Gets the last laugh; banged in short around the line off, lowers his center of gravity and goes for the upper-cut, finds the fielder in the deep who makes the catch look so easy. That rose above head height and he flirted with it.
Qalandars vs United, 19th Match at Lahore, PSL, Apr 30 2025 - Match Result
Lahore humble the table-toppers with a thumping 88-run win. They were barely ruffled in this lop-sided affair at home. The batters did a phenomenal job setting 210, which gave the bowlers the license to go for the kill and they found heaps of success with that approach. It was a fantastic all-round performance that will do a world of good to their confidence. On a pitch that offered plenty of assistance to both quicks and spinners, Lahore put up an imposing total and seemed to have a well chalked out plan in place. Islamabad, in reply, were all over the place; no substantial contributions from batting backbone made life tough and nobody managed to convert their starts into something big and match-winning. Rauf picked up 4 and bowled with a lot of venom in his spells, Raza snapped up 3 with his smart spinning methods while Shaheen and Asif chipped in with one wicket apiece. Islamabad remain on top of the tree while Lahore are right next to them now with 8 points
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Good length, speared into the pads, hits it really well, slugged downtown and away from long-on, one bounce over the rope, beautifully hit through the line
Drags his length further back, near the marker on off, square cuts it not to much avail
Cranks up the pace but loses his bearings, a short ball down the leg-side, well-stopped by Billings with a tumbling effort to his left
Bends his back and hurls a pacy short of a length delivery in the corridor, he lets it go
Over the wicket, fraction short and getting big on him, swings lustily down the ground and it falls between fielders converging at long-on and long-off, both didn't go for the catch (Shaheen and Raza) and avoided a collision
Tossed full and outside off, inside-edge dribble away to fine leg
In the air and Rishad charges in from long-off to take a regulation catch. Dropped a touch short, rises to waist height, he plants his front leg and eyes the straighter boundary, the captain departs and the implosion continues. Shake of the head as he takes the long walk back to the pavilion, Islamabad haven't lived up to their reputation and the captain knows it.
Short and straightening just outside off, scuffs a drive back to Raza
Back of a length outside off, nurdled to deep third
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Back of a length with plenty of width, gets a loosener and puts it away, steered down the floor past short third for a four, what a way to get off the mark
Around the wicket, dropped short on middle, hauls it off the backfoot but only as far as the fielder stationed at deep midwicket, another one bites the dust. Islamabad continue to lose wickets, this was dropped very short and the shot was on, just couldn't lift it much
Around the wicket, shortens his length, angled it in at middle, he clubs a pull off the inside-half of the bat to deep midwicket
Banged in short and offers some width, he slaps it straight to the man at wide mid-off; finds the man to perfection and admonishes himself for hitting towards the only man patrolling that region; was troubled by the lack of pace as well. Wickets continue to tumble for Islamabad and the asking rate is also escalating; Islamabad in dire straits for the first time this season
That's a well-directed bumper rearing up right at him, he goes for the pull and only connects with air; play and a miss
Hammered in and a bit leg-sidish, whipped away, helping it to deep backward square
Stands tall and whisks the rising ball in the corridor to deep backward point for a runn
Over the wicket, sends it outside off and it zips away, beating his outside edge as he advances
Worked across the line towards long-on for a run
Yorked him at middle, keeps out by digging it out back to Raza
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | |
Toss | Islamabad United, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20 |
Match days | 30 April 2025 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Lahore Qalandars 2, Islamabad United 0 |