Tossed up, a tad shorter again and he rocks back, makes room and chips it through covers for another boundary to seal the game.
Gladiators vs Zalmi, 9th Match at Karachi, PSL 2023, Feb 20 2023 - Match Result
Zalmi won by 4 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
10:45pm: So that was comfortably chased down by Peshawar Zalmi, not many runs on the board from Quetta and Smith towards the end released the pressure that was built up by Naseem and Hasnain. Peshawar Zalmi displace Karachi Kings from the second spot while Quetta Gladiators are languishing at the fifth spot with two points so far in the tournament.
Quetta got off to a sedate start after losing Jason Roy and Martin Guptill early in the piece but then a fantastic rebuilding work from Sarfaraz Ahmed and Iftikhar Ahmed helped them scrap their way to 154/4. Usman Qadir rarely bowled only looseners tonight, picked two vital wickets and bowled with exceptional control - which is something that lacked in his bowling previously. Wahab Riaz was accurate and kept firing it in the channel, beating the bat frequently. In reply Peshawar Zalmi were wobbling at one stage when Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler Cadmore didn't add many runs but Mohammad Haris and Babar Azam provided a stable start up top and set the tone for the lower-order batters.
Rovman Powell and James Neesham made sure they don't squander the advantage and stitched an important partnership, both got into 30s but then got out. Thereon, Dasun Shanaka and Wahab Riaz played sensibly to get their team over the line and didn't press the panic button knowing they will be facing Smith and Nawaz in the final overs - and they didn't pose as much of a threat as Naseem and Hasnain. Till the next time, this is Rvel Zahid signing off. Goodnight!
Yasser saleem: "At last we saw a team winning the toss fielding first and won the match after a while in PSL 8"
OYDEEP GILL: "Ali Raza my grandfather too was from Sialkot Punjab after partition he came to India Punjab for living "
Syed Rahman: "So Hafeez bowls one over for 4 runs and he doesnt get another over - yet 2 bowlers conceding over 13 an over continue to bowl"
Hk: "QG should drop Nawaz for a few games use Hafeez as the fifth bowler add in another batter and Thasura for Smith 170 with this bowling attack won't be easy "
Sarat: "This batting approach is complete opposite to how QG started with their's. QG started so very slowly, eventhough they went on 4th,5th,6th gear at the end, it wasnt enough. In modern era, 140-150's are not going to win you games, unless the pitches are sluggish, which is a rareity in T20 cricket now-a-days"
Jibran T. Siddi: "DanielAlaxender: No no, say what we're waiting for..."
ALI RAZA: "@Gill Sikander Raza is also Punjabi, Sialkot born"
Kashif: "Saifi what you didProfessor was available to bowl why you prefferd odean smith"
AbdullahCheema : "If Quetta want to compete with the top teams they need to play a third genuine fast bowler."
Aazir: "@espncricinfo I'm loving the DRS feature in your website. It's absolutely useful for test matches. Thanks espn" Your'e welcome!
Drags it a bit shorter and offers width, Wahab gives himself room and crunches it past cover for a delicious boundary, just two away from a convincing win
Wahab is swapping the bat.
Floats it up from round the wicket on a shorter length, turns in a bit from outside off, he makes room and cuts it away to extra cover, easy-peasy
JOYDEEP GILL: "Fun fact sikandar Raza has been playing in psl for Lahore Punjab after that he's gonna play in ipl for India Punjab
Shahid: "Oh Safi no. should have gone with Hafiz or Nawaz instead of Odean here."
MSRK: "Typical West Indies bowler O.Smith, so very inconsistent in bowling line and length. He is got the raw material in the mix of Pace and Bounce, but lacks control"
Malik: "All pressure created by Hasnain and Naseem released in one ball of Smith"
DanielAlexander: "Pakistan's incredible fast bowling talent in full flow in Pakistan Super League, again. Impressive indeed!
Manages to shank it in the opens spaces at cover region and he will keep the strike
A touch short again on middle and off, he works it across the line to square leg and Sarfaraz looks completely deflated, the body language is down whereas contrasting scenes in Peshawar Zalmi's dug-out, Babar looks pretty calm
He is not learning and pitched it on a fraction shorter length, again on his pads and he whips it away with ease off the backfoot, plashing platter of singles
Wrong line, shorter and angled into leg stump, chipped away off his pads into the empty spaces at midwicket
Top edge and he almost spooned it to backward point who leapt in air and it just went past him
Short and punished! Sits up for him nicely down leg and this is bread and butter for Shanaka, he mows it through square leg and earns a boundary
On a length, skiddy and angled int, lets it go down leg for a wide
High quality bowling so far from Hasnain and he almost got him wafting and edging to the keeper, slashes at it and misses it completely, playing away from his body. The fast bowling has as you would expect has been top-notch throughout this PSL
Follows it up with an attempted yorker, this was on the cards, surprise delivery after a couple of bumpers, Wahab does well to shovel it away to cover
Peppering him with short-pitch barrage and getting him to duck, this was outside off stump and once again he doesn't elect to play
Slams in a bumper around the line leg, Wahab is happy to duck underneath it
Back of a length, bends his back on it, line outside off, he stays back and hacks it away to backward point
Goes fuller, gun-barrel straight as he tries to sneak one through his defence, he stabs it away to short cover
That's a jaffa! Shortens his length and gets it to curl away off the seam and completely befuddles Shanaka who left the hanging willow outside off
Back of the hand, slightly shorter and angled into the pads, strays a little bit in his line and he is not happy with his effort as the batter glances it away to fine leg region
Banged in short, wrong line and it didn't lift as much as his previous bumpers, Wahab ducks
Flat-bats it to mid-on and settles for a run
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National Stadium, Karachi | |
Toss | Peshawar Zalmi, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 20 February 2023 - night (20-over match) |
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Points | Peshawar Zalmi 2, Quetta Gladiators 0 |
Over 19 • PZ 157/6
Zalmi won by 4 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)