Shahid Afridi's all-round brilliance too much for Islamabad
His 2 for 18 and 16 not out off eight balls was central to Multan Sultans' first win in PSL 2019
16/02Result
4th Match (D/N), Pakistan Super League at Dubai, Feb 16 2019
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![Islamabad United]( "Islamabad United")
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![Multan Sultans]( "Multan Sultans")
126/5 (18.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
16/02Result
4th Match (D/N), Pakistan Super League at Dubai, Feb 16 2019
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![Islamabad United]( "Islamabad United")
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![Multan Sultans]( "Multan Sultans")
126/5 (18.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
L Ronchi
51(33) 1x4 - 5x6
Control %92%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 26 runs
- 0x4 - 4x6
Shoaib Malik
31(29) 0x4 - 2x6
Control %96%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 8 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Toss
Multan Sultans , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20- 18.50
Match days
16 February 2019 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Points
Multan Sultans 2, Islamabad United 0
Scorecard Summary
ISLAMABAD UNITED 125/7 (20 OVERS)
- Luke Ronchi51 (33)
- Samit Patel*20 (26)
- Shahid Afridi2/18 (4)
- Ali Shafique2/11 (4)
MULTAN SULTANS 126/5 (18.4 OVERS)
- Shoaib Malik*31 (29)
- Shan Masood26 (20)
- Mohammad Sami1/25 (4)
- Shadab Khan2/20 (4)
7.02pm Blockbuster finish from Afridi - back-to-back sixes and Multan Sultans get their first win of PSL 2019. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we did bringing it to you. Goodbye for now, be back for the second match of the day.Cheers
18.4
6
Waqas Maqsood to Shahid Afridi, SIX, Swiped over long-on for another six. What a vintage finish from Afridi. Back of a length and outside off, he clears his front leg and wins it for Multan Sultans
18.3
6
Waqas Maqsood to Shahid Afridi, SIX, Afridi rolls back the years. This was nice and full outside off, he reaches out for the ball, bends his back knee, and flays it up and over extra-cover. Vintage six
18.2
1
Waqas Maqsood to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, back of a length on middle, whipped away with the wrists to the left of deep midwicket
18.1
1
Waqas Maqsood to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, slower short ball outside off, paddled away behind square on the leg side
Khurram Khan: "Experienced players of Multan Sultan slowly but surely taking their team toward the target. "
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs | MS: 112/5 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 7.00)
- Shoaib Malik30 (28b)
- Shahid Afridi3 (5b)
- Faheem Ashraf3-0-12-0
- Mohammad Sami4-0-25-1
17.6
0
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, no run, short on top of off, punched to backward point. Delport swoops down the ball, but throws to the wrong end: bowler's end
17.5
0
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, no run, short on off, fended to cover
Match Coverage
All Match NewsShahid Afridi's all-round brilliance too much for Islamabad
His 2 for 18 and 16 not out off eight balls was central to Multan Sultans' first win in PSL 2019
