2016 PSL: Karachi beat Lahore by seven wickets
Amir bags hat-trick; Simmons, Shakib play important 109-run partnership for Kings
Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars in the second match of the inaugural Pakistan Super League by seven wickets courtesy Muhammad Amir's hat-trick and Lendll Simmons and Shakibal Hasan's 109-run partnership.
Earlier, a hat-trick in the penultimate over by Karachi's left-arm pacer Amir restricted Lahore to a total of 125-8.
After being sent in to bat first, no Lahore batsman was able to take a stand againt the Karachi spinners. Muhammad Rizwan (37 off 31) was the top-scorer for the team with Sohaib Maqsood playing the next best innings of 22 runs off 27 balls.
For Karachi, Amir dismissed Dwayne Bravo, Zohaib Khan and Kevon Cooper to pull off the first-ever hat-trick of the PSL. Shoaib Malik, Shakibal Hasan, Sohail Tanvir and Imad Wasim contributed with one wicket apiece.
Maximum boundary hitter award winner goes to Lendll Simmons.
Man of the match is Shakibal Hasan for his all-round performance: It was a 150-run wickets. You need to spend time. Credit goes to the bowlers and the whole team. We haven't spent much time together but a win will give us chance to sit together and relax. The way we batted today, if we continue, we will have a good tournament.
Azhar Ali: Karachi deserved to win, they played better than us. We lost wickets regularly. It would have been lovely to have three wickets [on Shakib's missed catch]. Its a long tournament, its a new team, there are a lot of things to learn.
Shoaib Malik: We had in our mind that we need all-rounders and spinners for UAE. The PSL is all about helping youngsters.
Teams
Lahore: Azhar Ali, Chris Gayle, Cameroon Delport, Muhammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Dwayne Bravo, N Yasin, Zafar Gohar, Ziaul Haq, Z Khan
Karachi: Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Amir, Sohail Tanvir, Nauman Anwar, Lendll Simmons, James Vince, Ravi Bopara, Shakibal Hasan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Safiullah Bangash
KHI 131-3 (15.5 overs)
Another SIX and Malik finishes off the match in style.
SIX! The scores are level. Malik goes boom over long-on.
Cameron Delport again.
KHI 118-3 (15 overs)
FOUR! Simmons with an inside out shot. Finds the fence at extra cover.
Zafar Gohar now.
KHI 113-3 (14 overs)
OUT! Shakib goes for the big swing over midwicket but finds the fielder. Shoaib Malik is the new batsman in!
Another dibbly-dobbly bowler Cameron Delport comes on to bowl now.
KHI 111-2 (13 overs)
SIX and FOUR! FIFTY up for Shakib with the maximum. Follows it up with a boundary.
Zohaib Khan into his last over.
KHI 99-2 (12 overs)
FOUR! Driven through covers by Shakib.
FIFTY up for Lendll Simmons.
Azhar Ali comes on to bowl after a 'strategic time out'.
KHI 91-2 (11 overs)
FOUR! Cut and that too with precision. Simmons playing a great innings here.
Zohaib Khan
KHI 82-2 (10 overs)
Just five runs off the over. Karachi won't mind these.
Azhar Ali, the captain, brings himself on.
KHI 77-2 (9 overs)
DROPPED! Bowler dives to his left but the ball hits his hands and ricochets away.
Zohaib Khan back for his second over. Starts with four dots.
KHI 77-2 (8 overs)
FOUR! Bravo is frustrated as Simmons goes towards extra cover this time.
FOUR and SIX! Lendll Simmons punishing his compatriot.
Dwayne Bravo now.
KHI 62-2 (7 overs)
Just five runs off his over. No boundaries.
Zohaib Khan now with his left-arm spin.
KHI 57-2 (6 overs)
NO BALL, FOUR and a FREE HIT! (Simmons guides a slow beamer past third-man) Simmons receives a length ball and smashes it over long-on. Eleven runs off a single ball.
The dibbly-dobbly Kevon Cooper now.
KHI 43-2 (5 overs)
FOURx2! Shakibal Hasan with two beautiful shots.
Dwayne Bravo has been given the ball now. Starts off with a wide ball down the leg side.
KHI 31-2 (4 overs)
SIX! This time its midwicket. Shakib clears his front leg to clear the boundary.
SIX! Shakib goes big over long leg. Slog sweeped into the hands of the man in yellow shirt.
FOURx2! Punched straight down the ground and then cut beautifully past the third man fielder. Simmons enjoying!
Zafar Gohar is back for his second over.
KHI 10-2 (3 overs)
DROPPED! Dwayne Bravo drops a dolly. Leading edge went up in the air and Bravo, running in from mid-on, spills it.
Ziaul Haq is back for his second over.
KHI 4-2 (2 overs)
LBW! Given out but there was a big inside edge. Lendll Simmons can't believe it.
Zafar Gohar to continue from the other end.
KHI 0-0 (1 over)
Two from the over.
Out! Short ball straight into the hands of the fielder. Nauman Anwar walks.
Lendll Simmons and Nauman Anwar open the chase for Karachi. Ziaul Haq open the bowling for Lahore.
LHR 125-8 (20 overs)
Single off the last ball.
BOWLED! Rizwan plays it onto the wickets.
Three singles and a double. No boundary yet.
Sohail Tanvir bowls the last over.
LHR 119-7 (19 overs)
LBW! Amir gets it. First hat-trick of the PSL by the Muhammad Amir.
CAUGHT BEHIND! Muhammad Amir is on a hat-trick.
BOWLED! Bravo squared up by Amir. Round the wickets and Bravo misses the ball completely.
Muhammad Amir bowls the penultimate over.
LHR 115-4 (18 overs)
Pakistani celebrities enjoying the Karachi, Lahore match.
Sohail Tanvir bowls.
LHR 106-4 (17 overs)
FOUR! Rizwan goes for the unguarded extra cover boundary.
Muhammad Amir is back.
LHR 98-4 (16 overs)
SIX! Dances down the ground and Rizwan goes for a maximum. Over the long-on fielder's head.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 88-4 (15 overs)
FOUR! Extra cover it is by Dwayne Bravo.
Dwayne Bravo is the new man in. Shakib bowls his last over.
LHR 80-4 (14 overs)
OUT! Sohaib Maqsood finally runs out of lives. Caught at point.
FOUR! Rizwan goes straight as an arrow. Bisects long-on and long-off.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 75-3 (13 overs)
Sohaib survives again! Stump chance missed by Safiullah Bangash.
Six runs off the over.
Shakibal Hasan in for his third over.
LHR 69-3 (12 overs)
RUN OUT chance! Sohaib survives at the non-striker's end.
Ravi Bopara is brought into the attack.
LHR 63-3 (11 overs)
Imad Wasim gives away six runs in the over courtesy a boundary by Muhammad Rizwan.
LHR 57-3 (10 overs)
9.6 Single taken towards extra cover.
9.5 No run. Pushed back to the bowler.
9.4 RUN OUT! Sohaib calls Delport for a quick single but the man at covers picks it up quickly and throws it back. Malik grabs it and dislodges the bails. Muhammad Rizwan is in now, at the non-striker's end.
9.3 Single towards long-off.
9.2 Reverse sweep and the man at gully-point misses it. No run.
9.1 Delport misses it. Malik beats him with spin.
Shoaib Malik.
LHR 54-2 (9 overs)
8.6 Another single by Delport towards long-off to end the over.
8.5 Single towards long-off by Sohaib.
8.4 This time Sohaib finds the fielder in covers.
8.3 No run, played towards short midwicket.
8.2 SIX! Maqsood picks it up and send it into the crowd at long-on.
8.1 Cut towards short third man for no run.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 47-2 (8 overs)
7.6 Slow full toss and a single.
7.5 Short ball slashed by Delport towards square leg fielder who runs in to catch it but the ball bounces just before him.
7.4 Short on off, hit powerfully by Sohaib towards long leg fielder for a single.
7.3 Inside edge and Delport steals a single.
7.2 Again on the legs, hit towards short midwicket, no run by Delport.
7.1 On leg, steered towards off through covers for a single by Sohaib.
Sohail Tanvir into his third over.
LHR 42-2 (7 overs)
Four runs off the over.
Shakibal Hasan into his second over. Sohaib Maqsood and Cameron Delport face.
LHR 38-2 (6 overs)
Just a single off Sohail Tanvir's over.
LHR 37-2 (5 overs)
BOWLED! Azhar Ali jumps out of the crease and misses the ball in the air. It goes on to rattle his leg stump!
FOUR! Cameron Delport sweeps and goes over short fine leg.
Shakibal Hasan is introduced into the attack.
LHR 30-1 (4 overs)
FOUR! Short and slapped towards cover by Azhar.
FOUR! Azhar goes ballistic with a straight drive slightly towards long-on. Finds the fence!
Muhammad Amir into his second over.
LHR 18-1 (3 overs)
Six runs off the over. Malik bowling smartly, wicket to wicket.
Shoaib Malik is back for his second over.
LHR 12-1 (2 overs)
FOUR! This time Azhar dances forward and hits a short ball square on the off-side.
Starts with four dot balls with the help of fielders who aren't allowing easy singles.
Muhammad Amir bowls the second over. Azhar Ali faces.
LHR 7-1 (1 over)
FOUR & OUT! Gayle goes for a big straight drive but is caught. Malik strikes!
Gayle starts with two runs.
Chris Gayle is surely going to open the innings for Lahore. Who is going to accompany him? Its Azhar Ali. Meanwhile, Muhammad Amir will the best guess to open the bowling for Karachi but Shoaib Malik thinks spin will be better.
Toss: Karachi win toss and opt to bowl first.
Shoaib Malik: When you are playing against Chris Gayle, chasing is a better option.
Azhar Ali: We would have wanted to bowl first as well. We will assess the pitch and then decide what total will be good here.
Earlier, a hat-trick in the penultimate over by Karachi's left-arm pacer Amir restricted Lahore to a total of 125-8.
After being sent in to bat first, no Lahore batsman was able to take a stand againt the Karachi spinners. Muhammad Rizwan (37 off 31) was the top-scorer for the team with Sohaib Maqsood playing the next best innings of 22 runs off 27 balls.
For Karachi, Amir dismissed Dwayne Bravo, Zohaib Khan and Kevon Cooper to pull off the first-ever hat-trick of the PSL. Shoaib Malik, Shakibal Hasan, Sohail Tanvir and Imad Wasim contributed with one wicket apiece.
Maximum boundary hitter award winner goes to Lendll Simmons.
Man of the match is Shakibal Hasan for his all-round performance: It was a 150-run wickets. You need to spend time. Credit goes to the bowlers and the whole team. We haven't spent much time together but a win will give us chance to sit together and relax. The way we batted today, if we continue, we will have a good tournament.
Azhar Ali: Karachi deserved to win, they played better than us. We lost wickets regularly. It would have been lovely to have three wickets [on Shakib's missed catch]. Its a long tournament, its a new team, there are a lot of things to learn.
Shoaib Malik: We had in our mind that we need all-rounders and spinners for UAE. The PSL is all about helping youngsters.
Teams
Lahore: Azhar Ali, Chris Gayle, Cameroon Delport, Muhammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Dwayne Bravo, N Yasin, Zafar Gohar, Ziaul Haq, Z Khan
Karachi: Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Amir, Sohail Tanvir, Nauman Anwar, Lendll Simmons, James Vince, Ravi Bopara, Shakibal Hasan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Safiullah Bangash
KHI 131-3 (15.5 overs)
Another SIX and Malik finishes off the match in style.
SIX! The scores are level. Malik goes boom over long-on.
Cameron Delport again.
KHI 118-3 (15 overs)
FOUR! Simmons with an inside out shot. Finds the fence at extra cover.
Zafar Gohar now.
KHI 113-3 (14 overs)
OUT! Shakib goes for the big swing over midwicket but finds the fielder. Shoaib Malik is the new batsman in!
Another dibbly-dobbly bowler Cameron Delport comes on to bowl now.
KHI 111-2 (13 overs)
SIX and FOUR! FIFTY up for Shakib with the maximum. Follows it up with a boundary.
Zohaib Khan into his last over.
KHI 99-2 (12 overs)
FOUR! Driven through covers by Shakib.
FIFTY up for Lendll Simmons.
Azhar Ali comes on to bowl after a 'strategic time out'.
KHI 91-2 (11 overs)
FOUR! Cut and that too with precision. Simmons playing a great innings here.
Zohaib Khan
KHI 82-2 (10 overs)
Just five runs off the over. Karachi won't mind these.
Azhar Ali, the captain, brings himself on.
KHI 77-2 (9 overs)
DROPPED! Bowler dives to his left but the ball hits his hands and ricochets away.
Zohaib Khan back for his second over. Starts with four dots.
KHI 77-2 (8 overs)
FOUR! Bravo is frustrated as Simmons goes towards extra cover this time.
FOUR and SIX! Lendll Simmons punishing his compatriot.
Dwayne Bravo now.
KHI 62-2 (7 overs)
Just five runs off his over. No boundaries.
Zohaib Khan now with his left-arm spin.
KHI 57-2 (6 overs)
NO BALL, FOUR and a FREE HIT! (Simmons guides a slow beamer past third-man) Simmons receives a length ball and smashes it over long-on. Eleven runs off a single ball.
The dibbly-dobbly Kevon Cooper now.
KHI 43-2 (5 overs)
FOURx2! Shakibal Hasan with two beautiful shots.
Dwayne Bravo has been given the ball now. Starts off with a wide ball down the leg side.
KHI 31-2 (4 overs)
SIX! This time its midwicket. Shakib clears his front leg to clear the boundary.
SIX! Shakib goes big over long leg. Slog sweeped into the hands of the man in yellow shirt.
FOURx2! Punched straight down the ground and then cut beautifully past the third man fielder. Simmons enjoying!
Zafar Gohar is back for his second over.
KHI 10-2 (3 overs)
DROPPED! Dwayne Bravo drops a dolly. Leading edge went up in the air and Bravo, running in from mid-on, spills it.
Ziaul Haq is back for his second over.
KHI 4-2 (2 overs)
LBW! Given out but there was a big inside edge. Lendll Simmons can't believe it.
Zafar Gohar to continue from the other end.
KHI 0-0 (1 over)
Two from the over.
Out! Short ball straight into the hands of the fielder. Nauman Anwar walks.
Lendll Simmons and Nauman Anwar open the chase for Karachi. Ziaul Haq open the bowling for Lahore.
LHR 125-8 (20 overs)
Single off the last ball.
BOWLED! Rizwan plays it onto the wickets.
Three singles and a double. No boundary yet.
Sohail Tanvir bowls the last over.
LHR 119-7 (19 overs)
LBW! Amir gets it. First hat-trick of the PSL by the Muhammad Amir.
CAUGHT BEHIND! Muhammad Amir is on a hat-trick.
BOWLED! Bravo squared up by Amir. Round the wickets and Bravo misses the ball completely.
Muhammad Amir bowls the penultimate over.
LHR 115-4 (18 overs)
Pakistani celebrities enjoying the Karachi, Lahore match.
Sohail Tanvir bowls.
LHR 106-4 (17 overs)
FOUR! Rizwan goes for the unguarded extra cover boundary.
Muhammad Amir is back.
LHR 98-4 (16 overs)
SIX! Dances down the ground and Rizwan goes for a maximum. Over the long-on fielder's head.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 88-4 (15 overs)
FOUR! Extra cover it is by Dwayne Bravo.
Dwayne Bravo is the new man in. Shakib bowls his last over.
LHR 80-4 (14 overs)
OUT! Sohaib Maqsood finally runs out of lives. Caught at point.
FOUR! Rizwan goes straight as an arrow. Bisects long-on and long-off.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 75-3 (13 overs)
Sohaib survives again! Stump chance missed by Safiullah Bangash.
Six runs off the over.
Shakibal Hasan in for his third over.
LHR 69-3 (12 overs)
RUN OUT chance! Sohaib survives at the non-striker's end.
Ravi Bopara is brought into the attack.
LHR 63-3 (11 overs)
Imad Wasim gives away six runs in the over courtesy a boundary by Muhammad Rizwan.
LHR 57-3 (10 overs)
9.6 Single taken towards extra cover.
9.5 No run. Pushed back to the bowler.
9.4 RUN OUT! Sohaib calls Delport for a quick single but the man at covers picks it up quickly and throws it back. Malik grabs it and dislodges the bails. Muhammad Rizwan is in now, at the non-striker's end.
9.3 Single towards long-off.
9.2 Reverse sweep and the man at gully-point misses it. No run.
9.1 Delport misses it. Malik beats him with spin.
Shoaib Malik.
LHR 54-2 (9 overs)
8.6 Another single by Delport towards long-off to end the over.
8.5 Single towards long-off by Sohaib.
8.4 This time Sohaib finds the fielder in covers.
8.3 No run, played towards short midwicket.
8.2 SIX! Maqsood picks it up and send it into the crowd at long-on.
8.1 Cut towards short third man for no run.
Imad Wasim.
LHR 47-2 (8 overs)
7.6 Slow full toss and a single.
7.5 Short ball slashed by Delport towards square leg fielder who runs in to catch it but the ball bounces just before him.
7.4 Short on off, hit powerfully by Sohaib towards long leg fielder for a single.
7.3 Inside edge and Delport steals a single.
7.2 Again on the legs, hit towards short midwicket, no run by Delport.
7.1 On leg, steered towards off through covers for a single by Sohaib.
Sohail Tanvir into his third over.
LHR 42-2 (7 overs)
Four runs off the over.
Shakibal Hasan into his second over. Sohaib Maqsood and Cameron Delport face.
LHR 38-2 (6 overs)
Just a single off Sohail Tanvir's over.
LHR 37-2 (5 overs)
BOWLED! Azhar Ali jumps out of the crease and misses the ball in the air. It goes on to rattle his leg stump!
FOUR! Cameron Delport sweeps and goes over short fine leg.
Shakibal Hasan is introduced into the attack.
LHR 30-1 (4 overs)
FOUR! Short and slapped towards cover by Azhar.
FOUR! Azhar goes ballistic with a straight drive slightly towards long-on. Finds the fence!
Muhammad Amir into his second over.
LHR 18-1 (3 overs)
Six runs off the over. Malik bowling smartly, wicket to wicket.
Shoaib Malik is back for his second over.
LHR 12-1 (2 overs)
FOUR! This time Azhar dances forward and hits a short ball square on the off-side.
Starts with four dot balls with the help of fielders who aren't allowing easy singles.
Muhammad Amir bowls the second over. Azhar Ali faces.
LHR 7-1 (1 over)
FOUR & OUT! Gayle goes for a big straight drive but is caught. Malik strikes!
Gayle starts with two runs.
Chris Gayle is surely going to open the innings for Lahore. Who is going to accompany him? Its Azhar Ali. Meanwhile, Muhammad Amir will the best guess to open the bowling for Karachi but Shoaib Malik thinks spin will be better.
Toss: Karachi win toss and opt to bowl first.
Shoaib Malik: When you are playing against Chris Gayle, chasing is a better option.
Azhar Ali: We would have wanted to bowl first as well. We will assess the pitch and then decide what total will be good here.