Billings finishes it for Islamabad. Poor ball - full-toss outside off - Billings uses his wrists and shovels it away to the right of deep midwicket
Gladiators vs United, 7th Match at Sharjah, Feb 15 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
7th Match, Sharjah, February 15, 2017, Pakistan Super League
148/6
(19.1/20 ov, T:149) 149/5
United won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
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11.20pm Billings has his hands aloft, takes high-five from his team-mates. His career-best 78* gives Islamabad their second win. Smith and Haddin fell early, but Billings settled in and gradually shifted gears to power Islamabad home. Watson assisted him with a cameo of 36 off 27 balls. It has been a difficult week for Islamabad United; this victory comes as a significant boost.
Billings, Man of the Match: It helps when guys like Watson come in and smack it like he did. The guys in subcontinent are good with variations, but I felt as it if I was there till the end we will win. Smithy has got a fifty, Hads has done well in one game, everyone has chipped in. Year on year playing in different leagues around the world is as much a life experience as cricketing experience.
Billings may be a peripheral figure in England's one-day set-up, but his appetite for learning and hard graft is increasingly hard to ignore. I will leave you with this cracker from Will Macpherson. Thanks for tuning in. Same place, same time tomorrow. Goodbye and good night.
19.1
4
Perera to Billings, FOUR runs
end of over 199 runs • 1 wicket
IU: 145/5CRR: 7.63 • RRR: 4.00
Sam Billings74 (49b 7x4 3x6)
Umar Gul 4-0-34-1
Thisara Perera 3-0-36-1
18.6
W
Umar Gul to Asif Ali, OUT
short ball, angled in at the ribs, Asif can't control the pull. He skies a top edge, which is gulped down by KP at long leg. Islamabad four away from victory
Asif Ali c Pietersen b Umar Gul 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
18.5
1
Umar Gul to Billings, 1 run
slower short ball on the leg stump, he swivels on the back foot and controls a pull to long leg
18.4
4
Umar Gul to Billings, FOUR runs
pretty full and on off stump, Billings sits deep in the crease and whiplashes it away to the long-on fence. That's some shot
Adnan: "No Misbah show, no problem. Billings is doing the trick for Islamabad"
18.3
1
Umar Gul to Asif Ali, 1 run
just short of a good length and angled in, tucked off the hips through square leg
18.2
1b
Umar Gul to Billings, 1 bye
18.1
2
Umar Gul to Billings, 2 runs
yorker on the leg stump, whipped away to deep midwicket. Billings hares across for the second. The keeper collects the throw and hits the stumps, but Billings was in. The throw from the deep wasn't great
Here is Gul again.
end of over 1816 runs • 1 wicket
IU: 136/4CRR: 7.55 • RRR: 6.50
Sam Billings67 (45b 6x4 3x6)
Asif Ali0 (0b)
Thisara Perera 3-0-36-1
Anwar Ali 4-0-27-0
17.6
1
Perera to Billings, 1 run
pitched up and outside off, Billings drive to cover and fetches the strike
17.5
W
Perera to Watson, OUT
4,4,6, and out! Holes out to deep midwicket. Can't clear the long boundary. Chest-high short ball on middle and leg stump, tucks Watson up for room. He does not get hold of the pull. Smart catch by Hasan at the edge of the boundary
Shane Watson c Hassan Khan b Perera 36 (27b 4x4 2x6) SR: 133.33
17.4
6
Perera to Watson, SIX runs
Perera comes around the wicket. It does not matter at all. He smites it over the bowler's head. Watson goes 4,4,6
17.3
4
Perera to Watson, FOUR runs
Watson beats long-off to his left now. This is overpitched outside off, Watson hits the half-volley on the up
17.2
4
Perera to Watson, FOUR runs
low full-toss on off, Watson stretches forward and crunches this in the gap between deep midwicket and long-on
17.1
1
Perera to Billings, 1 run
back of the hand slower ball on off stump, slog-swept across the line to deep midwicket
end of over 177 runs
IU: 120/3CRR: 7.05 • RRR: 9.66
Shane Watson22 (23b 2x4 1x6)
Sam Billings65 (43b 6x4 3x6)
Anwar Ali 4-0-27-0
Mohammad Nawaz 4-0-18-2
16.6
•
Anwar Ali to Watson, no run
full on the stumps, hacked to square leg off the inside half
16.5
•
Anwar Ali to Watson, no run
another slower one on a fourth-stump line outside off. Watson swipes early to leg and does not make contact
16.4
1
Anwar Ali to Billings, 1 run
full on the stumps, whittled into the leg side
16.3
6
Anwar Ali to Billings, SIX runs
chest-high short ball on off, Billings is unperturbed. He rides the bounce and pulls superbly over long leg for a six
16.2
•
Anwar Ali to Billings, no run
another slower short ball outside off, Billings throws his bat at the ball and mis-times it back to the bowler
16.1
•
Anwar Ali to Billings, no run
slower ball outside off, Billings reaches out, swishes early and misses
Anwar Ali is back.
end of over 163 runs
IU: 113/3CRR: 7.06 • RRR: 9.00
Shane Watson22 (21b 2x4 1x6)
Sam Billings58 (39b 6x4 2x6)
Mohammad Nawaz 4-0-18-2
Thisara Perera 2-0-20-0
15.6
•
Nawaz to Watson, no run
flat and slides on with the arm, pushed back to the bowler
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