BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Saim Ayub	c Stirling b Hasan Ali	5	3	6	1	0	166.66

Cameron Delport	b Faheem Ashraf	1	3	17	0	0	33.33

Faf du Plessis	lbw b Hasan Ali	17	11	18	3	0	154.54

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c)†	lbw b Faheem Ashraf	54	41	70	3	4	131.70

Azam Khan	c Iftikhar Ahmed b Faheem Ashraf	4	9	13	0	0	44.44

Ben Cutting	st †Rohail Nazir b Shadab Khan	23	17	17	2	1	135.29

Mohammad Nawaz	not out	31	29	54	1	1	106.89
Zahid Mahmood	run out (Shadab Khan)	5	7	20	0	0	71.42

Dale Steyn	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, w 6)	16
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 7.80)	156/7
Did not bat: Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Saim Ayub, 0.5 ov), 2-21 (Cameron Delport, 2.1 ov), 3-27 (Faf du Plessis, 3.3 ov), 4-41 (Azam Khan, 5.5 ov), 5-71 (Ben Cutting, 9.5 ov), 6-134 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 16.4 ov), 7-152 (Zahid Mahmood, 19.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hasan Ali	4	0	23	2	5.75	10	2	0	1	0
0.5 to Saim Ayub, Stirling with a stunner at backward point! On the 10th anniversary of KOB's epic knock against England, another Irishman creating fresh memories today by reaching up high to his right to intercept a loose drive with a spectacular grab. Similar length to the previous ball to encourage a drive on about sixth stump, not much footwork and can't get to the pitch to keep this down, it flies off the edge and Stirling reads it well moving to his right and reaches high above his head on his tippy toes to claim it.. 7/1 3.3 to F du Plessis, good length ball on off, Faf went way too far across and misses a flick to the leg side, huge appeal from Hasan is upheld after a long ponder by the umpire. It looked pretty out live, hitting him in line with off. But Faf appeals anyway. The only doubt appeared to be whether or not he was hit in line with the stumps or contact was made outside off. Sure enough he's hit in line with middle more than off stump and a third red lights up with the projection KO'ing leg stump. Gladiators lose a review. . 27/3
Mohammad Wasim	3	0	20	0	6.66	7	2	0	1	0
Faheem Ashraf	4	0	11	3	2.75	14	0	0	1	0
2.1 to CS Delport, the change is justified! Fullish length on middle stump, Delport backs away from leg stump trying to heave this down the ground and misses playing inside the line, off stump is knocked out.. 21/2 5.5 to Azam Khan, short ball brings a wicket! Wasn't even a proper bouncer. Really sat up wide outside off, Azam tried to slap it over the ring but fails miserably as the ball just flutters up gently off his bat. After being on the front foot all innings, first time he was tested on the back foot he can't handle it and a simple catch is taken on the ring at extra cover.. 41/4 16.4 to Sarfaraz Ahmed, full, swing and a miss from Sarfaraz. Crashes into his pads, and the umpire gives it! Immediate review, it may just be sliding down leg. It isn't! It's hitting the stumps, and Sarfaraz is gone. 134/6
Muhammad Musa	4	0	39	0	9.75	6	2	2	3	0
Shadab Khan	3	0	25	1	8.33	7	4	0	0	0
9.5 to BCJ Cutting, absolutely glorious. A bit of flight around the off stump line draws him out of his crease, and the spin beats him. Quick work by Rohail Nazir behind the stumps and that's goodbye for Cutting. 71/5
Iftikhar Ahmed	2	0	28	0	14.00	4	0	4	0	0

Islamabad United (T: 157 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Stirling	b Zahid Mahmood	56	33	47	8	2	169.69

Alex Hales	b Zahid Mahmood	23	13	31	5	0	176.92

Rohail Nazir †	c Naseem Shah b Steyn	34	28	39	4	1	121.42

Shadab Khan (c)	c Mohammad Nawaz b Mohammad Hasnain	21	17	32	2	0	123.52

Asif Ali	not out	16	10	15	2	1	160.00
Hussain Talat	not out	1	1	7	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 5)	6
TOTAL	17 Ov (RR: 9.23)	157/4
Did not bat: Iftikhar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Muhammad Musa
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Alex Hales, 5.5 ov), 2-93 (Paul Stirling, 9.3 ov), 3-130 (Rohail Nazir, 14.3 ov), 4-143 (Shadab Khan, 16.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Nawaz	3	0	41	0	13.66	2	3	3	0	0
Naseem Shah	3	0	32	0	10.66	6	6	0	0	0
Dale Steyn	3	0	20	1	6.66	10	4	0	0	0
14.3 to Rohail Nazir, the short ball plan finally comes off for Steyn! The legend refused to target the stumps since his opening over and kept on teasing the batsmen short and very wide forcing them to play shots they didn't want to according to the set field. Rohail tries to smash another short and very wide ball over extra cover but only manages to scuff it to the man on the ring for a very simple catch at head height.. 130/3
Mohammad Hasnain	4	0	34	1	8.50	10	3	1	5	0
16.1 to Shadab Khan, Nawaz takes a steepling swirler to make up for Cutting's earlier drop off Hasnain! Length ball on the stumps, Shadab tries to flick this over midwicket, top edge goes straight up over the pitch. Nawaz calls off the bowler as gravity takes it hurtling back to earth at a serious pace. He gets his body behind the ball before putting his hands in front of his face to take this while tumbling backward. Theatrical catch but a superb effort for how high that ball went into the air.. 143/4
Zahid Mahmood	4	0	29	2	7.25	11	5	0	0	0
5.5 to AD Hales, finally gets the breakthrough. Gave it even more flight, making Hales wait for it and go across the line. He's through his shot too early, and he'sgone, but you suspect it'll make no difference. 76/1 9.3 to PR Stirling, googly finally ends the entertaining Stirling tribute to KOB! He was losing steam after he got to 50 beginning with that over bowled by Hasnain and again struggled to get Steyn away second time around. The frustration was building even more after missing the slog sweep previous ball. He comes walking down the track but doesn't get to the pitch and plays around the googly coming in. Middle stump knocked back. But Irish eyes are smiling on Islamabad after that knock.. 93/2

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Quetta Gladiators innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 4 wickets)
Over 1.4: Review by Islamabad United (Bowling), Umpire - Shozab Raza, Batsman - F du Plessis (Struck down)
Over 3.3: Review by Quetta Gladiators (Batting), Umpire - Shozab Raza, Batsman - F du Plessis (Struck down)
Quetta Gladiators: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 11
Quetta Gladiators: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 11
Sarfaraz Ahmed: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Sarfaraz Ahmed 42, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 7, Ex 1)
Strategic Timeout: Quetta Gladiators - 122/5 in 15.0 overs (Sarfaraz Ahmed 52, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 8)
Over 16.4: Review by Quetta Gladiators (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batsman - Sarfaraz Ahmed (Struck down)
Quetta Gladiators: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 15
Innings Break: Quetta Gladiators - 156/7 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Nawaz (3) 31, DW Steyn 0)

Islamabad United innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 76 runs, 1 wicket)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (PR Stirling 44, AD Hales 7, Ex 0)
Islamabad United: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (PR Stirling 45, AD Hales 7, Ex 0)
PR Stirling: 50 off 21 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
Islamabad United: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
Strategic Timeout: Islamabad United - 130/3 in 14.3 overs (Shadab Khan 15)
Islamabad United: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 2

MATCH DETAILS

National Stadium, Karachi
Toss	Islamabad United, elected to field first
Series	Pakistan Super League
Season	2020/21
Player Of The Match	Faheem Ashraf
Match days	1,2 March 2021 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Ahsan Raza Shozab Raza
TV Umpire	Asif Yaqoob
Reserve Umpire	Imran Javed
Match Referee	Ali Naqvi
Points	Islamabad United 2, Quetta Gladiators 0

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IU 100%

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Over 17 • IU 157/4

Shadab Khan c Mohammad Nawaz b Mohammad Hasnain 21 (17b 2x4 0x6 32m) SR: 123.52

United won by 6 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

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United Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
PR Stirling	bowled	56	33
AD Hales	bowled	23	13
Rohail Nazir	caught	34	28
Shadab Khan	caught	21	17
Asif Ali	not out	16	10
Hussain Talat	not out	1	1
Extras	(lb 1, w 5)
Total	157(4 wkts; 17 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Nawaz	3	41	0	13.66
Naseem Shah	3	32	0	10.66
DW Steyn	3	20	1	6.66
Mohammad Hasnain	4	34	1	8.5
Zahid Mahmood	4	29	2	7.25

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	76	Alex Hales	Paul Stirling
2nd	17	Paul Stirling	Rohail Nazir
3rd	37	Shadab Khan	Rohail Nazir
4th	13	Asif Ali	Shadab Khan
5th	14	Asif Ali	Hussain Talat

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Pakistan Super League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IU	10	8	2	16	0.859
MS	10	5	5	10	1.050
PZ	10	5	5	10	0.586
KK	10	5	5	10	-0.115
LQ	10	5	5	10	-0.589
QG	10	2	8	4	-1.786

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