looks for the wide yorker, wasn't quite a yorker, but Amir goes for the big cover drive and can't put bat to ball. What a win for Zalmi!
Zalmi vs Kings, 10th Match at Sharjah, Feb 11 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
10th Match (D/N), Sharjah, February 11, 2016, Pakistan Super League
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end of over 209 runs • 2 wickets
KK: 179/9CRR: 8.95
Mohammad Amir0 (1b)
Saifullah Bangash0 (1b)
Daren Sammy 1-0-9-1
Wahab Riaz 4-0-29-2
7.25pm Phew. That was just brilliant to watch and commentate on. It's left me drained and hungry for dinner, which I shall go and consume very soon. I'm off, but do stay tuned, because we have another game coming up tonight. Hope you enjoy that, and bye!
Presentation time. Mohammad Hafeez is the Man of the Match. "Batting with Tamim has given me a lot of confidence," he says. "We're working as a team, we're playing as a team."
Shoaib Malik: "A step away from winning, but the way Ravi Bopara batted was exceptional. I have no words to describe his batting, but we have a few flaws in our team. The time has come and we need to come up. We need a third pacer in our team, that's where we're lacking a bit. I'm sure we will bring maybe a third pacer in the next game."
Shahid Afridi: "This is the kind of cricket we need. Doesn't matter if we win or lose but the spectators would have enjoyed this. Tamim and Hafeez gave us a fantastic start. Bopara played an outstanding innings. I wasn't very confident in the end, but Sammy told me he was confident he could win it for us."
Talha Hameed: "Karachi Kings has now lost three matches in a row, margin of defeat in last two matches were by 2 runs v Islamabad, 3 runs v Peshawar."
Umar Ch: "Remember Sammy has hit Four on the last Ball, That makes the Difference"
Saaib Uppal: "After the completion of the first round-robin of games, the twin giants, Lahore and Karachi, are at the bottom of the points table!"
Qasim: "Gotta feel for Bopara.He should take the MOM award!"
"It was a choice between me and the left-arm spinner and I told the skipper to give it to me," Darren Sammy says. "This pitch is much better than the one in Dubai, you see the competitive nature between the batsmen and the bowlers."
This one came in before the last ball, but it's a nice, nostalgic comment, so I'll stick it in now - Abdul Manan: "Now Karachi Kings need a Miandad, or Miandad's Six!"
Zain Rizvi: "One of the best matches in this tournament so far. Wow, absolutely amazing comeback, they came so far but in the end Sammy was the difference. Wow."
7.10pm What a game, what a finish. At the end of it, Karachi Kings find themselves in a really sticky situation, with only one win from four games. Zalmi have now won three out of four. Ravi Bopara will be gutted, Imad Wasim will not want to look at his team-mates.
19.6
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Sammy to Amir, no run
Last man in, Mohammad Amir. He needs to hit a boundary to win it for Karachi. Once again, huge discussion between Afridi and Sammy. Sammy goes around the wicket.
19.5
W
Sammy to Bangash, OUT
fullish outside off, not quite up there for the big cover drive, and the ball beats his outside edge. They look to sneak a bye and Kamran keeps his cool, underarms and hits the stumps direct to have Mir comfortably run out
Usama Mir run out (†Kamran Akmal) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100
Four to get off two balls. Bangash on strike. Long discussion between Afridi and Sammy.
Zubair: "Sammy hasn't bowled in this tournament yet"
19.4
1
Sammy to Usama Mir, 1 run
full, close to off stump, goes for the big drive but hits it all along the ground, too close to long-off to think of a second run
Usama Mir is on strike. The batsmen crossed over.
19.3
W
Sammy to Bopara, OUT
full-toss outside off, and Bopara has holed out! He could have hit that to a lot of places on this ground, but he's swiped at it, failed to middle it, and picked out the fielder at long-on
Ravi Bopara c Shahid Yousuf b Sammy 67 (33b 5x4 4x6) SR: 203.03
19.2
2
Sammy to Bopara, 2 runs
down the track to the wide one outside off, drives to the right of sweeper cover
19.1
6
Sammy to Bopara, SIX runs
full and wide, and that is hardly the ball to be bowling to Bopara in this mood. He gets on the front foot and just launches it over the cover point boundary
What an over, what a match. Bopara has been off strike for six balls, and he's lost Tanvir, but now he's facing with 13 to get. Asghar has an over left, but I don't think he'll bowl this. Zalmi turn to Sammy. He hasn't bowled yet in this game.
end of over 199 runs • 1 wicket
KK: 170/7CRR: 8.94 • RRR: 13.00
Ravi Bopara59 (30b 5x4 3x6)
Wahab Riaz 4-0-29-2
Shaun Tait 4-0-45-1
18.6
W
Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, OUT
yorker, bowled between his legs. What a delivery. Tanvir played across it and lost his leg stump. But the margins are so tiny in this format. That hit the stump and raced to the fine leg boundary. An inch off target and this could have been four byes.
Sohail Tanvir b Wahab Riaz 23 (17b 2x4 2x6) SR: 135.29
Umar: "England are hot favourites for this WC T20 when guy like Bopara have no place in the team.. Clean Clean hiting througout the tournament. "
Ahsan Butt: "Rod Marsh must be chuckling right now."
18.5
6
Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, SIX runs
slower short ball on off stump, and this time Tanvir doesn't heave blindly. Watches it, keeps a stable base, and pulls it away over the square leg boundary. Super shot!
18.5
1w
Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, 1 wide
oh no. Looks for that wide slower ball again, and bowls it far too wide of off stump
18.4
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Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, no run
wide yorker, beautifully bowled. Tanvir reaches out to stab it away but the ball sneaks under his bat
18.3
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Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, no run
in the blockhole outside off, can't get any power on the drive, jabs it back to the bowler
18.2
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Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, no run
slower ball outside off and Tanvir slogs and misses
18.1
2
Wahab Riaz to Tanvir, 2 runs
miscued, but he's safe. That's another full-toss from Wahab, not a high one, though, and he slogs at it and skews it away towards deep midwicket but it doesn't carry to the fielder
What an over. The equation now is down to 22 from 12.
end of over 1826 runs
KK: 161/6CRR: 8.94 • RRR: 11.00
Ravi Bopara59 (30b 5x4 3x6)
Sohail Tanvir15 (11b 2x4 1x6)
Shaun Tait 4-0-45-1
Wahab Riaz 3-0-20-1
17.6
4
Tait to Bopara, FOUR runs
fullish on the stumps. Bopara backs away, looking to club through the leg side, and gets another inside edge that races away to the fine leg boundary
17.5
4
Tait to Bopara, FOUR runs
full, a bit too much width, and Bopara opens his bat face adroitly, uses the pace to lift it over backward point
17.4
2
Tait to Bopara, 2 runs
yorker on off stump. Looks to make room to drive into the off side and it sneaks away through midwicket off the inside edge. Takes two as deep midwicket runs in, and reaches his half-century
Free-hit
17.4
5nb
Tait to Bopara, (no ball) FOUR runs
yorker on leg stump. Bopara looks to create room and hit down the ground, and gets a thick inside edge that races away to the left of short fine leg. What's more, that's a no-ball as well!
17.3
6
Tait to Bopara, SIX runs
full outside off, the length and the width are just perfect for Bopara to launch high over extra cover
17.2
1lb
Tait to Tanvir, 1 leg bye
slower ball on the pads, looks to flick and misses, hits his pad and rolls to short fine leg
17.1
4
Tait to Tanvir, FOUR runs
short ball angling away from Tanvir, who goes for the pull and top-edges it over the keeper
48 to get from 18 balls. Here's Tait.
Sami: "Tanvir probably the most one dimensionsal batsmen I've ever seen, even number 11's have more variety in their shots than this guy" -- Thing is, if it's in his zone, that limited range of shots is quite potent.
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