2016 PSL: Peshawar beat Karachi by three runs in nail-biter
Hafeez scores 35-ball 59 to inspire Zalmi
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Peshawar Zalmi beat Karachi Kings by three runs on Thursday in the tenth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Sharjah.
In their 183-run chase, Karachi were five down for just 48 runs when Ravi Bopara walked in. He hit 67 off 33 runs to take his team closer to the target with only 13 needed in the last over. He hit a six but was caught at long-on with five needed off three balls.
The tail-enders were not able to push the team past the finishing line afterwards.
Earlier, Peshawar set a daunting 183-run target for Karachi after winning the toss and batting first.
Muhammad Hafeez scored 59 off 35 balls courtesy seven boundaries and three sixes. Tamim Iqbal (37) and Kamran Akmal (30) also contributed to the 178-4 total.
Ravi Bopara was the pick of the bowlers for Karachi with two scalps. He gave 31 runs in his full quota of four overs. Sohail Tanvir and Muhammad Amir bagged one wicket each as well.
Post-match presentation
Coolest player of the match is Darren Sammy.
Muhammad Hafeez is the man of the match: "The start Tamim is giving me gives me a lot of confidence. Everyone has a target to play for the team and individually he wants to be the best player for the team."
Shoaib Malik: " Yes only a step away. I have no words to describe Ravi Bopara's innings. Our batting hasn't been able to deliver. We lack a third pacer. We will bring maybe a third pacer in the next match."
Shahid Afridi: "I think such cricket should be played. I pray that PSL is blessed. Everyone was supporting his own team from the stands. The start was good, Tamim and Hafeez opened well. Ravi played a great innings. I was not confident, even Hafeez was not confident while giving the ball to Sammy for the last over but Darren was himself very confident that he can do it. So we gave him the ball and he delivered."
KHI 179-9 (20 overs)
Muhammad Amir swings and misses. Peshawar beat Karachi by three runs.
Beaten, batsmen run wildly and its a run out. So, Karachi need a Miandad now!
Only a single off the next ball. 4 off 2 now.
OUT! Bopara caught at long-on. Peshawar are back in the match. Five needed off 3 balls now.
Two runs taken through extra cover. Bopara agains on strike.
SIX! Ravi Bopara walks out and goes big square on the off-side.
Darren Sammy comes on to bowl the last over. He hasn't bowled throughout the match.
KHI 170-7 (19 overs)
BOWLED! Sohail Tanvir's stumps blink as the balls runs down to the fine leg boundary. Wahab is angry with himself instead of enjoying the wicket.
SIX! Short and Sohail goes big over deep midwicket.
Pressure gets to Wahab. He bowls a wide, actually a super-wide.
Two more dots follow. Sohail is going for the big shot and missing the trick here. He needs to give the strike to Bopara.
Two runs off the first ball. Dot to follow, change of pace and Sohail misses it completely.
Wahab Riaz now with the all important over.
KHI 161-6 (18 overs)
FOUR! Another inside edge and Karachi are back in the game.
FOUR! Fuller and on off and Bopara goes over point.
Two quick singles taken. Karachi need 30 off 14 only.
FOUR and NO-BALL! Inside edge and Bopara pushes Karachi closer to the target. Free-hit coming up!
SIX! Length ball, had pace and Ravi just stands and delivers. Goes over extra cover.
FOUR! Short ball and Sohail swings at it. Top edge runs down the boundary.
Shaun Tait is in now.
KHI 135-6 (17 overs)
NO-BALL and FREE HIT! Wahab bowls an above waist-high full-toss to Sohail. Ravi will face the free-hit. Wahab bowls a slow ball and Bopara misses the swing.
SIX! A big straight drive and Bopara clears the boundary by a mile.
Wahab Riaz comes on to bowl with Karachi needing 57 off 24.
KHI 126-6 (16 overs)
FOUR! Slashed with a horizontal bat towards midwicket. Sohail swinging hard at everything.
SIX! Sohail Tanvir goes ballistic after receiving a full-toss. Packed and sent to midwicket.
FOUR! Ravi Bopara picks up a low full-toss and dispatches it to midwicket.
Aamer Yamin bowls the sixteenth over.
KHI 109-6 (15 overs)
BOWLED! In the block hole and Vince just foots/bats it onto his stumps. The lights shine as Vince walks back after scoring 44.
FOUR! Just a slight nudge by Bopara and the keeper gloves it to the fence.
Shaun Tait.
KHI 104-5 (14 overs)
FOUR! Vince goes straight, Hafeez puts in a dive from long-off but is unsuccessful.
Wahab Riaz is back.
KHI 94-5 (13 overs)
FOUR! James Vince goes square again on the off-side.
SIX! Sweeped by Ravi Bopara for a maximum.
Shahid Afridi in for his last over.
KHI 78-5 (12 overs)
FOUR! Clubbed square through the off-side byVince. He needs to play a long innings if Karachi want to win this.
Aamer Yamin is brought back by Afridi. He wants to end the match as quickly as possible.
KHI 71-5 (11 overs)
FOUR! Vince goes through covers this time.
Shahid Afridi in for his third over.
KHI 61-5 (10 overs)
SIX! Vince goes big over long-off. It seemed like Hafeez could come into play but he only saw it go over while tripping into the hoarding.
Muhammad Asghar continues into his third over.
KHI 49-5 (9 overs)
OUT! Afridi strikes now. Shakibal Hasan top-edges it to Asghar at short third man.
Shahid Afridi into his second over.
KHI 46-4 (8 overs)
OUT! Malik caught at long-on by Sammy. He was being over ambitious.
Muhammad Asghar bowls his second over.
KHI 40-3 (7 overs)
SIX! Malik goes over long-on. Dances forward and straight bats it over the fielder's head.
Shahid Afridi comes on to bowl now.
KHI 33-3 (6 overs)
FOUR! Vince slaps it over the in-field and finds the cover boundary.
Another RUN OUT! Imad Wasim was strolling towards the non-striker's end and Asghar was active as he collected the ball and removed the bails.
RUN OUT! Direct hit from Shahid Yousuf and Nauman Anwar walks. Vince ran for a quick single and Nauman couldn't make it in. Imad Wasim joins James Vince.
Spin time! Muhammad Asghar comes on with his left-arm spin.
KHI 27-1 (5 overs)
Wahab Riaz comes on and BOWLS Lendl Simmons with a pacy straight delivery directed into the stumps. James Vince joins Nauman in the middle.
KHI 26-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! A leg glance by Nauman Anwar earns him a much-needed boundary from this over.
Ramiz shows the area where Javed Miandad hit the famous six on the last ball against India.
Shaun Tait starts with a wide.
KHI 20-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Simmons drives on the up and beat the covers fielder who for a moment thought he had a chance.
FOUR! Slashed hard by Nauman, the bat slips in his hands after the shot. The drive goes through covers into the boundary.
Aamer Yamin continues. Afridi relying on pace for the moment.
KHI 10-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Nauman flicks a fuller delivery up and over midwicket.
Shaun Tait shares the new ball with
KHI 2-0 (1 over)
Just two off the over.
Aamer Yamin opens the bowling for Peshawar. Nauman Anwar and Lendll Simmons have been sent in to open the chase for Karachi.
PES 182-4 (20 overs)
Single taken by Afridi and Sammy inside edges the last ball towards the fine leg boundary.
SIX! Afridi gets a length ball and goes straight.
A single taken by Sammy. Afridi on strike now.
SIX! Slow ball and Sammy dispatches it over midwicket.
Starts with a dot ball.
Sohail Tanvir with the last over.
PES 164-4 (19 overs)
Another dot followed by a leg bye and two quick runs.
Yorker and Sammy lauds Amir's comeback.
SIX! Length ball and Sammy goes big over long-on.
Muhammad Amir bowls the penultimate over.
PES 155-4 (18 overs)
OUT! Dawid Malan is caught at square leg. It was a skier but Imad made sure he cupped it safely.
Wait a minute, the umpires are checking the no ball and it is an above-waist no-ball. Afridi is NOT OUT. Change of fortunes and Dawid Malan now faces a free-hit.
OUT! Afridi receives a full-toss and sends it to Ravi Bopara at long-on.
Sohail Tanvir bowls the third last over.
PES 146-3 (17 overs)
Shahid Afridi walks in now. Joins Dawid Malan in the middle.
OUT! Kamran caught at short extra cover. He tries to hit a low full-toss over the fielder but the shot lacked elevation.
Amir hurts Kamran Akmal. The ball hits him between pad and the thigh pad.
Muhammad Amir has been brought back now.
PES 142-2 (16 overs)
FOUR! Fuller delivery and Kamran goes straight over Imad's head.
SIX! Short and Kamran pulls it over midwicket.
Imad Wasim is back.
PES 126-2 (15 overs)
FOUR! Cut and that too powerfully. No chance for the point fielder. Dawid Malan with his first boundary.
Ravi Bopara in for his fourth over. He has been the only successful bowler for Karachi in this match.
PES 117-2 (14 overs)
SIX! Kamran Akmal making a statement with a huge romp straight over the bowler's head.
Usama Mir bowls his fourth over.
PES 109-2 (13 overs)
OUT! Tamim (37) goes for a big booming drive over extra covers but finds the fielder. Lendll Simmons takes a running catch. Dawid Malan joins Kamran in the middle.
Ravi Bopara bowls his third over.
PES 106-1 (12 overs)
Seven runs off the over.
Usama Mir continues into his third over.
PES 99-1 (11 overs)
FOUR! Kamran Akmal walks in and cuts it on the up over point's head.
LBW! New ball taken and Hafeez departs. It was a slow and flighted ball. Hafeez went for slog sweep and missed it. The ball seemed to go down the leg side and hawkeye confirms it. Bad decision for Hafeez.
SIX! Short and pulled by Hafeez out of the park. The ball hits the roof and gets stuck in it. New balls please. Fourth time in two matches that new balls have been called.
Ravi Bopara bowls his second over.
PES 86-0 (10 overs)
FOUR! Tamim gets width and opens his arms for a cut past point.
Usama Mir into his second over.
PES 78-0 (9 overs)
Hafeez faces the fourth ball of the over and he is on 49. He sends a short ball towards deep midwicket and get his fifty.
Ravi Bopara comes into the attack with his medium pace.
PES 71-0 (8 overs)
CATCH CHANCE! Cut by Hafeez but it falls just short of Lendll Simmons at gully.
FOUR! Cut by Hafeez and the ball finds the fence square on the off-side.
Usama Mir, the right-arm leggie, comes on to bowl.
PES 62-0 (7 overs)
SIX! A full-toss wide on off by Shakib and Hafeez opens up his arms and swings it over extra cover.
FOUR! Flighted delivery and Tamim comes out to make it a full-toss. Dispatches it square on the leg side.
Shakibal Hasan into his second over.
PES 48-0 (6 overs)
Just four singles off the over. And that is the end of the powerplay.
Tamim is trying hard to find a boundary. He comes slashing against Sohail but only finds the fielder in covers.
Sohail Tanvir continues into his second over.
PES 44-0 (5 overs)
FOUR! He dances out of the crease again and this time Hafeez targets long-off.
SIX! Two steps out of the crease and Hafeez uses his back hand to clear the boundary. Goes straight as an arrow.
World's best all-rounder Shakibal Hasan comes on to bowl now.
PES 32-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! Tamim disects the cover field. He is very strong in that region.
Sohail Tanvir runs in now.
PES 25-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Just a tad full and Hafeez pushes it over short midwicket's head.
Muhammad Amir into his second over.
PES 18-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Swept powerfully by Hafeez. Expensive over for Karachi.
FOURx2! Hafeez cuts past point and then goes straight. Imad receives a cold welcome from Hafeez.
Imad Wasim shares the new ball with Amir.
PES 6-0 (1 over)
Muhammad Amir will bowl the first over. Tamim Iqbal and Muhammad Hafeez open the batting for Peshawar.
Pitch report
Batsmen's heaven and bowler's hell; the most precise description of the Sharjah pitch.
Toss: Peshawar win the toss and elect to bat first
Shoaib Malik: We are playing against a good opposition, but we have a good bowling attack. We will try to restrict them around 150. Nauman Anwar is back in for Iftikhar Ahmed.
Shahid Afridi: We will bat first. I think the ball comes nicely on to the bat, and this pitch has a lot of runs in it. Every match will be good, and we have our plans. Amir Yamin in for Junaid Khan.
In their 183-run chase, Karachi were five down for just 48 runs when Ravi Bopara walked in. He hit 67 off 33 runs to take his team closer to the target with only 13 needed in the last over. He hit a six but was caught at long-on with five needed off three balls.
The tail-enders were not able to push the team past the finishing line afterwards.
Earlier, Peshawar set a daunting 183-run target for Karachi after winning the toss and batting first.
Muhammad Hafeez scored 59 off 35 balls courtesy seven boundaries and three sixes. Tamim Iqbal (37) and Kamran Akmal (30) also contributed to the 178-4 total.
Ravi Bopara was the pick of the bowlers for Karachi with two scalps. He gave 31 runs in his full quota of four overs. Sohail Tanvir and Muhammad Amir bagged one wicket each as well.
Post-match presentation
Coolest player of the match is Darren Sammy.
Muhammad Hafeez is the man of the match: "The start Tamim is giving me gives me a lot of confidence. Everyone has a target to play for the team and individually he wants to be the best player for the team."
Shoaib Malik: " Yes only a step away. I have no words to describe Ravi Bopara's innings. Our batting hasn't been able to deliver. We lack a third pacer. We will bring maybe a third pacer in the next match."
Shahid Afridi: "I think such cricket should be played. I pray that PSL is blessed. Everyone was supporting his own team from the stands. The start was good, Tamim and Hafeez opened well. Ravi played a great innings. I was not confident, even Hafeez was not confident while giving the ball to Sammy for the last over but Darren was himself very confident that he can do it. So we gave him the ball and he delivered."
KHI 179-9 (20 overs)
Muhammad Amir swings and misses. Peshawar beat Karachi by three runs.
Beaten, batsmen run wildly and its a run out. So, Karachi need a Miandad now!
Only a single off the next ball. 4 off 2 now.
OUT! Bopara caught at long-on. Peshawar are back in the match. Five needed off 3 balls now.
Two runs taken through extra cover. Bopara agains on strike.
SIX! Ravi Bopara walks out and goes big square on the off-side.
Darren Sammy comes on to bowl the last over. He hasn't bowled throughout the match.
KHI 170-7 (19 overs)
BOWLED! Sohail Tanvir's stumps blink as the balls runs down to the fine leg boundary. Wahab is angry with himself instead of enjoying the wicket.
SIX! Short and Sohail goes big over deep midwicket.
Pressure gets to Wahab. He bowls a wide, actually a super-wide.
Two more dots follow. Sohail is going for the big shot and missing the trick here. He needs to give the strike to Bopara.
Two runs off the first ball. Dot to follow, change of pace and Sohail misses it completely.
Wahab Riaz now with the all important over.
KHI 161-6 (18 overs)
FOUR! Another inside edge and Karachi are back in the game.
FOUR! Fuller and on off and Bopara goes over point.
Two quick singles taken. Karachi need 30 off 14 only.
FOUR and NO-BALL! Inside edge and Bopara pushes Karachi closer to the target. Free-hit coming up!
SIX! Length ball, had pace and Ravi just stands and delivers. Goes over extra cover.
FOUR! Short ball and Sohail swings at it. Top edge runs down the boundary.
Shaun Tait is in now.
KHI 135-6 (17 overs)
NO-BALL and FREE HIT! Wahab bowls an above waist-high full-toss to Sohail. Ravi will face the free-hit. Wahab bowls a slow ball and Bopara misses the swing.
SIX! A big straight drive and Bopara clears the boundary by a mile.
Wahab Riaz comes on to bowl with Karachi needing 57 off 24.
KHI 126-6 (16 overs)
FOUR! Slashed with a horizontal bat towards midwicket. Sohail swinging hard at everything.
SIX! Sohail Tanvir goes ballistic after receiving a full-toss. Packed and sent to midwicket.
FOUR! Ravi Bopara picks up a low full-toss and dispatches it to midwicket.
Aamer Yamin bowls the sixteenth over.
KHI 109-6 (15 overs)
BOWLED! In the block hole and Vince just foots/bats it onto his stumps. The lights shine as Vince walks back after scoring 44.
FOUR! Just a slight nudge by Bopara and the keeper gloves it to the fence.
Shaun Tait.
KHI 104-5 (14 overs)
FOUR! Vince goes straight, Hafeez puts in a dive from long-off but is unsuccessful.
Wahab Riaz is back.
KHI 94-5 (13 overs)
FOUR! James Vince goes square again on the off-side.
SIX! Sweeped by Ravi Bopara for a maximum.
Shahid Afridi in for his last over.
KHI 78-5 (12 overs)
FOUR! Clubbed square through the off-side byVince. He needs to play a long innings if Karachi want to win this.
Aamer Yamin is brought back by Afridi. He wants to end the match as quickly as possible.
KHI 71-5 (11 overs)
FOUR! Vince goes through covers this time.
Shahid Afridi in for his third over.
KHI 61-5 (10 overs)
SIX! Vince goes big over long-off. It seemed like Hafeez could come into play but he only saw it go over while tripping into the hoarding.
Muhammad Asghar continues into his third over.
KHI 49-5 (9 overs)
OUT! Afridi strikes now. Shakibal Hasan top-edges it to Asghar at short third man.
Shahid Afridi into his second over.
KHI 46-4 (8 overs)
OUT! Malik caught at long-on by Sammy. He was being over ambitious.
Muhammad Asghar bowls his second over.
KHI 40-3 (7 overs)
SIX! Malik goes over long-on. Dances forward and straight bats it over the fielder's head.
Shahid Afridi comes on to bowl now.
KHI 33-3 (6 overs)
FOUR! Vince slaps it over the in-field and finds the cover boundary.
Another RUN OUT! Imad Wasim was strolling towards the non-striker's end and Asghar was active as he collected the ball and removed the bails.
RUN OUT! Direct hit from Shahid Yousuf and Nauman Anwar walks. Vince ran for a quick single and Nauman couldn't make it in. Imad Wasim joins James Vince.
Spin time! Muhammad Asghar comes on with his left-arm spin.
KHI 27-1 (5 overs)
Wahab Riaz comes on and BOWLS Lendl Simmons with a pacy straight delivery directed into the stumps. James Vince joins Nauman in the middle.
KHI 26-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! A leg glance by Nauman Anwar earns him a much-needed boundary from this over.
Ramiz shows the area where Javed Miandad hit the famous six on the last ball against India.
Shaun Tait starts with a wide.
KHI 20-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Simmons drives on the up and beat the covers fielder who for a moment thought he had a chance.
FOUR! Slashed hard by Nauman, the bat slips in his hands after the shot. The drive goes through covers into the boundary.
Aamer Yamin continues. Afridi relying on pace for the moment.
KHI 10-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Nauman flicks a fuller delivery up and over midwicket.
Shaun Tait shares the new ball with
KHI 2-0 (1 over)
Just two off the over.
Aamer Yamin opens the bowling for Peshawar. Nauman Anwar and Lendll Simmons have been sent in to open the chase for Karachi.
PES 182-4 (20 overs)
Single taken by Afridi and Sammy inside edges the last ball towards the fine leg boundary.
SIX! Afridi gets a length ball and goes straight.
A single taken by Sammy. Afridi on strike now.
SIX! Slow ball and Sammy dispatches it over midwicket.
Starts with a dot ball.
Sohail Tanvir with the last over.
PES 164-4 (19 overs)
Another dot followed by a leg bye and two quick runs.
Yorker and Sammy lauds Amir's comeback.
SIX! Length ball and Sammy goes big over long-on.
Muhammad Amir bowls the penultimate over.
PES 155-4 (18 overs)
OUT! Dawid Malan is caught at square leg. It was a skier but Imad made sure he cupped it safely.
Wait a minute, the umpires are checking the no ball and it is an above-waist no-ball. Afridi is NOT OUT. Change of fortunes and Dawid Malan now faces a free-hit.
OUT! Afridi receives a full-toss and sends it to Ravi Bopara at long-on.
Sohail Tanvir bowls the third last over.
PES 146-3 (17 overs)
Shahid Afridi walks in now. Joins Dawid Malan in the middle.
OUT! Kamran caught at short extra cover. He tries to hit a low full-toss over the fielder but the shot lacked elevation.
Amir hurts Kamran Akmal. The ball hits him between pad and the thigh pad.
Muhammad Amir has been brought back now.
PES 142-2 (16 overs)
FOUR! Fuller delivery and Kamran goes straight over Imad's head.
SIX! Short and Kamran pulls it over midwicket.
Imad Wasim is back.
PES 126-2 (15 overs)
FOUR! Cut and that too powerfully. No chance for the point fielder. Dawid Malan with his first boundary.
Ravi Bopara in for his fourth over. He has been the only successful bowler for Karachi in this match.
PES 117-2 (14 overs)
SIX! Kamran Akmal making a statement with a huge romp straight over the bowler's head.
Usama Mir bowls his fourth over.
PES 109-2 (13 overs)
OUT! Tamim (37) goes for a big booming drive over extra covers but finds the fielder. Lendll Simmons takes a running catch. Dawid Malan joins Kamran in the middle.
Ravi Bopara bowls his third over.
PES 106-1 (12 overs)
Seven runs off the over.
Usama Mir continues into his third over.
PES 99-1 (11 overs)
FOUR! Kamran Akmal walks in and cuts it on the up over point's head.
LBW! New ball taken and Hafeez departs. It was a slow and flighted ball. Hafeez went for slog sweep and missed it. The ball seemed to go down the leg side and hawkeye confirms it. Bad decision for Hafeez.
SIX! Short and pulled by Hafeez out of the park. The ball hits the roof and gets stuck in it. New balls please. Fourth time in two matches that new balls have been called.
Ravi Bopara bowls his second over.
PES 86-0 (10 overs)
FOUR! Tamim gets width and opens his arms for a cut past point.
Usama Mir into his second over.
PES 78-0 (9 overs)
Hafeez faces the fourth ball of the over and he is on 49. He sends a short ball towards deep midwicket and get his fifty.
Ravi Bopara comes into the attack with his medium pace.
PES 71-0 (8 overs)
CATCH CHANCE! Cut by Hafeez but it falls just short of Lendll Simmons at gully.
FOUR! Cut by Hafeez and the ball finds the fence square on the off-side.
Usama Mir, the right-arm leggie, comes on to bowl.
PES 62-0 (7 overs)
SIX! A full-toss wide on off by Shakib and Hafeez opens up his arms and swings it over extra cover.
FOUR! Flighted delivery and Tamim comes out to make it a full-toss. Dispatches it square on the leg side.
Shakibal Hasan into his second over.
PES 48-0 (6 overs)
Just four singles off the over. And that is the end of the powerplay.
Tamim is trying hard to find a boundary. He comes slashing against Sohail but only finds the fielder in covers.
Sohail Tanvir continues into his second over.
PES 44-0 (5 overs)
FOUR! He dances out of the crease again and this time Hafeez targets long-off.
SIX! Two steps out of the crease and Hafeez uses his back hand to clear the boundary. Goes straight as an arrow.
World's best all-rounder Shakibal Hasan comes on to bowl now.
PES 32-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! Tamim disects the cover field. He is very strong in that region.
Sohail Tanvir runs in now.
PES 25-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Just a tad full and Hafeez pushes it over short midwicket's head.
Muhammad Amir into his second over.
PES 18-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Swept powerfully by Hafeez. Expensive over for Karachi.
FOURx2! Hafeez cuts past point and then goes straight. Imad receives a cold welcome from Hafeez.
Imad Wasim shares the new ball with Amir.
PES 6-0 (1 over)
Muhammad Amir will bowl the first over. Tamim Iqbal and Muhammad Hafeez open the batting for Peshawar.
Pitch report
Batsmen's heaven and bowler's hell; the most precise description of the Sharjah pitch.
Toss: Peshawar win the toss and elect to bat first
Shoaib Malik: We are playing against a good opposition, but we have a good bowling attack. We will try to restrict them around 150. Nauman Anwar is back in for Iftikhar Ahmed.
Shahid Afridi: We will bat first. I think the ball comes nicely on to the bat, and this pitch has a lot of runs in it. Every match will be good, and we have our plans. Amir Yamin in for Junaid Khan.