459dDanyal Rasool

Pollard and Cottrell blow Lahore Qalandars away

Sultans make PSL final for third straight season after bowling out the defending champions for 76

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KA Pollard
KA Pollard
57(34) 1x4 - 6x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 21 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
1 0 8 3 0 5 28 12
Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
33(29) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 11 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
5 1 3 6 5 0 5 8

Best performances - Bowlers

SS Cottrell
SS Cottrell
O3
M0
R20
W3
Eco6.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Haris Rauf
Haris Rauf
O4
M0
R34
W3
Eco8.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Matt Roller

Right, that's all from us. Thanks for tuning in through the evening, and we'll be back tomorrow for Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator. Cheers!

Mohammad Rizwan shakes hands with the various dignitaries, and is joined by Multan's owner. "The ball was coming onto the bat early and we wanted to establish a platform. But the wicket looked double paced, and we needed to navigate Lahore's bowling carefully. We initially aimed for 170, but by the 15th over, we would also have taken 145-150. But Tim David and Kieron Pollard gave us a few extra runs."

Alamgir Tareen, the owner, is bizarrely now giving an interview too! "What these guys have pulled off, beating Lahore who have maybe the No. 1 and No. 2 bowlers in the world... they always believed in what they were bringing," he says. "It's a privilege to be part of it, and it's a privilege to have Rizzy as our captain. These guys are going to be prepared. Let me tell you, when Rizzy is going to lead the team onto the field, you've got to be confident."

10.37pm: We've got the full-on presentation now. Kieron Pollard is the Player of the Match and picks up his novelty cheque. "[Pitch?] A challenging one. It's just a matter of understanding the conditions and understanding what is needed. It was just a matter of planning well. Cancelled practice yesterday. None of us had played for three days. That shows cricket is played in the minds. Yes, they have a very good bowling attack but we realised that as soon as you get on top of them, they tend to crack. With Tim and myself, we just tried to keep our base. The pitch is a bit different from what we have got accustomed to. Other teams would love to be in our position, waiting for the final."

Shaheen Afridi is next up... general vibe seems to be that they felt as though they had bowled alright and didn't turn up with the bat. Danyal Rasool has stepped in to translate for me: "When your prime batter gets out early, that puts pressure on you. A good catch, a good run-out, can win you the match, and we missed opportunities towards the end of the innings there. I don't think the conditions were poor, the ball was swinging nicely and Multan made great use of conditions at the start of our innings."

Anwar Ali is speaking to Zainab Abbas. "As a team effort, outstanding," he says. "Plans were simple, positive cricket with intent. We'll try and keep it simple in the final. We always enjoy the final." Sorry, my Urdu isn't up to scratch so I don't have much more than that from him...

Ahsan Butt: "Making three consecutive finals is no fluke. People should start paying attention to data."

Paul Muchmore tells me this is the lowest-ever PSL total in a match staged in Pakistan, and the third-lowest overall.

10.25pm: That is a shellacking. Multan looked like they were heading for a below-par total as they knocked the ball around after choosing to bat first, but Pollard's half-century dragged them up to 160. With the ball, they produced an inspired performance, led by Sheldon Cottrell but backed up by the rest of the attack too. Lahore will get another chance to reach the final on Friday, when they will play the winner of the game between Islamabad and Peshawar tomorrow.

14.3
W
Abbas Afridi to Haris Rauf, OUT, fullish outside off, Haris swings for the hills and gets a thin outside edge through to Rizwan, and that will be that. Multan win by 84, and head into their third consecutive PSL final!

Haris Rauf c †Mohammad Rizwan b Abbas Afridi 15 (18m 13b 2x4 1x6) SR: 115.38

14.2
0
Abbas Afridi to Haris Rauf, no run, short ball, Rauf is late on the pull shot
14.1
0
Abbas Afridi to Haris Rauf, no run, slower ball, poked defensively out to point

Abbas Afridi will look to wrap things up

END OF OVER:
14 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | LQ: 76/9 (85 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.42, RRR: 14.16)

  • Zaman Khan0 (1b)
  • Haris Rauf15 (10b)
  • Usama Mir2-0-12-2
  • Ihsanullah3-1-18-1
13.6
0
Usama Mir to Zaman Khan, no run, googly outside off, no shot offered

Zaman Khan at No. 11.

13.5
W
Usama Mir to Wiese, OUT, smashed on the pad, no inside edge this time! Wiese reviews, out of hope rather than expectation. Length ball, a googly which skids through lowish and thumps Wiese on his right thigh as he shapes to swing over midwicket. Hitting the top of middle-and-leg, and Multan are one away!

D Wiese lbw b Usama Mir 12 (23m 12b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

13.4
0
Usama Mir to Wiese, no run, chopped to point on the bounce

Qalandars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15Fakhar ZamanMirza Baig
2nd0Fakhar ZamanAbdullah Shafique
3rd4SW BillingsFakhar Zaman
4th9SW BillingsShaheen Shah Afridi
5th13SW BillingsHussain Talat
6th2SW BillingsSikandar Raza
7th6D WieseSW Billings
8th1D WieseRashid Khan
9th26D WieseHaris Rauf
10th0Haris RaufZaman Khan

Pakistan Super League

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