Sultans vs Kings, 3rd Match at Karachi, PSL, Apr 12 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Munched down the ground for six and seals the deal! Aiming for the yorker and missed the target, Abbas Afridi pumps it through the line and it lands over the rope past long-off. That is a stellar run-chase orchestrated by James Vince and Khushdil Shah (142-run stand) - both can breathe a sigh of relief as the lower middle-order didn't botch it up towards the end

Over the wicket, length ball seaming into his pads, clinked to silly mid-on and it's a precious dot

Adds two more giddy sprinting runs, went back in the crease to ramp and miscued it big time, fell in the vacant peninsula at short midwicket; was a shorter ball that got big on him

Shortish ball homing in on middle and off, squirted out to deep cover-point, they scurry back for the second

Around the wicket, cranking up the pace, intimidating short ball getting big on him, gets a top-edge that just flies away from short third who was sprinting in and put in a desperate lunge

Hits the deck hard, angles across off, crunches a pull, hares back for the second and is home in time

Chopped on! Another twist in the tale. This game is not over. Short of a length arcing in from fifth stump line, he was early through the pull and ended up making a mess of his stumps; both set batters back in the shed

Back of a length wide of off, touch and go, given as a wide and Akif is not too pleased with that call, pitched inside and then swirled away very late

Over the wicket, back of a length around the line off, steered away to deep third

Almost in the blockhole outside off, bashed down to long-on and pushing hard for the second, fielder chucks a great throw and Aziz quickly removes the bails and Vince is well short of his crease. It didn't look like there was any other way to dismiss him tonight. Classy knock; one for the memory vault. Jordan was the fielder, no surprise

Tad short and slanted across off, an aesthetically pleasing cricket shot up and over deep cover for four. Perfect partner for Vince as together they inflict misery on Multan

Yorker pushed away to point for a run

Languid high-elbow square drive, waited for the slower one to come close and then timed it sweetly. What a shot to bring a majestic century. Top knock. So many silky shots and combined it with some ferocious hits as well

Backs away and Aziz loses his line, lands it short and outside the guideline on off. Crucial over

Drags his length back, angled wide across off, toe-endish part of the bat and forced into the covers and brings Vince on strike

130 off 64 deliveries partnership. Over the wicket, spears in a wide yorker, angling across, reaches out and gets the toe-end, ball was close to hitting the stumps, almost chopped on, Khushdil is camped deep in the crease

He makes sure to pounce on the extra delivery and gets a tickle which beats short fine and disappears into the fence. Was speared full with not much room, he swung hard and got the desired result

Oh, that's nasty, surely above waist height. Losing his radar at a critical time of the game, a high full-toss, hits his elbow I reckon. It's indeed a no-ball and Vince didn't need a free license to go big but he will enjoy this. Multan Sultans camp is in disbelief

Oh that's a superb yorker, not much he could do about it, pushed back to Akif

Coughs up a full-toss on middle and looks above waist height, powered a pull to fine leg; Akif under the pump; he was exceptional with the new ball