Report Qalandars surrendered from advantageous positions in both innings after dominating the first ten overs each time Islamabad United 152 for 7 (Asif 75, Iftikhar 49, Faulkner 3-19) beat Lahore Qalandars 124 (Zaman 44, Musa 3-18, Shadab 2-14) by 28 runs At first, the Islamabad United’s historic decision to bat first at the toss – for the first time in …
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Report The 61-run defeat means the Gladiators now have just one win in seven matches Peshawar Zalmi 197 for 5 (Miller 73, Akmal 59, Powell 43*, Nawaz 2-33) beat Quetta Gladiators 136 for 9 (Sarfaraz 36*, Ayub 35, Irfan 3-27, Umaid 2-17) by 61 runs Peshawar Zalmi picked up their first win in the UAE leg of the PSL, as …
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News The fast bowler will fly back to Pakistan for personal reasons Hasan Ali will not feature in the remainder of the PSL season. The Islamabad United fast bowler will leave the tournament bubble in the UAE and return to Pakistan “due to family concerns”. “I want to say to all Islamabad United fans, unfortunately due to personal reasons I …
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News Replaced in the XI by Saim Ayub; second concussion in two days for Gladiators A concussion has ruled Faf du Plessis out of the Quetta Gladiators’ ongoing match against the Peshawar Zalmi in Abu Dhabi. du Plessis suffered a blow to the head when he collided with his team-mate Mohammad Hasnain during the seventh over of the Zalmi innings. …
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Report Needing to win nearly every game for play-off contention, Imran Tahir also plays starring role Multan Sultans 176 for 5 (Shah 44*, Rossouw 44, Perera 2-12) beat Karachi Kings 164 for 6 (Azam 85*, Walton 35, Imran 3-28) by 12 runs Needing to win almost every game to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Multan Sultans began their UAE …
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Report United bowlers played their part too; Javed and Wasim combined their eight overs for 30 runs while Hasan took two wickets Islamabad United 137 for no loss (Munro 90*, Khawaja 40*) beat Quetta Gladiators 133 all out (Weatherald 43, Wasim 2-12) by ten wickets A spellbinding, soul-destroying, record-breaking opening partnership between Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro saw Islamabad United …
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News Wasim had bowled just 13 overs in five matches in the first leg of PSL 2021 Imad Wasim, the Karachi Kings captain, has defended his own limited role in the champions’ defence of their title this season. With the sixth season set to resume from Wednesday, the Kings are top of the table but only on net run-rate; three …
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News Pakistan seamer unable to take up deal due to overlap with Pakistan Super League Kent have signed Adam Milne, the New Zealand pace bowler, as a replacement for Mohammad Amir, whose Pakistan Super League commitments will prevent him from appearing in the Vitality Blast.Amir had been due to play for Kent in the second half of the Blast, after …
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News Azam’s rise has also been accompanied by constant talk around his fitness levels and weight Pakistan’s long, ongoing search for power-hitting options in their middle order has now landed on Quetta Gladiators’ Azam Khan. Pakistan have struggled for firepower in their middle order, in part because the top-order form of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Hafeez has meant …
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News Temperatures in Multan have touched over 40 degrees over the past week Rising summer temperatures have led to the PCB shifting a training camp of Pakistan Women from Multan to Karachi. Last week, ESPNcricinfo had highlighted how big a challenge the extreme weather – where temperatures have hovered over 42 degrees Celsius – would pose for the 26-member contingent …
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