahmed, SIX, That is a wonderful shot! Jockeys across on off and clobbers this length ball outside off way over deep fine, that is some shot! Smoked it!

swathi: "are there no overrate penalties in psl?" no overrate penalties so far

19.3
1
Aftab Ibrahim to Hosein, 1 run, Pitched up and nipping away from middle, smashed off the bottom of the bat to long-off
19.2
1
Aftab Ibrahim to Abrar Ahmed, 1 run, Good length, slanting in at leg and he followed him as he backed away, can only plink it out to wide long-off
19.1
1
Aftab Ibrahim to Hosein, 1 run, Hard length on middle, biffs it out to midwicket

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | QG: 158/8 (23 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.31, RRR: 23.00)

  • Abrar Ahmed5 (2b)
  • Akeal Hosein7 (11b)
  • Mohammad Ali4-1-19-3
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-0
18.6
4
Mohammad Ali to Abrar Ahmed, FOUR, Over the wicket, aiming for the yorker, misses the target only by a whisker though, full-toss on fourth stump line, makes room and throws his bat it, beats short third and it skittles away to the rope
18.5
1
Mohammad Ali to Hosein, 1 run, Round the wicket, once again trying to get it under the bat, tough to get underneath these scorching thunderbolts, he shimmies to leg and lost his shape while forcing it long-off
18.4
1
Mohammad Ali to Abrar Ahmed, 1 run, Over the wicket, slung full on fourth stump outside off, makes room and swats it away to cover, can't beat the fielder, marvelous execution of yorker at death
18.3
W
Mohammad Ali to Mohammad Amir, OUT, Zingers are alight, continues to breathe fire! Zaman Khan and Mohammad Ali have shown exemplary display of yorkers in PSL 9, pinpoint accurate yorker tailing in and crashes at middle and leg stump, he tried to scoop it away but it was too good for thee

Mohammad Amir b Mohammad Ali 12 (8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 150.00

18.2
1
Mohammad Ali to Hosein, 1 run, Full and fast in the blockhole, pushes it to long-on, Ali seldom misses his targets, remarkable bowling
18.1
1
Mohammad Ali to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, Round the wicket, fuller length, veering in at middle, gives himself room and hits it on the up to long-off

END OF OVER:
18 | 14 Runs | QG: 150/7 (31 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.33, RRR: 15.50)

  • Mohammad Amir11 (6b)
  • Akeal Hosein5 (9b)
  • Abbas Afridi4-0-33-0
  • David Willey4-0-37-3
17.6
1
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, Changes his stance on this slower back of a length ball at the stumps, Mohammad Ali drops a chance at short third, was definitely catchable, Ali swooped to his left and got his hands to it but then it just popped out
17.5
0
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, no run, Round the wicket, brilliantly bowled, gets it right on this occasion, flips it full and it's reversing as well, he flings his bat out and cannot connect
17.5
1nb
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, 1 no ball, That should be a no-ball, was flung high and wide of off, it is indeed a no ball Well above the waist height so easy call for the third umpire
17.4
2
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, 2 runs, Shimmies across off and guides the full toss to fine leg, scampering back for a brace
17.3
4
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, FOUR, Slammed in shorter and offers plenty of width, latches onto it and thrashes it in the air over extra cover, Reeza puts in the dive and spills it
17.3
1w
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, 1 wide, Dishes out a wide outside leg stump, wanted to scoop that away but it kept curling from his reach
17.2
4
Abbas Afridi to Mohammad Amir, FOUR, Hold the pose! Slightly short on middle, he steps to the on side and then plays a delectable straight drive down the ground, beats long-on. Cool as a cucumber, Amir starts off with a bang
17.1
1
Abbas Afridi to Hosein, 1 run, Yorker tailing away from off, spanked away to wide long-off, that won't bother Multan

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | QG: 136/7 (45 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 15.00)

  • Akeal Hosein4 (8b)
  • David Willey4-0-37-3
  • Abbas Afridi3-0-19-0
16.6
W
Willey to Mohammad Wasim, OUT, Speared full and outside off, he charges down the track and the ball grazed the outside edge, Aftab at short third takes a regulation catch and Multan Sultans cluster together in joy. Wickets are tumbling and it's going from bad to worse, went too far down the leg side and then tries to reach for it, scratched the toe-end and the fielder was positioned strategically for that shot

Mohammad Wasim (1) c Aftab Ibrahim b Willey 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

16.5
1
Willey to Hosein, 1 run, Shortish at middle, pulled away to deep midwicket but once again not well-timed
16.4
1
Willey to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, Good length on leg, swivels and clouts it to deep backward square, he can certainly hit the long ball, has the ability to clear the ropes
16.3
W
Willey to Rutherford, OUT, David Willey takes a gem sprinting his left towards short midwicket and plucks it out of thin air! That was well-directed lifter growing big on him at a teasing off stump line, went for the pull but it's not controlled at all. Quetta staring into the abyss as the task becomes very daunting

SE Rutherford c & b Willey 21 (14b 0x4 2x6) SR: 150.00

16.2
2
Willey to Rutherford, 2 runs, Swinging at everything, low full-toss follows him as he shimmies down leg, chipped in the air and Usama Mir leapt into the air at extra cover, would have been a screamer had he caught that

Gladiators 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16JJ RoySaud Shakeel
2nd26Saud ShakeelKhawaja Nafay
3rd62RR RossouwKhawaja Nafay
4th3Khawaja NafaySajjad Ali (1)
5th17SE RutherfordKhawaja Nafay
6th10AJ HoseinSE Rutherford
7th2AJ HoseinMohammad Wasim (1)
8th16Mohammad AmirAJ Hosein
9th15AJ HoseinAbrar Ahmed

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS1073141.15
PZ1063130.147
IU1054110.224
QG105411-0.921
KK10468-0.192
LQ10183-0.554