Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Imad Wasim
Imad Wasim
92(54) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
9 9 1 8 26 11 14 14
Azam Khan
72(41) 8x4 - 4x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
0 0 30 13 4 2 4 19

Best performances - Bowlers

TK Curran
TK Curran
O4
M0
R43
W2
Eco10.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Faheem Ashraf
Faheem Ashraf
O3
M0
R35
W1
Eco11.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

10.40 pm So Karachi Kings' playoff hopes are basically kaput. Islamabad needed 121 off 10 overs and got there with four balls to spare.

Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim: "I think 200 is a very good score but Azam played very well and he took the game away from us. Our bowling for the last five or six games has not been happening. Sometimes you have to give credit to other batsmen. Azam played really well and hit it all around the ground. But the death bowling needed to be better. We just have to sit and talk again. We didn't execute our plans. I'm upset and sad but this is cricket. Life goes on."

Azhar Mahmood, head coach Islamabad United: "Absolutely brilliant knock from Azam Khan. He didn't hit a boundary for four overs but he waited to get his chances and picked the right balls. Our fielding was really good and I'm really proud of the guys. Hasan Ali with that effort on the boundary, efforts like that can win you games. [On Azam] He's a phenomenal talent. It's the game awareness. Management, we always give him confidence in this dressing room and he's well looked after. But it doesn't matter how much confidence you give someone, you have to go and prove it on the pitch. Back-to-back games he's performed really well for us. We said at the innings break, give yourselves a chance. The last few games, we didn't give ourselves a chance. We spent a couple of hours having a meeting with the boys and I think they responded really well to that. On a pitch like this, the ball flies so it can be tough to restrict under 200 but when we came off, the boys felt like it was a par score. I'm really proud of the team."

Hadi: "Imad must now be feeling what being in the shoes of Babar Azam feels like. Being captain, almost performing single handedly and keep losing. "

Unsurprisingly, Azam Khan is named Player of the Match: "It's all about practice and whenever I play back in Karachi in club games, I try to stay calm there and it helps keep me calm in the professional games as well. [On the partnership with Faheem] I told him to give me singles to put me on strike for Tabraiz and I can take him down."

Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan: "It was a typical Pindi pitch and it's very hard to contain on these pitches but I had no doubt knowing the caliber of our players. [On Azam Khan] Our dressing room always stayed calm because you can't control from the outside. Azam is in great form, especially against the spin bowlers. After the strategic timeout, he said, 'I will try to kill him in this over.' And he went out and did it. We wanted to play fearless cricket. You can have failure as well but we accept failures. We can get all out for 90 but you have to play smart with a fearless approach and we will play like that. [On sending Faheem in ahead of Shadab] I play spin well, but we wanted a left-hander there and he has been in good form."

That's it for today's match coverage. Come back tomorrow for more PSL action. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

19.2
4
Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, FOUR, length ball on middle, heaves this over mid-on up in the ring to seal a six-wicket win with four balls to spare.

Azam bows to Asif in praise of that shot.

19.1
6
Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, SIX, what a way to get off the mark! Full on the stumps, whipped away high and deep over midwicket.

Asif Ali will arrive on strike.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | IU: 194/4 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 10.21, RRR: 8.00)

  • Azam Khan72 (41b)
  • Andrew Tye4-0-42-0
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-40-1
18.6
W
Tye to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, OUT, short and wide, slices this over backward point for what should be two. Azam wants the strike but perhaps forgot it's the last ball of the over as Faheem was busting it for two. Azam turns for two late, then changes his mind with Faheem nearly back at the striker's end. Faheem wisely and unselfishly sacrifices himself as the throw comes to the keeper but Rossington still has plenty of time to underhand to Tye who calmly takes the bails off at the bowler's end.

Faheem Ashraf run out 41 (74m 32b 1x4 2x6) SR: 128.12

18.5
0
Tye to Faheem Ashraf, no run, wide yorker, plays over the top of this on seventh stump through to the keeper.
18.4
2
Tye to Faheem Ashraf, 2 runs, full and wide, sliced away through cover, sliding stop on the rope saves two.
18.3
6
Tye to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, knee high full toss on the legs, flicked with nonchalance over the deep backward square leg rope into the crowd.

United 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12C MunroAD Hales
2nd50AD HalesHE van der Dussen
3rd7HE van der DussenFaheem Ashraf
4th125Faheem AshrafAzam Khan
5th10Asif AliAzam Khan

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
LQ1073140.915
MS1064120.5
IU106412-0.708
PZ105510-0.452
KK103760.756
QG10376-1.066