nails the yorker on middle stump and rips it out. Batsman shuffles and looks to cream it through midwicket but the ball has passed him long before he knows it
Zalmi vs Kings, 27th Match at Sharjah, Mar 15 2018 - Match Result
7:20pm Thanks for joining us. We have more, of course, with the top two teams taking each other on in about 40 minutes time. Have a good evening!
Darren Sammy: I must commend the team on the way they came out. Pressure game like this. We've put one foot in and we need to come back tomorrow. Must commend Kami and Saad for giving us the momentum. I think the guys know what we need to do. We've played nine games and put ourselves in this situation. We need to come in again and put in a clinical performance. I want to congratulate Younis Khan, he's not here but I think he has a newborn baby boy. I told him this morning that he'll bring love to us.
Eoin Morgan: Turned out to be a difficult game. We stayed in the game for a long time but we put a couple of chances down that really hurt us. All in all, our basics let us down. Zalmi got 20-25 more than we'd have liked and we didn't going with the bat at all. We turn our attention to tomorrow's game. I thought for a lot of the period tonight we created chances, so there are positives. We were let down on our basics and Darren Sammy took advantage of that.
K Akmal: Definitely the ball was staying low and skidding at the start. Wanted to spend time at the start. I give credit to Saad Nasim and Darren Sammy too, we had good partnerships. I didn't keep because I tweaked my back during a mishit. Doctor said it'd be better if I rested with an important game coming up.
Kamran Akmal is the Man of the Match.
Adil: "@Varun Shetty Hi, whats about run rate now?" --- Karachi's NRR has dropped into the negative now. -0.118, while Multan are on -0.191.
Akira Zenon: "Now Karachi has to win the next match as their NRR dropped significantly. Either they should Win or Pray for PZ to lose tomorrows match. "
Bilal: "What's the situation for kk , if they lose next game they will be out of race?? " --- Not completely. They'll be tied with Multan Sultans on nine points.
6:58pm Peshawar stay alive in the semi-finals race. They need a win against Lahore Qalandars tomorrow to seal the spot. Karachi looked to have given up very early in the chase. They've avoided some damage in terms of NRR, but tomorrow's match against Islamabad could get very tense for them. They need a win too to seal the top four finish and not leave things to calculation. A resounding win for Zalmi, spearheaded by Akmal and Sammy with the bat, before the bowlers stuck in and gave nothing at all.
full toss outside off, looks to be high. Rizwan swipes under it and his bat turns in the hand. It carries straight to third man. They check for height and find it to be under the waist
dropped at square leg. This slower ball deceives him and he slices the attempted slog very very high. Smith runs back from square leg and goes for it when it should have been deep midwicket's catch since he was running in. He had to withdraw in the end to avoid a collision
Umar Mirza: "When your 4 foreign batsmen total 12 runs on 33 balls, then winning can be dream only."
slower ball, down leg side. Stands tall and swats it to the square leg boundary
short ball outside off, steps out and pulls to deep midwicket
slower length ball outside off, sneaks from under the slog and rolls through to the keeper who can't hold on
another yorker, tailing away late. Looks to drive into the leg side, gets it to point off the outside edge
yorker tailing away outside off, can't get bat on it
short of a length down leg side, backs away and tickles it to fine leg
short ball outside off, slices uppishly to sweeper's left
length ball at leg stump, he jumps into the off side and looks for the ramp. Can't connect on it
short ball at leg stump, backs away and pulls into the floor as he doesn't get room for a swing
length outside off, backs away and trashes it on the up, straight to extra cover
length on middle stump, backs away and drags to deep midwicket
length on leg stump, slogged out to deep midwicket
good length outside off, backs away and punches back to the bowler...who gathers the ball and runs at the batsman, shaping like he would throw it at him. Batsman takes evasive action as Hasan points to the spot on his hand where he hurt him. Banter. The complete opposite of everything that went down last night between Sohail and Yasir...
yorker at off stump, dug out to point with an open face
short ball outside off, looks to cut and gets an under-edge through to the keeper
length outside off, backs away and swings. Misses.
length ball outside off, jumps into the off side and ramps it wide of short fine
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Toss | Peshawar Zalmi, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2017/18 |
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Match days | 15 March 2018 - daynight (20-over match) |
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Points | Peshawar Zalmi 2, Karachi Kings 0 |
Over 20 • KK 137/8