Widish fuller length from over the wicket, makes room outside leg and shovels it away to mid-off, Massive smile on the face of David Warner, the players shake hands with each other and with the umpires.
Kings vs Gladiators, 8th Match at Karachi, PSL, Apr 18 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Player of the Match - James Vince
11:32 pm The Gladiators suffered from a disastrous batting session. The surface was tacky from the start, and they failed to bat based on the calibre of the ball. Playing too many unnecessary aggressive strokes, hitting the slog sweeps against the turn, and failing to correctly read the line and length of the bowlers. The Gladiators face early challenges as they lost the wickets of Finn Allen in the first over and Nawaz in the second. After losing the first five wickets in the Powerplay, they were unable to recover. The Kings' fielders performed admirably throughout. Despite carrying the bat in a T20 match and only managing to score 33 runs off 40 balls, Saud Shakeel had a peculiar innings. Amir delivered a fascinating cameo down the order, scoring 30 runs off 16 balls. Nabi is the standout bowler, giving only 7 runs and taking two wickets in his four overs. With three wickets, Hasan Ali was the leading wicket-taker. Abbas Afridi also claimed two wickets.
Here's the list of batters carrying the bat throughout the innings in T20 cricket.
Khan: "Can't compare with PZ. Give QG bowling unit to PZ and see the magic. QG is the strongest side of the tournament, it wasn't just their day." You missed the context, the discussion was about Saud and Babar's approach to T20 cricket while having a few openers in the squad.
Karachi Kings won by 56 runs
Struck another cheeky boundary! Slower through the air on the stumps, full swing of the bat as he clears the front leg, squeezes this one out through the vacant square leg region
Pace on hard length ball attacking the stumps, angling back in, wild swing of the bat and outside edged past Seifert for a boundary
Slower delivery on the stumps, moves away from the wicket and pushes it gently to backward point
Hard line and length ball on the off stump, nudged to the covers, failed to find the gap
Flatter length ball outside off from around the wicket, works it away to the covers
Hassan: "Saud has been completely exposed today. No doubt about his skill as a batsman, just not for this format. He's been absolutely bogged down, no big shot capability. Finn Allen and Hasan Nawaz must be their opening pair, but saud is their captain and doesn't fit anywhere else in the lineup. Another Babar-esque problem?" Believe me Hassan, I have seen similar comments in the feedbacks a few days ago during the Zalmi game. I don't think there will be any changes in the batting order anytime soon, but Sir Viv Richards will be furious with their batting approach surely after the match ends.
Full and overpitched wide outside off, squeezes it away to deep third man for a single
Pace on good length ball on the stumps, defends off the front foot
Leg gully in place
Clean bowled! Slight fuller length ball on the leg stump channel, makes room outside leg, goes for the wild heave stroke, Abrar is nowhere near the ball to connect it, uprooted the leg stump with the slower delivery, 119.2 clicks
Slower through the air on a good length, pitching around the off stump, plays the front-foot drive early and bottom hand goes off, connects the inner part of the bat and sends it through mid wicket
Low full-toss ball around the fifth stump line, dances down the track and works it away to widish deep extra cover, calls for the second run but Saud sends him back
Pitched right up front on the stumps, walks away to make room, bludgeons firmly through the covers
Slight fuller length on middle-leg, Abrar stands tall inside the crease and throws his bat at it, under-edged and goes past the leg stump, beats the wicketkeeper too
Back of a length ball pitching on the leg stump, wild swing and a miss, goes over the middle-leg stump
Full and overpitched on the stumps, yorker length ball, shovels it with the toe end of the bat, inside edged onto the pads
Physio is in with the magic spray
Well directed bouncer down the leg-side, moves away from the wicket early, followed the batter's movement and darted the bounce on the body of Abrar, failed to get away from the line of the ball and hits the left arm
Hard line and length ball drags it down to long on for a single
Excellent line and length outside off, three-quarter length ball, shaping in with extra bounce, plays the square cut and failed to connect
Mir Hamza back into the attack
Full and overpitched around the sixth stump line, shovels it away to the covers
Back of a length ball on the leg stump, slower delivery, Amir shuffles across and tries to scoop it over fine leg, beaten by the lack of bounce, failed to connect and breaks the leg stump! The entertaining knock of Amir has finally come to an end.
Over 20 • QG 119/9
Kings won by 56 runs