that's all folks! Miserable performance from Quetta. Full and straight from Khushdil, through Irfan as he looks to swing down the ground. Clips the top of off stump on its way through and Multan win by 117 runs
Sultans vs Gladiators, 25th Match at Lahore, PSL, Feb 18 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's all from the first game of today's double-header - make sure you tune into our coverage of Lahore vs Karachi shortly, with the toss due in just under an hour.
Rilee Rossouw is, unsurprisingly, player of the match. "Shan and Rizzy set the foundation for the back end for guys to go out and express themselves. [Celebrations?] Another football inspiration. The boys and I have a good thing going on FIFA back in the team room. [Winning streak?] Every game is important. We're playing really good cricket."
Multan are now pretty much guaranteed to finish top of the table and Quetta need to hammer Karachi in their final game while hoping Islamabad lose heavily in their last two.
Lahore and Peshawar are officially through to the play-offs. Islamabad United have one foot in the knockout stages but don't have the 'Q' next to their name just yet.
This was the heaviest defeat in PSL history, beating Multan's 110-run win against Quetta last season.
Gohar: "This is painful to watch. Thank god for putting Quetta out of their misery"
Tahir in at slip!
wide outside off, crunched out to deep extra cover. Takes the single this time, exposing Irfan
wide outside off, slapped to long-off
shuffles across to the off side, drags a pull out to deep midwicket
tossed up, slow and wide outside off. Slapped out to deep cover, doesn't take the single
Umer: "Simple strategy: Sarfaraz to hit 5 sixes and take single on last ball of the over" -- Very simple!
full legbreak, punched to long-off to keep the strike
full toss, hacked out to midwicket
Mohammad Irfan is the last man in. Sarfaraz on strike.
Strategic timeout! Intrigued to know what sort of strategies Quetta will be discussing...
slider, steered away into the leg side. Mix-up between the two batters and Mudassar is run out at the non-striker's end! Sarfaraz wanted the second to retain the strike but his partner was slow to respond. Good bounce-throw from Masood on the rope, and Tahir whips off the bails
full legbreak, swept out to deep backward square, down on one knee
cuts a legbreak straight to backward point
finally, Sarfaraz has a boundary. Skips down, and lofts elegantly down the ground, through straight mid-on
yorker, 88mph/142kph, misses the off stump by a matter of millimetres
backs away, Dahani digs it in short at 86mph/136kph. Prolonged appeal from Dahani but it looked like he was nowhere near it. Rizwan pretends to call for a review, but grins as he knew the timer was up
cleans him up! Dahani angles it in on a length, Naseem plays it onto the stumps via the back thigh as he looks to swing over the leg side. Lighter moment as Aleem Dar runs across to stop Dahani celebrating, pretending to rugby tackle him. Dahani eventually wriggles out of his clutches and bows towards the crowd
Naseem backs away, Dahani follows him with a short one. Naseem gets into a tangle, taking his eye off the ball, but it falls safely
driven elegantly with a high front elbow, out to deep cover
back of a length, 89mph/143kph, down the leg side. Good take by Rizwan
Slip in for Naseem.
cleaned up! 84mph/135kph, Noor looks to swing him away into the leg side and loses his stumps. Dahani races away in celebration towards the stands with a wide grin on his face, bowing towards Sir Viv in the Quetta dugout. Naseem Shah, the new man in, shares a laugh with him, mimicking a swish of his bat at him... Quetta are sliding towards a heavy defeat
wristily worked out to deep cover
bosh! Noor skips down and brings out the long-handle, swinging Khushdil away. Tim David was interested at long-on, but even his 6ft5in frame couldn't reach it
Over 16 • QG 128/10