Trent Boult and Tim Southee displayed utmost skills with the new ball swinging both ways to trouble the Lahore batsmen.
All Lahore batsmen went to the dug-out with a single digit on their scorecard but Saad Nasim was able to show some resistance against the bowlers with his 58 off 40 deliveries.
But well before that, Lahore had already set up their losing fate. Catches were dropped, death bowling was not up to the mark and it seemed like the team had exhausted itself out in the previous match against Mumbai.
Knights were sent to bat first by Lahore Skipper Muhammad Hafeez but the plan didn’t work out well.
Wickets kept falling for the Knights but they were up to the task of scoring runs.
Captain Daniel Flynn and Bradley-John Watling both scored fifties to boost their team’s scoring. Combined, they hit 12 fours and three sixes.
Aizaz Cheema bagged three wickets spilling away 35 runs.
Lahore were 19-5 in just the sixth over. Exceptional seam bowling from both Southee and Boult scrambled Lahore plans to nothing.
Nasim was able to able to hit four boundaries and one maximum for his half-century. However, he couldn’t find a partner on the other side to support the cause.
Lahore Lions will now play their third qualifier against Southern Express on Tuesday at 1530PST.
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@Parvez: Oh, yes Sir! You are a hundred-and-one percent right. We have turned cricket into an art form. Salams
Match is in Raipur India and news is being reported from Karachi... What should I say ? Silly method of reporting or what ?
Unpredictable.........we've turned it into a art form.
How could the performance drop in 24 hrs unless there is some external factor like too much nonsense from an uninspiring Captain.
It would have been worked quite well if Shahzad had shared some religious discourse to New Zealand players...
@aflatoon: ET never prints full scoreboards. Where are Lions' supporters now?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763581.html
Welcome back to reality mates...
they are definitely from pakistan.
that's the Lions we are all familiar with: thank God they now look predictable consistent lovers we all know
What type of reporting is this? No total and total insulting manner. Seems like writer got his heart broken on Lions defeat.