- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.6 Can't put tis slot ball out of the park, holes out to long-on! He had to go for the big shot, can't just afford to meander along. He wasn't right under the stroke, Roy takes another fabulous catch at long-on, he is safe as a house in the outfield 166/85.4 Dragged shorter again and offers a hint of width, drags it across the line and went deep in his crease, lost his shape while trying to clobber it past long-on but instead found his countrymate Jason Roy who pouches it comfortably in the deep, Hales ebullience comes to an end after 20 balls. Massive breakthrough given Munro is not playing and he was looking very dangerous 51/111.3 Dances down the track and looks out of shape while trying to clear long-off, holed out! Snared by Jason Roy. Didn't quite tim it well and fielder didn't have to move much to gobble that up. Another vital breakthrough! 102/214.6 Big wicket! Launches it downtown and hasn't got all of it, snaps under pressure. Tossed up slower and fuller just outside off, tries to bash it across the line over midwicket and knew he didn't get all of it, Nafay charged in from the deep and took a wonderful low catch. Was spanked high but not entirely mighty. 131/316.6 That's a tremendous riposte, not sure what Moeen Khan will feel in the dugout. It's through the gate, was quicker and fuller, stumps askew! Smartly bowled, saw him moving to the leg side and loading up for another hoick and cleverly fired it fuller at the stumps 155/417.4 That's a claustrophobic line kicking and screaming from an awkward shorter length and got him in all sorts of trouble, Faheem ducks and gloved it to the keeper. Couldn't have directed the bumper any better. Faheem has to go! 158/517.5 Drags his length back at middle, worked away to deep midwicket, fielder charged in from the deep and reeled in a pinpoint accurate throw to Evans who shatters the stumps, Haider Ali is well short of his crease and has to take the long walk back to the pavilion, Guptill is running out of his partners; he'll have to do all the heavy lifting to give them a fighting total. This is some comeback from Quetta, been a frantic last couple of overs for Islamabad 159/618.4 Goes full again on middle, ruffled by the pace and can only clip it to the leg side, the duo tries to pinch a run but Wasim runs like Usain Bolt and kicks like Lionel Messi at the stumps at striker's end and outruns Imad Wasim, excellent run-out! 165/719.2 Castled! Brings his A-game in the big match as Hunain makes a mess of his stumps. Hard length and a pace-off delivery aimed at the stumps, Hunain tries to whack him out of the park eyeing the midwicket region and got puzzled by the slowness of the delivery. Wickets continue to tumble for Islamabad, momentum breaking collapse 167/9Extras10 (lb 4, w 6)TOTAL174/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Alex Hales, 5.4 ov), 2-102 (Salman Agha, 11.3 ov), 3-131 (Shadab Khan, 14.6 ov), 4-155 (Azam Khan, 16.6 ov), 5-158 (Faheem Ashraf, 17.4 ov), 6-159 (Haider Ali, 17.5 ov), 7-165 (Imad Wasim, 18.4 ov), 8-166 (Martin Guptill, 18.6 ov), 9-167 (Hunain Shah, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 4 0 20 2 5.00 12 1 1 0 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 3 0 40 1 13.33 5 4 1 2 0 AJ Hosein 4 0 34 2 8.50 11 2 3 0 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 32 1 8.00 6 0 2 0 0 Usman Tariq 4 0 39 0 9.75 4 3 2 0 0 Saud Shakeel 1 0 5 1 5.00 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 That is Test match bowling! Darts in a fuller thunderbolt at middle and leg, gets a hint of wobble away, he was shimming down leg, he pokes at it without taking into account lateral movement and edges it to Faheem Ashraf who pockets the catch low down at first slip, moved to his left and took a sharp one. Jason Roy didn't wait for the third umpire's confirmation and already walked off. This is a superb start for Islamabad. They've compensated for what might have been a 10-20-run short target. That was always going to be the contest, Islamabad's potent bowling attack versus Quetta's batting - which isn't very deep. 1/20.6 Azam Khan takes a wonderful catch in his second attempt, fuller on the legs with plenty of flight, tries to work him behind square on the leg side and gloves it to the keeper. Islamabad United draw first blood, Shakeel looks crestfallen after losing his wicket without troubling the scorers. Huge scalp given his red hot form this season. 1/117.4 Hits the deck hard and gets it to nip back at middle, swings big but doesn't control it well enough, Faheem Ashraf pouches it safely at deep midwicket, his gritty resistance finally comes to an end. 129/92.3 Captain departs! Haider Ali snaffles it on his second attempt, nearly fluffed it! It was touch full and drifts in at leg, he was looking to tug him up and over deep square but got more height than distance, Haider didn't have to move much and the end result matters. Islamabad cluster together in joy, Quetta in dire straits. 175 looks light years away now. Massie rebuilding required to get back in the game 10/34.2 Qasim Akram (sub) takes a sprawling catch at short mid-off, goes for an ugly hoick across the line, it was tossed up slower and fuller on off, got down low and tried to clonk him over midwicket, just got a bit carried away and Quetta re at 16/4, staring into the abyss, long faces in the dug-out, Sir Viv Richards looks disappointed 16/44.3 Botch-up! This is going from bad to worse, a collapse of epic proportions, nudged to short midwicket and the single was never on, fielder pinged a sharp throw and Azam Khan is switched on today, Faheem hit the bull's eye and another one bites the dust. Quetta fans cannot believe what's going on. 16/510.1 So just went they gave a glimmer of hope to Quetta fans, there's another mix-up in the middle, punched to midwicket and the call was for two, lovely drone angle by the way, Yousuf stutters for a moment and Akeal Hosein stood in the middle of the pitch, sad sight for Quetta, he knew scrambling back would have been futile. Hosein is livid with his partner. Looks like it's just not Quetta's day, they have snapped under big match pressure 68/613.2 Speared full just outside off, tries to improvise and drags it back onto the stumps, deflects it off the bat to the toe and then onto the stumps, don't know what he was trying there. M.Amir will come in next, his incredible bowling spell went down the drain as Quetta's batters succumb to pressure big time 85/716.4 Leg-stump knocked back, zing lights on! Great change-up delivery, back of the hand slower one, it kicks in and beats his attempt to swing over deep midwicket, Amir's cameo comes to an end! 126/818.4 Wrecked the stumps! Nails a perfect yorker and beats his wild swing, right at the base of the stumps and it's all over for Quetta. Islamabad United will face Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator 2 tomorrow! Quetta Gladiators will pack their bags as their campaign comes to an end 135/10Extras8 (b 1, lb 1, w 6)TOTAL135 all out (18.4 Overs, RR: 7.23)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Saud Shakeel, 0.6 ov), 2-1 (Jason Roy, 1.2 ov), 3-10 (Rilee Rossouw, 2.3 ov), 4-16 (Khawaja Nafay, 4.2 ov), 5-16 (Laurie Evans, 4.3 ov), 6-68 (Akeal Hosein, 10.1 ov), 7-85 (Mohammad Wasim, 13.2 ov), 8-126 (Mohammad Amir, 16.4 ov), 9-129 (Omair Yousuf, 17.4 ov), 10-135 (Abrar Ahmed, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 12 3 3.00 16 1 0 1 0 Naseem Shah 4 0 33 2 8.25 12 5 0 3 0 OC McCoy 3 0 13 1 4.33 11 1 0 1 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 42 0 10.50 9 2 4 0 0 Hunain Shah 1.4 0 15 1 9.00 4 1 1 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 2 0 18 1 9.00 3 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Islamabad United , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Islamabad United advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
21.00 start, First Session 21.00-22.30, Interval 22.30-22.50, Second Session 22.50-00.20
Match days
15 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.5: Review by Quetta Gladiators (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - AD Hales (Struck down)
- Islamabad United: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (MJ Guptill 21, AD Hales 23, Ex 7)
- Strategic Timeout: Islamabad United - 93/1 in 10.0 overs (MJ Guptill 33, Agha Salman 29)
- Islamabad United: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (MJ Guptill 18, Agha Salman 31, Ex 1)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Islamabad United: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Islamabad United - 174/9 in 20.0 overs (Naseem Shah 7, OC McCoy 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 5 wickets)
- Quetta Gladiators: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 2
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Omair Yousuf 17, AJ Hosein 31, Ex 2)
- Quetta Gladiators: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Quetta Gladiators - 104/7 in 15.0 overs (Omair Yousuf 36, Mohammad Amir 18)
- Omair Yousuf: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 17.3: Review by Islamabad United (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Abrar Ahmed (Struck down)
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