Zalmi vs United, 13th Match at Lahore, PSL, Feb 26 2024 - Match Result

Salman holds his nerve and bowls a terrific inswinging yorker right at the stumps, he can only get an inside-edge to square leg and Peshawar Zalmi have on by 8 runs, Azam Khan and Colin Munro will be hurting, they put their team in pole position and lost wickets after doing all the hard work.

Hits a fuller-length and it kicks in at a tight off stump line, knocked down the ground to long-off and fielder gathers it calmly at long-off

Oh my, what drama. Pitched up and nibbles in at middle, punched in the air and taken by Babar again. No rhythm from Imad tonight, this was an opportunity for him to eke out a win but he perishes.

Slung down full just outside off, lofts it over the bowler's head but it was bit half-hearted I'd say, didn't quite get all of it, Babar Azam hunts it down quickly at long-off

Flips it on a short length on middle, hook over square leg for six, another twist in the tale? That was way too short and he hit it many a mile. Can Naseem snatch a victory out of jaws of defeat?

Pitched up and gets it to nibble outside off, hacked away to deep backward point

What is going on! Hunain gets down on one knee and takes an almighty swing. The ball hangs in the air for a while but goes straight to Rovman Powell who catches it brilliantly in his big bucket hands. Suddenly there is pandemonium! Yaqoob continues to produce magic in a match-turning spell

This is madness from Islamabad! Trying an unconventional reverse sweep and playing a poor shot to point. Luke Wood took some steps to his left and pouches it comfortably. Yaqoob running all over the place in jubilation! More was expected from Faheem who has ample international cricket experience but it's poor shot selection and not judicious from Islamabad's stalwart. Meanwhile, Arif Yaqoob gets a fifer! Look at him go, elation conspicuous on his face

Floats a legbreak that has more twists than a mystery novel, Imad inverses his stance and tries to connect and wears it on his pads

TAKEN AT DEEP MIDWICKET! Zalmi on fire. Tosses up a delicious legbreak turning away from off, tries to whip it over the leg side and just didn't quite get it far enough. A major twist in the plot! Islamabad United collapsing like a house of cards. This is not sensible batting by any means, everybody has tried to swing frantically from the first ball

Nicely bowled, not afraid to toss it up and give it flight, gets a decent amount of turn towards middle and leg, clipped off the pads to backward square

Crowd roars as Peshawar pick another! Another set batter departs in quick succession! Yaqoob bowls a beauty, slow, mystifying and a tempting legbreak that never really arrived at him; Munro tries to insolently smash him over long-on and gets beaten by the beautiful guile, spin and he makes a complete mess of it while prancing down the track. Haseebullah with sharp glovework removes the bails in a flash and Munro has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. It's proving to be another nail-biter!

Gottim! Good length, slanting in at middle, Azam wafts and it's not through the line, Babar Azam at mid-off takes a brilliant catch under pressure. It's really a fabulous catch and Peshawar are right back in the contest. Azam Khan will be gutted with himself to not get the job done. He was suckered with the hard length delivery and lost his shape while trying to smash him downtown.

Smeared towards midwicket, not entirely off the middle and once again like a pendulum, momentum shifts back in the favor of Islamabad United, yorkers were working well but he changes his plan and thumps in a short ball at middle, not much pace behind, he steps forward and clubs it over midwicket for a 74 meters six.

Goes for the slower back of a length ball on middle, clears his front leg and tugs it down square of midwicket, great over so far from Naveen

A carbon copy of the previous yorker, superb yorker in the heart of blockhole, dipping away from off stump and once again beats his swing down the ground, can he do it again?

That's a stunning yorker curling away from off stump, tries to swing jauntily over midwicket and gets beaten comprehensively. A pearler from Naveen

Dug in short and tailing in from outside off, swing lustily and hasn't got all of it, ball got bug on him and it lands in the vacant peninsula at midwicket

Good length, tailing away from off, squeezed into the off side, deep points intercepts the ball

The Azam continues, goes along his merry way and dispatches the low full-toss on the pads to deep midwicket boundary, that is poor bowling, Irshad cracks under pressure. Margin of error is minimal when Azam is on song