Lahore seek to build on momentum
Cricinfo previews the clash between Delhi Giants and Lahore Badhshahs
Match facts
Oct 26, 2008Start time 7.30pm (1400 GMT)
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Big Picture
Slow to start off with, the Lahore Badshahs have picked up steam in their last two games, so much so that bottom-placed Mumbai Champs were steamrolled comprehensively with Imran Nazir smashing a 38-ball 83. The performance of the Delhi Giants, next to bottom, has been uninspiring as well, and they would be wary of a batting line-up that can manage to score 50 runs in 15 balls. (Lahore did it against Mumbai.)Where they rank
Lahore are currently in third place, but either the Hyderabad Heroes or Chandigarh Lions - or both, if it's a tie - will move up ahead of them following the first game of Sunday's double-header. A win over Delhi will put them back in the top four, but Lahore will need to keep winning to stay clear of Hyderabad and Chandigarh, both of whom have played lesser matches.Form guide (most recent match first)
Lahore Badshahs: WWLLDelhi Giants: LLLW
Stats
- None of Delhi's batsmen have managed a fifty in the tournament so far; no guesses as to where their major problem lies.
Players to watch
With explosive batsmen at the top, Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Lahore captain, has been content with holding fort in the middle order. Injury ruled him out of the game against the Chennai Superstars. He has just been dismissed once this season, with 55 runs in three innings, at a strike-rate of 96.49.Quotes
"I don't think we are rebels. It is very disappointing to see that we are given step-motherly treatment. We are professional players and cricket is our bread and butter"Azhar Mahmood, like many others in the league, can't understand the decisions made by the boards running official cricket