Penalty costly for Qalandars as Kings win low-scoring thriller
Shaheen's efforts on a two-paced pitch went in vain as Waseem and Co took Kings home
Shaheen's efforts on a two-paced pitch went in vain as Waseem and Co took Kings home
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Warner, the winning captain: "We did it the hard way. Afridi's four wickets were excellent for LQ. But we won - now we have 2 in 2. As a batter, you try to take it deep, but it ended up being 14 off the last over. Glad we did it in the end. [Bowling] It was in the last game as swell, our spinners bowled well in tandem. Our bowling partnerships are really coming together. [Playing on used pitches] As batters you can take a few balls to get used to the conditions. Beating Lahore is becoming a trend, but we would rather beat them in the final. Still long way to go in the tournament.
Shaheen, the losing captain: "It was a good game. We wanted to fight till the final ball and the team tried. In both teams' batting, it was the same. I feel our batting was fine, otherwise KK would've chased this in 15 overs. I don't know about this [ball tampering], and we'll discuss. Five runs penalty...but we can't say anything. We will see. [Karachi-Lahore rivalry] No mental block. My team has fought till the last ball, that's what I need from my team."
Adam Zampa is the Player of the Match for his 2-11: "It was a pretty used wicket. Low-ish, slow-ish, bit of spin, so used my strength and try to hit the stumps and slide the ball a bit. Suited me. Summing up the conditions... I've played here plenty of times. Years of experience, mate, I know what I'm doing when I go out there. As I said, there's not a lot of mystery in my bowling anymore but still lots of nuance."
Some theories floating around on who may have changed the condition of the ball, but we'll refrain from taking names till we are sure of the exact circumstances.
That was a dramatic finish to the game, with the ball-change and the five-run penalty. Abbas Afridi, who came into the XI for this game, plays a crucial role with the bat, hitting four and six to end the game. But there were some superlative performers tonight: Zampa, Shaheen, Abdullah Shafique, Hamza, and many others. Karachi extend their H2H against Lahore to 15-8 now.
owais: "what does it mean "changing the condition of the ball?"" -- wear and tear on the ball beyond what is ordinarily expected. It's a grey area but the umpire determines it... I'm sure we will hear more about this later, if KK win especially
Khushdil Shah c Sikandar Raza b Haris Rauf 13 (29m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 92.85
14 needed off the final over and Rauf will bowl. Looks like the ball is being changed, which does not please Shaheen
Five run penalty for changing the condition of the ball: that makes the number nine runs off six balls
That's massive. Absolutely massive. And the batter side has also got the ability to choose the ball that will be used.
Lahore Qalandars batter to miss two games after PSL technical committee uphold's match referee's decision
He will miss Qalandars' matches against Multan Sultans on April 3 and Islamabad United on April 9.
Lahore Qalandars were penalised five runs in their game against Karachi Kings, and Fakhar Zaman now faces a hearing with match referee Roshan Mahanama
Shaheen was left fuming by the decision but did not comment on it at the presentation
Shaheen's efforts on a two-paced pitch went in vain as Waseem and Co took Kings home